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Vol. 88, No. 168 

Thursday, August 31, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

[Docket ID: FSA–2023–0014] 

Information Collection Requests; 

Disaster Assistance—General (0560– 

0170); Transfer of Farm Records 

Between Counties (0560–0253); 

Customer Data Worksheet Request for 

Business Partner Record Change 

(0560–0265) 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) 

requirement, the Farm Service Agency 

(FSA) is requesting comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on the three Farm Programs’ 

information collection requests. The 

three collection requests in the Farm 

Programs are: Disaster Assistance— 

General (0560–0170), Transfer of 

Records between Counties (0560–0253) 

and Customer Data Worksheet Request 

for Business Partner Record (0560– 

0265). In the Disaster Assistance— 

General, the information collection is 

needed to identify disaster areas and 

establish eligibility for both primary 

disaster counties and those counties 

contiguous to such disaster counties for 

assistance from FSA. This assistance 

includes FSA emergency loans which 

are available to eligible and qualified 

farmers and ranchers. In the Customer 

Data Worksheet Request for Business 

Partner Record, FSA is using the 

collected information in support of 

documenting critical producer data (for 

example, customer name, current 

mailing address, tax identification 

number) made at the request of the 

producer to obtain, correct or update 

their information. In the Transfer of 

Records Between Counties, FSA is using 

the collected information to approve or 

disapprove the transfer of farm records 

from one FSA county office to another. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments in response to this notice. 

FSA prefers that the comments are 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal, identified 

by Docket ID No. FSA–2023–0014, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and search 

for docket ID FSA–2023–0014. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments. All comments received will 

be posted without change and made 

publicly available on 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to the 

collection activities or to obtain a copy 

of the information collection request: 

For the Disaster Assistance, please 

contact Helen Mathew, (202) 720–9878; 

helen.mathew@usda.gov; for the 

Customer Data Worksheet Request for 

Business Partner Record Change, and 

the Transfers of Records between 

Counties, please contact Tyler Gilkey, 

402–437–5895, tyler.gilkey@usda.gov. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means for communication should 

contact the USDA TARGET Center at 

(202) 720–2600 (voice and text 

telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 for 

Telecommunications Relay service (both 

voice and text telephone users can 

initiate this call from any telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Disaster Assistance—General. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0170. 

Expiration Date: December 31, 2023. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: The information collection 

is necessary for FSA to effectively 

administer the regulations related to 

identifying those disaster areas that are 

eligible for the purpose of making 

emergency loans. This program is 

available to qualified and eligible 

farmers and ranchers who have suffered 

weather-related physical or production 

losses or both in such areas. Before 

emergency loans can become available, 

the information needs to be collected to 

determine if the disaster areas meet the 

criteria of having a qualifying loss in 

order to be considered as an eligible 

county. 

There are no changes to the burden 

hours since the last OMB submission. 

For the following estimated total annual 

burden on respondents, the formula 

used to calculate the total burden hours 

is the estimated average time per 

response multiplied by the estimated 

total annual responses. 

Estimate of Average Time to Respond: 

Public reporting burden for the 

information collection is estimated to 

average 0.477 hours per response. 

Type of Respondents: Individuals or 

households, businesses or other forprofit farms. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 1,312. 

Estimated Number of Reponses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1,312. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 626. 

Title: Transfer of Farm Records 

between Counties. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0253. 

Expiration Date: December 31, 2023. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Abstract: Farm owners or operators 

may request to transfer farm records 

between FSA county offices under 

certain circumstances, which may 

include: 

• A change has occurred in the 

operation of the land; or 

• there has been a change that would 

cause the receiving county office to be 

more accessible, including, but not 

limited to, the construction of a new 

highway, relocation of the county office 

building site; or 

• when an FSA county office closes. 

