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pest risk and, therefore, should not be
regulated under APHIS’ regulations in 7
CFR part 340.
According to our process 2 for
soliciting public comment when
considering petitions for determination
of nonregulated status of organisms
developed using genetic engineering,
APHIS accepts written comments
regarding a petition once APHIS deems
the petition complete. On April 16,
2020, APHIS announced in the Federal
Register 3 (85 FR 21170–21171, Docket
No. APHIS–2019–0084) the availability
of the Agrivida petition for public
comment. APHIS solicited comments on
the petition for 60 days ending June 15,
2020.
APHIS received 13 comments during
the comment period. They were from
the agricultural, academic, and private
sectors. Eleven comments were in
support of Agrivida’s petition, while
two expressed objections to crops
developed or modified through genetic
engineering in general.
After public comments are received
on a completed petition, APHIS
evaluates those comments and then
provides a second opportunity for
public involvement in our decisionmaking process. According to our public
review process (see footnote 2), the
second opportunity for public
involvement follows one of two
approaches, as described below.
If APHIS decides, based on its review
of the petition and its evaluation and
analysis of comments received during
the 60-day public comment period on
the petition, that the petition involves
an organism that raises no substantive
new issues, APHIS will follow
Approach 1 for public involvement.
Under Approach 1, APHIS prepares and
announces in the Federal Register the
availability of APHIS’ preliminary
regulatory determination along with its
draft EA, preliminary finding of no
significant impact (FONSI), and its draft
plant pest risk assessment (PPRA) for a
30-day public review period. APHIS
will evaluate any information received
related to the petition and its supporting
documents during the 30-day public
review period. If APHIS determines that
no substantive information has been
2 On March 6, 2012, APHIS published in the
Federal Register (77 FR 13258–13260, Docket No.
APHIS–2011–0129) a notice describing our public
review process for soliciting public comments and
information when considering petitions for
determinations of nonregulated status for organisms
developed using genetic engineering. To view the
notice, go to www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–
2011–0129 in the Search field.
3 To view the notice, its supporting documents,
and the comments that we received, go to
www.regulations.gov and enter APHIS–2019–0084
in the Search field.
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received that would warrant APHIS
altering its preliminary regulatory
determination or FONSI, or
substantially change the analysis of
impacts in the EA, our preliminary
regulatory determination will become
final and effective upon notification of
the public through an announcement on
our website. No further Federal Register
notice will be published announcing the
final regulatory determination.
Under Approach 2, if APHIS decides,
based on its review of the petition and
its evaluation and analysis of comments
received during the 60-day public
comment period on the petition, that the
petition involves an organism that raises
substantive new issues, APHIS first
solicits written comments from the
public on a draft EA and draft PPRA for
a 30-day comment period through the
publication of a Federal Register notice.
Then, after reviewing and evaluating the
comments on the draft EA and draft
PPRA and other information, APHIS
will revise the draft PPRA as necessary.
It will then prepare a final EA, and
based on the final EA, a National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
decision document (either a FONSI or a
notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement).
For this petition, we will be following
Approach 1.
As part of our decision-making
process regarding an organism’s
regulatory status, APHIS prepared a
PPRA to assess the plant pest risk of the
organism, and an EA to evaluate
potential impacts on the human
environment. This will provide the
Agency and the public with a review
and analysis of any potential
environmental impacts that may result
if the petition request is approved.
APHIS’ draft PPRA compared the pest
risk posed by the Maize Event PY203
with that of the unmodified variety from
which it was derived. The draft PPRA
concluded that PY203 maize is unlikely
to pose an increased plant pest risk
compared to the unmodified corn.4
The draft EA evaluated potential
impacts that may result from the
commercial production of PY203 maize,
to include potential impacts on
conventional and organic corn
production; the acreage and area
required for U.S. corn production;
agronomic practices and inputs; the
physical environment; biological
resources; human health and worker
safety; animal health and welfare; and
socioeconomic impacts. No significant
4 Maize is the botanical term used globally for the
cereal plant Zea mays. In the United States maize
is commonly referred to as corn. Both terms are
used interchangeably in this document.
