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Notices Federal Register

19485 

Vol. 74, No. 81 

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection: Assignments 

of Payment and Joint Payment 

Authorization 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is 

seeking comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on the 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The information 

collection is to allow farmers to 

voluntarily assign their payment to a 

third party and to authorize a joint 

payment. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by June 29, 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 the 

Federal Register. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, 

ATTN: Deborah Simmons, Financial 

Specialist, FMD, Stop 0561, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC. 

• E-mail: Send comment to: 

Debbie.Simmons@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (703) 305–1144. 

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 Deborah 

Simmons at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Simmons, Financial Specialist, 

(703) 305–1309. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Assignment of Payments and 

Joint Payment Authorization. 

Forms: CCC–36–Assignment of 

Payment, CCC–37–Joint Payment. 

Authorization, CCC–251–Notice of 

Assignment, and CCC–252–Instrument 

of Assignment. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0183. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Abstract: Section 4(j) of the 

Commodity Credit Corporation Charter 

Act (15 U.S.C. 714b (j)) authorizes CCC 

to determine the character of and the 

necessity for its obligations and 

expenditures and the manner in which 

they shall be incurred, allowed, and 

paid. Pursuant to this authority, CCC 

allows producers to assign certain 

payments to a third party. Any such 

assignment must be made in accordance 

with the regulations at 7 CFR part 1404. 

There are no regulations governing joint 

payments, but this service is offered as 

a result of public requests for this type 

of payment option. There are no 

changes to the information collection 

since the last OMB approval. 

Estimate of Respondent Burden: 

Public reporting burden for this 

collection of information is estimated to 

average 10 minutes per response for 

CCC–36, CCC–37, and CCC–251, and 5 

minutes per response for CCC–252. 

Respondents: Participants in FSA or 

CCC farm programs. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

70,900 (50,000 for CCC–36; 20,000 for 

CCC–37, and 450 for CCC–251 and 

CCC–252). 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 11,778. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

including the following to help us to: 

(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 the burden of the 

collection of information, 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 responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will also 

become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on April 22, 

2009. 

Dennis J. Taitano, 

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–9722 Filed 4–28–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Business-Cooperative Service 

Announcement of Rural Cooperative 

Development Grant Application 

Deadlines 

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of 

applications. 

SUMMARY: The Rural Cooperative 

Development Grant (RCDG) program is 

administered through USDA Rural 

Development on a competitive basis. 

USDA Rural Development announces 

the availability of approximately $4.424 

million in competitive grant funds for 

the fiscal year (FY) 2009 Rural 

Cooperative Development Grant (RCDG) 

Program. The intended effect of this 

notice is to solicit applications for FY 

2009 and award grants on or before 

September 15, 2009. The maximum 

award per grant is $200,000 and 

matching funds are required. In 

accordance with section 310B(e)(6)(B) of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)) as 

amended by section 6013 of the Food, 

Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, 

the Secretary has determined that a 

grant period of one year is in the best 

interest of the program at this time. 

DATES: Applications for grants must be 

submitted on paper or electronically 

according to the following deadlines: 

Paper copies must be postmarked and 

mailed, shipped, or sent overnight no 

later than June 29, 2009, to be eligible 

for FY 2009 grant funding. Late 

applications are not eligible for FY 2009 

grant funding. 


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