35158 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 137 / Monday, July 20, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection Request: Highly 

Erodible Land Conservation and 

Wetland Conservation 

AGENCIES: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) is seeking 

comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

Highly Erodible Land Conservation and 

Wetland Conservation certification 

requirements. This information is 

collected in support of the conservation 

compliance provisions of Title XII of the 

Food Security Act of 1985 (the 1985 

Farm Bill), as amended by the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(the 2008 Farm Bill). 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by September 18, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Mail: Jan Jamrog, Program Manager, 

Production, Emergencies, and 

Compliance Division, Farm Service 

Agency, United States Department of 

Agriculture, Room 4752–S, STOP 0517, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

• E-mail: Jan.Jamrog@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 690–2130. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jan 

Jamrog, Program Manager, (202) 690– 

0926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Highly Erodible land 

Conservation and Wetland Conservation 

Certification. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0185. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The collection of this 

information is necessary to determine 

payment eligibility of individuals and 

entities for various programs 

administered by the USDA including 

Conservation Programs, Price Support 

Programs, Direct and Counter Cyclical 

Programs, including the Average Crop 

Revenue Election Program, Aquaculture 

and Livestock Grant Programs, Crop and 

Livestock Energy Programs, USDA 

Revenue Programs, Wildlife Programs, 

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance 

Program, Disaster Programs and Farm 

Loan Programs. Regulations governing 

the requirements under Title XII of the 

Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 

3801–3862), as amended by the Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 

relating to highly erodible lands and 

wetlands are in 7 CFR part 12. In order 

to ensure that persons who request 

program benefits subject to conservation 

restrictions obtain the necessary 

technical assistance and are informed 

regarding the compliance requirements 

on their land, information is collected 

with regard to their intended activities 

on their land which could affect their 

eligibility for requested USDA benefits. 

Once technical determinations are 

made, producers are required to certify 

that they will comply with the 

conservation requirements on their land 

to maintain their eligibility for certain 

programs. Persons may request that 

certain activities be exempt according to 

provisions of the 1985 Farm Bill. 

Information is collected from those 

individuals who seek these exemptions 

for the purpose of evaluating whether 

the exempted conditions will be met. 

Forms AD–1026, AD–1026B, AD–1026– 

C, AD–1026D, AD–1068, AD–1069, 

CCC–21, and FSA–492 are being used 

for making determinations in this 

information collection. The forms are 

not required to be completed on an 

annual basis. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 10 minutes per 

response. The average travel time, 

which is included in the total annual 

burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per 

respondent. 

Respondents: Individuals and entities. 

Estimated Number Respondents: 

262,788. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 262, 346. 

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 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 responses to this Notice will be 

summarized and included in the 

information collection request for Office 

of Management and Budget approval. 

All comments will also become a matter 

of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on July 13, 

2009. 

Jonathan Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. E9–17130 Filed 7–17–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 

Funding Opportunity Title: Crop 

Insurance Education in Targeted 

States (Targeted States Program) 

Announcement Type: Modification— 

Competitive Cooperative Agreements. 

This announcement modifies the 

Request for Application Notice 

published in the Federal Register, April 

8, 2009 (Vol. 74, No. 66, Pages 15921– 

15929). The DATES and SUMMARY

portions have been modified. 

CFDA Number: 10.458. 

DATES: Applications are due 5 p.m. EDT, 

August 4, 2009. 

SUMMARY: The following paragraph has 

been added to the beginning of the 

SUMMARY portion of the April 8, 2009, 

Federal Register Notice: The Risk 

Management Agency (RMA) did not 

receive complete and valid application 

packages for the State of Vermont under 

the original Request for Application 

Notice published in the Federal 

Register on April 8, 2009, for the Crop 

Insurance Education in the Targeted 

States Program (Targeted States 

Program). RMA is re-announcing its 

Funding Opportunity—Request for 

Applications under the Targeted States 

Program for the State of Vermont. 

Applicants who previously submitted 

an application under the April 8, 2009, 

Targeted States Program Request for 

Applications Notice for Vermont, must 

reapply in accordance with the original 

Notice published in the Federal 

Register on April 8, 2009. (http:// 

www.rma.usda.gov/aboutrma/ 

agreements). All other portions and 


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