81 FR 3095 - Information Collection Request; Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program and Report of Acreage
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 12 (January 20, 2016)
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 12 (January 20, 2016)
| Page Range | 3095-3097 | |
| FR Document | 2016-00984 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 20, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 3095-3097] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-00984] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Farm Service Agency Commodity Credit Corporation Information Collection Request; Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program and Report of Acreage AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA. ACTION: Notice; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a revision of a currently approved information collection in support of the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). The revision adds the report of acreage for NAP in the information collection request. The report of acreage is not a new requirement for NAP; it was previously covered in a separate information collection request and FSA is merging it into the NAP information collection request. The information being collected is needed from producers to determine their eligibility for NAP assistance. DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by March 21, 2016. ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your comments, include date, OMB control number, volume, and page number of this issue of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments. Mail: Daniel McGlynn, Acting Division Director, Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA, Mail Stop 0517, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-0517. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannette Sutphin, (202) 720-3188. Persons with disabilities or who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description of Information Collection Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program. OMB Control Number: 0560-0175. Type of Request: Revision. [[Page 3096]] Abstract: NAP is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under regulations in 7 CFR part 1437. NAP is administered by FSA for the Commodity Credit Corporation. The information collected allows FSA to provide assistance through NAP for losses of commercial crops or other agricultural commodities (except livestock) that are produced for food, fiber, bioenergy conversion, and for which catastrophic coverage under section 508(b), or additional NAP coverage of sections 508(c) of 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is not available. NAP coverage is available for crops expressly grown for food (excluding livestock and their by-products); crops planted and grown for livestock consumption; crops grown for fiber (excluding trees grown for lumber or paper products); aquaculture species crops (including ornamental fish); floriculture; ornamental nursery; Christmas tree crops; turf grass sod; industrial crops; seed crops; and sea grass and sea oats. The information is necessary to determine whether a producer and crop or commodity meet applicable conditions for assistance and to determine compliance with existing regulations. Eligible producers must annually: (1) Request NAP coverage by completing an application for coverage and paying a service fee by the FSA-established application closing date; (2) File a report of acreage, inventory, or physical location of the operation, as applicable for the covered crop or commodity; and (3) Certify harvested production of each covered crop or commodity. When damage occurs to a covered crop or commodity, which is eligible for NAP, producers must file a notice of loss with the local FSA administrative county office within 15 calendar days of occurrence or 15 calendar days of the date damage to the crop or commodity becomes apparent. Producers must also file an application for payment by the FSA established deadline, and complete a certification of average adjusted gross income and consent for disclosure of tax information with the local FSA county office. The NAP application is also being used to provide a timelier, more accurate, and more reliable delivery of benefits to producers. Changes implemented by the Agricultural Act of 2014 (known as the 2014 Farm Bill) have authorized the availability of additional NAP coverage levels ranging from 50 to 65 percent of production at 100 percent of the average market price (NAP buy-up coverage), and expanded NAP coverage to sweet sorghum, biomass sorghum, and industrial crops grown as feedstock for renewable biofuel, renewable electricity, and biobased products. The 2014 Farm Bill also expanded a waiver of the NAP service fee, which was previously available only to limited resource farmers to also include beginning and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. As specified in 7 CFR 1437.7, producers that elect buy-up coverage are required to pay a premium, in addition to the service fee, equal to the lesser of: The product obtained by multiplying: A 5.25-percent premium fee; and The applicable payment limit. The sum of the premiums for each eligible crop, with the premium for each eligible crop obtained by multiplying: The producer's share of the eligible crop; The number of acres devoted to the eligible crop; The approved yield; The coverage level elected by the producer; The average market price; and A 5.25-percent premium fee; or For value loss crops, the premium calculation will be based on the maximum dollar value for which coverage is sought, subject to applicable payment limitation, times the 5.25 percent premium. Premiums will be calculated separately for each crop, type, and intended use as reported on the acreage report and as specified in the basic provisions. Beginning farmers and ranchers, limited resource farmers and ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers may request a waiver of the service fee and a 50 percent premium reduction for any buy-up coverage elected by filing a certification of their status on or before the time the application for coverage is filed using the form