FSA-2370 Request for waiver of borrower training requirements

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Farm Service Agency

FSA-2370
(03-23-10)

Form Approved –OMB No. 0560-0237
Position 3

REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF BORROWER TRAINING REQUIREMENTS
PART A –WAIVER REQUEST
FSA may waive the financial and/or production training requirements if the applicant has:
(1)

successfully completed a financial management training program. Applicant must submit evidence of having completed a
similar course as those approved by FSA, including description of content and subjects covered in the course, grade
received, or certificate of completion.

(2)

experience and/or training which demonstrates the abilities necessary for successful and efficient production. Applicant must
submit, at a minimum, production records for the past 3 years and explain how the production records demonstrate
production ability.

1. I (a)
request FSA grant a waiver
from (b)
financial management and/or (c)
production borrower training requirements, contained in 7 CFR 764,
based on (d)
the attached documentation, or (e)
the following:

2A. Signature

2B. Date (MM-DD-YYYY)

PART B –FSA USE ONLY
3A. FSA’
s Decision:

3B.
3B. If Denied, Reason for Denial

APPROVED:

Financial Management

Production

DENIED:
4A. Name

Financial Management

Production

4C. Signature
N ote:

4B. Title

4D. Date (MM-DD-YYYY)

The follow ing is made in accor dance w ith the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a –as amended) . The authority for requesting the information
identified on this form is the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1921 et. seq.). The information will be
used to determine eligibility and feasibility for loans and loan guarantees, and servicing of loans and loan guarantees. The information
collected on this form may be disclosed to other Federal, State, and local government agencies, Tribal agencies, and nongovernmental
entities that have been authorized access to the information by statute or regulation and/or as described in the applicable Routine Uses
identified in the System of Records Notice for USDA/FSA-14, Applicant/Borrower. Providing the requested information is voluntary. However,
failure to furnish the requested information may result in a denial for loans and loan guarantees, and servicing of loans and loan guarantees.
The provisions of criminal and civil fraud, privacy, and other statutes may be applicable to the information provided.
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, an agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for
this information collection is 0560-0237. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 30 minutes per
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed , and
reviewing the collection of information. RETURN THIS COMPLETED FORM TO YOUR COUNTY FSA OFFICE.

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