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impacts were identified with the
production and marketing of PY203
maize.
The draft EA was prepared in
accordance with (1) NEPA, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), (2) regulations
of the Council on Environmental
Quality for implementing the
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
parts 1500–1508), (3) USDA regulations
implementing NEPA (7 CFR part 1b),
and (4) APHIS’ NEPA Implementing
Procedures (7 CFR part 372).
We are making available for a 30-day
review period our preliminary
determination, draft EA, preliminary
FONSI, and draft PPRA. The
preliminary determination, draft EA,
preliminary FONSI, and draft PPRA are
available as indicated under ADDRESSES
and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
above. Copies of these documents may
also be obtained from the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
After the 30-day review period closes,
APHIS will review and evaluate any
information received during the 30-day
review period.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 15th day of
June 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–13341 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–34–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
[Docket No. FCIC–21–0006]
Notice of Request for Renewal and
Revision of the Currently Approved
Information Collection
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Renewal and revision of the
currently approved information
collection.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Risk
Management Agency (RMA) are
requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on a
revision of a currently approved
paperwork package associated with the
Acreage and Crop Reporting
Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI).
DATES: Written comments on this notice
will be accepted until close of business
August 23, 2021.
SUMMARY:
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We invite you to submit
comments on this information
collection request. In your comments,
include the date, volume, and page
number of this issue of the Federal
Register, and the title of rule. You may
submit comments by any of the
following methods, although FCIC
prefers that you submit comments
electronically through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID FCIC–21–0006. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Todd Anderson, United States
Department of Agriculture, FSA, DAFP,
PDD, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mail
Stop 0570, Washington, DC 20250–
0570; or David Zanoni, RMA, United
States Department of Agriculture, P.O.
Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64133–
6205.
All comments received, including
those received by mail, will be posted
without change and publicly available
on https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Todd Anderson, United States
Department of Agriculture, FSA, DAFP,
PDD, Washington, DC 20250–0570,
(202) 720–9106; or David Zanoni, RMA,
United States Department of
Agriculture, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas
City, MO 64133–6205, (816) 926–6142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Acreage/Crop Reporting
Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI).
OMB Number: 0563–0084.
Expiration Date of Approval: October
31, 2021.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The currently approved
information collection of OMB Number
0563–0084 is up for renewal and we are
requesting an extension for 3 years. FSA
and RMA are requesting comments from
all interested individuals and
organizations on the information
collection request associated with
ACRSI. FSA and RMA have established
the procedures, processes, and
standards to simplify commodity and
acreage reporting by producers,
eliminate or minimize duplication of
information collection by multiple
agencies, and reduce the burden on
producers, allowing producers to report
this information through FSA county
office service centers, insurance agents,
or through precision ag technology
capabilities. FSA and RMA
implemented a streamlined reporting
solution to establish a common data
collection and reporting capability that
supports USDA’s programs.
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RMA is continuing to improve the
existing Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approved information
collections for RMA, 0563–0053,
Multiple Peril Crop Insurance, acreage
information, generally collected from
the respondent during a personal visit to
the FSA Service Center and again from
the respondent during a personal visit
with the insurance agent.
The forms are still available to
accommodate respondents with no
internet access and those who wish to
continue to personally visit the FSA
Service Center and insurance agent to
report this common information.
Information reported to the common
data collection and reporting capability
(otherwise known as the Clearinghouse)
are shared by both FSA and RMA, as
well as other USDA agencies, such as
NRCS and NASS that have the authority
and need for such information. With
continued ACRSI process
enhancements, some or all of the
commodity and acreage information in
the existing approved information
collections are reported through this
solution. Furthermore, the information
collected are the same as the
information currently approved.