FSA County Committees from both 

the transferring and receiving counties 

must approve or disapprove all 

proposed farm record transfers. If the 

FSA County Committee is not able to 

approve the request based on one of the 

criteria in 7 CFR 718.8, then the State 

Committee would need to submit an 

exception request to the Deputy 

Administrator for Farm Programs. The 

number of respondents and responses 

decreased by 13,701 while the burden 

hours decreased by 2,334 hours. The 

number of requests has decreased, likely 

in part due to the advancement of 

nationwide customer service and 

alignment of many farm programs to be 

based on physical location rather than 

administrative county. For the following 

estimated total annual burden on 

respondents, the formula used to 

calculate the total burden hours is the 

estimated average time per response 


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multiplied by the estimated total annual 

responses. 

Estimated Respondent Burden: Public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 0.16 

hours per response. 

Type of Respondents: Owners and 

operators. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,539. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Number of 

Responses: 7,539. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1,206 hours. 

Title: Customer Data Worksheet 

Request for Business Partner Record 

Change. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0265. 

Expiration Date: December 31, 2023. 

Type of Request: Revision. 

Abstract: The information collection 

is necessary to effectively monitor 

critical producer data (for example, 

customer name, current mailing address 

and tax identification number) made at 

the request of the producer to provide, 

correct or update their information. The 

form AD–2047, Customer Data 

Worksheet Request for Business Partner 

Record, is used to collect the 

information from the producer to input 

or make changes to the information. The 

critical producer data are also being 

used to update existing producer record 

data and document when and who 

initiates and changes the record. FSA, 

Natural Resource Conservation Service 

(NRCS) and other USDA Agencies use 

the Business Partner database to 

maintain and manage their respective 

customer data. The necessity to monitor 

critical producer data in the Business 

Partner database was a direct result of 

the OMB Circular A–123 Remediation/ 

Corrective Action Plan for County Office 

Operations which requires effective 

internal controls to be in place for 

Federal programs. FSA team was 

established and reviewed and 

documented key controls related to all 

material producer accounts. FSA also 

included the analysis on a review of 

record. The number of respondents 

increased by 51,476 to account for 

additional customers due to additional 

USDA agencies. The average time per 

response is 3 minutes for the form of 

AD–2047. The burden hours increased 

by 2,674 in the request due to the 

increase in customer records added 

since the last OMB approval. For the 

following estimated total annual burden 

on respondents, the formula used to 

calculate the total burden hours is the 

estimated average time per response 

multiplied by the estimated total annual 

responses. 

Estimated Respondent Burden: Public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 0.05 

hours per response. 

Type of Respondents: FSA, NRCS, 

AMS, and RD customers currently 

residing in the Business Partner 

database. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

161,250. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Number of 

Responses: 161,250. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 8,063 hours. 

FSA is requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection to 

help us to: 

(1) Evaluate whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of FSA, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of 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 using 

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 Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Policy 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

Agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family or 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Individuals who require alternative 

means of communication for program 

information (for example, braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA TARGET 

Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice and text 

telephone (TTY) or dial 711 for 

Telecommunications Relay Service 

(both voice and text telephone users can 

initiate this call from any telephone). 

Additionally, program information may 

be made available in languages other 

than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, complete the USDA Program 

Discrimination Complaint Form, AD– 

3027, found online at https://

www.usda.gov/oascr/how-to-file-aprogram-discrimination-complaint and 

at any USDA office or write a letter 

addressed to USDA and provide in the 

letter all the information requested in 

the form. To request a copy of the 

complaint form, call (866) 632–9992. 

Submit your completed form or letter to 

USDA by mail to: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410 or email: OAC@

usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Steven Peterson, 

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18828 Filed 8–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–E2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Notice of Request for Extension of a 

Currently Approved Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to 

request an extension from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) of a 

currently approved information 

collection in support of the foreign 

donation of agricultural commodities 

under the section 416(b) program, the 

Food for Progress Program, and the 

McGovern-Dole International Food for 

Education and Child Nutrition Program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 30, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. This portal 


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