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Vol. 83, No. 117 

Monday, June 18, 2018 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

[Docket No. FCIC–18–0003] 

Notice of Request for Renewal and 

Revision of the Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Renewal and revision of the 

currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) and Risk 

Management Agency (RMA) are 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on a 

revision of a currently approved 

paperwork package associated with the 

Acreage and Crop Reporting 

Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

will be accepted until close of business 

August 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: FCIC prefers that comments 

be submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal. You may 

submit comments, identified by Docket 

ID No. FCIC–18–0003, by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Todd Anderson, United States 

Department of Agriculture, FSA, DAFP, 

PECD, 1400 Independence Ave. SW, 

Mail Stop 0570, Washington, DC 20250– 

0570; or Richard Anderson, RMA, 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas 

City, MO 64133–6205. 

All comments received, including 

those received by mail, will be posted 

without change to http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, and can 

be accessed by the public. All comments 

must include the agency name and 

docket number. For detailed 

instructions on submitting comments 

and additional information, see http://

www.regulations.gov. If you are 

submitting comments electronically 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

and want to attach a document, we ask 

that it be in a text-based format. If you 

want to attach a document that is a 

scanned Adobe PDF file, it must be 

scanned as text and not as an image, 

thus allowing FCIC to search and copy 

certain portions of your submissions. 

For questions regarding attaching a 

document that is a scanned Adobe PDF 

file, please contact the RMA Web 

Content Team at (816) 823–4694 or by 

email at rmaweb.content@rma.usda.gov. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received for any dockets by the name of 

the individual submitting the comment 

(or signing the comment, if submitted 

on behalf of an association, business, 

labor union, etc.). You may review the 

complete User Notice and Privacy 

Notice for Regulations.gov at http://

www.regulations.gov/#!privacyNotice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Todd Anderson, United States 

Department of Agriculture, FSA, DAFP, 

PECD, Washington, DC 20250–0570, 

(202) 720–9106; or Richard Anderson, 

RMA, United States Department of 

Agriculture, P.O. Box 419205, Kansas 

City, MO 64133–6205, (816) 926–3950. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Acreage/Crop Reporting 

Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI). 

OMB Number: 0563–0084. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

September 30, 2018. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The currently approved 

information collection of OMB Number 

0563–0084 is up for renewal and we are 

requesting an extension for 3 years. FSA 

and RMA are requesting comments from 

all interested individuals and 

organizations on the information 

collection request associated with 

ACRSI. FSA and RMA have established 

the procedures, processes, and 

standards to simplify commodity and 

acreage reporting by producers, 

eliminate or minimize duplication of 

information collection by multiple 

agencies, and reduce the burden on 

producers, allowing producers to report 

this information through FSA county 

office service centers, insurance agents, 

or through precision ag technology 

capabilities. FSA and RMA 

implemented a streamlined reporting 

solution to establish a common data 

collection and reporting capability that 

supports USDA’s programs. 

RMA is continuing to improve the 

existing Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approved information 

collections for RMA, 0563–0053, 

Multiple Peril Crop Insurance, acreage 

information, generally collected from 

the respondent during a personal visit to 

the FSA Service Center and again from 

the respondent during a personal visit 

with the insurance agent. 

The forms are still available to 

accommodate respondents with no 

internet access and those who wish to 

continue to personally visit the FSA 

Service Center and insurance agent to 

report this common information. 

Information reported to the common 

data collection and reporting capability 

(otherwise known as the Clearinghouse) 

are shared by both FSA and RMA, as 

well as other USDA agencies, such as 

NRCS and NASS that have the authority 

and need for such information. In each 

phase of system implementation, some 

or all of the commodity and acreage 

information in the existing approved 

information collections are reported 

through this solution. Furthermore, the 

information collected are the same as 

the information currently approved. 

Additionally, the respondent will 

continue to report their common 

information one time through a single 

source thereby reducing the 

respondent’s burden of reporting such 

common information and eliminating 

the duplicate reporting that may be 

currently required. The information 

collected will continue to be the same 

as the information currently approved 

and are used in the same manner it 

would be used if reported separately to 

each agency. The producers are 

continuing to use their precision-ag 

systems, farm management information 

systems, or download data files to 

directly report certain commodity and 

acreage information needed to 

participate in USDA programs. 

The information being collected may 

consist of, but not be limited to: 

Producer name, customer/tax ID, state, 

county, commodity name, commodity 

type or variety, intended use, date 


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planted, planted acreage, and land 

location (which may include legal 

description, FSA farm number, FSA 

tract number, FSA field number, 

geospatial as-planted field boundaries, 

Resource Land Unit, etc.). 