specified by FSA. Annual reports of acreage that are planted and prevented from being planted must be reported, as required by the Secretary, by the designated acreage reporting date for the crop and location as established by the Secretary. As specified in 7 CFR 1437.8(d), the report of acreage planted or intended but prevented from being planted must be provided to FSA at the administrative county office for the acreage no later than the date specified by FSA for each crop and location. Reports of acreage filed beyond the date specified by FSA for the crop and location may, however, be processed and used for determining acres devoted to the eligible crop if all the provisions of 7 CFR part 718 are met. In the case of a crop-share arrangement, all producers will be bound by the acreage report filed by the landowner or operator unless the producer files a separate acreage report by the date specified by FSA for the crop and location. Reports of acreage planted or intended and prevented from being planted must include all of the following information: (1) Number of acres of the eligible crop in the administrative county (for each planting in the event of multiple planting) in which the producer has a share; (2) Zero acres planted when the producer's crop for which an application for coverage was filed, is not planted; (3) The producer's share of the eligible crop at the time an application for coverage was filed; (4) The FSA farm serial number; (5) The identity of the crop, practices, intended uses, and for forage crops, the predominant species or type and variety of the vegetation; (6) For crops grown on organic acreage with an average market price established specified in Sec. 1437.12(b), the identity of the crop planted on: (i) Acreage using conventional farming practices; (ii) Certified organic acreage; (iii) Transitional acreage being converted to certified organic acreage; (iv) Buffer zone acreage; (7) The identity of all producers sharing in the crop; (8) The date the crop was planted or planting was completed, including the age of the perennial crops; and (9) The acreage intended but prevented from being planted. Additionally, 7 CFR 1437.301(c) indicates that for those eligible crops and commodities for which it is impractical, as determined by CCC, to report crop acreage including, but not limited to, ornamental nursery and aquaculture, producers must provide a report of the crop, commodity, and facility to FSA for the acreage or facility, on a form prescribed by FSA, no later than the beginning of the crop year. The report of acreage is not a new requirement for NAP; it was previously approved by OMB under control number 0560-0004. The report of acreage was covered in that separate information collection request and FSA is merging it into the NAP information collection request. The report of acreage information collection has been approved under a separate OMB control number because the report of acreage is also used for other programs and in the past, the other programs required approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act; however, due to [[Page 3097]] legislative exemptions related to the Paperwork Reduction Act for those other FSA programs, currently NAP is the only FSA program for which the report of acreage requires approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act. Therefore, FSA determined that instead of continuing 2 separate approvals, it would be better to consolidate the information collection requests into a single NAP approval. When FSA submits the information collection request to OMB, FSA will submit a consolidated request to revise the OMB approval for control number 0560-0175 and will discontinue OMB control number 0560-0004 when OMB approves the revised information collection request for control number 0560-0175. FSA is revising the currently approved information collection because the total annual burden hours is expected to increase due to the merging the information collection request of Report of Acreage for NAP (0560-0004) with the information collection request of 0560-0175. FSA is also revising the estimates currently approved for OMB control number 0560-0175 to the numbers to reflect current respondents. The information collection request approved under OMB control number 0560- 0004 will be discontinued upon the OMB approval of the revised information collection request for OMB control number 0560-0175. The formula used to calculate the total burden hours is ``the estimated average time per response (including travel time)'' times ``the total estimated annual response.'' Type of Respondents: Producers of commercial crops or other agricultural commodities (except livestock). Estimated Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this information collection is estimated to average 1.63 hours per response. The average travel time, which is included in the total annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent. Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 72,294. Estimated Annual Number of Reponses per Respondent: 8. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 574,402. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 933,528. We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information collection to help us to: (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of FSA, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (4) 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. All comments received in response to this notice, including names and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office of Management and Budget approval. Val Dolcini, Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation, and Administrator, Farm Service Agency. [FR Doc. 2016-00984 Filed 1-19-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-05-P
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they derive estimates of the number of Respondents: Farmers market DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
customers, sales, number of vendors, managers, farm operators that operate
and vendor characteristics. on-farm stores, operators of CSA, farm Farm Service Agency
An on-farm market is an area of a operations, and operators of food hubs.
