[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 27432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09213]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

[Docket No. FSA-2023-0010]


Information Collection Request; Power of Attorney

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act requirement, 
the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all 
interested individuals and organizations on an extension and a revision 
of a currently approved information collection associated with the form 
of the Power of Attorney. This information collection is used to 
support the FSA, Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), Natural Resources 
Conservation Service (NRCS), Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) 
and Risk Management Agency (RMA) in conducting business and accepting 
signatures on certain documents from individuals acting on behalf of 
other individuals or entities.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by July 3, 2023.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may 
submit comments, identified by Docket ID: FSA-2023-0010 in the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submitting comments.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the information collection may 
be requested by contacting Jody Kenworthy.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jody Kenworthy; by telephone: 202-290-
4230; or by email: [email protected]. Individuals who require 
alternative means for communication should contact the USDA TARGET 
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 
for Telecommunications Relay service (both voice and text telephone 
users can initiate this call from any telephone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Power of Attorney.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0190.
    Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2023.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension.
    Abstract: Individuals or entities that want to appoint another to 
act as an attorney-in-fact in connection with certain FSA, CCC, NRCS, 
FCIC, and RMA programs and related actions must complete a form of FSA-
211, Power of Attorney form. The form is used by a grantor to appoint 
another to act on the individual's or entity's behalf for certain FSA, 
CCC, NRCS, FCIC and RMA programs or other specific actions, giving the 
appointee legal authority to enter into certain programs, agreements, 
or contracts, or other specific actions on the grantor's behalf. The 
form also provides FSA, CCC, NRCS, FCIC and RMA a source to verify an 
individual's authority to sign and act for another in the event of 
errors or fraud. The information collected on the form is limited to 
grantor's name, signature and identification number, the grantee's 
address, and the applicable FSA, CCC, NRCS, FCIC and RMA programs or 
transactions.
    The burden hours in this collection increased by 1,526 hours since 
the last OMB approval. The reason for the increase in hours is due to 
the increase in FSA customers during the pandemic. The increase in 
customers is due to the multiple pandemic programs that provided help 
to producers who were not normally covered by FSA programs.
    For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the 
formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the estimated 
average time per responses multiplied by the estimated total annual of 
responses.
    Estimate of Average Time To Respond: Public reporting burden for 
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average 0.4843 
minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Type of Respondents: Individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 16,000.
    Estimated Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 16,000.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.4843.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 7,750 hours.
    FSA is requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection to help us to:

    (1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of 
the collection of information including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Evaluate the quality, utility and clarity of the information 
technology; and
    (4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those 
who respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other 
forms of information technology.

    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses where provided, will be made a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the request for OMB 
approval.

Zach Ducheneaux,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2023-09213 Filed 5-1-23; 8:45 am]
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