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[Federal Register: June 12, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 113)]
[Notices]
[Page 36885-36886]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information
Collection
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice
announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to request an
extension to a currently approved information collection in
support of the regulations governing the foreign donation of agricultural
commodities under both the section 416(b) and the Food for Progress programs
based on re-estimates.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 11, 2000 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Merle Brown, Director, Program
Administration Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Stop 1031, Washington, DC 20250-1031, telephone (202) 720-3573.
Persons with disabilities who require an alternative means for communication of
information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's Target
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Foreign Donation of Agricultural Commodities.
OMB Number: 0551-0035.
Expiration Date of Approval: October 31, 2000.
Type of Request: Extension of currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: Cooperating sponsors must provide proposal
documents and compliance and related reports until commodities or local
currencies generated from the sale thereof are utilized. Shipping agents must
submit information and certifications regarding their activities and
affiliations. Documents are used to develop effective agreements and assure
statutory requirements and objectives are met.
Estimate of Burden: The public reporting burden for these
collections vary in direct relation to the number and type of agreements.
Respondents: U.S. private voluntary organizations, U.S.
cooperatives, foreign governments, shipping agents, ship owners and brokers, and
survey companies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 180 per annum.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 21 per annum.
Estimated Total Annual Burden of Respondents: 38,827 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from
Kimberly Chisley, the Agency Information Collection Coordinator, at (202)
720-2568.
Requests for comments: Send comments regarding (a) whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use
of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments may be sent to Merle Brown, Director, Program
Administration Division, FAS, USDA, Stop 1031, Washington, DC
20250, or the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory
Affairs,
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Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. All
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, D.C. on June 2, 2000.
Timothy J. Galvin,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Vice President,
Commodity Credit Corporation.
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