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they derive estimates of the number of
customers, sales, number of vendors,
and vendor characteristics.
An on-farm market is an area of a
facility affiliated with a farm where
transactions between a farm market
operator and customers take place. An
on-farm market may operate seasonally
or year-round. On-farm markets are an
important component of direct
marketing, adding value by offering
customers a visit to the farm and the
opportunity to purchase products from
the people who grew them.
A CSA is another type of foodproduction and direct marketing
relationship between a farmer or farmers
and a group of consumers who purchase
‘‘shares’’ of the season’s harvest in
advance of the growing season. The upfront working capital generated by
selling shares reduces the financial risk
to the farmer(s). Generally; farmers
receive better prices for their crops and,
have reduced marketing costs.
Consumers benefit by receiving weekly
delivery of fresh locally-grown fruits,
vegetables, meats, eggs and other
produce. They also benefit from the
ability to collectively support the
sustainability of local farmers.
A Food hub is a business or
organization that actively manages the
aggregation, distribution, and marketing
of source-identified food products
primarily from local and regional
producers to strengthen their ability to
satisfy wholesale, retail, and
institutional demand. This marketing
channel also allows farm operators to
capture a larger share of consumers’
food dollar.
On-farm markets, CSA, as well as food
hubs, comprise an integral part of the
urban/farm linkage and have continued
to rise in popularity, mostly due to the
growing consumer interest in obtaining
fresh products directly from the farm.
The use of these marketing channels has
enabled farmers to receive a larger share
of the consumer’s food dollar. On-farm
markets, CSA, and food hubs allow
consumers to have access to locally
grown, farm fresh produce, enable
farmers the opportunity to develop a
personal relationship with their
customers, and cultivate consumer
loyalty with the farmers. They are also
providing greater access to fresh locally
grown fruits and vegetables, as well as
playing an increasing role in
encouraging healthier eating.
For Merged Local Food Directories and
Survey—0581–0169
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this combined collection of
information is estimated to average
0.183 hours per response.
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Respondents: Farmers market
managers, farm operators that operate
on-farm stores, operators of CSA, farm
operations, and operators of food hubs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
62,250
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
6,500
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: .104
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,187 hours.
For Local Food Directories and
Survey—0581–0289
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 0.167 hours per
response.
Respondents: Farm operators that
operate on-farm stores, operators of
CSA, farm operations, and operators of
food hubs.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
56,750 respondents
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
2,125 responses
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: .037 responses
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 355 hours
Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed 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 the burden of the
proposed collection of information
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions 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
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Dated: January 13, 2016.
Rex A. Barnes,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection Request;
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
Program and Report of Acreage
Farm Service Agency,
Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) is
requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on a
revision of a currently approved
information collection in support of the
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance
Program (NAP). The revision adds the
report of acreage for NAP in the
information collection request. The
report of acreage is not a new
requirement for NAP; it was previously
covered in a separate information
collection request and FSA is merging it
into the NAP information collection
request. The information being collected
is needed from producers to determine
their eligibility for NAP assistance.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, OMB control
number, volume, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You
may submit comments by any of the
following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Daniel McGlynn, Acting
Division Director, Production,
Emergencies, and Compliance Division,
Farm Service Agency, USDA, Mail Stop
0517, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–0517.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeannette Sutphin, (202) 720–3188.
Persons with disabilities or who require
alternative means for communication
should contact the USDA Target Center
at (202) 720–2600 (voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster
Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0175.
Type of Request: Revision.
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Abstract: NAP is authorized under 7
U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under
regulations in 7 CFR part 1437. NAP is
administered by FSA for the Commodity
Credit Corporation. The information
collected allows FSA to provide
assistance through NAP for losses of
commercial crops or other agricultural
commodities (except livestock) that are
produced for food, fiber, bioenergy
conversion, and for which catastrophic
coverage under section 508(b), or
additional NAP coverage of sections
508(c) of 508(h) of the Federal Crop
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is not
available.
