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shipped in sealed containers or holds to 

ensure that the integrity of the shipment 

is not violated. The seals must be 

numbered, the numbers of the seals 

must be recorded on the government 

certificate that accompanies the 

shipment, and the seals must not have 

been tampered with. Federal inspectors 

at ports of entry inspect the seals and 

verify that the seals are intact and that 

the numbers match those on the 

certificates.

Compliance agreement, recordkeeping 

requirements. Certain animal or poultry 

products and byproducts are required to 

be processed in a certain manner in an 

establishment in a foreign country 

before being exported to the United 

States. We require an official of the 

processing plant to sign a written 

agreement prepared by APHIS. By 

signing this agreement, this official 

certifies that the animal products being 

exported to the United States have been 

processed in a manner approved by 

APHIS, and that adequate records of 

these exports are being maintained. 

Marking requirements. Before certain 

animal products may enter the United 

States, they must be marked, with an 

ink stamp or brand, to indicate that the 

products have originated from an 

approved meat processing establishment 

and have been inspected by appropriate 

veterinary authorities. The mark is 

applied to the meat product by 

processing plant personnel. 

Foreign meat inspection certificate for 

importation of fresh meat from regions 

free of foot-and-mouth disease and 

rinderpest, but subject to certain 

restrictions due to their proximity to, or 

trading relationships with, regions 

where foot-and-mouth disease or 

rinderpest exists. This certificate, 

completed by a veterinary official of the 

exporting region, provides specific 

information regarding the establishment 

where the animals were slaughtered, the 

origin of the animals, and the processing 

and handling of the meat or other 

animal products. 

Certification of a national government 

for importation of pork or pork products 

from a swine vesicular disease-free 

region. This is a statement, completed 

by a government official of an exporting 

region, certifying that the U.S.-destined 

pork or pork product originated in a 

region that is free from swine vesicular 

disease. 

Cleaning and disinfecting methods.

This is a letter from veterinary officials 

of an exporting region stating that 

appropriate cleaning and disinfecting 

methods have been applied to trucks, 

railroad cars, or other means of 

conveyance used to transport certain 

animal products destined for the United 

States. 

We are asking the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve our use of these information 

collection activities for an additional 3 

years. 

The purpose of this notice is to solicit 

comments from the public (as well as 

affected agencies) concerning this 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(1) Evaluate whether the information 

collection is necessary for the proper 

performance of our agency’s functions, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, 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, through use, as 

appropriate, of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, and other collection 

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses. 

Estimate of burden: The public 

reporting burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to average 

0.39955 hours per response. 

Respondents: Importers, exporters, 

shippers, foreign animal health 

authorities, owner/operators of 

establishments (domestic and foreign) 

that handle restricted and controlled 

materials. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 10,008. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses per respondent: 7.0029. 

Estimated annual number of 

responses: 70,086. 

Estimated total annual burden on 

respondents: 28,003 hours. (Due to 

averaging, the total annual burden hours 

may not equal the product of the annual 

number of responses multiplied by the 

reporting burden per response.) 

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.

Done in Washington, DC, this 23rd day of 

September 2004. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. E4–2409 Filed 9–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Domestic Sugar Program—2003 Crop 

Cane Sugar and Sugar Beet Marketing 

Allotments and Company Allocations

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) is issuing this notice 

which sets forth the establishment and 

adjustments to the sugar overall 

allotment quantity for the 2003 crop 

year (FY 2004), which runs from 

October 1, 2003 through September 30, 

2004. Although CCC already has 

announced all of the information in this 

notice, CCC is statutorily required to 

publish in the Federal Register

determinations establishing or adjusting 

sugar marketing allotments. CCC set the 

2003 crop overall allotment quantity 

(OAQ) of domestic sugar to 8.550 

million short tons raw value (STRV) on 

August 13, 2003. On September 30, 

2003, CCC allocated only 96.5% of this 

amount, resulting in a beet sugar sector 

allotment of 4.484 million STRV and a 

cane sugar sector allotment of 3.766 

million STRV. At that time, CCC also 

announced the allotments to caneproducing States and allocations to cane 

and beet sugar processors and set the 

proportionate share requirement on 

Louisiana cane sugar producers for the 

2003 crop at 84.2 percent. On April 9, 

2004, CCC officially reduced the OAQ to 

8.250 million STRV and revised State 

cane sugar allotments and cane sugar 

processor allocations to reflect updated 

FY 2004 raw cane production forecasts. 

On July 22, 2004, CCC revised State 

cane sugar allotments to reflect further 

updated raw cane production forecasts.