Additionally, the respondent will
continue to report their common
information one time through a single
source thereby reducing the
respondent’s burden of reporting such
common information and eliminating
the duplicate reporting that may be
currently required. The information
collected will continue to be the same
as the information currently approved
and are used in the same manner it
would be used if reported separately to
each agency. The producers are
continuing to use their precision-ag
systems, farm management information
systems, or download data files to
directly report certain commodity and
acreage information needed to
participate in USDA programs.
The information being collected may
consist of, but not be limited to:
Producer name, customer/tax ID, state,
county, commodity name, commodity
type or variety, intended use, date
planted, planted acreage, and land
location (which may include legal
description, FSA farm number, FSA
tract number, FSA field number,
geospatial as-planted field boundaries,
Resource Land Unit, etc.).
FSA and RMA continues to enhance
the ACRSI process. The effectiveness
and lessons learned from each phase
informed changes and expansions in
subsequent phases. The first phase was
initiated in the fall of 2011 in
Dickenson, Marion, McPherson, and
Saline Counties in Kansas, and only for
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the collection of information from
producers regarding winter wheat. The
second phase was implemented in the
spring of 2015 in 30 counties of Illinois
and Iowa covering 9 crops. The third
phase was implemented in the fall of
2015 in all counties of 15 states covering
9 crops. The fourth phase was
implemented in the spring of 2016 in all
counties nationwide covering 13 crops
and about 90 percent of reported
acreage. The fifth phase was
implemented in the fall of 2016
expanding nationwide coverage to 16
crops and about 93 percent of reported
acreage. The sixth phase was
implemented in the fall of 2017
expanding nationwide coverage to 25
crops and about 94 percent of reported
acreage. Since that time, ACRSI has
continuously added more crops and
types that now covers over 97 percent
of insurable acreage. The program will
continue to add crops and types over
time to stay current; however, there are
no crops left to cross walk that have
major acreage impacts.
RMA and FSA additionally piloted a
process to allow external providers to
submit required data from precision
agriculture or farm management
information systems. This 2018 Pilot
used planting data from Nebraska
producers that was disseminated to the
Agencies through the ACRSI
Clearinghouse process. At that point for
FSA, continued post processing of the
data was manually labor intensive. Pilot
findings identified the need for further
software development by FSA to
continue to automate the processing of
geospatial land location data to further
enhance the ACRSI process to ensure
statutory criteria are met for Federal
crop insurance, FSA, and Commodity
Credit Corporation (CCC) programs, the
collection of commodity and acreage
information is necessary. This is not a
request for a change, addition, or
deletion to the currently approved
information collections.
However, the existing approved
information collection will be updated,
modified or eliminated, as applicable, to
reflect the reduction in burden on the
respondents as the ACRSI process is
enhanced.
Respondents: Producers.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents Utilizing the Web-Based
Single Source Reporting System and
Benefiting From Sharing Information
Between Agencies: 500,000.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents Utilizing the Web-Based
Single Source Reporting System and
Benefiting From Having That
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Information Shared Between Agencies:
187,500 hours.
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 the
agencies, 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 through use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms to
technology.
All comments 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 request
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval.
Richard Flournoy,
Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2021–13328 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–08–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Davy Crockett-Sam Houston Resource
Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Davy Crockett-Sam
Houston Resource Advisory Committee
(RAC) will conduct a virtual meeting by
telephone conference. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with the Act.
RAC information can be found at the
following website: https://www.fs.usda.
gov/main/pts/specialprojects/racs.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, July 8, 2021 from 3:00 p.m.–
5:00 p.m., Central Daylight Time. All
RAC meetings are subject to
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cancellation. For status of the meeting
prior to attendance, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held by
teleconference. Please use the following
information to access the call; dial
1–888–844–9904 using access code
2213326#. If you need assistance, please
contact Michelle Rowe at 936–222–2487
for instructions.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at Davy Crockett
National Forest Ranger Station. Please
call ahead to facilitate entry into the
building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Rowe, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at 936–553–3066 or via email at
lisa.rowe@usda.gov.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the
hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8:00
a.m. and 8:00 p.m., Eastern Daylight
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Introduce the new Designated
Federal Officer;
2. Discuss project priority list;
3. Discuss budget;
4. Vote on new project proposals; and
5. Discuss new RAC member
solicitation.
