[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 80 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22994-22995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-08715]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 21, 2020.
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. 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 26,
2020 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
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 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: Farm Loan Program--Inventory Property Management.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0234.
Summary of Collection: The Farm Loan Program provides supervised
credit in the form of loans to family farmers to purchase real estate
and equipment and finance agricultural production. Authority to
establish the regulatory requirements contained in 7 CFR 767 is
provided under section 302 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1922) which provides
that ``the Secretary is authorized to make and insure under this title
to farmers . . .'' Section 339 of the Act (7 U.S.C. 1989) further
provides that ``the Secretary is authorized to make such rules and
regulations, prescribe the terms and conditions for making . . . loans,
security instruments and agreements, except as otherwise specified
herein, and to make such delegations of authority as he deems necessary
to carry out this title.'' The Secretary delegated authority to
administer the provisions of the Act applicable to FLP to the Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) in section
2.16 of 7 CFR part 2. FFAS further delegated this authority to the FSA
Administrator in section 2.42 of 7 CFR part 2.
Need and Use of the Information: Information collections are
submitted by applicants to the local agency office serving the country
in which their business is headquartered. The information is necessary
to thoroughly evaluate an applicant's request to purchase inventory
property and is used
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by the agency to determine an applicant's eligibility to lease or
purchase inventory property and to ensure payment of the lease or
purchase amount. Failure to collect the information would result in the
agency not complying with congressional mandates.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 239.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 136.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-08715 Filed 4-23-20; 8:45 am]
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