[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29724]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Request for Reinstatement and Revision of a Previously
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
announces the intentions of the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to
request reinstatement and revision to an information collection
previously approved in support of the Production Flexibility Contract
(PFC) program. The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of
1996, provided owners and producers on farms the opportunity to enter
into the production flexibility contracts with the CCC for fiscal years
1996 through 2002. Owners and producers who participate and fully
comply with the terms of the production flexibility contracts and
regulations will receive payments. PFCs, revisions to the PFCs and
permanent reductions of all or a portion of the production flexibility
contract acreage must be documented.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January
14, 2000, to be assured consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Lynn H. Tjeerdsma, Branch
Chief, Emergency Preparedness and Programs Branch, USDA, FSA, STOP
0517, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D. C. 20250-0517,
(202) 720-6602.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Production Flexibility Contracts for Wheat, Feed Grains,
Rice and Upland Cotton, 7 CFR part 1412.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0092.
Type of Request: Reinstatement and revision of a previously
approved information collection.
Abstract: Eligible owners or producers signed a Production
Flexibility Contract (PFC) to participate in the program authorized by
Title I of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
(1996 Act). The 1996 Act provides that farms having a history of
participating in government programs could be enrolled in a PFC. The
production flexibility contract worksheet is provided to the owner or
producer to confirm the acreage that will be enrolled for
participation, designate each producer's share request an advance
payment, and provide for undesignated shares for any fiscal year where
payment shares are unknown. In addition, the worksheet allows for
producers to adjust the level of participation and projects payments
for the contract period. The owner is provided the ability to make
voluntary requests to reduce the contract acreage for a crop on the
farm in order to remain eligible for the PFC. As a condition of
eligibility for contract payments, the operator or owner must timely
submit a report of fruit and vegetable acreage. The county Farm Service
Agency (FSA) committee determines whether requests are properly
completed, whether payment shares are proper and whether program
requirements are met for payment approval. Information collected for
the PFC program is required for participation and is not available from
any other source.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average 60 minutes per response.
Respondents: Individual Producers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,592,500.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,296,250 hours.
Proposed topics for comment 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 collected:
or (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of the 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 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 Lynn H. Tjeerdsma, Branch Chief, USDA, Farm Service
Agency, Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, Stop 0517,
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-0517, (202) 720-
6602. 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 November 5, 1999.
Keith Kelly,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation
[FR Doc. 99-29724 Filed 11-12-99; 8:45 am]
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