facility affiliated with a farm where Commodity Credit Corporation
transactions between a farm market Estimated Number of Respondents:
operator and customers take place. An 62,250 Information Collection Request;
on-farm market may operate seasonally Estimated Total Annual Responses: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
or year-round. On-farm markets are an 6,500 Program and Report of Acreage
important component of direct Estimated Number of Responses per AGENCY: Farm Service Agency,
marketing, adding value by offering Respondent: .104 Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
customers a visit to the farm and the
Estimated Total Annual Burden on ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
opportunity to purchase products from
the people who grew them. Respondents: 1,187 hours.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
A CSA is another type of food- For Local Food Directories and Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
production and direct marketing Farm Service Agency (FSA) is
Survey—0581–0289
relationship between a farmer or farmers requesting comments from all interested
and a group of consumers who purchase Estimate of Burden: Public reporting individuals and organizations on a
‘‘shares’’ of the season’s harvest in burden for this collection of information revision of a currently approved
advance of the growing season. The up- is estimated to average 0.167 hours per information collection in support of the
front working capital generated by response. Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
selling shares reduces the financial risk Program (NAP). The revision adds the
to the farmer(s). Generally; farmers Respondents: Farm operators that
operate on-farm stores, operators of report of acreage for NAP in the
receive better prices for their crops and, information collection request. The
have reduced marketing costs. CSA, farm operations, and operators of
food hubs. report of acreage is not a new
Consumers benefit by receiving weekly requirement for NAP; it was previously
delivery of fresh locally-grown fruits, Estimated Number of Respondents: covered in a separate information
vegetables, meats, eggs and other 56,750 respondents collection request and FSA is merging it
produce. They also benefit from the
Estimated Total Annual Responses: into the NAP information collection
ability to collectively support the
2,125 responses request. The information being collected
sustainability of local farmers.
A Food hub is a business or is needed from producers to determine
Estimated Number of Responses per
organization that actively manages the their eligibility for NAP assistance.
Respondent: .037 responses
aggregation, distribution, and marketing DATES: We will consider comments that
Estimated Total Annual Burden on we receive by March 21, 2016.
of source-identified food products Respondents: 355 hours
primarily from local and regional ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
producers to strengthen their ability to Comments are invited on: (1) Whether comments on this notice. In your
satisfy wholesale, retail, and the proposed collection of information comments, include date, OMB control
institutional demand. This marketing is necessary for the proper performance number, volume, and page number of
channel also allows farm operators to of the functions of the agency, including this issue of the Federal Register. You
capture a larger share of consumers’ whether the information will have may submit comments by any of the
food dollar. practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the following methods:
On-farm markets, CSA, as well as food agency’s estimate of the burden of the • Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
hubs, comprise an integral part of the proposed collection of information www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
urban/farm linkage and have continued including the validity of the instructions for submitting comments.
to rise in popularity, mostly due to the methodology and assumptions used; (3) • Mail: Daniel McGlynn, Acting
growing consumer interest in obtaining ways to enhance the quality, utility, and Division Director, Production,
fresh products directly from the farm. Emergencies, and Compliance Division,
clarity of the information to be
The use of these marketing channels has Farm Service Agency, USDA, Mail Stop
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
enabled farmers to receive a larger share 0517, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
burden of the collection of information
of the consumer’s food dollar. On-farm Washington, DC 20250–0517.
on those who are to respond, including You may also send comments to the
markets, CSA, and food hubs allow the use of appropriate automated,
consumers to have access to locally Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
electronic, mechanical, or other Information and Regulatory Affairs,
grown, farm fresh produce, enable
technological collection techniques or Office of Management and Budget,
farmers the opportunity to develop a
personal relationship with their other forms of information technology. Washington, DC 20503.
customers, and cultivate consumer All responses to this notice will be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
loyalty with the farmers. They are also summarized and included in the request Jeannette Sutphin, (202) 720–3188.
providing greater access to fresh locally for OMB approval. All comments will Persons with disabilities or who require
grown fruits and vegetables, as well as become a matter of public record. alternative means for communication
playing an increasing role in Dated: January 13, 2016. should contact the USDA Target Center
encouraging healthier eating. Rex A. Barnes, at (202) 720–2600 (voice).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
For Merged Local Food Directories and Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Survey—0581–0169 Marketing Service. Description of Information Collection
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting [FR Doc. 2016–00859 Filed 1–19–16; 8:45 am]
Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster
burden for this combined collection of BILLING CODE 3410–02–P Assistance Program.
information is estimated to average OMB Control Number: 0560–0175.
0.183 hours per response. Type of Request: Revision.
