83 FR 34981 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 142 (July 24, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 34981]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-15797]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 19, 2018.
    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 (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 August 
23, 2018 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 an FSA, NRCS, 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. All federal nontax payments must be made by EFT, unless a 
waiver applies which requires certain criteria to be granted. FSA will 
collect information using forms CCC-36, CCC 37, CCC-251, CCC-252 and 
CCC-40.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected on the 
forms will be used by FSA and NRCS employees in order to record the 
payment or contract being assigned, the amount of the assignment, the 
date of the assignment, 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: 126,542.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 21,083.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-15797 Filed 7-23-18; 8:45 am]
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