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[Federal Register: July 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 126)]
[Notices]               
[Page 38073]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Farm Service Agency

 
Information Collection; Commodity Request (Food Aid Request Entry 
System (FARES))

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are 
seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on 
an extension of a currently approved information collection for the 
Food Aid Request Entry System (FARES). FSA and CCC procure various 
processed foods and commodities to be exported and donated for use in 
humanitarian food aid programs. Information related to this activity is 
collected and processed electronically through the FARES. The Web-Based 
Supply Chain Management system (WBSCM) is a new procurement system in 
development to replace FARES at a later date.

DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by August 30, 2010.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comments, include date, volume, and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
     Mail: Khristy Baughman, Chief, Business Operations Support 
Division, Kansas City Commodity Office, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, 
Missouri 64133-4676.
     E-mail: khristy.baughman@usda.gov.
     Fax: (816) 926-1648.
    You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Hadder, Marketing Specialist, 
(202) 720-3816, or Sharon.Hadder@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of the Information Collection

    Title: Food Aid Request Entry System (FARES).
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0225.
    Type of Request: Extension with no revision.
    Abstract: The information collection is necessary for CCC and FSA 
to procure various processed foods and commodities for export under 
humanitarian food aid programs. FARES automates the entry of commodity 
requests submitted to CCC from the United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID), private voluntary organizations 
(PVOs), the World Food Program (WFP), the Foreign Agricultural Service 
(FAS), and FSA.
    Estimate of Average Time To Respond: Public reporting burden for 
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average 0.47 
hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, 
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data 
needed, and completing and reviewing the information.
    Type of Respondents: USAID, PVOs, the WFP, FAS, and FSA.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 305.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
    Estimated Number of Reponses: 3660.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1708 hours.
    We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information 
collection and to help us to:
    (1) Evaluate whether the collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden, 
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected; and
    (4) 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.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office 
of Management and Budget approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on June 24, 2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2010-15945 Filed 6-30-10; 8:45 am]
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