[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 143 (Friday, July 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 44851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16061]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 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, 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 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 August 
24, 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.

Risk Management Agency

    Title: Area Risk Protection Insurance.
    OMB Control Number: 0563-0083.
    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, but Public 
Law 96-365, dated September 26, 1980, provided for nationwide expansion 
of a comprehensive crop insurance program. The Federal Crop Insurance 
Act, as amended in later years further expanded this role of the crop 
insurance program to be the principal tool for risk management by 
producers of agricultural commodities. The Act was again amended on 
June 20, 2020, by Public Law 106-224 which mandates changes to crop 
insurance regulations, provides for independent review of crop 
insurance products by persons experienced in actuaries and in 
underwriting, and gives contracting authority for the development of 
new products.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Area Risk Protection Insurance 
(ARPI) includes three separate plans of insurance: (1) Area Revenue 
Protection which protects against price declines and automatically 
includes Upside Harvest Price Protection (UHPP) which protects against 
price increases; (2) ARP with the Harvest Price Exclusion, which 
excludes UHPP and protects against price declines but not against price 
increases; and (3) Area Yield Protection which only protects against 
loss of yield. Using a wide range of data elements producers are 
required to report specific data when they apply for ARPI such as 
acreage and yields. Insurance companies accept applications; issue 
policies; establish and provide insurance coverage; compute liability, 
premium, subsidies, and losses; indemnify producers; and report 
specific data to FCIC as required in Appendix III/M13 Handbook.
    If producers and insurance companies did not submit the required 
data at the specified time, accurate liabilities, premium, and 
subsidies may not be determined, errors may not be resolved timely, 
producers may not receive accurate indemnities, payments may be late, 
crop insurance may not be actuarially sound as mandated by the Act.
    Description of Respondents: Producers and insurance companies.
    Number of Respondents: 18,634.
    Frequency of Responses: Weekly, monthly, quarterly, annually, semi-
annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 80,324.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-16061 Filed 7-23-20; 8:45 am]
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