NAP coverage is available for crops
expressly grown for food (excluding
livestock and their by-products); crops
planted and grown for livestock
consumption; crops grown for fiber
(excluding trees grown for lumber or
paper products); aquaculture species
crops (including ornamental fish);
floriculture; ornamental nursery;
Christmas tree crops; turf grass sod;
industrial crops; seed crops; and sea
grass and sea oats. The information is
necessary to determine whether a
producer and crop or commodity meet
applicable conditions for assistance and
to determine compliance with existing
regulations.
Eligible producers must annually:
(1) Request NAP coverage by
completing an application for coverage
and paying a service fee by the FSAestablished application closing date;
(2) File a report of acreage, inventory,
or physical location of the operation, as
applicable for the covered crop or
commodity; and
(3) Certify harvested production of
each covered crop or commodity.
When damage occurs to a covered
crop or commodity, which is eligible for
NAP, producers must file a notice of
loss with the local FSA administrative
county office within 15 calendar days of
occurrence or 15 calendar days of the
date damage to the crop or commodity
becomes apparent. Producers must also
file an application for payment by the
FSA established deadline, and complete
a certification of average adjusted gross
income and consent for disclosure of tax
information with the local FSA county
office. The NAP application is also
being used to provide a timelier, more
accurate, and more reliable delivery of
benefits to producers. Changes
implemented by the Agricultural Act of
2014 (known as the 2014 Farm Bill)
have authorized the availability of
additional NAP coverage levels ranging
from 50 to 65 percent of production at
100 percent of the average market price
(NAP buy-up coverage), and expanded
NAP coverage to sweet sorghum,
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biomass sorghum, and industrial crops
grown as feedstock for renewable
biofuel, renewable electricity, and
biobased products. The 2014 Farm Bill
also expanded a waiver of the NAP
service fee, which was previously
available only to limited resource
farmers to also include beginning and
socially disadvantaged farmers and
ranchers.
As specified in 7 CFR 1437.7,
producers that elect buy-up coverage are
required to pay a premium, in addition
to the service fee, equal to the lesser of:
The product obtained by multiplying:
• A 5.25-percent premium fee; and
• The applicable payment limit.
The sum of the premiums for each
eligible crop, with the premium for each
eligible crop obtained by multiplying:
• The producer’s share of the eligible
crop;
• The number of acres devoted to the
eligible crop;
• The approved yield;
• The coverage level elected by the
producer;
• The average market price; and
• A 5.25-percent premium fee; or
• For value loss crops, the premium
calculation will be based on the
maximum dollar value for which
coverage is sought, subject to applicable
payment limitation, times the 5.25
percent premium.
Premiums will be calculated
separately for each crop, type, and
intended use as reported on the acreage
report and as specified in the basic
provisions.
Beginning farmers and ranchers,
limited resource farmers and ranchers,
and socially disadvantaged farmers or
ranchers may request a waiver of the
service fee and a 50 percent premium
reduction for any buy-up coverage
elected by filing a certification of their
status on or before the time the
application for coverage is filed using
the form specified by FSA.
Annual reports of acreage that are
planted and prevented from being
planted must be reported, as required by
the Secretary, by the designated acreage
reporting date for the crop and location
as established by the Secretary. As
specified in 7 CFR 1437.8(d), the report
of acreage planted or intended but
prevented from being planted must be
provided to FSA at the administrative
county office for the acreage no later
than the date specified by FSA for each
crop and location. Reports of acreage
filed beyond the date specified by FSA
for the crop and location may, however,
be processed and used for determining
acres devoted to the eligible crop if all
the provisions of 7 CFR part 718 are
met. In the case of a crop-share
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arrangement, all producers will be
bound by the acreage report filed by the
landowner or operator unless the
producer files a separate acreage report
by the date specified by FSA for the
crop and location. Reports of acreage
planted or intended and prevented from
being planted must include all of the
following information:
(1) Number of acres of the eligible
crop in the administrative county (for
each planting in the event of multiple
planting) in which the producer has a
share;
(2) Zero acres planted when the
producer’s crop for which an
application for coverage was filed, is not
planted;
(3) The producer’s share of the
eligible crop at the time an application
for coverage was filed;
(4) The FSA farm serial number;
(5) The identity of the crop, practices,
intended uses, and for forage crops, the
predominant species or type and variety
of the vegetation;
(6) For crops grown on organic
acreage with an average market price
established specified in § 1437.12(b), the
identity of the crop planted on:
(i) Acreage using conventional
farming practices;
(ii) Certified organic acreage;
(iii) Transitional acreage being
converted to certified organic acreage;
(iv) Buffer zone acreage;
(7) The identity of all producers
sharing in the crop;
(8) The date the crop was planted or
planting was completed, including the
age of the perennial crops; and
(9) The acreage intended but
prevented from being planted.
