[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 176 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 62702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21654]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Farm Service Agency


Information Collection Request; Application for Payment of 
Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared 
Incompetent

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) 
are requesting comments from all interested individuals and 
organizations on an extension of a currently approved information 
collection. CCC and FSA use the information to determine whether 
representatives or survivors of a producer are entitled to receive 
payments earned by a producer who dies, disappears, or is declared 
incompetent before receiving payments or other disbursements.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by November 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include date, 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 http://regulations.gov. 
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
     Mail: Joe Lewis Jr., Agricultural Program Specialist, 
USDA, FSA STOP 0572, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 
20250-0572.
    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. Copies of the information collection may 
be requested by contacting Joe Lewis Jr. at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Lewis Jr., (202) 720-0795.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have 
Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0026.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2016.
    Type of Request: Extension.
    Abstract: Persons desiring to claim payments earned, but not yet 
paid to a person who has died, disappeared, or has been declared 
incompetent must complete form FSA-325, Application for Payment of 
Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared 
Incompetent. This information required by form FSA-325 is used by FSA 
county office employees to document the relationship of heirs, 
beneficiaries, or others who claim payment that was earned, but not yet 
paid to the person who died, disappeared, or who has been declared 
incompetent, and to determine the share and order of precedence for 
disbursing payments to such persons.
    Information is obtained only when a person claims that they are due 
a payment that was earned, but not paid to a producer that has died, 
disappeared, or has been declared incompetent, and documentation is 
needed to determine if any individuals are entitled to receive such 
payments or disbursements.
    The formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the 
estimated average time per response times total annual responses.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 1.5 hours per response. The average 
travel time, which is included in the total annual burden, is estimated 
to be 1 hour per respondent.
    Respondents: Producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2,000.
    Estimated Average Time per Responses: 1.5 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 3,000.
    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 responses to this notice, including name and addresses when 
provided, will be summarized and included in the request for OMB 
approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.

Val Dolcini,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation, and 
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016-21654 Filed 9-9-16; 8:45 am]
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