[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8412]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Notice of Request for Extension 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 that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) intends to request
an extension for currently approved collection of information
pertaining to foreign investment in United States (U.S.) agricultural
land as authorized by the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure
Act of 1978 (AFIDA).
DATE: Comments on this notice must be received on or before June 2,
1997 to be assured consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Patricia A. Blevins,
Agricultural Foreign Investment Specialist, Foreign Investment
Disclosure Branch, Operations Analysis Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP 0531,
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-0531, (202) 720-
0604.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act Report.
OMB Number: 0560-0097.
Expiration Date: June 30, 1997.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: AFIDA requires foreign persons who hold, acquire, or
dispose of any interest in U.S. agricultural land to report the
transactions to the FSA on an AFIDA report. The information collected
from the AFIDA reports is used in the preparation of an annual report
to Congress and the President by the Economic Research Service
concerning the effect of foreign investment upon family farms and rural
communities. Congress reviews the annual report and decides if further
regulatory action is required.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .4818 hours per response.
Respondents: Foreign investors, corporate employees, farm managers
or attorneys.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,375.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,108 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 Patricia A. Blevins, Agricultural Foreign Investment
Specialist, Foreign Investment Disclosure Branch, Operations Analysis
Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP 0531, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20250-0531, (202) 720-0604.
Signed at Washington, DC, on March 26, 1997.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Administrator Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 97-8412 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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