[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 24, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 34981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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