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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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February 4, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13. Comments are
requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and ways to
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.
Comments regarding this information
collection received by March 11, 2021
will be considered. Written comments
and recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Housing Service
Title: Fire and Rescue Loans—7 CFR
1942, Subpart C.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0120.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Housing Service (RHS) is authorized by
Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.
1926) to make loans to public agencies,
nonprofit corporations, and Indian
tribes for the development of essential
community facilities primarily servicing
rural residents. The primary regulation
for administering this Community
Facility program is 7 CFR 1942–A. The
Community Facilities program has been
used to finance about 100 different
types of facilities varying in size and
complexity from fire trucks to hospitals.
A significant portion of the loans made
have been used for public safety to
finance fire stations, fire trucks,
ambulances, and rescue facilities and
other small Community Facilities
projects. The information must be
collected to determine eligibility,
analyze financial feasibility, take
security, monitor the use of loan funds,
and monitor the financial condition of
borrowers, and otherwise assisting
borrowers.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information will be collected by Rural
Development field offices from
applicants/borrowers and consultants.
This information will be used to
determine applicant/borrower
eligibility, project feasibility, and ensure
borrowers operate on a sound basis and
use loan funds for authorized purposes.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Quarterly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 7,881.
Title: 7 CFR 1902–A, Supervised Bank
Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0158.
Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902–
A, Supervised Bank Accounts (SBA),
prescribes the policies and procedures
for disbursing loan and grant funds,
establishing and closing supervised
accounts, and placing Multi-Family
housing reserve accounts in supervised
accounts. The Rural Business Service
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extends financial assistance to
applicants that do not qualify for loans
under commercial rates and terms. The
Rural Housing Service (RHS) is the
credit agency for agriculture and rural
development in USDA. Supervised
accounts are accounts with a financial
institution in the names of a borrower
and the United States Government,
represented by Rural Housing Service,
Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
Rural Utilities Service, (Agency).
Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C.
1989 and Section 510 of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
1480) is the legislative authorities
requiring the use of supervised
accounts.
Need and Use of the Information: The
agency’s state and field offices will
collect information from borrowers and
financial institutions. The Agency use
SBA’s as a mechanism to (1) ensure
correct disbursement and expenditure of
all funds designated for a project; (2)
help a borrower properly manage its
financial affairs; (3) ensure that the
Government’s security is protected
adequately from fraud, waste and abuse.
The consequence to Federal program
and policy activities if the collection of
information was not conducted would
be detrimental to both the Government
and to borrowers.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 13,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 23,626.
Title: 7 CFR 1902–A, Supervised Bank
Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 0575–0158.
Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902–
A, Supervised Bank Accounts (SBA),
prescribes the policies and procedures
for disbursing loan and grant funds,
establishing and closing supervised
accounts, and placing Multi-Family
housing reserve accounts in supervised
accounts. The Rural Business Service
extends financial assistance to
applicants that do not qualify for loans
under commercial rates and terms. The
Rural Housing Service (RHS) is the
credit agency for agriculture and rural
development in USDA. Supervised
accounts are accounts with a financial
institution in the names of a borrower
and the United States Government,
represented by Rural Housing Service,
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Rural Business-Cooperative Service,
Rural Utilities Service, (Agency).
Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C.
1989 and Section 510 of the Housing
Act of 1949, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
1480) is the legislative authorities
requiring the use of supervised
accounts.
Need and Use of the Information: The
agency’s state and field offices will
collect information from borrowers and
financial institutions. The Agency use
SBA’s as a mechanism to (1) ensure
correct disbursement and expenditure of
all funds designated for a project; (2)
help a borrower properly manage its
financial affairs; (3) ensure that the
Government’s security is protected
adequately from fraud, waste and abuse.
The consequence to Federal program
and policy activities if the collection of
information was not conducted would
be detrimental to both the Government
and to borrowers.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 13,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 23,626.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
February 4, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Comments
are requested regarding: (1) 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) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden 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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
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Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
March 11, 2021. Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of the
publication of this notice on the
following website www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain. Find this
particular information collection by
selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS)
Title: Agricultural Surveys Program—
Substantive Change.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0213.
Summary of Collection: General
authority for these data collection
activities is granted under U.S. Code
Title 7, Section 2204 which specifies
that ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall
procure and preserve all information
concerning agriculture which he can
obtain . . . by the collection of statistics
. . .’’. The primary objective of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) is to provide data users with
timely and reliable agricultural
production and economic statistics, as
well as environmental and specialty
agricultural related statistics. To
accomplish this objective, NASS relies
on the use of diverse surveys that show
changes within the farming industry
over time.
The Agricultural Surveys Program is a
combination of surveys utilizing several
different sampling frames. Basic
agricultural data is collected from
farmers and ranchers throughout the
nation and used to prepare agricultural
estimates and forecasts of crop acreages,
yields, and production; stocks of grains
and oilseeds; hog and pig inventory;
sheep inventory and lamb crop; goat
and kid inventory; cattle inventory;
cattle on feed, and land values. The
surveys provide the basis for estimates
of the current season’s crop and
livestock production and supplies of
grain and oilseeds in storage. Survey
results provide the foundation for
setting livestock and poultry inventory
numbers. Estimates derived from these
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surveys supply information needed by
farmers to make decisions for both
short- and long-term planning.
Due to the COVID–19 virus, numerous
changes took place for the 2020 calendar
year. The June Area Survey was
suspended for 2020 and will be
conducted again in 2021 and 2022.
