Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 80269 [2023-25450]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 221 (Friday, November 17, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 80269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25450]


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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 required 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 December 
18, 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.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Increasing Land, Capital, and Market Access Program
    OMB Control Number: 0560-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The purpose of the program is to fund 
projects that support a diverse set of farmers, ranchers, and forest 
landowners (producers) on the edge financially; moving them from 
surviving to thriving as they address core barriers to attain land, 
capital, and market access. The Increasing Land, Capital, and Market 
Access Program is funding cooperative agreements or grants (awarded) 
for projects that are designed to align with and respond to land, 
capital, and market access needs of the underserved farmers, ranchers, 
and forest landowners while concurrently providing wraparound technical 
assistance to ensure that program participants have the information, 
training, and customized support they require.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSA will be collecting the initial 
report and progress reports quarterly and annually. Without the 
information, FSA would not be able to assess the performance of the 
program.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for profit.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 3,650.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Disaster Assistance--General (7 CFR part 1945-A).
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0170.
    Summary of Collection: The regulation (7 CFR 759) defines the 
responsibilities of the Secretary of Agriculture in making disaster 
area determinations, the types of incidents that can result in a 
disaster area determination, and the factors used in making disaster 
area determinations. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is managing the 
collection. The determination of a disaster area is prerequisite to 
authorizing emergency (EM) loans to qualified farmers as specified in 
the 7 CFR 764. EM loan funds may be used to restore or replace 
essential property, pay all or part of production costs incurred by the 
farmer or rancher in the year of the disaster, pay for essential family 
living expenses, pay to reorganize the farming operation or refinance 
USDA and non-USDA creditors. The information collection occurs when the 
Secretary receives a letter from an individual farmer, local government 
officials, State Governor, State Agriculture Commissioners, State 
Secretaries of Agriculture, other State government officials, and 
Indian Tribal Council, requesting a Secretarial natural disaster 
determination. Supporting documentation of losses for all counties 
having disaster is provided by the County Emergency Boards in the form 
of a report called Loss assessment report (LAR).
    Need and use of the Information: FSA collects the following 
information to determine if the county is eligible to qualify for a 
natural disaster designation: (1) The nature and extent of production 
losses; (2) the number of farmers who have sustained qualifying 
production losses; and (3) the number of farmers that have sustained 
qualifying production losses that other lenders in the county have 
indicated that they will not be in a position to finance. The 
collection of information is necessary to determine whether the 
counties did sustain sufficient production losses to qualify for a 
natural disaster designation.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 1,312.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 626.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-25450 Filed 11-16-23; 8:45 am]
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