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###### Department of Agriculture

###### Farm Service Agency 

# AGENCY:

Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

# ACTION:

Notice and request for comments. 

# SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces that the Farm Service Agency (FSA) intends to request an extension for a currently approved information collection in support of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978 (AFIDA). 

# DATES:

Comments on this notice must be received on or before July 10, 2000 to be assured consideration. 

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia A. Blevins, Agricultural Foreign Investment Specialist, Regulatory Review and Foreign Investment Disclosure Branch, Operations Review and Analysis Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP 0540, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0540, (202) 720-0604. 

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

*Title:*                     Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act Report.                 

*OMB Control Number:*                     0560-0097.                 

*Expiration Date of Approval:*                     August 31, 2000.                 

*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. The information so 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 Burden:*                     Public reporting burden for this collection of information                           ( print page 30390)                        is estimated to average .4818 hours per response.                 

*Respondents:*                     Foreign investors, corporate employees, farm managers or attorneys.                 

*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:*                     2,108 hours.                 

Proposed topics for comment include: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collected; or (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of the 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 should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 and to Patricia A. Blevins, Agricultural Foreign Investment Specialist, Regulatory Review and Foreign Investment Disclosure Branch, Operations Review and Analysis Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP 0540, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0540, (202) 720-0604. 

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 May 8, 2000. 

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 00-11834 Filed 5-10-00; 8:45 am] 

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