[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8412]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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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 currently approved collection of information 
pertaining to foreign investment in United States (U.S.) agricultural 
land as authorized by the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure 
Act of 1978 (AFIDA).

DATE: Comments on this notice must be received on or before June 2, 
1997 to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Patricia A. Blevins, 
Agricultural Foreign Investment Specialist, Foreign Investment 
Disclosure Branch, Operations Analysis Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP 0531, 
1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-0531, (202) 720-
0604.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act Report.
    OMB Number: 0560-0097.
    Expiration Date: June 30, 1997.
    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 collected 
from the AFIDA reports is used in the preparation of an annual report 
to Congress and the President by the Economic Research Service 
concerning the effect of foreign investment upon family farms and rural 
communities. Congress reviews the annual report and decides if further 
regulatory action is required.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information 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 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, D.C. 
20503 and to Patricia A. Blevins, Agricultural Foreign Investment 
Specialist, Foreign Investment Disclosure Branch, Operations Analysis 
Staff, USDA, FSA, STOP 0531, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20250-0531, (202) 720-0604.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on March 26, 1997.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Administrator Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 97-8412 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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