[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78631-78632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27806]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding: whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have

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practical utility; the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; ways to 
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on those who are to respond, including through the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by January 
23, 2023 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Risk Management Agency

    Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance.
    OMB Control Number: 0563-0053.
    Summary of Collection: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
(FCIC) is a wholly-owned Government corporation created February 16, 
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1501). The program was amended previously, by Public Law 
96-365, dated September 26, 1980, that provided for nationwide 
expansion of a comprehensive crop insurance program. The Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (Act), as amended in later years, further expanded the 
role of the crop insurance program to be the principal risk management 
safety net used by producers to cover crop losses. The Act further 
required that the crop insurance program operate on an actuarially 
sound basis. To meet these goals, existing crop programs must be 
improved and expanded, new crop products developed, and new insurance 
concepts studied for possible implementation. Meeting these goals 
requires the collection of a wide range of information (data elements). 
These data elements are used in part to determine insurance coverage, 
premiums, subsidies, payments, and indemnities. It allows for other 
program and administrative operations. It also creates an information 
database used to support continued development and improvements in crop 
insurance products available to producers and which meet the goal of a 
sound insurance program. The Act was again amended on June 20, 2000, by 
Public Law 106-224 which mandates changes to crop insurance 
regulations, provides for independent review of crop insurance products 
by persons experienced as actuaries and in underwriting, and gives 
contracting authority for the development of new products.
    Need and Use of the Information: The collection of information 
involves producers and insurance companies. Specific information (data) 
is required to apply for crop insurance, determine program eligibility, 
report crop information, establish liability, change coverage, 
determine a loss, etc. Producers must provide records, documents, or 
other information to the insurance company during an investigation or 
settlement of a claim. Insurance companies may provide late or 
prevented planting coverage, or provide coverage under a written 
agreement when coverage would not otherwise be available, etc. 
Pertinent information must be collected by the established dates to 
administer the crop insurance program in an actuarially sound manner.
    The information collection requirements for this revised package 
are necessary for administering the crop insurance program. Insurance 
companies must obtain enough information so insurability, liability, 
premium, subsidy, and indemnities can be accurately determined. It is 
important that insurance agents work closely with producers to collect 
accurate information since the guarantee, liability, premium, subsidy, 
and any applicable indemnities are based on this information.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit; 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 534,379.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 8,067,906.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-27806 Filed 12-21-22; 8:45 am]
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