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Vol. 74, No. 66 

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection; Conservation 

Reserve Program Hunting and Wildlife, 

Viewing, Other Recreation, Revenue 

Survey 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA), on behalf 

of the Commodity Credit Corporation 

(CCC), is seeking comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on an extension, with revision, of a 

currently approved information 

collection. The survey in this 

information collection is designed to 

analyze the effect of the CCC’s 

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) on 

opportunities for recreational activities, 

including hunting and fishing in 

accordance with the Food, Conservation 

and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm 

Bill). 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by June 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include the date, volume, 

and page number of this issue of 

Federal Register. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, 

Skip Hyberg, Agricultural Economist, 

USDA/FSA/EPAS, STOP–0519, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

• E-mail: Skip.Hyberg@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 690–2186. 

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 obtained 

from Skip Hyberg at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Skip 

Hyberg, Agricultural Economist, (202) 

720–9222. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of Information Collection 

Title: Conservation Reserve Program 

Reserve Program, Hunting and Wildlife, 

Viewing Revenue Survey. 

OMB Number: 0560–0259. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Abstract: The survey is needed in 

implementing section 2606 of the 2008 

Farm Bill (Pub. L. 110–246) to find out 

how CRP participants are providing 

recreational activities on their lands, 

how such activities affect the CRP 

program, and what revenues are 

generated by such activities. FSA, on 

behalf of the Commodity Credit 

Corporation, provides services to 

landowners under the CRP to help them 

conserve and improve soil, water, and 

wildlife resources on their lands. Some 

landowners have used their lands, 

enrolled in the CRP, to provide 

recreational activities (hunting, fishing, 

hiking, viewing and other activities) to 

outdoor recreationists. 

Respondents: Landowners with land 

enrolled in the CRP. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 3000. 

Estimated Annual Number of Forms 

Per Person: 1. 

Estimated Average Time to Respond: 

5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 250. 

Comments Are Invited 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 

assumption 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. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. All comments 

will be summarized and included in the 

submission for OMB approval. 

Dennis J. Taitano, 

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–7764 Filed 4–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

Funding Opportunity Title: Commodity 

Partnerships for Small Agricultural 

Risk Management Education Sessions 

(Commodity Partnerships Small 

Sessions Program) 

Announcement Type: Announcement 

of Availability of Funds and Request for 

Application for Competitive 

Cooperative Partnership Agreements— 

Correction. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Number (CFDA): 10.459. 

DATES: Hard copy applications are due 

5 p.m. EDT, May 11, 2009. Electronic 

applications submitted through 

Grants.gov are due at 11:59 p.m. EDT, 

May 11, 2009. 

SUMMARY: Due to some errors, the 

following notice supersedes the original 

Request for Applications, published on 

March 27, 2009, for the Commodity 

Partnerships Small Sessions Program at 

74 FR 13395–13403. 

The Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation (FCIC), operating through 

the Risk Management Agency (RMA), 

announces the availability of 

approximately $900,000 (subject to 

availability of funds) for Commodity 

Partnerships for Small Agricultural Risk 

Management Education Sessions (the 

Commodity Partnerships Small Sessions 

Program). The purpose of this 

cooperative partnership agreement 

program is to deliver training and 

information in the management of 

production, marketing, and financial 

risk to U.S. agricultural producers. The 

program gives priority to educating 

producers of crops currently not insured 

under Federal crop insurance, specialty 

crops, and underserved commodities, 

including livestock and forage. A 

maximum of 90 cooperative partnership 

agreements will be funded, with no 

more than nine in each of the ten 


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