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production and for ownership share, it
needs to be verifiable records that
substantiate the reported amounts. The
participant’s production for the
commodity is based on verifiable or
reliable production records. Examples of
reliable production records include
evidence provided by the participant
that is used to substantiate the amount
of production reported when verifiable
records are not available, including
copies of receipts, ledgers of income,
income statements of deposit slips,
register tapes, invoices for custom
harvesting, and records to verify
production costs, contemporaneous
measurements, truck scale tickets, or
contemporaneous diaries that are
determined acceptable by the county
committee.
Reliable record means any
nonverifiable record available that
reasonably supports the eligible
production, as determined acceptable by
the FSA county committee.
Verifiable record means a document
provided by the producer that can be
verified by the FSA county committee
through an independent source and is
used to substantiate the eligible
production.
Payment Limitation
For MFP payments, there will be a
single combined $125,000 per person or
legal entity payment limitation for the
five crops announced in this NOFA and
a separate combined per person or legal
entity $125,000 payment limitation for
hogs and milk.
Eligible Crops
To be eligible to receive an MFP
payment for a crop, the amount of
mechanically harvested production for
soybeans, sorghum, wheat, ELS cotton,
upland cotton, and corn will be the
amount based on the crop types,
intended uses, and status that are
consistent with the Agriculture Risk
Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage
(PLC) program regulations in 7 CFR part
1412, except grazing is not an eligible
intended use for MFP.
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Paperwork Reduction Act
Requirements
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.
chapter 35), FSA is requesting
comments from interested individuals
and organizations on the information
collection activities related to MFP.
After the 60-day period ends, the
information collection request will be
submitted to OMB for the 3-year
approval to cover MFP information
collection.
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To start the MFP information
collection approval, FSA received
emergency approval from OMB for 6
months. The emergency approval covers
this NOFA and any other MFP
information collection activities.
Title: Marketing Facilitation Program
(MFP).
OMB Control Number: 0560—New.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Abstract: This information collection
is required to support all MFP
information collection activities (NOFA
and the regulation in 7 CFR part 1409)
to provide eligible producers payments
with respect to commodities that have
been significantly impacted by actions
of foreign governments resulting in the
loss of traditional exports. The
information collection is necessary to
evaluate the application and other
required paperwork for determining the
producer’s eligibilities and assist in
producer’s payment calculations.
For the following estimated total
annual burden on respondents, the
formula used to calculate the total
burden hour is the estimated average
time per response multiplied by the
estimated total annual responses.
Public reporting burden for this
information collection is estimated to
include the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data
sources, gathering and maintaining the
data needed and completing and
reviewing the collections of
information.
Type of Respondents: Producers or
farmers.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 784,439.
Estimated Number of Reponses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
784,439.
Estimated Average Time per
Response: 0.6983 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 863,297.
FSA is 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 the
FSA, including whether the information
will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 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,
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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.
Environmental Review
The environmental impacts for MFP
have been considered in a manner
consistent with the provisions of the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the
regulations of the Council on
Environmental Quality (40 CFR parts
1500–1508), and the FSA regulation for
compliance with NEPA (7 CFR part
799).
As stated in the MFP final rule, the
implementation of MFP and the
participation in MFP do not constitute
major Federal actions that would
significantly affect the quality of the
human environment, individually or
cumulatively. The final rule served as
documentation of the programmatic
environmental compliance decision for
this federal program; therefore, CCC will
not prepare additional environmental
compliance documentation for this
NOFA.
Federal Assistance Programs
The title and number of the Federal
assistance programs, as found in the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance,
to which this NOFA applies is:
10.123 Market Facilitation Program.
Richard Fordyce,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
Robert Stephenson,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program—
Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (D–SNAP)
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
SUMMARY:
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other public agencies to comment on the
proposed information collection. This is
a revision of a currently approved
collection associated with requests by
State agencies to operate a Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (D–SNAP) to temporarily
provide food assistance to households
following a disaster.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before October 29, 2018.
