Notice2023-24622
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
November 8, 2023
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 215 (Wednesday, November 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24622]
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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 December
8, 2023 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: Emergency Conservation Program and Biomass Crop Assistance
Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0082.
Summary of Collection: The Farm Service Agency (FSA), in
cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Forest
Service, and other agencies and organizations, provides eligible
producers and landowners cost-share incentives and technical assistance
through several conservation and environmental programs to help
farmers, ranchers, and other eligible landowners and operators conserve
soil, improve water quality, develop forests, and rehabilitate farmland
severely damaged by natural disasters authorized under the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201-2205). FSA provides emergency funds
for sharing with agricultural producers the cost of rehabilitating
farmland damaged by natural disaster, and for carrying out emergency
water conservation measures during periods of severe drought.
FSA is also managing the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP)
authorized by Section 9010 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L.
113-79), which amends Title 1X of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act
of 2008. BCAP regulations outlined the legislations parameters, program
definitions and process for: (1) Establishing BCAP project areas; (2)
Matching payment opportunity for eligible material owners and
qualifying biomass conversion facilities; (3) Contracting acreage for
producers in BCAP project areas; and (4) Establishment and annual
production payments for producers in BCAP projects areas.
Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information using
several forms. The collected information will be used to determine if
the person, land, and practices are eligible for participation in the
respective program and to receive cost-share assistance. Also,
information collection from eligible biomass owners, biomass conversion
facilities, and producers meeting the requirements for matching
payments, annual production payment assistance, establishment payments
and BCAP project area designation is necessary in order to ensure the
financial accountability needed to operate and administer the BCAP.
Without the information, FSA will not be able to make eligibility
determinations and compute payments in a timely manner.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for profit.
Number of Respondents: 140,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 67,852.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-24622 Filed 11-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-05-P
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