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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6533-6534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2861]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Commodity Credit Corporation

Information Collection Request; Assignment and Joint Payment 
Elections

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are 
seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on 
an extension and a revision of a currently approved information 
collection associated with Assignment and Joint Payment Elections. The 
information collection is in support of 7 CFR part 1404, which sets 
forth the manner in which a person may voluntarily assign a cash 
payment made by FSA or CCC to a third party. In addition, a payment 
recipient may voluntarily elect to have a cash payment made jointly to 
the payment recipient and a third party.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by April 9, 2012.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include the date, volume, and page number of this issue of 
the Federal Register, the OMB control number and the title of the 
information collection. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.

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     Mail: Yanira Sanabria, Financial Specialist, USDA, FSA, 
FMD, STOP 0581, 1400 Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20250-0581.
     Email: yanira.sanabria@wdc.usda.gov.
     Fax: (202) 245-4785.
    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 at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yanira Sanabria, Financial Specialist, 
Farm Service Agency (202) 772-6032. Persons with disabilities who 
require alternative mean for communication (Braille, large print, audio 
tape, etc.) should contact the USDA's TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 
(Voice and TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: CCC-36, ``Assignment of Payment'', CCC-37, ``Joint Payment 
Authorization'', CCC-251, ``Notice of Assignment'', and CCC-252, 
``Instrument of Assignment.''
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0183.
    Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2012.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: FSA and CCC are requesting an extension of the currently 
approved information collection for Forms CCC-36, ``Assignment of 
Payment'', CCC-37, ``Joint Payment Authorization'', CCC-251, ``Notice 
of Assignment'', and CCC-252, ``Instrument of Assignment''. The Soil 
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 USC 590h(g)) authorizes 
producers to assign FSA conservation program payments in accordance 
with regulations issued by the Secretary. The Assignment of Payments 
regulation at 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. There are no regulations 
governing joint payments, but this service is offered as a result of 
public requests for this type of payment option.
    The burden hours have increased due to more producers participating 
in new Disaster Programs in the past few years. They are Livestock 
Indemnity Program, Livestock Forage Disaster Assistance Program, 
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payment (SURE), Tree Assistance 
Program, Emergency Assistance for Livestock Honeybee and Farm-Raised 
Fish Program.
    Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per 
response for each form of CCC-36, CCC-37, and CCC-251, and 5 minutes 
per response for CCC-252.
    Respondents: Producers participating in FSA or CCC programs.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 170,430 for CCC-36; 40,496 for 
CCC-37, 450 for CCC-251 and 450 for CCC-252.
    Estimated Annual Number of Forms per person: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 211,826.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 35,266.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection and to help us to:
    (1) Determine whether the continued collection of information is 
still necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the FSA, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Assess the accuracy of the FSA's estimate of burden including 
the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (4) 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.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for the 
Office of Management and Budget approval.

    Signed on February 3, 2012.
Bruce Nelson,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2012-2861 Filed 2-7-12; 8:45 am]
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