Information Collection Request; Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent

Published date24 October 2019
Citation84 FR 57004
Record Number2019-23144
SectionNotices
CourtCommodity Credit Corporation,Farm Service Agency
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 206 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 57004-57005]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-23144]
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                DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
                Commodity Credit Corporation
                Farm Service Agency
                [Docket ID FSA-2019-0013]
                Information Collection Request; Application for Payment of
                Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared
                Incompetent
                AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, 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)
                [[Page 57005]]
                and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are requesting comments from all
                interested individuals and organizations on a revision and an extension
                of a currently approved information collection. CCC and FSA use the
                information to determine whether representatives or survivors of a
                producer are entitled to receive payments earned by a producer who
                dies, disappears, or is declared incompetent before receiving payments
                or other disbursements.
                DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by December 23, 2019.
                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:
                 Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://regulations.gov.
                Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID FSA-2019-
                0013. Follow the online instructions for submitting comments.
                 Mail: Joe Lewis Jr., Agricultural Program Specialist,
                USDA, FSA STOP 0572, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-
                0572.
                 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 Joe Lewis Jr. at the above address.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Lewis Jr, (202) 720-0795.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description of Information Collection
                 Title: Application for Payment of Amounts Due Persons Who Have
                Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared Incompetent.
                 OMB Number: 0560-0226.
                 OMB Expiration Date of Approval: 02/29/2020.
                 Type of Request: Extension.
                 Abstract: Persons desiring to claim payments earned, but not yet
                paid to a person who has died, disappeared, or has been declared
                incompetent must complete form FSA-325, Application for Payment of
                Amounts Due Persons Who Have Died, Disappeared, or Have Been Declared
                Incompetent. This information required by form FSA-325 is used by FSA
                county office employees to document the relationship of heirs,
                beneficiaries, or others who claim that a payment was earned, but not
                yet paid to the person who died, disappeared, or who has been declared
                incompetent, and to determine the share and order of precedence for
                disbursing payments to such persons.
                 Information is obtained only when a person claims that they are due
                a payment that was earned, but not paid to a producer that has died,
                disappeared, or has been declared incompetent, and documentation is
                needed to determine if any individuals are entitled to receive such
                payments or disbursements.
                 The burden hours decreased by 2,000 hours since the last OMB
                approval. The reason for the decrease is due to the removal of travel
                times from the request. The respondents may submit applications by mail
                and many respondents go to the county offices to do regular and
                customary business with FSA for other FSA programs and can complete and
                submit the form FSA-325 during this time; this means no travel time is
                required specifically for the information collection and therefore, it
                is no longer included in the burden hour reporting.
                 For the following estimated total annual burden on respondents, the
                formula used to calculate the total burden hour is the estimated
                average time per responses multiplied by the estimated total annual
                responses.
                 Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this
                collection of information is estimated to average 0.50 hours per
                response.
                 Type of Respondents: Producers.
                 Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,000.
                 Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
                 Estimated Total Annual of Responses: 2,000.
                 Estimated Average Time per Responses: 0.50 hours.
                 Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,000.
                 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 FSA, including whether the
                information will have practical utility;
                 (2) Evaluate the accuracy of 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 responses to this notice, including names and addresses when
                provided, will be summarized and included in the request for OMB
                approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.
                Robert Stephenson.
                Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
                Richard Fordyce,
                Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
                [FR Doc. 2019-23144 Filed 10-23-19; 8:45 am]
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