Additionally, 7 CFR 1437.301(c)
indicates that for those eligible crops
and commodities for which it is
impractical, as determined by CCC, to
report crop acreage including, but not
limited to, ornamental nursery and
aquaculture, producers must provide a
report of the crop, commodity, and
facility to FSA for the acreage or facility,
on a form prescribed by FSA, no later
than the beginning of the crop year.
The report of acreage is not a new
requirement for NAP; it was previously
approved by OMB under control
number 0560–0004. The report of
acreage was covered in that separate
information collection request and FSA
is merging it into the NAP information
collection request. The report of acreage
information collection has been
approved under a separate OMB control
number because the report of acreage is
also used for other programs and in the
past, the other programs required
approval under the Paperwork
Reduction Act; however, due to
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legislative exemptions related to the
Paperwork Reduction Act for those
other FSA programs, currently NAP is
the only FSA program for which the
report of acreage requires approval
under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Therefore, FSA determined that instead
of continuing 2 separate approvals, it
would be better to consolidate the
information collection requests into a
single NAP approval. When FSA
submits the information collection
request to OMB, FSA will submit a
consolidated request to revise the OMB
approval for control number 0560–0175
and will discontinue OMB control
number 0560–0004 when OMB
approves the revised information
collection request for control number
0560–0175.
FSA is revising the currently
approved information collection
because the total annual burden hours is
expected to increase due to the merging
the information collection request of
Report of Acreage for NAP (0560–0004)
with the information collection request
of 0560–0175. FSA is also revising the
estimates currently approved for OMB
control number 0560–0175 to the
numbers to reflect current respondents.
The information collection request
approved under OMB control number
0560–0004 will be discontinued upon
the OMB approval of the revised
information collection request for OMB
control number 0560–0175.
The formula used to calculate the
total burden hours is ‘‘the estimated
average time per response (including
travel time)’’ times ‘‘the total estimated
annual response.’’
Type of Respondents: Producers of
commercial crops or other agricultural
commodities (except livestock).
Estimated Annual Burden: Public
reporting burden for this information
collection is estimated to average 1.63
hours per response. The average travel
time, which is included in the total
annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour
per respondent.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 72,294.
Estimated Annual Number of
Reponses per Respondent: 8.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
574,402.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 933,528.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of FSA,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
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(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA’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.
Val Dolcini,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation, and Administrator, Farm
Service Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Requested—Review of Child
Nutrition Data and Analysis for
Program Management
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This is a new collection to review and
document State and School Food
Authority (SFA) National School Lunch
Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast
Program (SBP) Management Information
Systems (MIS) in order to provide FNS
with a baseline assessment of the MIS
system and to inform FNS regarding
how States and SFAs use data systems
beyond fulfilling FNS reporting
requirements.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before March 21,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
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of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be submitted through
one of the following methods:
• Preferred method: Submit
information through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submissions.
• Mail: Submissions should be
addressed to Dennis Ranalli, Social
Science Policy Analyst, Office of Policy
Support, FNS, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be emailed to
dennis.ranalli@fns.usda.gov.
All information properly and timely
submitted, using one of the methods
described above, in response to this
request will be included in the record
and will be made available to the public
on the Internet at https://
www.regulations.gov. Please be advised
that the substance of the information
provided and the identity of the
individuals or entities submitting it will
be subject to public disclosure.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the FNS office
located at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 1014,
during regular business hours (8:30 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday).
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. All comments will be
a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Dennis Ranalli at
703–305–2149 or dennis.ranalli@
fns.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Review of Child Nutrition Data
and Analysis for Program Management.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: Not yet assigned.
