Memo

United States
Department of
Agriculture
Farm
Production
And Conservatio
(FPAC)

DATE:

July 20, 2021

Farm Service
Agency (FSA)

TO:

Josh Brammer
OMB Desk Officer

1400
Independence
Avenue, SW
Stop 0540
Washington, DC
20250-0540

THROUGH: Ruth Brown
USDA Information Collection Officer
FROM:
SUBJECT:

Jamie White
FSA Acting Deputy Administrator Farm Programs

Jamie A. White

Digitally signed by
JAMIE WHITE
Date: 2021.07.20
15:55:33 -05'00'

Request for Emergency Approval for a New Information Collection Package

This request is for OMB review and emergency approval of a collection ofinformation necessary
to implement the Oriental Fruit Fly (OFF) Program. The emergency approval is needed because
we could not comply with the normal clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act, and it is
essential to the mission of FSA to provide financial assistance as quickly as possible to the
affected producers. FSA establishes provisions for providing assistance as authorized by Section
778 of the Consolidated Appropriation Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 116-6), which appropriated $9
million to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) for the purpose of making payments to producers
impacted by an Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine. Funds will remain available until expended. FSA
will publish a consolidated rule that includes the implementation of a new Oriental Fruit Fly
(OFF) Program under the new regulation of 7 CFR 756.
The sign-up period for OFF payments will be included in the published rule. If necessary, at the
close of the OFF-sign-up period, a national payment factor may be determined and announced by
FSA if the total of calculated payments exceed the authorized funding of $9 million, less a
reserve amount of 3% ($270,000). The final rule will be published in the Federal Register to
provide guidance and notify applicants of the sign-up period. Up to 700 producers are expected to
apply for payments under the OFF Program. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) needs to collect the
information from applicants by completing the FSA-438 application for the eligible agricultural
commodities that suffered OFF related revenue losses to ensure that calculations most accurately
reflect revenue losses to ensure equitable treatment.
For OFF program eligibility, producers are also required to have the following forms on file with
FSA: CCC-902I, Farm Operating Plan for an Individual; CCC- 902E, Farm Operating Plan for an
Entity; CCC-901, Member Information for Legal Entities, if applicable; CCC-941, Average
Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) Certification and Consent to Disclosure of Tax Information;
CCC-942, Certification of Income from Farming, Ranching, and Forestry Operations, Optional;
AD-1026, Highly Erodible Land Conservation (HELC) and Wetland Conservation Certification.
We are requesting emergency approval of a new information collection package by August 10,
2021, in order to provide assistance to eligible producers.
If there are any questions or concerns, please call Deirdre Holder at 202-205-5851 or Mary Ann
Ball at 202-720-4283.