Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and Report of Acreage (formerly OMB control # 0560-0004)

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
NAP Supporting Statement 2016.doc Supporting Statement A	2016-05-20
FSA-85-1_Reporting_and_Recordkeeping_Requirements 2016 NAP and Report of Acreage.doc Supplementary Document	2016-05-05

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
1449	Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and and Report of Acreage Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0560-0175	ICR Reference No: 201604-0560-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201511-0560-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and Report of Acreage (formerly OMB control # 0560-0004)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 09/13/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 06/14/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2019	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2018
Responses	574,402	0	527,209
Time Burden (Hours)	933,528	0	847,425
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The information collected allows CCC to effectively provide disaster assistance to producers of commercial crops and agriculture commodities as authorized by 7 U.S.C. Sec. 7333, and measure compliance according to 7 CFR 1437. For Report of Acreage, the noninsured crop disaster assistance program requires producers certify crop, commodity, and acreage in order to determine eligibility, level of assistance and compliance with program provisions.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 7333 Name of Law: FAIR Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 3095	01/20/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 36863	06/08/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) and and Report of Acreage	CCC-577, CC-575, CCC-471, CCC-452, CCC-576 (2015), CCC-576-1, FSA-578	Actual Production History and Approved Yield Record ,   Notice of Loss and Application for Payment NAP ,   Appraisal/Production Report Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program ,   Transfer of NAP Coverage ,   Application for Coverage ,   NON-INSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE ,   Report of Acreage

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	574,402	527,209	0	47,193	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	933,528	847,425	0	86,103	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Approved form FSA-578 has been incorporated in this request since the last information collection package approval. FSA is revising the estimates currently approved under OMB control number 0560-0004 to the numbers to reflect current respondents, responses and burden hours. The burden hours increase by 86.103 while the number of responses increase by 7,193. The number of respondents decrease by 219,206 (291,500 (0560-0004)-72,294 (0560-0175. The number of respondents, 291,500, under 0560-0004 was the number of producers reporting acreage nationwide for all FSA programs; therefore, the number of respondents, 72,294, in this request are only NAP participants reporting acreage for NAP eligibility.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $32,850,851

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 06/14/2016

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