Expiration Date: Not yet determined
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act of 1946 and
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 provide the
legislative authority for the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP) and
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
Information Collection Request; Noninsured Crop Disaster
Assistance Program and Report of Acreage
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, Commodity Credit Corporation, 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 requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on a revision of a currently approved
information collection in support of the Noninsured Crop Disaster
Assistance Program (NAP). The revision adds the report of acreage for
NAP in the information collection request. The report of acreage is not
a new requirement for NAP; it was previously covered in a separate
information collection request and FSA is merging it into the NAP
information collection request. The information being collected is
needed from producers to determine their eligibility for NAP
assistance.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by March 21, 2016.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, OMB control number, volume, and page number of
this issue of the Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of
the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Daniel McGlynn, Acting Division Director,
Production, Emergencies, and Compliance Division, Farm Service Agency,
USDA, Mail Stop 0517, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC
20250-0517.
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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannette Sutphin, (202) 720-3188.
Persons with disabilities or who require alternative means for
communication should contact the USDA Target Center at (202) 720-2600
(voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0175.
Type of Request: Revision.
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Abstract: NAP is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7333 and implemented
under regulations in 7 CFR part 1437. NAP is administered by FSA for
the Commodity Credit Corporation. The information collected allows FSA
to provide assistance through NAP for losses of commercial crops or
other agricultural commodities (except livestock) that are produced for
food, fiber, bioenergy conversion, and for which catastrophic coverage
under section 508(b), or additional NAP coverage of sections 508(c) of
508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is not
available.
NAP coverage is available for crops expressly grown for food
(excluding livestock and their by-products); crops planted and grown
for livestock consumption; crops grown for fiber (excluding trees grown
for lumber or paper products); aquaculture species crops (including
ornamental fish); floriculture; ornamental nursery; Christmas tree
crops; turf grass sod; industrial crops; seed crops; and sea grass and
sea oats. The information is necessary to determine whether a producer
and crop or commodity meet applicable conditions for assistance and to
determine compliance with existing regulations.
Eligible producers must annually:
(1) Request NAP coverage by completing an application for coverage
and paying a service fee by the FSA-established application closing
date;
(2) File a report of acreage, inventory, or physical location of
the operation, as applicable for the covered crop or commodity; and
(3) Certify harvested production of each covered crop or commodity.
When damage occurs to a covered crop or commodity, which is
eligible for NAP, producers must file a notice of loss with the local
FSA administrative county office within 15 calendar days of occurrence
or 15 calendar days of the date damage to the crop or commodity becomes
apparent. Producers must also file an application for payment by the
FSA established deadline, and complete a certification of average
adjusted gross income and consent for disclosure of tax information
with the local FSA county office. The NAP application is also being
used to provide a timelier, more accurate, and more reliable delivery
of benefits to producers. Changes implemented by the Agricultural Act
of 2014 (known as the 2014 Farm Bill) have authorized the availability
of additional NAP coverage levels ranging from 50 to 65 percent of
production at 100 percent of the average market price (NAP buy-up
coverage), and expanded NAP coverage to sweet sorghum, biomass sorghum,
and industrial crops grown as feedstock for renewable biofuel,
renewable electricity, and biobased products. The 2014 Farm Bill also
expanded a waiver of the NAP service fee, which was previously
available only to limited resource farmers to also include beginning
and socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
As specified in 7 CFR 1437.7, producers that elect buy-up coverage
are required to pay a premium, in addition to the service fee, equal to
the lesser of:
The product obtained by multiplying:
A 5.25-percent premium fee; and
The applicable payment limit.
The sum of the premiums for each eligible crop, with the premium
for each eligible crop obtained by multiplying:
The producer's share of the eligible crop;
The number of acres devoted to the eligible crop;
The approved yield;
The coverage level elected by the producer;
The average market price; and
A 5.25-percent premium fee; or
For value loss crops, the premium calculation will be
based on the maximum dollar value for which coverage is sought, subject
to applicable payment limitation, times the 5.25 percent premium.
Premiums will be calculated separately for each crop, type, and
intended use as reported on the acreage report and as specified in the
basic provisions.
