Notice2021-11412
Information Collection Request; Assignment of Payment; Joint Payment Authorization; and Request for Waiver
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June 1, 2021
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Agriculture DepartmentCommodity Credit CorporationFarm Service Agency
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations on a revision and an extension of a currently approved information collection.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 103 (Tuesday, June 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29233-29234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11412]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
[Docket ID FSA-2021-0006]
Information Collection Request; Assignment of Payment; Joint
Payment Authorization; and Request for Waiver
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995,
the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), and Farm Service Agency (FSA)
are requesting comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on a revision and an extension of a currently approved
information collection.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by August 2, 2021.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments, identified by Docket ID: FSA-2021-0006, by any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
<bullet> Mail, Hand Delivery, or Courier: Yanira Sanabria,
Financial Specialist, USDA/FSA/FMD, STOP 0581, Patriot Plaza III, 355 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20024-0581.
You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
Copies of the information collection may be requested by contacting
Yanira Sanabria at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, Yanira Sanabria, (202) 772-6032; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#28514946415a49065b4946494a5a4149685d5b4c49064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29504847405b48075a4847484b5b4048695c5a4d48074e465f">[email protected]</span></a>. Persons with disabilities who require
alternative mean for communication should contact the USDA's TARGET
Center at (202)720-2600 (Voice).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Assignment and Joint Payment Elections.
Forms: CCC-36, ``Assignment of Payment;'' CCC-37, ``Joint Payment
Authorization;'' CCC-251, ``Notice of Assignment;'' CCC-252,
``Instrument of Assignment;'' and CCC-40, ``Request for FSA and NRCS
Payments of Federal Benefits by Check (Request for Waiver).''
OMB Control Number: 0560-0183.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2021.
Type of Request: Revision and extension of a currently approved
information collection request.
Abstract: FSA and CCC are requesting an extension with a revision
of the currently approved information. Section 8(g) of the Soil
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(g)) authorizes
producers to assign FSA conservation program payments in accordance
with regulations issued by the Secretary. The Assignment of Payments
regulation as specified in 7 CFR part 1404 requires that any such
assignment be signed by both the assignor and the assignee. The
Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, extends that authority to CCC
programs, including rice, feed grains, cotton, and wheat. There are no
regulations governing joint payments, but this service is offered as a
result of public requests for the type of payment option. The Natural
Conservation Service (NRCS) is also using the forms but most NRCS
programs are exempt from the PRA.
Customer (Assignors) may use form CCC-36--Assignment of Payment to
assign payments under various CCC, FSA, or NRCS programs. Customers may
submit a completed CCC-36 to any FSA and NRCS County Office to be
entered into the Financial Services application or the NRCS ProTracts
web application. County Office data entry requires a second user for
verification. The second user may be located in the same County Office
or another Office. When there is no second user available, an employee
from another County Office may perform this action by submitting a
faxed copy of the form.
Customers may use the form CCC-40, Request for FSA and NRCS
Payments of Federal Benefits by Check to invoke a hardship waiver
payment. In accordance with Treasury Regulation 31 CFR 208, Payments by
electronic funds transfer (EFT) are not required for anyone over the
age of 90 born prior to May 1, 1921. The hardship waiver request can
currently be submitted either in person or by phone call to the local
county FSA and NRCS office by entering the waiver request in the
Financial Service application for the following reasons: Geographic
Barrier or Mental Impairment.
The differences in the forms are that FSA and NRCS use a tax
identification number instead of a social security number. Most NRCS
programs and some FSA programs are exempt from the Paperwork Reduction
Act.
The number of respondents increased by 573,949, and the burden
hours also increased by 95,704 likely due to increased producers or
farmers participating in several programs such as Coronavirus Food
Assistance Program (CFAP), Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program
and other FSA programs.
For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the
formula used to calculate the total burden hours is the estimated
average time per response multiplied by the estimated total annual
responses.
Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average 0.1667
hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the collections of information.
Type of Respondents: Producers participating in FSA, CCC, and NRCS
programs.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 700,491.
Estimated Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 700,491.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.1667.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 116,687 hours.
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We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection to help FSA:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the
collection of information including the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Evaluate the quality, ability and clarity of the information
technology; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the information collection on those who
respond through the use of appropriate 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 made a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office
of Management and Budget approval.
Zach Ducheneaux,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
Robert Stephenson,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2021-11412 Filed 5-28-21; 8:45 am]
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