Federal Register: December 22, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 246)
DOCID: FR Doc 06-9830
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Commodity Credit Corporation Information Collection; Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
DATES: Comments must be received on or before February 20, 2007 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 and the Commodity Credit Corporation are seeking
comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the [[Page 76962]]
extension of a currently approved information collection used in
support of the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP). The
information collected is needed to determine eligibility to obtain NAP
assistance.
SUMMARY:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Description of Information Collection
Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program.
OMB Number: 05600175.
Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2007.
Type of Request: Extension with revision.
Abstract: The Noninsured Crop Assistance Program is authorized under 7 U.S.C. 7333 and implemented under regulations issued at 7 CFR Part 1437. The NAP is administered under the general supervision of the Executive VicePresident of CCC (who also serves as Administrator, FSA), and is carried out by FSA State and County committees. The information collected allows CCC to provide assistance under NAP for losses of commercial crops or other agricultural commodities (except livestock) for which catastrophic risk protection under 7 U.S.C. 1508 is not available, and that is produced for food or fiber. Additionally, NAP provides assistance for losses of floriculture, ornamental nursery, Christmas tree crops, turf grass sod, seed crops, aquaculture (including ornamental fish), sea oats and sea grass, industrial crops, and tropical agricultural crops. The information collected is necessary to determine whether a producer and crop or commodity meet applicable conditions for assistance and to determine compliance with existing rules. Producers must annually: (1) Request NAP coverage by completing an application for coverage and paying a service fee by the CCC established application closing date; (2) file a current cropyear report of acreage for the covered crop or commodity; and (3) certify production of each covered crop or commodity. When damage to a covered crop or commodity occurs, producers must file a notice of loss with the local FSA administrative county office within 15 calendar days of occurrence or 15 calendar days of the date damage to the crop or commodity becomes apparent. Producers must also file an application for payment and certification of income with the local FSA administrative county office.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information collection is estimated to average 0.6 hours per response.
Type of Respondents: Producers of commercial crops or other agricultural commodities (except livestock).
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 291,500.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 3.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,143,562.
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.
Signed at Washington, DC, on December 15, 2006.
Teresa Lasseter,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive VicePresident, Commodity Credit Corporation.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Clay Lagasse, Section Head, Common Disaster Provisions Section, Disaster Assistance Branch, (202) 205 9893.