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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Notice: Withdrawal
July 26, 2010.
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice: Withdrawal.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Agriculture published a document in
the Federal Register on July 22, 2010,
page number 42678 concerning a
request for comments on a new
information collection ‘‘Independent
Assessment of the Delivery of Technical
and Financial Assistance’’ OMB control
number 0583–New. The document is
being withdrawn.
SUMMARY:
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Risk Management Agency
Notice of Request for Revision of a
Currently Approved Collection.
Risk Management Agency,
USDA.
ACTION: Revision of a Currently
Approved Collection; comment request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces a public comment
period on the information collection
requests (ICRs) associated with the
Standard Reinsurance Agreement and
Appendices I, II and IV administered by
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
(FCIC). Appendix III is excluded
because it contains the Data Acceptance
System requirements.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
will be accepted until close of business,
September 27, 2010.
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Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
David L. Miller, Director, Reinsurance
Services Division, Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation, United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop
0804, Washington, DC 20250. Written
comments may also be submitted
electronically to:
dave.miller@rma.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David L. Miller, Director, Risk
Management Agency, at the address
listed above, telephone (202) 720–9830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standard Reinsurance
Agreement; Appendices I, II and IV.
OMB Number: 0563–0069.
Type of Request: Revised and new
Information Collection.
Abstract: The Federal Crop Insurance
Act (Act), Title 7 U.S.C. Chapter 36,
Section 1508(k), authorizes the FCIC to
provide reinsurance to insurers
approved by FCIC that insure producers
of any agricultural commodity under
one or more plans acceptable to FCIC.
The Act also states that the reinsurance
shall be provided on such terms and
conditions as the Board may determine
to be consistent with subsections (b) and
(c) of this section and sound reinsurance
principles.
FCIC executes the same form of
reinsurance agreement, called the
Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA),
with sixteen participating insurers
approved for the 2011 reinsurance year.
Appendix I of the SRA, Regulatory
Duties and Responsibilities, sets forth
the company’s responsibilities as
required by statute. Appendix II of the
SRA, the Plan of Operations (Plan), sets
forth the information the insurer is
required to file with RMA for each
reinsurance year they wish to
participate. The Plan’s information
enables RMA to evaluate the insurer’s
financial and operational capability to
deliver the crop insurance program in
accordance with the Act. Estimated
premiums by fund by state, and retained
percentages along with current
policyholders surplus are used in
calculations to determine whether to
approve the insurer’s requested
maximum reinsurable premium volume
for the reinsurance year per 7 CFR part
400 subpart L. This information has a
direct effect upon the insurer’s amount
of retained premium and associated
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liability and is required to calculate the
insurer’s underwriting gain or loss.
Appendix IV of the SRA, Quality
Control and Program Integrity,
establishes the minimum annual agent
and loss adjuster training requirements,
and quality control review procedures
and performance standards required of
the insurance companies. FCIC requires
each insurer to submit, for each
reinsurance year, a Quality Control
Report to FCIC containing details of the
results of their completed reviews. The
insurance companies must also provide
an annual Training and Performance
Evaluation Report which details the
evaluation of each agent and loss
adjuster and reports of any remedial
actions taken by the Company to correct
any error or omission or ensure
compliance with the SRA.
Since the currently approved
information collection package does not
account for new information collections
implemented in the 2011 reinsurance
year, we are asking the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve this revised information
collection activity for 3 years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit
comments from the public concerning
this information collection activity as
associated with the SRA in effect for the
2011 and subsequent reinsurance years.
These comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information has practical
utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, through use, as
appropriate, of automated, electronic,
mechanical, and other collection
technologies, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
The SRA includes Conflict of Interest
data collection, which in addition to the
insurance companies reinsured by FCIC,
encompasses the insurance companies’
employees and their contracted agents
and loss adjusters. The SRA also
includes a Controlled Business data
collection from all employed or
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contracted agent. The estimate below
shows the burden that will be placed
upon the following affected entities.
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for the collection of
Appendix II information is estimated to
average 162 hours per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Insurance companies reinsured by FCIC.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 16.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 16.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents (hours): 2,592.