The meeting is open to the public.
The agenda will include time for people
to make oral statements of three minutes
or less. Individuals wishing to make an
oral statement should request in writing
by July 2, 2021 to be scheduled on the
agenda. Anyone who would like to
bring related matters to the attention of
the committee may file written
statements with the committee staff
before or after the meeting. Written
comments and requests for time to make
oral comments must be sent to Jimmy
Tyree, Designated Federal Officer,
18551 State Highway 7 East, Kennard,
Texas 75847; by email to jimmy.tyree@
usda.gov, or via facsimile to 936–655–
2817.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices,
or other reasonable accommodation. For
access to the facility or proceedings,
please contact the person listed in the
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section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case-by-case basis.
CONTACT.
Dated: June 21, 2021.
Cikena Reid,
USDA Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021–13538 Filed 6–22–21; 4:15 pm]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Alaska Region Supplement to Forest
Service Manual 2720: Special Uses;
Outfitting and Guiding Permit for
Strictly Point-To-Point Commercial
Transportation to, From, and Within
the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
Subunit of the Mendenhall Glacier
Recreation Area
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of availability for public
comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service, is
seeking public comment on a proposed
revision to a directive supplement that
would require an outfitting and guiding
permit for strictly point-to-point
commercial transportation to, from, and
within the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor
Center subunit of the Mendenhall
Glacier Recreation Area (Visitor Center
subunit) in the Alaska Region of the
Forest Service (Alaska Region).
Comment is also requested on the
revision to the Forest Service’s
approved information collection for
outfitting and guiding permits.
DATE: Comments must be received in
writing by August 23, 2021.
ADDRESSES: The proposed revision to
the directive supplement is available at,
and comments may be submitted
electronically to, https://
cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/
CommentInput?project=ORMS-2314.
Written comments may be mailed to
Jennifer Berger, Alaska Region Public
Services Program Leader (RLM), P.O.
Box 21628, Room 535b, Juneau, AK
99802–1628. All timely comments,
including names and addresses, will be
placed in the record and will be
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at https://
cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/
ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-2314.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Berger, Alaska Region Public
Services Program Leader, at 907–586–
8843 or jennifer.berger@usda.gov.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
[Docket No. FCIC-21-0006]
Notice of Request for Renewal and Revision of the Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Renewal and revision of the currently approved information
collection.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Risk Management Agency (RMA) are
requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations
on a revision of a currently approved paperwork package associated with
the Acreage and Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI).
DATES: Written comments on this notice will be accepted until close of
business August 23, 2021.
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ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this information
collection request. In your comments, include the date, volume, and
page number of this issue of the Federal Register, and the title of
rule. You may submit comments by any of the following methods, although
FCIC prefers that you submit comments electronically through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID FCIC-21-0006. Follow the
online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Todd Anderson, United States Department of
Agriculture, FSA, DAFP, PDD, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, Mail Stop 0570,
Washington, DC 20250-0570; or David Zanoni, RMA, United States
Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64133-6205.
All comments received, including those received by mail, will be
posted without change and publicly available on https://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Todd Anderson, United States
Department of Agriculture, FSA, DAFP, PDD, Washington, DC 20250-0570,
(202) 720-9106; or David Zanoni, RMA, United States Department of
Agriculture, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas City, MO 64133-6205, (816) 926-
6142.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI).
OMB Number: 0563-0084.
Expiration Date of Approval: October 31, 2021.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The currently approved information collection of OMB
Number 0563-0084 is up for renewal and we are requesting an extension
for 3 years. FSA and RMA are requesting comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on the information collection request
associated with ACRSI. FSA and RMA have established the procedures,
processes, and standards to simplify commodity and acreage reporting by
producers, eliminate or minimize duplication of information collection
by multiple agencies, and reduce the burden on producers, allowing
producers to report this information through FSA county office service
centers, insurance agents, or through precision ag technology
capabilities. FSA and RMA implemented a streamlined reporting solution
to establish a common data collection and reporting capability that
supports USDA's programs.
