[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 80 (Monday, April 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17561-17562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07226]
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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 required 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 collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments regarding this information collection received by May 28,
2025 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.
Farm Service Agency
Title: 2017 Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program (2017 WHIP)
and (Florida Citrus Block Grant) and Quality Loss Adjustment (QLA)
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0291.
Summary of Collection: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA, Pub.
L. 115-123) authorized $2.36 billion in assistance for losses to crops,
trees, bushes, and vine losses due to 2017 wildfires and hurricanes.
The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is implementing the provisions of the BBA
by providing up to $2 billion in assistance to eligible producers
through the 2017 WHIP, and approximately $340 million through a block
grant with the State of Florida to address losses to citrus trees, and
production.
FSA is also providing the QLA assistance to the producers as
specified in the Disaster Relief Act. The Additional Supplemental
Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Disaster Relief Act; Pub.
L. 116-20) also provides disaster assistance for necessary expenses
related to losses of crops (including milk, on-farm stored commodities,
crops prevented from planting in 2019, and harvested
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adulterated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence of
hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, typhoons, volcanic activity, snowstorms,
and wildfires occurring in calendar years 2018 and 2019.
Need and Use of the Information: In order for FSA to determine
whether a producer is eligible for 2017 WHIP and to calculate a
payment, a producer is required to submit FSA-890 2017, WHIP
application; FSA-891, Crop Insurance and/or NAP Coverage Agreement;
FSA-892, Request for an Exception to the WHIP Payment Limitation (if
applicable); FSA-893, 2018 Citrus Actual Production History and
Approved Yield Record (Florida Only); CCC-902, Farm Operating Plan for
Payment Eligibility; FSA-578, Report of Acreage; and AD-1026, Highly
Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation
Certification. The information collected from the forms will be used by
FSA and the State of Florida to determine eligibility and distribute
payments to eligible producers under WHIP.
In order to determine whether a producer is eligible for the QLA
Program and to calculate a payment, a producer is required to submit
form FSA-898, QLA Program application; form FSA-899, Historical
Nutritional Value Weighted Average Worksheet (Continuation); form FSA-
895, Crop Insurance and/or NAP Coverage Agreement; form FSA-578, Report
of Acreage; required documentation of the producer's loss, form CCC-
902I, Farm Operating Plan for Individuals; form CCC-901, Member's
Information; form CCC-941, Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
Certification and Consent to Disclosure Tax Information; form CCC-942,
Certification of Income from Farming, Ranching and Forestry Operations,
if applicable, and form AD-1026, Highly Erodible Land Conservation
(HELC) and Wetland Conservation Certification. Failure to submit the
application and the additional forms would result in payments not being
provided to eligible producers.
Description of Respondents: Individuals and households.
Number of Respondents: 7,248.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 604.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-07226 Filed 4-25-25; 8:45 am]
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