FSA and RMA are continuing to 

implement the ACRSI initiative in 

phases. The first phase was initiated in 

the fall of 2011 in Dickenson, Marion, 

McPherson, and Saline Counties in 

Kansas, and only for the collection of 

information from producers regarding 

winter wheat. The second phase was 

implemented in the spring of 2015 in 30 

counties of Illinois and Iowa covering 9 

crops. The third phase was 

implemented in the fall of 2015 in all 

counties of 15 states covering 9 crops. 

The fourth phase was implemented in 

the spring of 2016 in all counties 

nationwide covering 13 crops and about 

90 percent of reported acreage. The fifth 

phase was implemented in the fall of 

2016 expanding nationwide coverage to 

16 crops and about 93 percent of 

reported acreage. The sixth phase was 

implemented in the fall of 2017 and 

spring of 2018 expanding nationwide 

coverage to 25 crops and about 94 

percent of reported acreage. To ensure 

statutory criteria are met for Federal 

crop insurance, FSA and Commodity 

Credit Corporation (CCC) programs, the 

collection of commodity and acreage 

information is necessary. This is not a 

request for a change, addition, or 

deletion to the currently approved 

information collections. 

However, the existing approved 

information collection will be updated, 

modified or eliminated, as applicable, to 

reflect the reduction in burden on the 

respondents when the solution is fully 

implemented. 

Respondents: Producers. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents Utilizing the Web-Based 

Single Source Reporting System and 

Benefiting From Sharing Information 

Between Agencies: 501,012. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses per Respondent: 1.5. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents Utilizing the Web-Based 

Single Source Reporting System and 

Benefiting From Having That 

Information Shared Between Agencies: 

1,377,783 hours. 

We are 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 the 

agencies, 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 through use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms to 

technology. 

All comments 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 request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval. 

Martin R. Barbre, 

Manager, Federal Crop Insurance 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13049 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Information Collection; Grazing Permit 

Administration Forms 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Forest Service is seeking comments 

from all interested individuals and 

organizations on the extension with 

minor revision of a currently approved 

information collection, Grazing Permit 

Administration Forms. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing on or before August 17, 2018 to 

be assured of consideration. Comments 

received after that date will be 

considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this 

notice should be addressed to the 

Attention: Director, Rangeland 

Management, USDA Forest Service, 

Washington Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW, Mailstop 1111, 

Washington, DC 20250–1111. To ensure 

timely delivery, review, and 

consideration, it may be preferable to 

submit comments via email to cfrisbee@

fs.fed.us; or by facsimile to 703–605– 

1575. If comments are sent by electronic 

means or by facsimile, the public is 

requested not to send duplicate 

comments via regular mail. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and available for public 

inspection and copying. 

The public may inspect comments 

received at the USDA Forest Service 

Washington Office, between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Those wishing 

to inspect comments are encouraged to 

call ahead to 202–205–0982 to facilitate 

entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew Kelher, Rangeland Management 

at 970–250–4146 or email akelher@

fs.fed.us. Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

twenty-four hours a day, every day of 

the year, including holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Grazing Permit Administration 

Forms. 

OMB Number: 0596–0003. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

September 30, 2018. 

Type of Request: Renewal of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: This information collection 

extension is necessary to continue 

allowing proper administration of 

livestock grazing programs on National 

Forest System (NFS) lands. Domestic 

livestock grazing occurs on 

approximately 94 million acres of NFS 

lands. Grazing on NFS lands is subject 

to authorization and administrative 

oversight by the Forest Service. The 

information collected by the Forest 

Service is the minimum required for 

issuance and administration of grazing 

permits, including fee collections, as 

authorized by the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976, 

as amended (43 U.S.C. 1700 et seq.) and 

United States Department of Agriculture 

regulations at 36 CFR 222, subparts A 

and C. Similar information is not 

available from any other source. Some 

of the forms have been updated for 

technical corrections; these edits do not 

change the intent, amount, or type of 

information collected from the public. 

Forest Service officials currently use 

the following forms to collect the 

information necessary to administer this 

program. 

FS–2200–0001; Refund, Credit, or 

Transfer Application collects the 

following information: 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 20 

minutes to complete the form. 

• Name and mailing address; 

• Permit number; 

• National Forest or Grassland and 

Ranger District; 

• Purpose of application: Credit on 

next year’s fees, refund of overpaid fees, 

or transfer of credit to another account; 

• Information on the allotment: 

number of cattle, horses, or sheep; 

• Period rangeland not used; 


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