[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2943-2944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1185]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Notice of Request for Reinstatement and Revision of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Farm Service Agency's (FSA) intention to request a
reinstatement and revision of a currently approved information
collection in support of the Dairy Indemnity Payment Program (DIPP)
contingent upon the appropriation of funds.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before March 23,
1998 to be assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raellen Erickson, Agricultural Program
Specialist, Price Support Division, USDA, FSA, STOP 0512, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0512; telephone (202)
720-7320; e-mail rerickso@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces FSA's intention to
request a reinstatement and revision of the currently approved
information collection in support of the DIPP. The Agriculture, Rural
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-86, 111 Stat. 2079) appropriated
funds and authorized DIPP to be carried out until all available funds
are expended.
Title: 7 CFR Part 760, Dairy Indemnity Payment Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0116.
Expiration Date: June 30, 1997.
Type of Request: Reinstatement and revision of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: This information is needed to administer the DIPP. The
information will be gathered from milk producers and milk handlers to
determine the amount of indemnity payment a dairy producer or
manufacturer is eligible to receive. Producers are required to meet
certain eligibility requirements to ensure the integrity of the program
so that only eligible producers receive indemnity payments. The number
of times producers or manufacturers have been removed from the market
has declined in recent years. Accordingly, fewer requests for
assistance have been received. Therefore, the currently approved
information collection is revised to reduce the number of responses per
request and the annual burden per respondent to half of the currently
approved estimate. The emergency clearance of the Information
Collection Package for Indemnity Payment Programs was approved by the
Office of Management and Budget on November 20, 1997, and extended the
expiration date to April 30, 1998.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 17 minutes per response.
Respondents: Dairy farms and small businesses.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 80.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 140 hours.
Proposed topics for comments include: (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; or (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 should
be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C.
20503 and to Raellen Erickson, Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA-
Farm Service Agency-
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Price Support Division, STOP 0512, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, D.C. 20250-0512; telephone (202) 720-7320; e-mail
rerickso@wdc.fsa.usda.gov. Copies of the information collection may be
obtained from Raellen Erickson at the above address.
OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection of
information contained in these proposed regulations between 30 and 60
days after publication of this document in the Federal Register.
Therefore, a comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect
if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 8, 1998.
Keith Kelly,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 98-1185 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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