[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53451-53452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16859]


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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 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

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collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by 
September 7, 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: Subpart U-Ineligibility for Programs under the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0563-0085.
    Summary of Collection: FCIC is a wholly-owned Government 
corporation created February 16, 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1501). The program was 
amended previously, but Public Law 96-365, dated September 26, 1980, 
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 tool for risk management by producers of agricultural 
commodities. 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 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 purpose of collecting the 
information is to ensure persons that are ineligible for benefits under 
the Federal crop insurance program are accurately identified as such 
and do not obtain benefits to which they are not eligible. A person can 
become ineligible for benefits for three reasons: (1) Debt on unpaid 
premium or overpaid indemnity (information provided by AIP; (2) Debt on 
unpaid CAT fee (information provided by AIP); and (3) Debarment/
disqualification/suspension, including but not limited to judgement, 
civil fines, etc. The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and AIPs use 
the information collected to determine whether a person seeking to 
obtain Federal crop insurance coverage are ineligible for such coverage 
according to the statutory/regulatory mandates identified. Failure to 
collect the applicable information could result in unearned Federal 
benefits being issued.
    Description of Respondents: Businesses or other for-profits.
    Number of Respondents: 14.
    Frequency of Responses: On occasions; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,207.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16859 Filed 8-7-23; 8:45 am]
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