Notice2024-12001
Information Collection Request; Assignment of Payment; Joint Payment Authorization; and Request for Waiver
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Published
May 31, 2024
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentCommodity Credit CorporationFarm Service Agency
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act requirement, 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 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47126-47127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12001]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
[Docket ID: FSA-2024-0006]
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 requirement,
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 July 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. You may
submit comments electronically through Federal eRulemaking portal,
identified by Docket ID: fsa02024-0006: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
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 by calling her.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, Yanira Sanabria, (202) 772-6032; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#49302827203b28673a2827282b3b2028093c3a2d28672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="68110906011a09461b0906090a1a0109281d1b0c09460f071e">[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;'' and-FPAC-FMD-12 Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Hardship Waiver Request.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0183.
Expiration Date of Approval: August 31, 2024.
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. The Natural
Conservation Service (NRCS) is also using the forms, but most NRCS
programs are exempt from the PRA.
Producers (Assignors) 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.
Producers use form CCC-37-Joint Payment Authorization to make
program payments from the CCC or FSA jointly payable to multiple
entities. They must submit the form in hard copy or electronically to
the FSA County office that retains copies for the producer and joint
payee. No fax is allowed for this form. There are no regulations
governing joint payments (CCC-37-Joint Payment Authorization), but this
service is offered as a result of public requests for the type of
payment option.
Customers may use the form FPAC FMD-12, Electronic Funds Transfer
(EFT) Hardship Waiver Request for FSA. 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 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 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.
In the information collection request, the number of responses and
respondents decreased by 262,107 and the burden hours also decreased by
43,725 which were all due to fewer producers or farmers participating
in several programs such as the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
(CFAP), Wildfires and Hurricanes Indemnity Program, and other FSA
programs. The forms of CCC-251 and CCC-252 were removed from the
collection due to less than 10 respondents using each form.
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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: 202,612.
Estimated Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.163.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 438,584.
Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.1664.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 72,962 hours.
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.
USDA Non-Discrimination Policy
In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, USDA, its
Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or
administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on
race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity (including
gender expression), sexual orientation, disability, age, marital
status, family or parental status, income derived from a public
assistance program, political beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for
prior civil rights activity, in any program or activity conducted or
funded by USDA (not all bases apply to all programs). Remedies and
complaint filing deadlines vary by program or incident.
Individuals who require alternative means of communication for
program information (for example, braille, large print, audiotape,
American Sign Language, etc.) should contact the responsible Agency or
the USDA TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and text telephone
(TTY)) or dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Service (both voice and
text telephone users can initiate this call from any telephone).
Additionally, program information may be made available in languages
other than English.
To file a program discrimination complaint, complete the USDA
Program Discrimination Complaint Form, AD-3027, found online at <a href="https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint">https://www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-a-program-discrimination-complaint</a> and
at any USDA office or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in
the letter all the information requested in the form. To request a copy
of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form
or letter to USDA by: (1) mail to: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3)
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7101031e1603101c5f181f05101a1431040215105f161e07"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="69191b060e1b08044700071d08020c291c1a0d08470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>.
USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
Zach Ducheneaux,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation. Administrator,
Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 2024-12001 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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