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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection; Conservation
Reserve Program Hunting and Wildlife,
Viewing, Other Recreation, Revenue
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AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation
and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA), on behalf
of the Commodity Credit Corporation
(CCC), is seeking comments from all
interested individuals and organizations
on an extension, with revision, of a
currently approved information
collection. The survey in this
information collection is designed to
analyze the effect of the CCC’s
Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) on
opportunities for recreational activities,
including hunting and fishing in
accordance with the Food, Conservation
and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm
Bill).
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by June 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include the date, volume,
and page number of this issue of
Federal Register. You may submit
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA,
Skip Hyberg, Agricultural Economist,
USDA/FSA/EPAS, STOP–0519, 1400
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
• E-mail: Skip.Hyberg@wdc.usda.gov.
• Fax: (202) 690–2186.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the
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information collection may be obtained
from Skip Hyberg at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Skip
Hyberg, Agricultural Economist, (202)
720–9222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Conservation Reserve Program
Reserve Program, Hunting and Wildlife,
Viewing Revenue Survey.
OMB Number: 0560–0259.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: The survey is needed in
implementing section 2606 of the 2008
Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110–246) to find out
how CRP participants are providing
recreational activities on their lands,
how such activities affect the CRP
program, and what revenues are
generated by such activities. FSA, on
behalf of the Commodity Credit
Corporation, provides services to
landowners under the CRP to help them
conserve and improve soil, water, and
wildlife resources on their lands. Some
landowners have used their lands,
enrolled in the CRP, to provide
recreational activities (hunting, fishing,
hiking, viewing and other activities) to
outdoor recreationists.
Respondents: Landowners with land
enrolled in the CRP.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 3000.
Estimated Annual Number of Forms
Per Person: 1.
Estimated Average Time to Respond:
5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 250.
Comments Are Invited Regarding:
(1) 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;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of burden, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumption used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) 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.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
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addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. All comments
will be summarized and included in the
submission for OMB approval.
Dennis J. Taitano,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity
Credit Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Funding Opportunity Title: Commodity
Partnerships for Small Agricultural
Risk Management Education Sessions
(Commodity Partnerships Small
Sessions Program)
Announcement Type: Announcement
of Availability of Funds and Request for
Application for Competitive
Cooperative Partnership Agreements—
Correction.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number (CFDA): 10.459.
DATES: Hard copy applications are due
5 p.m. EDT, May 11, 2009. Electronic
applications submitted through
Grants.gov are due at 11:59 p.m. EDT,
May 11, 2009.
SUMMARY: Due to some errors, the
following notice supersedes the original
Request for Applications, published on
March 27, 2009, for the Commodity
Partnerships Small Sessions Program at
74 FR 13395–13403.
The Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation (FCIC), operating through
the Risk Management Agency (RMA),
announces the availability of
approximately $900,000 (subject to
availability of funds) for Commodity
Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk
Management Education Sessions (the
Commodity Partnerships Small Sessions
Program). The purpose of this
cooperative partnership agreement
program is to deliver training and
information in the management of
production, marketing, and financial
risk to U.S. agricultural producers. The
program gives priority to educating
producers of crops currently not insured
under Federal crop insurance, specialty
crops, and underserved commodities,
including livestock and forage. A
maximum of 90 cooperative partnership
agreements will be funded, with no
more than nine in each of the ten
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection; Conservation Reserve Program Hunting and
Wildlife, Viewing, Other Recreation, Revenue Survey
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA), on behalf of the Commodity Credit
Corporation (CCC), is seeking comments from all interested individuals
and organizations on an extension, with revision, of a currently
approved information collection. The survey in this information
collection is designed to analyze the effect of the CCC's Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) on opportunities for recreational activities,
including hunting and fishing in accordance with the Food, Conservation
and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill).
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by June 8, 2009.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your
comments, include the date, volume, and page number of this issue of
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, Skip Hyberg, Agricultural
Economist, USDA/FSA/EPAS, STOP-0519, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250.
E-mail: Skip.Hyberg@wdc.usda.gov.
Fax: (202) 690-2186.
You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the information collection may
be obtained from Skip Hyberg at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Skip Hyberg, Agricultural Economist,
(202) 720-9222.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Conservation Reserve Program Reserve Program, Hunting and
Wildlife, Viewing Revenue Survey.
OMB Number: 0560-0259.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: The survey is needed in implementing section 2606 of the
2008 Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110-246) to find out how CRP participants are
providing recreational activities on their lands, how such activities
affect the CRP program, and what revenues are generated by such
activities. FSA, on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation,
provides services to landowners under the CRP to help them conserve and
improve soil, water, and wildlife resources on their lands. Some
landowners have used their lands, enrolled in the CRP, to provide
recreational activities (hunting, fishing, hiking, viewing and other
activities) to outdoor recreationists.
Respondents: Landowners with land enrolled in the CRP.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 3000.
Estimated Annual Number of Forms Per Person: 1.
Estimated Average Time to Respond: 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 250.
Comments Are Invited Regarding:
(1) 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;
(2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden, including the
validity of the methodology and assumption used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) 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.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. All
comments will be summarized and included in the submission for OMB
approval.
Dennis J. Taitano,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. E9-7764 Filed 4-7-09; 8:45 am]
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