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for the Appendix I
collection of Conflict of Interest
information is estimated to average 1
hour per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Approved Insurance Provider’s
employees and their contracted agents
and loss adjusters.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 20,800.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 20,800.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents (hours): 20,800.
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for the Appendix I
collection of Controlled Business
information is estimated to average 1
hour per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Approved Insurance Provider’s
employed and contracted agents.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 15,000.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 15,000.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents (hours): 15,000.
Estimate of Burden: The public
reporting burden for the Appendix IV
annual Training and Performance
Evaluation Report and Quality Control
Report is estimated to average 16 hours
per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Insurance companies reinsured by FCIC.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 16.
Estimated annual number of
responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of
responses: 16.
Estimated total annual burden on
respondents (hours): 256.
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.
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Signed in Washington, DC, on July 26,
2010.
William J. Murphy,
Administrator, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA)
Inviting Applications for the Rural
Microentrepreneur Assistance
Program
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice to extend application
deadlines and award dates.
AGENCY:
The Agency published a
document in the Federal Register of
June 3, 2010, at 75 FR 31413 to
announce the acceptance of applications
under the Rural Microentrepreneur
Assistance Program (RMAP) to provide
direct loans, technical assistance grants,
and technical assistance-only grants to
microdevelopment organizations to
support the development and ongoing
success of rural microentrepreneurs and
microenterprises. This notice extends
the application deadline and anticipated
award date for applications submitted
for Fiscal Year 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Mark Brodziski,
(202) 720–1394.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On July 19, 2010, the Agency
published a correction notice (75 FR
41695) to the Interim Rule for the Rural
Microentrepreneur Assistance Program
(7 CFR part 4280, subpart D). One of the
items corrected was the definition of a
‘‘nonprofit entity.’’ This correction
removed the word ‘‘private’’ from the
definition of ‘‘nonprofit entity’’. The
original definition of ‘‘nonprofit entity’’
published in the Interim Rule, referred
to ‘‘a private entity chartered as a
nonprofit entity under State law.’’ The
corrected definition is ‘‘an entity
chartered as a nonprofit entity under
State law.’’ It was not the intention of
the Agency to restrict eligible nonprofit
entities to only private entities. In
making this correction to the Interim
Rule, there may be additional entities
eligible to participate in RMAP in Fiscal
Year 2010. Because the correction
occurred after the Fiscal Year 2010
application deadline of July 16, 2010, as
found in the June 3, 2010, notice, the
Agency is extending the application
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deadline for Fiscal Year 2010
applications from July 16, 2010 to
August 16, 2010.
In addition, because the Fiscal Year
2010 application deadline is being
extended, it is necessary to provide
additional time for the Agency to review
applications received between July 16,
2010 and August 16, 2010. Therefore,
the Agency is extending the anticipated
award date for Fiscal Year 2010
applications from August 31, 2010 to
September 15, 2010.
All other aspects of the June 3, 2010
notice for RMAP remain unchanged and
in effect for applications submitted by
the new application deadline for Fiscal
Year 2010.
Dated: July 22, 2010.
Judith A. Canales,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Yavapai County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Yavapai County Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Prescott, Arizona. The committee is
meeting as authorized under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343)
and in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the meeting is to orientate new
committee members to the Secural Rural
Schools Act, roles of members,
guidelines for Title II, and the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held August
19, 2010; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Prescott Fire Center, 2400 Melville
Dr, Prescott, AZ 86301.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debbie Maneely, RAC Coordinator,
Prescott National Forest, 344 S. Cortez,
Prescott, AZ 86301; (928) 443–8130 or
dmaneely@fs.fed.us.
SUMMARY:
The
meeting is open to the public. The
following business will be conducted:
(1) Welcome and introductions; (2)
overview of Secure Rural Schools Act,
Title II funding and timeline; (3)
develop RAC charter and operating
guidelines; (4) discussion of Committee
members and Designated Federal
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Risk Management Agency
Notice of Request for Revision of a Currently Approved
Collection.
AGENCY: Risk Management Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection; comment request.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces a public comment period on the information collection
requests (ICRs) associated with the Standard Reinsurance Agreement and
Appendices I, II and IV administered by Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation (FCIC). Appendix III is excluded because it contains the
Data Acceptance System requirements.
