Information Collection Request; Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), 57947 [2017-26464]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection Request;
Emergency Conservation Program
(ECP) and Biomass Crop Assistance
Program (BCAP)
Farm Service Agency, USDA.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as
amended, the Farm Service Agency
(FSA) is requesting comments from all
interested individuals and organizations
on an extension with a revision of
currently approved information
collection associated with the
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP)
and Biomass Crop Assistance Program
(BCAP). This information is collected in
support of, respectively, sections 401–
407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of
1978, as amended, and section 9011 of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002, as amended.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by February 6, 2018.
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:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail, hand delivery, or courier:
Virginia Green, 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.
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 requested
by contacting Martin Bomar.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to collection
activities, Virginia Green, (202) 401–
9144.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Emergency Conservation
Program and Biomass Crop Assistance
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0082.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2018.
Type of Request: Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The collection of this
information is necessary to allow FSA
to:
(1) Effectively administer the
regulations under ECP, which are set
forth at 7 CFR part 701, so as to provide
funding and technical assistance for
farmers and ranchers to restore farmland
damaged by natural disasters, and for
emergency water conservation measures
in severe droughts; and
(2) Effectively administer the
regulations for BCAP, which are set
forth at 7 CFR part 1450, so as to
provide financial assistance to owners
and operators of agricultural and nonindustrial private forest land who wish
to establish, produce, and deliver
biomass feedstocks.
This information is collected in
support of, respectively, sections 401–
407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of
1978 (Pub. L. 95–334), as amended, and
section 9011 of the Farm Security and
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L.
107–171), as amended.
FSA will decrease the burden hours
in the request because FSA will replace
the form series AD–245 and its
associated computing process, with the
new form series FSA–848 and a webbased computing environment. Also,
participation in BCAP has been reduced
due to reduced funding. FSA is
removing three forms for ECP, FSA–18,
ACP–153, and ACP–153A, and one form
for BCAP, CCC–36, Assignment of
Payment, from the information
collection.
For the following estimated total
annual burden on respondents, the
formula used to calculate the total
burden hours is the estimated average
time per response multiplied by the
estimated total annual of responses.
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Estimate of Average Time To
Respond: Public reporting burden for
collecting information under this notice
is estimated to average 0.26556 hours
per response (an average of 16 minutes),
including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed, completing and reviewing
the collection of information for all
respondents, and travel time for half of
the respondents. The average travel
time, which is included in the total
annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour
per respondent.
Type of Respondents: Owners,
operators and other eligible agricultural
producers on eligible farmland.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
55,680.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 5.258.
Estimated Total Annual Reponses:
292,820.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 0. 26556 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 77,763 hours.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Evaluate the quality, ability and
clarity of the information technology;
and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
information collection on those who
respond through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of
information.
All responses to this notice, including
names and addresses when provided,
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Steven J. Peterson,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017–26464 Filed 12–7–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection Request; Emergency Conservation Program
(ECP) and Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, as
amended, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all
interested individuals and organizations on an extension with a
revision of currently approved information collection associated with
the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) and Biomass Crop Assistance
Program (BCAP). This information is collected in support of,
respectively, sections 401-407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978,
as amended, and section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002, as amended.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by February 6, 2018.
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:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to: www.regulations.gov.
Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail, hand delivery, or courier: Virginia Green, 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.
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 requested by contacting Martin Bomar.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, Virginia Green, (202) 401-9144.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Information Collection
Title: Emergency Conservation Program and Biomass Crop Assistance
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
Expiration Date: March 31, 2018.
Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Information
Collection.
Abstract: The collection of this information is necessary to allow
FSA to:
(1) Effectively administer the regulations under ECP, which are set
forth at 7 CFR part 701, so as to provide funding and technical
assistance for farmers and ranchers to restore farmland damaged by
natural disasters, and for emergency water conservation measures in
severe droughts; and
(2) Effectively administer the regulations for BCAP, which are set
forth at 7 CFR part 1450, so as to provide financial assistance to
owners and operators of agricultural and non-industrial private forest
land who wish to establish, produce, and deliver biomass feedstocks.
This information is collected in support of, respectively, sections
401-407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-334), as
amended, and section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-171), as amended.
FSA will decrease the burden hours in the request because FSA will
replace the form series AD-245 and its associated computing process,
with the new form series FSA-848 and a web-based computing environment.
Also, participation in BCAP has been reduced due to reduced funding.
FSA is removing three forms for ECP, FSA-18, ACP-153, and ACP-153A, and
one form for BCAP, CCC-36, Assignment of Payment, from the information
collection.
For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the
formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the estimated
average time per response multiplied by the estimated total annual of
responses.
Estimate of Average Time To Respond: Public reporting burden for
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average
0.26556 hours per response (an average of 16 minutes), including the
time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, completing and reviewing the
collection of information for all respondents, and travel time for half
of the respondents. The average travel time, which is included in the
total annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
Type of Respondents: Owners, operators and other eligible
agricultural producers on eligible farmland.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 55,680.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.258.
Estimated Total Annual Reponses: 292,820.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 0. 26556 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 77,763 hours.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection to help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Evaluate the quality, ability and clarity of the information
technology; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
respond through the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information.
All responses to this notice, including names and addresses when
provided, will be summarized and included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Steven J. Peterson,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2017-26464 Filed 12-7-17; 8:45 am]
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