Normally, this survey relies on face to
face interviews with farmers and
ranchers. Instead the data from the 2019
survey was used to adjust for list
incompleteness in 2020.
The 2021 June Area Survey will have
the field level questions removed and
only tract and whole farm data will be
collected. This has been done so that the
questionnaire can be conducted by
telephone to allow for the continuation
of social distancing.
The overall annual, average sample
size for the Agricultural Surveys
Program will remain at 551,600. No
additional burden is being added for the
changes included in this submission.
A detailed listing of the questions that
have been updated are listed in the
Supporting Statement Part A.
Need and Use of the Information:
Uses of NASS statistical information are
extensive and varied. The producer is
the primary user; other users of
agricultural statistics are farm
organizations, agribusinesses, State and
national farm policy makers, foreign
buyers of agricultural products,
universities, and various researchers.
Federal farm programs require
information on acreages, production
potential, stocks, prices, and income.
Agricultural statistics are used to plan
and administer other related federal and
State programs in such areas as
consumer protection, conservation,
foreign trade, education, and recreation.
Estimates are used by producers to
determine production and marketing
strategies, by the agricultural industry to
assess markets and potential demand for
products, and by the federal government
to analyze potential and actual
production.
Some of the Federal agricultural
agencies that use information from these
surveys are the Economic Research
Service, Foreign Agricultural Service,
Agricultural Marketing Service, Farm
Service Agency and the Risk
Management Agency. The Bureau of
Economic Analysis in the Department of
Commerce is a major non-USDA agency
that uses data from this information
collection to prepare national and
regional estimates of farm income and
products. The Forest Service and
Department of Interior use data
collected on forage values to establish
public land grazing rates in Western
States.
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[FR Doc No: 2021-02673]
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Notices
Federal Register
________________________________________________________________________
This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
[[Page 8752]]
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
February 4, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments
are requested regarding: 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; the
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to
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.
Comments regarding this information collection received by March
11, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days
of the publication of this notice on the following website
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Rural Housing Service
Title: Fire and Rescue Loans--7 CFR 1942, Subpart C.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0120.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is
authorized by Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926) to make loans to public agencies,
nonprofit corporations, and Indian tribes for the development of
essential community facilities primarily servicing rural residents. The
primary regulation for administering this Community Facility program is
7 CFR 1942-A. The Community Facilities program has been used to finance
about 100 different types of facilities varying in size and complexity
from fire trucks to hospitals. A significant portion of the loans made
have been used for public safety to finance fire stations, fire trucks,
ambulances, and rescue facilities and other small Community Facilities
projects. The information must be collected to determine eligibility,
analyze financial feasibility, take security, monitor the use of loan
funds, and monitor the financial condition of borrowers, and otherwise
assisting borrowers.
Need and Use of the Information: The information will be collected
by Rural Development field offices from applicants/borrowers and
consultants. This information will be used to determine applicant/
borrower eligibility, project feasibility, and ensure borrowers operate
on a sound basis and use loan funds for authorized purposes.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Quarterly;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 7,881.
Title: 7 CFR 1902-A, Supervised Bank Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0158.
Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902-A, Supervised Bank Accounts
(SBA), prescribes the policies and procedures for disbursing loan and
grant funds, establishing and closing supervised accounts, and placing
Multi-Family housing reserve accounts in supervised accounts. The Rural
Business Service extends financial assistance to applicants that do not
qualify for loans under commercial rates and terms. The Rural Housing
Service (RHS) is the credit agency for agriculture and rural
development in USDA. Supervised accounts are accounts with a financial
institution in the names of a borrower and the United States
Government, represented by Rural Housing Service, Rural Business-
Cooperative Service, Rural Utilities Service, (Agency). Section 339 of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1989 and
Section 510 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1480) is
the legislative authorities requiring the use of supervised accounts.
Need and Use of the Information: The agency's state and field
offices will collect information from borrowers and financial
institutions. The Agency use SBA's as a mechanism to (1) ensure correct
disbursement and expenditure of all funds designated for a project; (2)
help a borrower properly manage its financial affairs; (3) ensure that
the Government's security is protected adequately from fraud, waste and
abuse. The consequence to Federal program and policy activities if the
collection of information was not conducted would be detrimental to
both the Government and to borrowers.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 13,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 23,626.
Title: 7 CFR 1902-A, Supervised Bank Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0158.
Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902-A, Supervised Bank Accounts
(SBA), prescribes the policies and procedures for disbursing loan and
grant funds, establishing and closing supervised accounts, and placing
Multi-Family housing reserve accounts in supervised accounts. The Rural
Business Service extends financial assistance to applicants that do not
qualify for loans under commercial rates and terms. The Rural Housing
Service (RHS) is the credit agency for agriculture and rural
development in USDA. Supervised accounts are accounts with a financial
institution in the names of a borrower and the United States
Government, represented by Rural Housing Service,
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Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Utilities Service, (Agency).
Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, 7
U.S.C. 1989 and Section 510 of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, (42
U.S.C. 1480) is the legislative authorities requiring the use of
supervised accounts.
Need and Use of the Information: The agency's state and field
offices will collect information from borrowers and financial
institutions. The Agency use SBA's as a mechanism to (1) ensure correct
disbursement and expenditure of all funds designated for a project; (2)
help a borrower properly manage its financial affairs; (3) ensure that
the Government's security is protected adequately from fraud, waste and
abuse. The consequence to Federal program and policy activities if the
collection of information was not conducted would be detrimental to
both the Government and to borrowers.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 13,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 23,626.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-02673 Filed 2-8-21; 8:45 am]
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