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
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments may be sent to Sasha
Gersten-Paal, Chief, Certification Policy
Branch, Program Development Division,
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Room 812, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be faxed to
the attention of Ms. Gersten-Paal at
(703) 305–2507 or via email to
Sasha.Gersten-Paal@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
follow the online instructions for
submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
FNS during regular business hours (8:30
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
800, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Ms. Gersten-Paal
at (703) 305–2507.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Title: Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (D–SNAP).
OMB Number: 0584–0336.
Expiration Date: 1/31/2019.
Type of Request: Revision of a
previously approved collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to § 412 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.
5179, and § 5(h)(1) the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2014(h),
the Secretary of Agriculture has the
authority to establish a Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (D–SNAP), which is a
temporary program State agencies may
operate to provide food assistance to
households affected by disasters. D–
SNAP is separate and distinct from the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) because it has different
standards of eligibility, is operated for a
limited duration, and only provides one
month’s worth of benefits to eligible
households.
State agencies must submit formal
requests to operate D–SNAP to the Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) for
approval, and may only request to
operate D–SNAP in areas that have
received a Presidential Disaster
Declaration with authorization for
Individual Assistance, also known as an
IA declaration, from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). In their D–SNAP requests,
State agencies must outline their
proposed procedures for conducting D–
SNAP, designate the areas where they
wish to operate, and provide sufficient
supporting information. FNS reviews all
D–SNAP requests and supporting
information to ensure that all necessary
requirements to operate D–SNAP are
met. The information collected under
this notice is required for State agencies
to obtain FNS approval to operate D–
SNAP.
The burden associated with the
certification of D–SNAP applicants by
State agencies is included under
currently approved OMB information
collection 0584–0064 (SNAP Forms:
Applications, Periodic Reporting,
Notices; expiration date: 07/31/2020),
and the burden associated with the
submission of form FNS–292B: Report
of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Benefit Issuance by State
agencies is covered under the currently
approved OMB information collection
0584–0037 (Report of D–SNAP Benefit
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Issuance and Commodity Distribution
for Disaster Relief; expiration date: 02/
28/2021). Neither of these burden
activities will be reflected in this
submission.
Because it is impossible to predict the
number of natural disasters and extreme
weather events that result in an IA
declaration in a given year, and because
some State agencies may find that
operation of a D–SNAP is not warranted
even upon receipt of an IA declaration,
FNS is revising this burden estimate
based on the annual average number of
formal D–SNAP requests that were
submitted and approved since this
collection was last approved. From
fiscal year 2015 to 2017, and average of
5 State agencies requested and were
approved to operate D–SNAP each year.
Once approved by FNS to operate D–
SNAP, State agencies must submit any
subsequent request to modify or expand
operations to newly eligible areas to
FNS for approval. These modification or
expansion requests are typically
reserved for when a large-scale disaster
impacts different areas of a State in
different ways or at different times.
While these subsequent modification
and expansion requests require
substantially less time to prepare than
initial D–SNAP requests, FNS is
revising this burden estimate to account
for these is slight increase in total
annual burden.
Summary of burden hours:
Affected Public: State agencies and
local governments.
Estimated Total Annual Number of
Respondents: The total estimated
number of respondents is 7. This
includes: An average of 5 State agencies
that submit D–SNAP requests, and 2
State agencies that submit subsequent
requests to modify or expand approved
D–SNAPs.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per
Respondent: State agencies usually
submit 1 D–SNAP request per year, and
may occasionally submit 1 subsequent
modification or expansion request.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 7.
Estimated Total Hours per Response:
Approximately 10 hours for State
agency D–SNAP requests, and
approximately 3 hours for each
subsequent modification or expansion
request.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 56.
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Estimated
number of
respondents
Respondent
Estimated
average
number of
hours per
response
Total annual
responses
Estimated
total hours
(col. dxe)
State Agency—Submission of D–SNAP Request ...............
State Agency—Submission of D–SNAP modification or expansion request ................................................................
5
1
5
10
50
2
1
2
3
6
Total reporting burden ..................................................
7
........................
7
........................
