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Notices Federal Register

8752 

Vol. 86, No. 25 

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 4, 2021. 

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 March 11, 2021 

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. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: Fire and Rescue Loans—7 CFR 

1942, Subpart C. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0120. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Housing Service (RHS) is authorized by 

Section 306 of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 

1926) to make loans to public agencies, 

nonprofit corporations, and Indian 

tribes for the development of essential 

community facilities primarily servicing 

rural residents. The primary regulation 

for administering this Community 

Facility program is 7 CFR 1942–A. The 

Community Facilities program has been 

used to finance about 100 different 

types of facilities varying in size and 

complexity from fire trucks to hospitals. 

A significant portion of the loans made 

have been used for public safety to 

finance fire stations, fire trucks, 

ambulances, and rescue facilities and 

other small Community Facilities 

projects. The information must be 

collected to determine eligibility, 

analyze financial feasibility, take 

security, monitor the use of loan funds, 

and monitor the financial condition of 

borrowers, and otherwise assisting 

borrowers. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information will be collected by Rural 

Development field offices from 

applicants/borrowers and consultants. 

This information will be used to 

determine applicant/borrower 

eligibility, project feasibility, and ensure 

borrowers operate on a sound basis and 

use loan funds for authorized purposes. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Quarterly; Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 7,881. 

Title: 7 CFR 1902–A, Supervised Bank 

Accounts. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0158. 

Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902– 

A, Supervised Bank Accounts (SBA), 

prescribes the policies and procedures 

for disbursing loan and grant funds, 

establishing and closing supervised 

accounts, and placing Multi-Family 

housing reserve accounts in supervised 

accounts. The Rural Business Service 

extends financial assistance to 

applicants that do not qualify for loans 

under commercial rates and terms. The 

Rural Housing Service (RHS) is the 

credit agency for agriculture and rural 

development in USDA. Supervised 

accounts are accounts with a financial 

institution in the names of a borrower 

and the United States Government, 

represented by Rural Housing Service, 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 

Rural Utilities Service, (Agency). 

Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 

1989 and Section 510 of the Housing 

Act of 1949, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 

1480) is the legislative authorities 

requiring the use of supervised 

accounts. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

agency’s state and field offices will 

collect information from borrowers and 

financial institutions. The Agency use 

SBA’s as a mechanism to (1) ensure 

correct disbursement and expenditure of 

all funds designated for a project; (2) 

help a borrower properly manage its 

financial affairs; (3) ensure that the 

Government’s security is protected 

adequately from fraud, waste and abuse. 

The consequence to Federal program 

and policy activities if the collection of 

information was not conducted would 

be detrimental to both the Government 

and to borrowers. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 13,500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 23,626. 

Title: 7 CFR 1902–A, Supervised Bank 

Accounts. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0158. 

Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902– 

A, Supervised Bank Accounts (SBA), 

prescribes the policies and procedures 

for disbursing loan and grant funds, 

establishing and closing supervised 

accounts, and placing Multi-Family 

housing reserve accounts in supervised 

accounts. The Rural Business Service 

extends financial assistance to 

applicants that do not qualify for loans 

under commercial rates and terms. The 

Rural Housing Service (RHS) is the 

credit agency for agriculture and rural 

development in USDA. Supervised 

accounts are accounts with a financial 

institution in the names of a borrower 

and the United States Government, 

represented by Rural Housing Service, 


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Rural Business-Cooperative Service, 

Rural Utilities Service, (Agency). 

Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 

1989 and Section 510 of the Housing 

Act of 1949, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 

1480) is the legislative authorities 

requiring the use of supervised 

accounts. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

agency’s state and field offices will 

collect information from borrowers and 

financial institutions. The Agency use 

SBA’s as a mechanism to (1) ensure 

correct disbursement and expenditure of 

all funds designated for a project; (2) 

help a borrower properly manage its 

financial affairs; (3) ensure that the 

Government’s security is protected 

adequately from fraud, waste and abuse. 

The consequence to Federal program 

and policy activities if the collection of 

information was not conducted would 

be detrimental to both the Government 

and to borrowers. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 13,500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 23,626. 

Levi S. Harrell, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02673 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

February 4, 2021. 

The Department of Agriculture will 

submit the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 on or after the date 

of publication of this notice. Comments 

are requested regarding: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

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 these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received by 

March 11, 2021. 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. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) 

Title: Agricultural Surveys Program— 

Substantive Change. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0213. 

Summary of Collection: General 

authority for these data collection 

activities is granted under U.S. Code 

Title 7, Section 2204 which specifies 

that ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall 

procure and preserve all information 

concerning agriculture which he can 

obtain . . . by the collection of statistics 

. . .’’. The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) is to provide data users with 

timely and reliable agricultural 

production and economic statistics, as 

well as environmental and specialty 

agricultural related statistics. To 

accomplish this objective, NASS relies 

on the use of diverse surveys that show 

changes within the farming industry 

over time. 

The Agricultural Surveys Program is a 

combination of surveys utilizing several 

different sampling frames. Basic 

agricultural data is collected from 

farmers and ranchers throughout the 

nation and used to prepare agricultural 

estimates and forecasts of crop acreages, 

yields, and production; stocks of grains 

and oilseeds; hog and pig inventory; 

sheep inventory and lamb crop; goat 

and kid inventory; cattle inventory; 

cattle on feed, and land values. The 

surveys provide the basis for estimates 

of the current season’s crop and 

livestock production and supplies of 

grain and oilseeds in storage. Survey 

results provide the foundation for 

setting livestock and poultry inventory 

numbers. Estimates derived from these 

surveys supply information needed by 

farmers to make decisions for both 

short- and long-term planning. 

Due to the COVID–19 virus, numerous 

changes took place for the 2020 calendar 

year. The June Area Survey was 

suspended for 2020 and will be 

conducted again in 2021 and 2022. 

Normally, this survey relies on face to 

face interviews with farmers and 

ranchers. Instead the data from the 2019 

survey was used to adjust for list 

incompleteness in 2020. 

The 2021 June Area Survey will have 

the field level questions removed and 

only tract and whole farm data will be 

collected. This has been done so that the 

questionnaire can be conducted by 

telephone to allow for the continuation 

of social distancing. 

The overall annual, average sample 

size for the Agricultural Surveys 

Program will remain at 551,600. No 

additional burden is being added for the 

changes included in this submission. 

A detailed listing of the questions that 

have been updated are listed in the 

Supporting Statement Part A. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Uses of NASS statistical information are 

extensive and varied. The producer is 

the primary user; other users of 

agricultural statistics are farm 

organizations, agribusinesses, State and 

national farm policy makers, foreign 

buyers of agricultural products, 

universities, and various researchers. 

Federal farm programs require 

information on acreages, production 

potential, stocks, prices, and income. 

Agricultural statistics are used to plan 

and administer other related federal and 

State programs in such areas as 

consumer protection, conservation, 

foreign trade, education, and recreation. 

Estimates are used by producers to 

determine production and marketing 

strategies, by the agricultural industry to 

assess markets and potential demand for 

products, and by the federal government 

to analyze potential and actual 

production. 

Some of the Federal agricultural 

agencies that use information from these 

surveys are the Economic Research 

Service, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, Farm 

Service Agency and the Risk 

Management Agency. The Bureau of 

Economic Analysis in the Department of 

Commerce is a major non-USDA agency 

that uses data from this information 

collection to prepare national and 

regional estimates of farm income and 

products. The Forest Service and 

Department of Interior use data 

collected on forage values to establish 

public land grazing rates in Western 

States. 


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