Beginning farmers and ranchers, limited resource farmers and
ranchers, and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers may request a
waiver of the service fee and a 50 percent premium reduction for any
buy-up coverage elected by filing a certification of their status on or
before the time the application for coverage is filed using the form
specified by FSA.
Annual reports of acreage that are planted and prevented from being
planted must be reported, as required by the Secretary, by the
designated acreage reporting date for the crop and location as
established by the Secretary. As specified in 7 CFR 1437.8(d), the
report of acreage planted or intended but prevented from being planted
must be provided to FSA at the administrative county office for the
acreage no later than the date specified by FSA for each crop and
location. Reports of acreage filed beyond the date specified by FSA for
the crop and location may, however, be processed and used for
determining acres devoted to the eligible crop if all the provisions of
7 CFR part 718 are met. In the case of a crop-share arrangement, all
producers will be bound by the acreage report filed by the landowner or
operator unless the producer files a separate acreage report by the
date specified by FSA for the crop and location. Reports of acreage
planted or intended and prevented from being planted must include all
of the following information:
(1) Number of acres of the eligible crop in the administrative
county (for each planting in the event of multiple planting) in which
the producer has a share;
(2) Zero acres planted when the producer's crop for which an
application for coverage was filed, is not planted;
(3) The producer's share of the eligible crop at the time an
application for coverage was filed;
(4) The FSA farm serial number;
(5) The identity of the crop, practices, intended uses, and for
forage crops, the predominant species or type and variety of the
vegetation;
(6) For crops grown on organic acreage with an average market price
established specified in Sec. 1437.12(b), the identity of the crop
planted on:
(i) Acreage using conventional farming practices;
(ii) Certified organic acreage;
(iii) Transitional acreage being converted to certified organic
acreage;
(iv) Buffer zone acreage;
(7) The identity of all producers sharing in the crop;
(8) The date the crop was planted or planting was completed,
including the age of the perennial crops; and
(9) The acreage intended but prevented from being planted.
Additionally, 7 CFR 1437.301(c) indicates that for those eligible
crops and commodities for which it is impractical, as determined by
CCC, to report crop acreage including, but not limited to, ornamental
nursery and aquaculture, producers must provide a report of the crop,
commodity, and facility to FSA for the acreage or facility, on a form
prescribed by FSA, no later than the beginning of the crop year.
The report of acreage is not a new requirement for NAP; it was
previously approved by OMB under control number 0560-0004. The report
of acreage was covered in that separate information collection request
and FSA is merging it into the NAP information collection request. The
report of acreage information collection has been approved under a
separate OMB control number because the report of acreage is also used
for other programs and in the past, the other programs required
approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act; however, due to
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legislative exemptions related to the Paperwork Reduction Act for those
other FSA programs, currently NAP is the only FSA program for which the
report of acreage requires approval under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Therefore, FSA determined that instead of continuing 2 separate
approvals, it would be better to consolidate the information collection
requests into a single NAP approval. When FSA submits the information
collection request to OMB, FSA will submit a consolidated request to
revise the OMB approval for control number 0560-0175 and will
discontinue OMB control number 0560-0004 when OMB approves the revised
information collection request for control number 0560-0175.
FSA is revising the currently approved information collection
because the total annual burden hours is expected to increase due to
the merging the information collection request of Report of Acreage for
NAP (0560-0004) with the information collection request of 0560-0175.
FSA is also revising the estimates currently approved for OMB control
number 0560-0175 to the numbers to reflect current respondents. The
information collection request approved under OMB control number 0560-
0004 will be discontinued upon the OMB approval of the revised
information collection request for OMB control number 0560-0175.
The formula used to calculate the total burden hours is ``the
estimated average time per response (including travel time)'' times
``the total estimated annual response.''
Type of Respondents: Producers of commercial crops or other
agricultural commodities (except livestock).
Estimated Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this
information collection is estimated to average 1.63 hours per response.
The average travel time, which is included in the total annual burden,
is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 72,294.
Estimated Annual Number of Reponses per Respondent: 8.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 574,402.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 933,528.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection to help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions of FSA, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of FSA'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.
Val Dolcini,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation, and
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2016-00984 Filed 1-19-16; 8:45 am]
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