[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36863-36864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13538]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 2, 2016.
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 July 8,
2016 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
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displays a currently valid OMB control number.
Farm Service Agency
Title: 7 CFR 1437, Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program and
Report of Acreage.
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 reduces 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), industrial crops, and sea oats sea grass,
biomass, sweet sorghum and biomass sorghum. 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. Eligible crops including commercial
crops and agricultural commodities (except livestock) that are produced
for food or fiber or specifically included by statute, including
floriculture, ornamental nursery, Christmas trees, turfgrass sod, seed
crops, aquaculture (including ornamental fish), industrial crops, and
sea grass sea oats, biomass, sweet sorghum and biomass sorghum.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 72,294.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Weekly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 933,528.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-13538 Filed 6-7-16; 8:45 am]
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