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Vol. 74, No. 154 

Wednesday, August 12, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection: Agricultural 

Foreign Investment Disclosure Act 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking 

comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on the 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

the Agricultural Foreign Investment 

Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA). 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by October 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Mail: Patricia A. Blevins, 

Agricultural Foreign Investment 

Specialist, Natural Resources Analysis 

Group, Economic and Policy Analysis 

Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP 0531, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0531. 

• E-mail: 

patricia.blevins@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 720–9617. 

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 Patricia Blevins at the 

above addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Blevins, Agricultural Foreign 

Investment Specialist, (202) 720–0604. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Agricultural Foreign Investment 

Disclosure Act Report. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0097. 

Expiration Date of Approval: February 

28, 2010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: AFIDA requires foreign 

persons who hold, acquire, or dispose of 

any interest in U.S. agricultural land to 

report the transactions to the FSA on an 

AFIDA report (FSA–153). The 

information collected is made available 

to States. Also, although not required by 

law, the information collected from the 

AFIDA reports is used to prepare an 

annual report to Congress and the 

President concerning the effect of 

foreign investment upon family farms 

and rural communities so that Congress 

may review the annual report and 

decide if further regulatory action is 

required. 

Estimate of Average Time to Respond: 

.2065 hours per response. 

Respondents: Foreign investors, 

corporate employees, attorneys or farm 

managers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

4,375. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

4,375. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 904 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection, 

including the following, to help us: 

(1) Evaluate 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) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’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 to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on July 27, 

2009. 

Jonathan Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–19348 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection: Power of 

Attorney 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking 

comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on the 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

the Power of Attorney. This information 

collection is used to support the FSA, 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

and Risk Management Agency (RMA) in 

conducting business and accepting 

signatures on documents from 

individuals acting on behalf of other 

individuals or entities. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by October 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Mail: Mike Sienkiewicz, 

Agricultural Program Specialist, USDA, 

FSA, STOP 0572, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

0572. 

• E-mail: 

mike.sienkiewicz@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 720–0051. 

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 Mike Sienkiewicz at the 

above addresses. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Sienkiewicz, Agricultural Program 

Specialist, (202) 720–8959. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Power of Attorney. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0190. 


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