DATES: Written comments on this notice will be accepted until close of
business, September 27, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
David L. Miller, Director, Reinsurance Services Division, Federal Crop
Insurance Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 0804, Washington, DC 20250. Written
comments may also be submitted electronically to:
dave.miller@rma.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David L. Miller, Director, Risk
Management Agency, at the address listed above, telephone (202) 720-
9830.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standard Reinsurance Agreement; Appendices I, II and IV.
OMB Number: 0563-0069.
Type of Request: Revised and new Information Collection.
Abstract: The Federal Crop Insurance Act (Act), Title 7 U.S.C.
Chapter 36, Section 1508(k), authorizes the FCIC to provide reinsurance
to insurers approved by FCIC that insure producers of any agricultural
commodity under one or more plans acceptable to FCIC. The Act also
states that the reinsurance shall be provided on such terms and
conditions as the Board may determine to be consistent with subsections
(b) and (c) of this section and sound reinsurance principles.
FCIC executes the same form of reinsurance agreement, called the
Standard Reinsurance Agreement (SRA), with sixteen participating
insurers approved for the 2011 reinsurance year. Appendix I of the SRA,
Regulatory Duties and Responsibilities, sets forth the company's
responsibilities as required by statute. Appendix II of the SRA, the
Plan of Operations (Plan), sets forth the information the insurer is
required to file with RMA for each reinsurance year they wish to
participate. The Plan's information enables RMA to evaluate the
insurer's financial and operational capability to deliver the crop
insurance program in accordance with the Act. Estimated premiums by
fund by state, and retained percentages along with current
policyholders surplus are used in calculations to determine whether to
approve the insurer's requested maximum reinsurable premium volume for
the reinsurance year per 7 CFR part 400 subpart L. This information has
a direct effect upon the insurer's amount of retained premium and
associated liability and is required to calculate the insurer's
underwriting gain or loss.
Appendix IV of the SRA, Quality Control and Program Integrity,
establishes the minimum annual agent and loss adjuster training
requirements, and quality control review procedures and performance
standards required of the insurance companies. FCIC requires each
insurer to submit, for each reinsurance year, a Quality Control Report
to FCIC containing details of the results of their completed reviews.
The insurance companies must also provide an annual Training and
Performance Evaluation Report which details the evaluation of each
agent and loss adjuster and reports of any remedial actions taken by
the Company to correct any error or omission or ensure compliance with
the SRA.
Since the currently approved information collection package does
not account for new information collections implemented in the 2011
reinsurance year, we are asking the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve this revised information collection activity for 3
years.
The purpose of this notice is to solicit comments from the public
concerning this information collection activity as associated with the
SRA in effect for the 2011 and subsequent reinsurance years. These
comments will help us:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information has practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, through use, as appropriate, of automated,
electronic, mechanical, and other collection technologies, e.g.,
permitting electronic submission of responses.
The SRA includes Conflict of Interest data collection, which in
addition to the insurance companies reinsured by FCIC, encompasses the
insurance companies' employees and their contracted agents and loss
adjusters. The SRA also includes a Controlled Business data collection
from all employed or
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contracted agent. The estimate below shows the burden that will be
placed upon the following affected entities.
Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for the collection
of Appendix II information is estimated to average 162 hours per
response.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Insurance companies reinsured by
FCIC.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 16.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 16.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents (hours): 2,592.
Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for the Appendix I
collection of Conflict of Interest information is estimated to average
1 hour per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Approved Insurance Provider's
employees and their contracted agents and loss adjusters.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 20,800.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 20,800.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents (hours): 20,800.
Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for the Appendix I
collection of Controlled Business information is estimated to average 1
hour per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Approved Insurance Provider's
employed and contracted agents.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 15,000.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 15,000.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents (hours): 15,000.
Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for the Appendix IV
annual Training and Performance Evaluation Report and Quality Control
Report is estimated to average 16 hours per response.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Insurance companies reinsured by
FCIC.
Estimated annual number of respondents: 16.
Estimated annual number of responses per respondent: 1.
Estimated annual number of responses: 16.
Estimated total annual burden on respondents (hours): 256.
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 in Washington, DC, on July 26, 2010.
William J. Murphy,
Administrator, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2010-18664 Filed 7-28-10; 8:45 am]
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