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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 May 2, 2024 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.
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Farm Service Agency
Title: Emergency Relief Program 2022
(ERP 2022).
OMB Control Number: 0560–0316.
Summary of Collection: Title I of the
Disaster Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Division N of
the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2023; Pub. L. 117–328) provides
$3.741715 billion for necessary
expenses related losses of revenue,
quality, or production of crops
(including milk, on-farm stored
commodities, crops prevented from
planting in 2020 and 2021, and
harvested adulterated wine grapes),
trees, bushes, and vines, as a
consequence of droughts, wildfires,
hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, derechos,
excessive heat, winter storms, freeze,
including a polar vortex, smoke
exposure, quality losses of crops, and
excessive moisture occurring in
calendar year 2022. FSA is directed by
USDA to use part of this funding to
provide assistance to eligible crop
producers through ERP 2022.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information submitted by respondents is
used by FSA to determine eligibility and
issue payments to eligible applicants
under ERP 2022. ERP Track 1 uses a
streamlined application process for
losses for which data is already on file
with FSA and RMA. Producers certify
on the application that the loss was due,
in whole or in part, to a qualifying
disaster event and indicate that they
agree to obtain crop insurance or NAP
coverage for the next two available crop
years, which is a statutory requirement
for payment eligibility. Producers with
a Whole Farm Revenue Protection
policy or whole-farm unit must also
indicate the percentage attributed to
specialty crops to implement payment
limitation provisions as required by law.
Track 2 assists producers for other
eligible crop losses through a revenuebased approach. Track 2 applicants
complete an application form to
indicate their benchmark and disaster
year revenue, and percentage from
specialty crops. Track 2 producers must
also submit FSA–525, Crop Insurance
and/or NAP Coverage Agreement, to
certify that they will purchase federal
crop insurance or NAP coverage as
required by law. FSA is also providing
optional worksheets (FSA–525–A and
FSA–525–B) that Track 2 applicants can
use to assist in calculating their
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benchmark and disaster year revenue.
Using a revenue-based approach also
reflects losses of production and quality
of crops without requiring the more
extensive calculations and
documentation required under some
previous programs addressing
individual crop losses due to disaster
events. Using a decrease in gross
revenue in the calculation of Track 2
payments also captures a producer’s
loss due to a qualifying disaster event
regardless of whether the loss occurs
before harvest or after harvest while the
crop is in storage, further streamlining
the delivery of assistance.
Producers may also need to submit
additional forms if not already on file
with FSA, including forms to establish
their eligibility for a higher payment
limitation or payment rate, if applicable.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 230,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting;
Other (one-time).
Total Burden Hours: 100,072.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024–06971 Filed 4–1–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0087]
Addition of Kosovo and Mozambique
to the List of Regions Affected With
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We are advising the public
that we have added Kosovo and
Mozambique to the list of regions that
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service considers to be affected by
highly pathogenic avian influenza
(HPAI). These actions follow our
imposition of HPAI-related restrictions
on avian commodities originating from
or transiting Kosovo or Mozambique, as
a result of the confirmation of HPAI in
these countries.
DATES: Kosovo and Mozambique were
added to the list of regions APHIS
considers to be affected with HPAI,
SUMMARY:
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[FR Doc No: 2024-06971]
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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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 May 2,
2024 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: Emergency Relief Program 2022 (ERP 2022).
OMB Control Number: 0560-0316.
Summary of Collection: Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2023; Pub. L. 117-328) provides $3.741715 billion for necessary
expenses related losses of revenue, quality, or production of crops
(including milk, on-farm stored commodities, crops prevented from
planting in 2020 and 2021, and harvested adulterated wine grapes),
trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires,
hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms,
freeze, including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, quality losses of
crops, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar year 2022. FSA is
directed by USDA to use part of this funding to provide assistance to
eligible crop producers through ERP 2022.
Need and Use of the Information: The information submitted by
respondents is used by FSA to determine eligibility and issue payments
to eligible applicants under ERP 2022. ERP Track 1 uses a streamlined
application process for losses for which data is already on file with
FSA and RMA. Producers certify on the application that the loss was
due, in whole or in part, to a qualifying disaster event and indicate
that they agree to obtain crop insurance or NAP coverage for the next
two available crop years, which is a statutory requirement for payment
eligibility. Producers with a Whole Farm Revenue Protection policy or
whole-farm unit must also indicate the percentage attributed to
specialty crops to implement payment limitation provisions as required
by law.
Track 2 assists producers for other eligible crop losses through a
revenue-based approach. Track 2 applicants complete an application form
to indicate their benchmark and disaster year revenue, and percentage
from specialty crops. Track 2 producers must also submit FSA-525, Crop
Insurance and/or NAP Coverage Agreement, to certify that they will
purchase federal crop insurance or NAP coverage as required by law. FSA
is also providing optional worksheets (FSA-525-A and FSA-525-B) that
Track 2 applicants can use to assist in calculating their benchmark and
disaster year revenue. Using a revenue-based approach also reflects
losses of production and quality of crops without requiring the more
extensive calculations and documentation required under some previous
programs addressing individual crop losses due to disaster events.
Using a decrease in gross revenue in the calculation of Track 2
payments also captures a producer's loss due to a qualifying disaster
event regardless of whether the loss occurs before harvest or after
harvest while the crop is in storage, further streamlining the delivery
of assistance.
Producers may also need to submit additional forms if not already
on file with FSA, including forms to establish their eligibility for a
higher payment limitation or payment rate, if applicable.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 230,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Other (one-time).
Total Burden Hours: 100,072.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-06971 Filed 4-1-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-05-P