RMA is continuing to improve the existing Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approved information collections for RMA, 0563-0053,
Multiple Peril Crop Insurance, acreage information, generally collected
from the respondent during a personal visit to the FSA Service Center
and again from the respondent during a personal visit with the
insurance agent.
The forms are still available to accommodate respondents with no
internet access and those who wish to continue to personally visit the
FSA Service Center and insurance agent to report this common
information.
Information reported to the common data collection and reporting
capability (otherwise known as the Clearinghouse) are shared by both
FSA and RMA, as well as other USDA agencies, such as NRCS and NASS that
have the authority and need for such information. With continued ACRSI
process enhancements, some or all of the commodity and acreage
information in the existing approved information collections are
reported through this solution. Furthermore, the information collected
are the same as the information currently approved. Additionally, the
respondent will continue to report their common information one time
through a single source thereby reducing the respondent's burden of
reporting such common information and eliminating the duplicate
reporting that may be currently required. The information collected
will continue to be the same as the information currently approved and
are used in the same manner it would be used if reported separately to
each agency. The producers are continuing to use their precision-ag
systems, farm management information systems, or download data files to
directly report certain commodity and acreage information needed to
participate in USDA programs.
The information being collected may consist of, but not be limited
to: Producer name, customer/tax ID, state, county, commodity name,
commodity type or variety, intended use, date planted, planted acreage,
and land location (which may include legal description, FSA farm
number, FSA tract number, FSA field number, geospatial as-planted field
boundaries, Resource Land Unit, etc.).
FSA and RMA continues to enhance the ACRSI process. The
effectiveness and lessons learned from each phase informed changes and
expansions in subsequent phases. The first phase was initiated in the
fall of 2011 in Dickenson, Marion, McPherson, and Saline Counties in
Kansas, and only for the collection of information from producers
regarding winter wheat. The second phase was implemented in the spring
of 2015 in 30 counties of Illinois and Iowa covering 9 crops. The third
phase was implemented in the fall of 2015 in all counties of 15 states
covering 9 crops. The fourth phase was implemented in the spring of
2016 in all counties nationwide covering 13 crops and about 90 percent
of reported acreage. The fifth phase was implemented in the fall of
2016 expanding nationwide coverage to 16 crops and about 93 percent of
reported acreage. The sixth phase was implemented in the fall of 2017
expanding nationwide coverage to 25 crops and about 94 percent of
reported acreage. Since that time, ACRSI has continuously added more
crops and types that now covers over 97 percent of insurable acreage.
The program will continue to add crops and types over time to stay
current; however, there are no crops left to cross walk that have major
acreage impacts.
RMA and FSA additionally piloted a process to allow external
providers to submit required data from precision agriculture or farm
management information systems. This 2018 Pilot used planting data from
Nebraska producers that was disseminated to the Agencies through the
ACRSI Clearinghouse process. At that point for FSA, continued post
processing of the data was manually labor intensive. Pilot findings
identified the need for further software development by FSA to continue
to automate the processing of geospatial land location data to further
enhance the ACRSI process to ensure statutory criteria are met for
Federal crop insurance, FSA, and Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
programs, the collection of commodity and acreage information is
necessary. This is not a request for a change, addition, or deletion to
the currently approved information collections.
However, the existing approved information collection will be
updated, modified or eliminated, as applicable, to reflect the
reduction in burden on the respondents as the ACRSI process is
enhanced.
Respondents: Producers.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents Utilizing the Web-Based
Single Source Reporting System and Benefiting From Sharing Information
Between Agencies: 500,000.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.5.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents Utilizing the Web-
Based Single Source Reporting System and Benefiting From Having That
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Information Shared Between Agencies: 187,500 hours.
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 the agencies, 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 through use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
to technology.
All comments 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 request for Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) approval.
Richard Flournoy,
Acting Manager, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2021-13328 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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