98-33068. Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved Information Collection

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33068]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently 
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 of 1995, this 
notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
(CCC) and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request extension of a 
currently approved information collection that requests information 
used by CCC and FSA to document or 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: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February 
12, 1999 to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Darin Cote, Agricultural 
Program Specialist, Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, 
USDA, FSA, STOP 0517, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20250-0517, telephone [phone].

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, 1998.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: Persons desiring to claim payment due a person who has 
died, disappeared, or has been declared incompetent must do so on Form 
FSA-325, ``Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have 
Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent.'' This 
information is used by FSA county office employees to document the 
relationship of heirs or beneficiaries and determine the order of 
precedence for disbursing payments to survivors of the person who has 
died, disappeared, or been declared incompetent.
    Information is obtained only when a producer under contract to 
receive a payment or disbursement dies, disappears, or is declared 
incompetent, and documentation is needed to determine if any survivors 
are entitled to receive such payments or disbursements.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average .5 hours (1/2 hour) per response.
    Respondents: Individual producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,500 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, DC 
20503 and to Darin Cote, Agricultural Program Specialist, Production, 
Emergencies, and Compliance Division, USDA, FSA, STOP 0517, 1400 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0517, [phone].
    Copies of information collection may be obtained from Darin Cote, 
at the above address.
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collections(s) 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 December 3, 1998.
James C. Kearney,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-33068 Filed 12-11-98; 8:45 am]
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