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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection: Emergency
Conservation Program
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking
comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on an
extension with revision of currently
approved information collection
associated with the Emergency
Conservation Program (ECP). To assist
with the modernization of ECP, new
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forms, which allow for multiple
practices and multiple farms and tracts,
will be used in lieu of the AD–245 for
application processed through the new
web-based software.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by October 4, 2010. We will
consider comments submitted after this
date to extent possible.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this Notice. In your
comment, include the volume, date, and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
E-Mail: Send comments to:
Katina.Hanson@wdc.usda.gov.
Fax: (202) 720–4619.
Mail: Katina Hanson, ECP Program
Manager, Conservation and
Environmental Programs Division, Farm
Service Agency, United States
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0513,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0513.
Comments also should be sent to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katina Hanson, ECP Program Manager,
(202) 720–0062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Emergency Conservation
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0082.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2011.
Type of Request: Extension and
Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection.
Abstract: This information collection
is to allow FSA to effectively administer
the regulations under the ECP. The
regulations at 7 CFR part 701 set forth
basic policies, program provisions, and
eligibility requirements for owners and
operators to enter into agreement with,
to apply for financial and technical
assistance and for receiving cost-share
payments under the ECP. The revision
to the currently approved information
collection is in response to the need to
continue to service ECP customers and
more efficiently collect information on
cost-share requests, agreements, and
performance by modernizing the ECP
forms and software processes.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
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is estimated to average .3 hours (19
minutes) per response. The average
travel time, which is included in the
total annual burden, is estimated to be
1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Owners, operators and
other eligible agricultural producers on
eligible farmland.
Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 51,263.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection,
and to help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected;
(4) 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. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for Office of Management
and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 27,
2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection: Emergency Conservation Program
AGENCY: 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) is seeking comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on an extension with revision of
currently approved information collection associated with the Emergency
Conservation Program (ECP). To assist with the modernization of ECP,
new forms, which allow for multiple practices and multiple farms and
tracts, will be used in lieu of the AD-245 for application processed
through the new web-based software.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by October 4, 2010. We
will consider comments submitted after this date to extent possible.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this Notice. In your
comment, include the volume, date, and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
E-Mail: Send comments to: Katina.Hanson@wdc.usda.gov.
Fax: (202) 720-4619.
Mail: Katina Hanson, ECP Program Manager, Conservation and
Environmental Programs Division, Farm Service Agency, United States
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0513, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-0513.
Comments also should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katina Hanson, ECP Program Manager,
(202) 720-0062.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Emergency Conservation Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2011.
Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved
Information Collection.
Abstract: This information collection is to allow FSA to
effectively administer the regulations under the ECP. The regulations
at 7 CFR part 701 set forth basic policies, program provisions, and
eligibility requirements for owners and operators to enter into
agreement with, to apply for financial and technical assistance and for
receiving cost-share payments under the ECP. The revision to the
currently approved information collection is in response to the need to
continue to service ECP customers and more efficiently collect
information on cost-share requests, agreements, and performance by
modernizing the ECP forms and software processes.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average .3 hours (19 minutes) per response.
The average travel time, which is included in the total annual burden,
is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Respondents: Owners, operators and other eligible agricultural
producers on eligible farmland.
Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 40,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 51,263.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection, and to help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(4) 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.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office
of Management and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on July 27, 2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2010-19045 Filed 8-2-10; 8:45 am]
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