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Vol. 69, No. 24

Thursday, February 5, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

[Doc. No. FV–03–378] 

Notice of Request for New Information 

Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

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

announces that the Agricultural 

Marketing Service (AMS) is requesting 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget of a new information 

collection: the USDA Food and 

Commodity Connection Web site.

DATES: Comments received by April 5, 

2004 will be considered.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Lynne E. Yedinak, Food Quality 

Assurance Staff, Fruit and Vegetable 

Programs, Agricultural Marketing 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

STOP 0243, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

0243, telephone: (202) 720–9939 and 

Fax: (202) 690–0102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: USDA Food and Commodity 

Connection Web site. 

OMB Number: 0581-New. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years 

from date of OMB approval. 

Type of Request: New Information 

Collection. 

Abstract: The information collection 

requirements in this request are needed 

for the operation of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture (USDA) Food and 

Commodity Connection Web site, which 

operates pursuant to the authority of 

Section 32 of Public Law 74–320. The 

USDA Food and Commodity 

Connection Web site supports the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Agricultural 

Marketing Service mission of facilitating 

the efficient, fair marketing of U.S. 

agricultural products. Registering to 

participate on or use of the USDA Food 

and Commodity Connection Web site is 

voluntary. 

The USDA Food and Commodity 

Connection Web site is being developed 

to assist the institutional food service 

community across the United States. 

The USDA Food and Commodity 

Connection Web site focuses on 

providing information and assistance to 

institutional food service professionals 

(public and private schools, the 

military, Veterans Administration 

facilities, Native American facilities, 

health care facilities, colleges and 

universities, prisons, child care facilities 

and facilities for needy families) in 

identifying processors who can further 

process (manufacture value-added 

foods) USDA supplied commodities that 

best meet their nutritional requirements. 

At the same time, the USDA Food and 

Commodity Connection Web site 

provides a platform for processors, 

distributors, and brokers to post 

information about their commercial 

food products, in addition to their 

further processed USDA supplied 

commodities, that are available for use 

by institutional food service 

professionals. 

Institutional food service 

professionals (public and private 

schools, the military, Veterans 

Administration facilities, Native 

American facilities, health care 

facilities, colleges and universities, 

prisons, child care facilities and 

facilities for needy families) who choose 

to register on the USDA Food and 

Commodity Connection Web site will 

provide the following information: the 

registrant’s name, position, e-mail 

address, telephone number, school/

organization name, and address. 

Processors who choose to register on the 

USDA Food and Commodity 

Connection Web site provide the 

following information: confirmation that 

the company is eligible to participate in 

Federal procurement, the registrant’s 

name, position, e-mail address, 

telephone number, company name, 

address, country, UCC ID (Uniform 

Code Council identification number), 

and whether they are a national or 

regional processor. Distributors who 

choose to register on the USDA Food 

and Commodity Connection Web site 

provide the following information: the 

registrant’s name, position, e-mail 

address, telephone number, company 

name, address, country, UCC ID 

(Uniform Code Council identification 

number), and whether they are a 

national or regional distributor. Brokers 

who choose to register on the USDA 

Food and Commodity Connection Web 

site provide the following information: 

the registrant’s name, position, e-mail 

address, telephone number, brokerage 

company name, address, country, and 

whether they are a national or regional 

broker. Information provided by 

institutional food service professionals 

assists producers, distributors, and 

brokers in locating potential customers. 

Producer’s and distributor’s food service 

product and contact information is 

available to the institutional food 

service professionals to assist them in 

locating producers and distributors that 

handle the food products that they want 

to use. The information provided by 

brokers enables institutional food 

service professionals to know which 

manufacturers the broker represents, the 

States which that broker serves, and 

contacts at the brokerage firm. All 

registrants on the USDA Food and 

Commodity Connection Web site choose 

their own user ID and password. 

The total burden for the proposed 

information collection for the USDA 

Food and Commodity Connection Web 

site is as follows: 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 0.26 hours per 

response. 

Respondents: Institutional food 

service professionals (public and private 

schools, the military, Veterans 

Administration facilities, Native 

American facilities, health care 

facilities, colleges and universities, 

prisons, child care facilities, and 

facilities for needy families), processors, 

distributors, and brokers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

800 (300 institutional food service 

professionals, 300 processors, 100 

distributors, and 100 brokers). 

Estimated Number of Responses:

15,200. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 19. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 3,942 hours. 

For each new registration submission, 

the proposed request for approval of 

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new information collections on the 

USDA Food and Commodity 

Connection Web site is as follows: 

Institutional Food Service 

Professional registration submission.

Institutional food service professionals 

(public and private schools, the 

military, Veterans Administration 

facilities, Native American facilities, 

health care facilities, colleges and 

universities, prisons, child care facilities 

and facilities for needy families) use this 

registration submission to create their 

user profile. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 7 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Institutional food 

service professionals (public and private 

schools, the military, Veterans 

Administration facilities, Native 

American facilities, health care 

facilities, colleges and universities, 

prisons, child care facilities and 

facilities for needy families). 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

300. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 300. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Respondents only 

complete the registration once.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 33 hours. 

Processors registration submission.

Processors use this registration 

submission to register their companies. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 9 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Processors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

300. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 300. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Respondents only 

complete the registration once.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 45 hours. 

Processors Add a Plant and Request 

an Audit registration submission.

