80 FR 25274 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 85 (May 4, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 25274]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10319]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 28, 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 June 3, 
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: Assignments of Payments and Joint Payment Authorizations.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0183.
    Summary of Collection: The Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment 
Act (16 U.S.C. 590h (g)) authorizes producers to assign, in writing, 
Farm Service Agency (FSA) conservation program payments. The statute 
requires that any such assignment be signed and witnessed. The 
Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, extends that authority to 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) programs, including rice, feed 
grains, cotton, and wheat. When the recipient of a FSA or CCC payment 
chooses to assign a payment to another party or have the payment made 
jointly with another party, the other party must be identified. FSA 
will collect information using forms CCC-36, CCC 37, CCC-251, and CCC-
252.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected on the 
forms will be used by FSA employee in order to record the payment or 
contract being assigned, the amount of the assignment, the date, and 
the name and address of the assignee and the assignor. This is to 
enable FSA employee to pay the proper party when payments become due. 
FSA will also use the information to issue program payments jointly at 
the request of the producer and also terminate joint payments at the 
request of both the producer and joint payee.
    Description of Respondent: Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 66,110.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 11,002.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: 7 CFR 766, Direct Loan Servicing--Special.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0233.
    Summary of Collection: Authority to establish the regulatory 
requirements contained in 7 CFR 766 is provided under 5 U.S.C. 301 
which provides that ``The head of an Executive department or military 
department may prescribe regulations for the government of his 
department, the distribution and performance of its business . . .'' 
The Secretary delegated authority to administer the provisions of the 
Act applicable to the Farm Loan Program (FLP) to the Under Secretary 
for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Service in section 2.16 of 7 CFR part 
2. FLP provides loans to family farmers to purchase real estate 
equipment and finance agricultural production. The regulations covered 
by this information collection package describes the policies and 
procedures for the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) servicing of financially 
distressed or delinquent direct loan borrowers in accordance with the 
provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (Act) 
(Pub. L. 87-128), as amended. FSA's loan servicing options include 
disaster set-aside, primary loan servicing (including reamortization, 
rescheduling, deferral, write down and conservation contracts), buyout 
at market value, and homestead protection.
    Need and Use of the Information: Information collections are 
submitted by FLP direct loan borrowers to the local FSA office serving 
the country in which their business is headquartered. The information 
is necessary to provide supervised credit and authorized servicing 
actions to financially distressed and delinquent direct borrowers as 
legislatively mandated.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 14,934.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 15,850.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-10319 Filed 5-1-15; 8:45 am]
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