[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 242 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 66012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31821]
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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 242 / Monday, December 16, 1996 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation.
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) to request an extension for and revision to an information
collection currently approved in support of the production flexibility
contracts issued under the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
Act of 1996 (1996 Act).
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before February
14, 1997 to be assured consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Comments should be forwarded to Charles M. Cox,
Jr., Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA-Farm Service Agency-
Compliance and Production Adjustment Division, STOP 0517, P.O. Box
2415, Washington, D.C. 20013-2415; telephone (202) 720-7935.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Title: Production Flexibility Contracts For Wheat, Feed Grains,
Rice, and Upland Cotton, 7 CFR Part 1412.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0092
Expiration Date: July 31, 1998.
Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Number 0560-0092, as identified above, is needed to enable
the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to effectively administer and regulate
the production flexibility contract.
Automated Form CCC-478 is used by FSA county offices for the
purpose of allowing producers on farms with 1996 wheat, corn, barley,
oats, grain sorghum, upland cotton and rice crop acreage bases the
opportunity to enter into Production Flexibility Contracts with the CCC
for the years 1996 through 2002. Terms and conditions for the
Production Flexibility Contract are set forth in the CCC-478, CCC-478
Appendix, and the applicable regulations. The 1996 Act provides for a
significant reduction in the public burden for farm program
participants, as shown in the following revised estimates:
Respondents: Eligible producers on contract farms.
Estimated Average Time to Respond: 17 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1,428,571.
Estimated Number of Reports Filed per person: 1.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 404,762 hours.
Topics for comments include but are not limited to the following:
(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, electric,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology. Comments should be sent to Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, D. C. 20503, and to Charles M. Cox,
Jr., Program Specialist, USDA-Farm Service Agency-Compliance and
Production Adjustment Division, STOP 0517, P. O. Box 2415, Washington,
D.C. 20013-2413; telephone (202) 720-6688. Copies of the information
collection may be obtained from Charles M. Cox, Jr., at the above
address.
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 9, 1996.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 96-31821 Filed 12-13-96; 8:45 am]
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