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legislative exemptions related to the (2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’s of the burden of the proposed collection
Paperwork Reduction Act for those estimate of burden including the of information, including the validity of
other FSA programs, currently NAP is validity of the methodology and the methodology and assumptions that
the only FSA program for which the assumptions used; were used; (c) ways to enhance the
report of acreage requires approval (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and quality, utility, and clarity of the
under the Paperwork Reduction Act. clarity of the information to be information to be collected; and (d)
Therefore, FSA determined that instead collected; ways to minimize the burden of the
of continuing 2 separate approvals, it (4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
would be better to consolidate the collection of information on those who are to respond, including use of
information collection requests into a are to respond, including through the appropriate automated, electronic,
single NAP approval. When FSA use of appropriate automated, mechanical, or other technological
submits the information collection electronic, mechanical, or other collection techniques or other forms of
request to OMB, FSA will submit a technological collection techniques or information technology.
consolidated request to revise the OMB other forms of information technology. Comments may be submitted through
approval for control number 0560–0175 All comments received in response to one of the following methods:
and will discontinue OMB control this notice, including names and • Preferred method: Submit
number 0560–0004 when OMB addresses when provided, will be a information through the Federal
approves the revised information matter of public record. Comments will eRulemaking Portal at http://
collection request for control number be summarized and included in the www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
0560–0175. submission for Office of Management instructions for submissions.
FSA is revising the currently and Budget approval. • Mail: Submissions should be
approved information collection Val Dolcini, addressed to Dennis Ranalli, Social
because the total annual burden hours is Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Science Policy Analyst, Office of Policy
expected to increase due to the merging Corporation, and Administrator, Farm Support, FNS, U.S. Department of
the information collection request of Service Agency. Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Report of Acreage for NAP (0560–0004) [FR Doc. 2016–00984 Filed 1–19–16; 8:45 am] Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302.
with the information collection request BILLING CODE 3410–05–P Comments may also be emailed to
of 0560–0175. FSA is also revising the dennis.ranalli@fns.usda.gov.
estimates currently approved for OMB All information properly and timely
control number 0560–0175 to the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE submitted, using one of the methods
numbers to reflect current respondents. described above, in response to this
The information collection request Food and Nutrition Service request will be included in the record
approved under OMB control number and will be made available to the public
Agency Information Collection on the Internet at http://
0560–0004 will be discontinued upon
Activities: Proposed Collection; www.regulations.gov. Please be advised
the OMB approval of the revised
Comment Requested—Review of Child that the substance of the information
information collection request for OMB
Nutrition Data and Analysis for provided and the identity of the
control number 0560–0175.
Program Management individuals or entities submitting it will
The formula used to calculate the
total burden hours is ‘‘the estimated AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service be subject to public disclosure.
average time per response (including (FNS), USDA. All written comments will be open for
travel time)’’ times ‘‘the total estimated ACTION: Notice. public inspection at the FNS office
annual response.’’ located at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Type of Respondents: Producers of SUMMARY: In accordance with the Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 1014,
commercial crops or other agricultural Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this during regular business hours (8:30 a.m.
commodities (except livestock). notice invites the general public and to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday).
Estimated Annual Burden: Public other public agencies to comment on All responses to this notice will be
reporting burden for this information this proposed information collection. summarized and included in the request
collection is estimated to average 1.63 This is a new collection to review and for Office of Management and Budget
hours per response. The average travel document State and School Food (OMB) approval. All comments will be
time, which is included in the total Authority (SFA) National School Lunch a matter of public record.
annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
per respondent. Program (SBP) Management Information Requests for additional information or
Estimated Annual Number of Systems (MIS) in order to provide FNS copies of this information collection
Respondents: 72,294. with a baseline assessment of the MIS should be directed to Dennis Ranalli at
Estimated Annual Number of system and to inform FNS regarding 703–305–2149 or dennis.ranalli@
Reponses per Respondent: 8. how States and SFAs use data systems fns.usda.gov.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: beyond fulfilling FNS reporting
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
574,402. requirements.
Title: Review of Child Nutrition Data
Estimated Total Annual Burden DATES: Written comments on this notice and Analysis for Program Management.
Hours: 933,528. must be received on or before March 21, Form Number: N/A.
We are requesting comments on all 2016. OMB Number: Not yet assigned.
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aspects of this information collection to ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: Expiration Date: Not yet determined
help us to: (a) Whether the proposed collection of Type of Request: New collection.
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper Abstract: The Richard B. Russell
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the National School Lunch Act of 1946 and
performance of the functions of FSA, agency, including whether the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 provide the
including whether the information will information shall have practical utility; legislative authority for the National
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate School Lunch Program (NSLP) and
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| Contact | Jeannette Sutphin, (202) 720-3188. Persons with disabilities or who require alternative means for communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice). | |
| FR Citation | 81 FR 3095 |
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