Federal Register: November 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 227)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-29820
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Agency information collection activities:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Information Collection; Horse Breeder Loan Program
DATES: Comments must be received in writing on or before January 24, 2003, to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Farm Service Agency is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of currently approved information collection that supports the Horse Breeder Loan program. This program is to provide loans to the horse breeders who have suffered economic losses resulting from Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome (MLRS).
SUMMARY:
Proposed collection; comment request,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Description of Information Collection
Title: Horse Breeder Loan Program.
OMB Number: 05600221.
Expiration Date of Approval: December 31, 2002.
Type of Request: Extension with no revision.
Abstract: This information collection is necessary to support the FSA Horse Breeder Loan program, which is authorized under the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Appropriation Act, 2002. The respondents are the horse breeders who suffered losses resulting from MLRS. Horse breeders must submit the forms and other information to FSA loan officials to verify the evidence of losses before making eligibility and financial determinations on their loan request. If the information is not collected from each horse breeder, FSA loan official will not able to make eligibility and feasibility decisions.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 1.572 hours per responses.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 800.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.50.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1258 hours. Comment Is Invited
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, 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 respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
All comments received 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 submission for Office of Management and Budget approval.
Dated: November 13, 2002.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Cathy Qualye, Loan Making Division, (202) 6904018 and cathyquayle@wdc.usda.gov. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 18008778339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., eastern standard time, Monday through Friday.