Notice2021-16733
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
August 5, 2021
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 148 (Thursday, August 5, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42777-42778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16733]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
August 2, 2021.
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
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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
September 7, 2021 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 <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP2).
OMB Control Number: 0560-0297.
Summary of Collection: This information collection request is
required to support the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2)
information collection activities to provide payments to eligible
producers who, with respect to their agricultural commodities, have
been impacted by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The information
collection is necessary to evaluate the application and other required
paperwork for determining the producer's eligibility and assist in the
producer's payment calculations. Producers must submit a completed CFAP
2 application and additional documentation for eligibility, such as
certifications of compliance with adjusted gross income provisions and
conservation compliance activities; those additional documents and
forms must be submitted no later than 60 days from the date a producer
signs the application. Contract producers are now eligible to receive
direct payments that is currently included in the request.
Need and Use of the Information: In order to determine whether a
producer is eligible for CFAP and to calculate a payment, a producer is
required to submit AD-3117, CFAP application; AD-3117A-Continuation
Form for CFAP-Milk Production Modification; AD-3117B- Continuation
Sheet for Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) Application
for Contract Producers, CCC-902, Farm Operating Plan for Payment
Eligibility, Parts A & B; CCC-901, Member Information for Legal
Entities, if applicable; CCC-941, Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI)
Certification and Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information; and CCC-
942, Certification of Income from Farming, Ranching, and Forestry
Operations, Optional, and AD-1026- Highly Erodible Land Conservation
(HELC) and Wetland Conservation Certification.
The information submitted by respondents will be used by FSA and
AMS to determine eligibility and distribute payments to eligible
producers under CFAP. Failure to solicit applications will result in
failure to provide payments to eligible producers.
Description of Respondents: Farmers and Producers.
Number of Respondents: 1,248,901.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Other (one-time).
Total Burden Hours: 926,051.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-16733 Filed 8-4-21; 8:45 am]
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