56
Dated: August 21, 2018.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
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other public agencies to comment on the proposed information
collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection
associated with requests by State agencies to operate a Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) to temporarily
provide food assistance to households following a disaster.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 29, 2018.
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 of the burden of the
proposed collection of information including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Sasha Gersten-Paal, Chief, Certification
Policy Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
812, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be faxed to the attention
of Ms. Gersten-Paal at (703) 305-2507 or via email to [email protected].
Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking
Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online
instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the FNS during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 800,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All comments will be a matter of public
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Ms. Gersten-Paal at (703) 305-2507.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
OMB Number: 0584-0336.
Expiration Date: 1/31/2019.
Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to Sec. 412 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5179, and Sec. 5(h)(1)
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 2014(h), the Secretary of
Agriculture has the authority to establish a Disaster Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), which is a temporary program
State agencies may operate to provide food assistance to households
affected by disasters. D-SNAP is separate and distinct from the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because it has
different standards of eligibility, is operated for a limited duration,
and only provides one month's worth of benefits to eligible households.
State agencies must submit formal requests to operate D-SNAP to the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for approval, and may only request to
operate D-SNAP in areas that have received a Presidential Disaster
Declaration with authorization for Individual Assistance, also known as
an IA declaration, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
In their D-SNAP requests, State agencies must outline their proposed
procedures for conducting D-SNAP, designate the areas where they wish
to operate, and provide sufficient supporting information. FNS reviews
all D-SNAP requests and supporting information to ensure that all
necessary requirements to operate D-SNAP are met. The information
collected under this notice is required for State agencies to obtain
FNS approval to operate D-SNAP.
The burden associated with the certification of D-SNAP applicants
by State agencies is included under currently approved OMB information
collection 0584-0064 (SNAP Forms: Applications, Periodic Reporting,
Notices; expiration date: 07/31/2020), and the burden associated with
the submission of form FNS-292B: Report of Disaster Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Benefit Issuance by State agencies is covered
under the currently approved OMB information collection 0584-0037
(Report of D-SNAP Benefit Issuance and Commodity Distribution for
Disaster Relief; expiration date: 02/28/2021). Neither of these burden
activities will be reflected in this submission.
Because it is impossible to predict the number of natural disasters
and extreme weather events that result in an IA declaration in a given
year, and because some State agencies may find that operation of a D-
SNAP is not warranted even upon receipt of an IA declaration, FNS is
revising this burden estimate based on the annual average number of
formal D-SNAP requests that were submitted and approved since this
collection was last approved. From fiscal year 2015 to 2017, and
average of 5 State agencies requested and were approved to operate D-
SNAP each year.
Once approved by FNS to operate D-SNAP, State agencies must submit
any subsequent request to modify or expand operations to newly eligible
areas to FNS for approval. These modification or expansion requests are
typically reserved for when a large-scale disaster impacts different
areas of a State in different ways or at different times. While these
subsequent modification and expansion requests require substantially
less time to prepare than initial D-SNAP requests, FNS is revising this
burden estimate to account for these is slight increase in total annual
burden.
Summary of burden hours:
Affected Public: State agencies and local governments.
Estimated Total Annual Number of Respondents: The total estimated
number of respondents is 7. This includes: An average of 5 State
agencies that submit D-SNAP requests, and 2 State agencies that submit
subsequent requests to modify or expand approved D-SNAPs.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondent: State agencies
usually submit 1 D-SNAP request per year, and may occasionally submit 1
subsequent modification or expansion request.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 7.
Estimated Total Hours per Response: Approximately 10 hours for
State agency D-SNAP requests, and approximately 3 hours for each
subsequent modification or expansion request.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 56.
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Estimated
Estimated Responses Total annual average number Estimated
Respondent number of annually per responses of hours per total hours
respondents respondent response (col. dxe)
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State Agency--Submission of D- 5 1 5 10 50
SNAP Request...................
State Agency--Submission of D- 2 1 2 3 6
SNAP modification or expansion
request........................
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Total reporting burden...... 7 .............. 7 .............. 56
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Dated: August 21, 2018.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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