[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 36456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-15046]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 23, 2014.
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 July 28,
2014 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: Emergency Conservation Program and Biomass Crop Assistance
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
Summary of Collection: The Farm Service Agency (FSA), in
cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Forest
Service, and other agencies and organizations, provides eligible
producers and landowners cost-share incentives and technical assistance
through several conservation and environmental programs to help
farmers, ranchers, and other eligible landowners and operators conserve
soil, improve water quality, develop forests, and rehabilitate farmland
severely damaged by natural disasters. The authorities to collect
information for this collection are found under the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201-2205), which provides emergency funds for
sharing with agricultural producers the cost of rehabilitating farmland
damaged by natural disaster, and for carrying out emergency water
conservation measures during periods of severe drought. FSA is also
managing the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) authorized by
Section 9001 of the 2008 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110-246) which amends Title
IX of the Farm Security and Rural Investment of 2002 and adds section
9011 for BCAP. BCAP regulations outlined the legislations parameters,
program definitions and process for: (1) Establishing BCAP project
areas; (2) Matching payment opportunity for eligible material owners
and qualifying biomass conversion facilities; (3) Contracting acreage
for producers in BCAP project areas; and (4) Establishment and annual
production payments for producers in BCAP projects areas.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information using
several forms. The collected information will be used to determine if
the person, land, and practices are eligible for participation in the
respective program and to receive cost-share assistance. Information
collection from eligible biomass owners, biomass conversion facilities,
and producers meeting the requirements for matching payments, annual
production payment assistance, establishment payments and BCAP project
area designation is necessary in order to ensure the financial
accountability needed to operate and administer the BCAP. Without the
information, FSA will not be able to make eligibility determinations
and compute payments in a timely manner.
Description of Respondents: Farms; business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 70,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 82,764.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-15046 Filed 6-26-14; 8:45 am]
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