Market Facilitation Program (Trade Mitigation Program)

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form CCC-942 Certficaiton of Income from Farming, Ranching, and Forestry Operations	Form	New	Available
Form CCC-913 Continutio Market Facilitation Application Progam -continution	Form	New	Available
Form CCC-941 AVERAGE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME (AGI) CERTIFICATION	Form	New	Available
Form FSA-578 Report of Acreage	Form	New	Available
Form AD-1026 Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) AND Wetland Conservation (WC) Certificaiton	Form	New	Available
Form CCC-902 Farm Operating Plan for Individual or Legal Entity	Form	New	Available
Form CCC-913 Market Faciitation Program (MFP) Application (New)	Form	New	Available
2019 Supporting doucment MFP 1.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2019-07-11	Available
MFP2 FRM CCC FSA FNS 5 22 2019 clean.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-05-23	Available
Justification memo.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-05-23	Available
sf3881_draft.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-05-23	Available
FSA-85-1 MFP 7 11 2019.xlsm	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2019-07-11	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
236186	Marketing Facilitation Program	Form	New	Certficaiton of Income from Farming, Ranching, and Forestry Operations
236186	Marketing Facilitation Program	Form	New	Market Facilitation Application Progam -continution
236186	Marketing Facilitation Program	Form	New	AVERAGE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME (AGI) CERTIFICATION
236186	Marketing Facilitation Program	Form	New	Report of Acreage
236186	Marketing Facilitation Program	Form	New	Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) AND Wetland Conservation (WC) Certificaiton
236186	Marketing Facilitation Program	Form	New	Farm Operating Plan for Individual or Legal Entity
236186	Marketing Facilitation Program	Form	New	Market Faciitation Program (MFP) Application (New)

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0560-0293	ICR Reference No: 201905-0560-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Market Facilitation Program (Trade Mitigation Program)
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Emergency	Approval Requested By: 06/27/2019
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/29/2019
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/30/2019
Terms of Clearance:

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2020	6 Months From Approved
Responses	1,445,400	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	550,317	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This information collection is needed for FSA to determine eligibility for and the amout of Market Facilitation Program payments for producers of eligible crops and commodities. FSA requires each producer to complete and sign the application form in order to be eligible for MFP.

Emergency Justfication: The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is currently implementing the new trade relief package Market Facilitation Program (MFP) for 2019 agricultural commodities. FSA is requesting emergency approval as soon as possible to provide payments quickly to the producers and to correspond with publication of the rule and the Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) for the Trade Mitigation Program.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 15 USC 714c Name of Law: Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
0560-AI51	Final or interim final rulemaking	84 FR 36565	07/29/2019

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Federal Register Notices & Comments

Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Marketing Facilitation Program	CCC-902, AD-1026, CCC-913 , FSA-578, CCC-941, CCC-913 Continution , CCC-942	Market Faciitation Program (MFP) Application (New) ,   Farm Operating Plan for Individual or Legal Entity ,   Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) AND Wetland Conservation (WC) Certificaiton ,   Report of Acreage ,   AVERAGE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME (AGI) CERTIFICATION ,   Market Facilitation Application Progam -continution ,   Certficaiton of Income from Farming, Ranching, and Forestry Operations

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	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	1,445,400	0	0	1,445,400	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	550,317	0	0	550,317	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: This is a new collection request.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $19,523,418

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

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: 05/30/2019

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