Notice2024-06971
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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April 2, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 2, 2024)]
[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: 2024-06971]
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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 May 2,
2024 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 Relief Program 2022 (ERP 2022).
OMB Control Number: 0560-0316.
Summary of Collection: Title I of the Disaster Relief Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 2023 (Division N of the Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 2023; Pub. L. 117-328) provides $3.741715 billion for necessary
expenses related losses of revenue, quality, or production of crops
(including milk, on-farm stored commodities, crops prevented from
planting in 2020 and 2021, and harvested adulterated wine grapes),
trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires,
hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms,
freeze, including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, quality losses of
crops, and excessive moisture occurring in calendar year 2022. FSA is
directed by USDA to use part of this funding to provide assistance to
eligible crop producers through ERP 2022.
Need and Use of the Information: The information submitted by
respondents is used by FSA to determine eligibility and issue payments
to eligible applicants under ERP 2022. ERP Track 1 uses a streamlined
application process for losses for which data is already on file with
FSA and RMA. Producers certify on the application that the loss was
due, in whole or in part, to a qualifying disaster event and indicate
that they agree to obtain crop insurance or NAP coverage for the next
two available crop years, which is a statutory requirement for payment
eligibility. Producers with a Whole Farm Revenue Protection policy or
whole-farm unit must also indicate the percentage attributed to
specialty crops to implement payment limitation provisions as required
by law.
Track 2 assists producers for other eligible crop losses through a
revenue-based approach. Track 2 applicants complete an application form
to indicate their benchmark and disaster year revenue, and percentage
from specialty crops. Track 2 producers must also submit FSA-525, Crop
Insurance and/or NAP Coverage Agreement, to certify that they will
purchase federal crop insurance or NAP coverage as required by law. FSA
is also providing optional worksheets (FSA-525-A and FSA-525-B) that
Track 2 applicants can use to assist in calculating their benchmark and
disaster year revenue. Using a revenue-based approach also reflects
losses of production and quality of crops without requiring the more
extensive calculations and documentation required under some previous
programs addressing individual crop losses due to disaster events.
Using a decrease in gross revenue in the calculation of Track 2
payments also captures a producer's loss due to a qualifying disaster
event regardless of whether the loss occurs before harvest or after
harvest while the crop is in storage, further streamlining the delivery
of assistance.
Producers may also need to submit additional forms if not already
on file with FSA, including forms to establish their eligibility for a
higher payment limitation or payment rate, if applicable.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 230,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting; Other (one-time).
Total Burden Hours: 100,072.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Acting Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-06971 Filed 4-1-24; 8:45 am]
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