[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4531-4532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01561]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Commodity Credit Corporation


Information Collection Request; Assignment and Joint Payment 
Elections

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are 
requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations 
on an extension with a revision of a currently approved information 
collection associated with various assignment and joint payment forms, 
including ``Assignment of Payment'', ``Joint Payment Authorization'', 
``Notice of Assignment'', and ``Instrument of Assignment''. The 
information on the forms is used by FSA employees in order to record 
the payment or contract being assigned, the amount of the assignment, 
the date of the assignment, and the name and address of the assignee 
and the assignor. This will enable FSA employees to pay the proper 
party when payment becomes due.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by March 30, 2015.

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, the OMB control number and the title of the 
information collection. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
    <bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments.
    <bullet> Mail: Yanira Sanabria, Financial Specialist, USDA, FSA, 
FMD, STOP 0581, USDA/FSA/FMD, STOP 0581, Patriot Plaza III, 355 E 
Street SW., Washington, DC 20024-0581.
    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 Yanira Sanabria at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yanira Sanabria, (202) 772-6032. 
Persons with disabilities who require alternative mean for 
communication (Braille, large print, audio tape, etc.) should contact 
the USDA's TARGET Center at (202)720-2600 (Voice).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Assignment and Joint Payment Elections.
    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.
    Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 2015.
    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: FSA and CCC are requesting an extension with a revision 
of the currently approved information collection for Forms CCC-36, 
``Assignment of Payment'', CCC-37, ``Joint Payment Authorization'', 
CCC-251, ``Notice of Assignment'', and CCC-252, ``Instrument of 
Assignment''. The Soil Conservation and Domestic

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Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h (g)) authorizes producers to assign FSA 
conservation program payments in accordance with regulations issued by 
the Secretary. The Assignment of Payments regulation at 7 CFR part 1404 
requires that any such assignment be signed by both the assignor and 
the assignee. The Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended, extends that 
authority to CCC programs, including rice, feed grains, cotton, and 
wheat. There are no FSA or CCC regulations governing joint payments, 
but this service is offered as a result of public requests for this 
type of payment option, and is authorized by the CCC-37 form.
    The burden hours have decreased due to a provision in the 2014 Farm 
Bill that has exempted some programs from being subject to the 
Paperwork Reduction Act. In addition, some producers are expected to 
participate in the certain, new programs authorized by the 2014 Farm 
Bill: the Agricultural Risk Coverage, Price Loss Coverage, and Dairy 
Margin Protection Program (DMPP). The CCC-36 and CCC-37 are applicable 
to certain FSA and CCC programs that permit an assignment.
    The formula used to calculate the total burden hour is estimated 
average time per responses hours times total annual responses.
    Estimate of Respondent Burden: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average 10 minutes per 
response for each form of CCC-36, CCC-37, and CCC-251, and 5 minutes 
per response for CCC-252.
    Respondents: Individuals or households, businesses or other for 
profit farms.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 51,403 for CCC-36; 14,307 
for CCC-37, 200 for CCC-251 and 200 for CCC-252.
    Estimated Number of Reponses Per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 66,110.
    Estimated Average Time per Response: 0.166.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,002.
    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 FSA, including whether 
the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 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 through the use of 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.

    Signed on January 23, 2015.
Val Dolcini,
Administrator, Farm Service Agency, and Executive Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2015-01561 Filed 1-27-15; 8:45 am]
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