FSA-2370 Request for Waiver of borrower training requirements

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Form Approved – OMB No. 0560-0237

FSA-2370 (03-23-10)

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Farm Service Agency

Position 3

REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF BORROWER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

PART A – WAIVER REQUEST

FSA may waive the financial and/or production training requirements if the applicant has:

(1)

successfully completed a financial management training program. Applicant must submit evidence of having completed a similar course as those approved by FSA, including description of content and subjects covered in the course, grade received, or certificate of completion.

(2)

experience and/or training which demonstrates the abilities necessary for successful and efficient production. Applicant must submit, at a minimum, production records for the past 3 years and explain how the production records demonstrate production ability.

1. I (a)

     

request FSA grant a waiver

from (b) financial management and/or (c) production borrower training requirements, contained in 7 CFR 764, based on (d) the attached documentation, or (e) the following:

     

2A. Signature

2B. Date (MM-DD-YYYY)      

PART B – FSA USE ONLY

3A. FSA’s Decision:

3B. If Denied, Reason for Denial      

APPROVED:

Financial Management

Production

DENIED:

Financial Management

Production

4A. Name      

4B. Title      

4C. Signature

4D. Date (MM-DD-YYYY)      

Note:

The following is made in accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a – as amended). The authority for requesting the information identified on this form is the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1921 et. seq.). The information will be used to determine eligibility and feasibility for loans and loan guarantees, and servicing of loans and loan guarantees. The information collected on this form may be disclosed to other Federal, State, and local government agencies, Tribal agencies, and nongovernmental entities that have been authorized access to the information by statute or regulation and/or as described in the applicable Routine Uses identified in the System of Records Notice for USDA/FSA-14, Applicant/Borrower. Providing the requested information is voluntary. However, failure to furnish the requested information may result in a denial for loans and loan guarantees, and servicing of loans and loan guarantees. The provisions of criminal and civil fraud, privacy, and other statutes may be applicable to the information provided. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 0560-0237. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 30 minutes per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed , and reviewing the collection of information. RETURN THIS COMPLETED FORM TO YOUR COUNTY FSA OFFICE.

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