80 FR 21202 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 74 (April 17, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 74 (Friday, April 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 21202]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08907]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 14, 2015.
    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 
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) 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 18, 
2015 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), New Executive Office Building, 
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. Commenters are encouraged to 
submit their comments to OMB via email to: [email protected] 
or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Copies of the submission(s) 
may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
    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: Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0175.
    Summary of Collection: The Noninsured Crop Assistance Program (NAP) 
is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under regulations 
issued at 7 CFR part 1437. NAP is administered by the Farm Service 
Agency (FSA) for the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and is carried 
out by FSA State and County committees. The purpose of NAP is to help 
manage and reduce production risks faced by producers of eligible 
commercial crops or other agricultural commodities during a coverage 
period. NAP is intended to reduce financial losses that occur when 
natural disasters (damaging weather or adverse natural occurrence that 
is an eligible cause of loss) cause a loss of expected production or 
actual value for value loss crops, or where producers are prevented 
from planting an eligible crop because of an eligible cause of loss in 
a coverage period. NAP provides assistance for losses of floriculture, 
ornamental nursery, Christmas tree crops, turfgrass sod, seed crops, 
aquaculture (including ornamental fish), sea oats and sea grass. FSA 
will collect information using several forms.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is 
necessary to determine whether a producer and crop or commodity meet 
applicable conditions for assistance and to determine compliance with 
existing regulations. Producers must annually: (1) Request NAP coverage 
by completing an application for coverage and paying a service fee by 
the CCC-established application closing date; (2) file a current crop-
year report of acreage for the covered crop or commodity; and (3) 
certify harvest production of each covered crop or commodity. The 
information collected allows CCC to provide assistance under NAP for 
losses of commercial crops or other agricultural commodities (except 
livestock) for which catastrophic risk protection under 7 U.S.C. 
Section 1508 is not available, and that are produced for food or fiber.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 72,294.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Weekly; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 847,425.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-08907 Filed 4-16-15; 8:45 am]
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