The new Emergency Livestock Relief
Program (ELRP) is providing payments to the producers who are
qualified to meet the eligibility requirements and payment
calculation for the first phase of ELRP assistance, which will
provide payments to producers who faced increased supplemental feed
costs as a result of forage losses due to a qualifying drought or
fire in calendar year 2021 using data already submitted to FSA
through the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP).
The Farm Service Agency
(FSA) is requesting OMB approval on the emergency approval of a
collection of information necessary to implement the Emergency
Livestock Relief Program (ELRP) phase 1 which will assist eligible
livestock producers who faced increased supplemental feed costs as
a result of forage losses due to a qualifying drought or wildfire
in calendar year 2021. FSA could not obtain OMB approval under the
normal clearance and likely to prevent or disrupt the collection
under the Paperwork Reduction Act to begin the ELRP Phase 1
quickly. FSA is using ELRP Phase 1 funds provided by the Extending
Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act,
(Division B, Title I, Pub. L. 117-43) to assist producers of
livestock for losses incurred during calendar year 2021 due to
qualifying droughts or wildfires. The livestock producers who
suffered losses due to drought are eligible for assistance if any
area within the county in which the loss occurred was rated by the
U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) for eight
consecutive weeks or a D3 (extreme drought) or higher level of
drought intensity during the applicable year.
PL:
Pub.L. 117 - 43 Division B Name of Law: Extending Government
Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act
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:
(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;
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.