Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 68559 [2023-21963]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 68559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21963]


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2023 / 
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 November 
3, 2023 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.

Risk Management Agency

    Title: Area Risk Protection Insurance.
    OMB Control Number: 0563-0083.
    Summary of Collection: FCIC is a wholly-owned Government 
corporation created February 16, 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1501). The program was 
amended previously, but Public Law 96-365, dated September 26, 1980, 
provided for nationwide expansion of a comprehensive crop insurance 
program. The Federal Crop Insurance Act (Act), as amended in later 
years, further expanded the role of the crop insurance program to be 
the principal tool for risk management by producers of agricultural 
commodities. The Act further required that the crop insurance program 
operate on an actuarially sound basis. To meet these goals, existing 
crop programs must be improved and expanded, new crop products 
developed, and new insurance concepts studied for possible 
implementation. Meeting these goals requires the collection of a wide 
range of information (data elements). These data elements are used in 
part to determine insurance coverage, premiums, subsidies, payments, 
and indemnities. It creates an information database used to support 
continued development and improvements in crop insurance products 
available to producers and which meet the goal of a sound insurance 
program. The Act was again amended on June 20, 2000, by Public Law 106-
224 which mandates changes to crop insurance regulations, provides for 
independent review of crop insurance products by persons experienced as 
actuaries and in underwriting, and gives contracting authority for the 
development of new products.
    Need and use of the Information: The Area Risk Protection Insurance 
(ARPI) includes three separate plans of insurance: (1) Area Revenue 
Protection which protects against price declines and automatically 
includes Upside Harvest Price Protection (UHPP) which protects against 
price increases; (2) ARP with the Harvest Price Exclusion, which 
excludes UHPP and protects against price declines but not against price 
increases; and (3) Area Yield Protection which only protects against 
loss of yield. Using a wide range of data elements producers are 
required to report specific data when they apply for ARPI such as 
acreage and yields. Insurance companies accept applications; issue 
policies; establish and provide insurance coverage; compute liability, 
premium, subsidies, and losses; indemnify producers; and report 
specific data to FCIC as required in Appendix III/M13 Handbook.
    If producers and insurance companies did not submit the required 
data at the specified time, accurate liabilities, premium, and 
subsidies may not be determined, errors may not be resolved timely, 
producers may not receive accurate indemnities, payments may be late, 
crop insurance may not be actuarially sound as mandated by the Act.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 15,509.
    Frequency of Responses: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 57,047.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-21963 Filed 10-3-23; 8:45 am]
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