ADDRESSES: Barbara Fecso, Dairy and 

Sweeteners Analysis Group, Economic 

Policy and Analysis Staff, Farm Service 

Agency, USDA, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., STOP 0516, Washington, 

DC 20250–0516; telephone (202) 720–

4146; FAX (202) 690–1480; e-mail: 

barbara.fecso@usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Fecso at (202) 720–4146.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

359b(b)(1) of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended (7 

U.S.C. 1359bb(a)(1)), requires the 

Secretary to establish, by the beginning 

of each crop year, an appropriate 

allotment for the marketing by 

processors of sugar processed from 

sugar beets and from domestically 

produced cane sugar at a level the 

Secretary estimates will result in no

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forfeitures of sugar to the CCC under the 

loan program. When CCC announced a 

8.550 million ton OAQ in August 2003, 

it noted the existence of sugar market 

uncertainties and that the OAQ could be 

adjusted if warranted. The September 

11, 2003, USDA World Agricultural 

Supply and Demand Estimates forecast 

substantially decreased total use in FY 

2003 and FY 2004. Consequently, the 

FY 2004 free ending stocks-to-use ratio 

increased to 17.4 percent, up from 15.1 

percent when the OAQ was established. 

Free ending stocks refer to the portion 

of stocks that are permitted to be sold 

under the sugar marketing allotment 

program. In response, CCC allocated 

96.5 percent of the OAQ in September 

2003 to reduce the free ending stocksto-use ratio closer to levels associated 

with a more balanced market. In April 

2004, CCC reevaluated estimates of 

sugar consumption, stocks, production, 

and imports and determined that 3.5 

percent of the OAQ, or 300,000 tons, 

that was not allocated in September 

would not be needed for a balanced 

market in FY 2004. Thus, the official 

OAQ was reduced by 300,000 tons. In 

July 2004, CCC again revised State cane 

sugar allotments to reflect updated 

production estimates. 

To establish cane state allotments, 

weights of 25 percent, 25 percent, and 

50 percent, respectively, are assigned to 

the three-factor criteria: Past marketings; 

processing capacity; and ability to 

market. Because Puerto Rice forecast 

zero production for the 2003 crop, its 

FY 2004 allotment was reassigned to all 

other cane processors based on their 

respective three-factor proportionate 

shares. 

Proportionate shares relative to the 

acreage of cane sugar that may be 

harvested in Louisiana for sugar or seed 

is set at 84.2 percent of each farm’s cane 

sugar acreage base. These actions apply 

to all domestic sugar marketed for 

human consumption in the United 

States from October 1, 2003, through 

September 30, 2004. 

The established 2003 crop beet and 

cane sugar marketing allotments are 

listed in the following table, along with 

the adjustments that have occurred 

since:

FY 2004 OVERALL BEET/CANE ALLOTMENTS—ESTABLISHMENT AND ADJUSTMENTS

August 13, 2003 

announcement establishing FY04 allotments at 

8,550,000 STRV 

September 30, 

2003 announcement revising 

FY04 allotments 

to 8,250,000 

STRV 

April 9, 2004 announcement adjusting FY04 allotments July 22, 2004 

announcmeent adjusting FY04 allotments 

Beet sugar ............................................................................... 4,646,925 4,483,875 .............................. ..............................

Cane sugar .............................................................................. 3,903,075 3,766,124 .............................. ..............................

Total OAQ ......................................................................... 8,550,000 8,250,000 .............................. ..............................

State cane sugar alltoments: 

Florida ...................................................................................... .............................. 1,877,086 1,910,863 1,949,112 

Louisiana .................................................................................. .............................. 1,411,954 1,376,626 1,403,800 

Texas ....................................................................................... .............................. 157,617 159,230 157,256 

Hawaii ...................................................................................... .............................. 319,468 319,406 255,956 

Puerto Rico .............................................................................. .............................. 0 0 0 

Signed in Washington, DC on September 3, 

2004. 

James R. Little, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 04–21771 Filed 9–28–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Notice of Intent To Establish an 

Information Collection

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

regulations (5 CFR 1320) that implement 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice 

announces the Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service’s (CSREES) intention to request 

approval to establish an information 

collection for the Expanded Food and 

Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by December 3, 2004 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable.

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice may be mailed to 

Jason Hitchcock, E-Government Program 

Leader, Information Systems and 

Technology Management, CSREES, 

USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

2216 or sent electronically to: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection, contact Jason Hitchcock at 

(202) 720–4343; facsimile at (202) 720–

0857; or electronically at: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Expanded Food and Nutrition 

Education Program (EFNEP). 

OMB Number: 0524–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval:

Not applicable. 

Type of Request: Intent to seek 

approval to establish an information 

collection for three years. 

Abstract: The USDA’s CSREES EFNEP 

is a unique program that began in 1969, 

designed to reach limited resource 

audiences, especially youth and families 

with young children. EFNEP operates in 

50 States of the United States, American 

Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, the 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Marianas, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, and the Virgin Islands of the 

United States. Extension professionals 

train and supervise paraprofessionals 

and volunteers who teach food and 

nutrition information and skills to 

limited resource families and youth.

The objectives of EFNEP are to assist 

limited resource families and youth in 

acquiring the knowledge, skills, 

attitudes, and changed behaviors 

necessary for making diet decisions that 

are nutritionally sound, and to 

contribute to their personal 

development and the improvement of 

the total family diet and nutritional 

well-being.