Notice2026-04073
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
March 2, 2026
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10050-10051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04073]
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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 requested 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
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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 April 1,
2026. 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.
Risk Management Agency
Title: Multiple Peril Crop Insurance.
OMB Control Number: 0563-0053.
Summary of Collection: The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
(FCIC) is a wholly-owned Government corporation created February 16,
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1501). The program was amended previously, by Public Law
96-365, dated September 26, 1980, that provided for nationwide
expansion of a comprehensive crop insurance program. The Federal Crop
Insurance Act (Act), as amended in later years, further expanded the
role of the crop insurance program to be the principal risk management
safety net used by producers to cover crop losses. The Act further
required that the crop insurance program operate on an actuarially
sound basis. To meet these goals, existing crop programs must be
improved and expanded, new crop products developed, and new insurance
concepts studied for possible implementation. Meeting these goals
requires the collection of a wide range of information (data elements).
These data elements are used in part to determine insurance coverage,
premiums, subsidies, payments, and indemnities. It allows for other
program and administrative operations. It also creates an information
database used to support continued development and improvements in crop
insurance products available to producers and which meet the goal of a
sound insurance program. The Act was again amended on June 20, 2000, by
Public Law 106-224 which mandates changes to crop insurance
regulations, provides for independent review of crop insurance products
by persons experienced as actuaries and in underwriting, and gives
contracting authority for the development of new products.
Need and Use of the Information: The collection of information
involves producers and insurance companies. Specific information (data)
is required to apply for crop insurance, determine program eligibility,
report crop information, establish liability, change coverage,
determine a loss, etc. Producers must provide records, documents, or
other information to the insurance company during an investigation or
settlement of a claim. Insurance companies may provide late or
prevented planting coverage, or provide coverage under a written
agreement when coverage would not otherwise be available, etc.
Pertinent information must be collected by the established dates to
administer the crop insurance program in an actuarially sound manner.
The information collection requirements for this revised package
are necessary for administering the crop insurance program. Insurance
companies must obtain enough information so insurability, liability,
premium, subsidy, and indemnities can be accurately determined. It is
important that insurance agents work closely with producers to collect
accurate information since the guarantee, liability, premium, subsidy,
and any applicable indemnities are based on this information.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit;
Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 531,597.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 8,687,170.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2026-04073 Filed 2-27-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-08-P
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