Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 1 and Phase 2
Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
04/23/2026
03/20/2026
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2029
36 Months From Approved
244,480
0
0
24,975
0
0
0
0
0
Division B, Title I, of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act (Pub. L. 117-43) provides $10 billion for necessary expenses related to losses of crops, trees, bushes, and vines due to weather events occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021. Eligible disaster events include drought, wildfire, hurricane, floods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze (including polar vortex) smoke exposure, and excessive moisture. Losses due to drought are only eligible for assistance if any area of a county was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as D2 for eight consecutive weeks or D3 or higher level of drought intensity.
Similar to the Emergency Livestock Relief Program, ERP will be implemented under two phases. The first phase will leverage crop insurance and NAP claim data; RMA will calculate the ERP benefit for insured producers based on elevated guarantees using the ERP factors as shown in the below table and provide that information to FSA, and FSA will calculate the ERP benefit similarly for NAP producers and then using the data from both RMA and what FSA calculated for NAP, generate a prefilled application that will be sent to identified producers. The application requires little new information from the producer (e.g. shares if not on file), but is important as a clear certification that the loss was a result of an eligible disaster and that the producer agrees to obtain risk management protection in the subsequent two years.
This collection covers compliance activities for ERP Phase 1 and Phase 2. The application period has closed and payments were issued prior to the expiration of the approved collection. The compliance activities below will begin after reinstatement.
The current burden inventory is 353,402 estimated annual respondents: 405,918 estimated annual responses and 147,302 estimated annual burden hours. With this reinstatement the agency is seeking 218,930 estimated annual respondents, 244,480 estimated annual responses, and 24,975 estimated annual burden hours. This reflects a decrease of 134,472 estimated respondents, a decrease of 161,438 responses, and a decrease of 122,327 annual burden hours since the last OMB submission.
The burden hours and respondents have been updated to remove the respondents and burden hours associated with forms that are no longer being collected because the application periods for ERP Phase 1 and Phase 2 have closed.
The burden hours and respondents have also been updated to include notification letters and response time for FSA compliance activities to ensure ERP participants met the statutory required to obtain crop insurance or NAP coverage for the next two crop years.
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.
Emergency Relief Program- ERP Phase 1 and Phase 2