Processors use this submission to 

register the plants in which they 

manufacture their products. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 8 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Processors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

300. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 300. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Each respondent completes 

this submission once for each plant they 

register.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 41 hours. 

Processors Add a New Product 

registration submission. Processors use 

this registration submission to register 

information about their products 

manufactured from USDA supplied 

commodities and their commercial food 

products. Processors may include 

additional product information 

including but not limited to: 

ingredients, product description, 

preparation and cooking instructions, 

nutrients, package and packaging data, 

and product fact sheet link. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 16 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Processors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

300. 

Estimated Number of Responses:

3,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 10. Each respondent 

completes this submission once for each 

product they register.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 810 hours. 

Distributors registration submission.

Distributors use this registration 

submission to register their food service 

distribution companies. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 9 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Distributors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Respondents only 

complete the registration once.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 15 hours. 

Distributors Add a Warehouse and 

Request an Audit registration 

submission. Distributors use this 

submission to register the warehouses in 

which they store the products they list. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 8 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Distributors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Each respondent completes 

this submission once for each plant they 

register.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 14 hours. 

Distributors Add a New Product 

registration submission. Distributors use 

this registration submission to register 

information about their products 

manufactured from USDA supplied 

commodities and their commercial food 

products. Distributors may include 

additional product information 

including but not limited to: 

ingredients, product description, 

preparation and cooking instructions, 

nutrients, package and packaging data, 

and product fact sheet link. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 16 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Distributors. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses:

10,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 100. Each respondent 

completes this submission once for each 

product they register. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 2,700 hours. 

Brokers registration submission.

Brokers use this registration submission 

to register the companies they represent.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 9 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Brokers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 100. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Respondents only 

complete the registration once.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 15 hours. 

Brokers Add a Company registration 

submission. Brokers use this submission 

to register the processors that they 

represent. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this collection of information 

is estimated to average 16 minutes per 

response. 

Respondents: Brokers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100. 

Estimated Number of Responses:

1,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 10. Each respondent 

completes this submission once for each 

company they represent.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 270 hours. 

Comments are invited on: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information 

including the validity of the 

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methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be sent to Lynne E. 

Yedinak, Food Quality Assurance Staff, 

Fruit and Vegetable Programs, 

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, STOP 0243, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0243, telephone: 

(202) 720–9939 and Fax: (202) 690–

0102. All comments received will be 

available for public inspection during 

regular business hours at the same 

address. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

become a matter of public record.

Dated: January 29, 2004. 

A.J. Yates, 

Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service.

[FR Doc. 04–2432 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Intergovernmental Advisory 

Committee Meeting, Northwest Forest 

Plan

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Intergovernmental 

Advisory Committee (IAC), Northwest 

Forest Plan (NWFP), will meet on March 

10, 2004, in the Oak and Firs 

Conference rooms, at the Embassy 

Suites Hotel, located near the Portland 

Airport, at 7900 NE 82nd Avenue, 

Portland, Oregon 97220 (telephone 503–

460–3000). The meeting will begin at 10 

a.m. and adjourn at approximately 4:30 

p.m. The purpose of the meeting in 

general is to continue committee 

discussions related to NWFP 

implementation. Meeting agenda items 

include, but are not limited to, a report 

from the Regional Interagency Executive 

Committee on potential NWFP 

implementation improvements, 

presentation of the new NWFP display 

map, new requirements for reporting 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

recommendations, and progress reports 

for related activities of interest. The 

meeting is open to the public and fully 

accessible for people with disabilities. A 

15-minute time slot is reserved for 

public comments at 10:15 a.m. 

Interpreters are available upon request 

at least 10 days prior to the meeting. 

Written comments may be submitted for 

the meeting record. Interested persons 

are encouraged to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding this meeting may 

be directed to Kath Collier, Management 

Analyst, Regional Ecosystem Office, 333 

SW., First Avenue, P.O. Box 3623, 

Portland, OR 97208 (telephone: 503–

808–2165).

Dated: January 27, 2004. 

Anne Badgley, 

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 04–2404 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service 

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee, Sundance, Wyoming, 

USDA, Forest Service.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–

393) the Black Hills National Forests’

Crook County Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet Tuesday, February 

17th, in Sundance, Wyoming for a 

business meeting. The meeting is open 

to the public.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting on February 17, begins 

at 6:30 p.m., at the US Forest Service, 

Bearlodge Ranger District office, 121 

South 21st Street, Sundance, Wyoming. 

Agenda topics will include: Updates on 

previously funded projects and a review 

of proposals still needing action. A 

public forum will begin at 8:30 p.m. 

(MT).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Kozel, Bearlodge District Ranger 

and Designated Federal Officer, at (307) 

283–1361.

Dated: December 17, 2003. 

Steve Kozel, 

Bearlodge District Ranger.

[FR Doc. 04–2402 Filed 2–4–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Board of Directors Meeting

AGENCY: Rural Telephone Bank, USDA.

ACTION: Staff briefing for the board of 

directors. 

Time and Date: 2 p.m., Thursday, 

February 12, 2004. 

Place: Fountainebleau Hilton Resort, 

4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL 

33140, Conference Room 1. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Discussed:

1. Fiscal Year 2003 Audit. 

2. Broadband Program update. 

3. Privatization discussion. 

4. Administrative and other issues.

ACTION: Board of Directors meeting.

Time and Date: 9 a.m., Friday, 

February 13, 2004. 

Place: Fountainebleau Hilton Resort, 

4441 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, FL 

33140, Imperial V Board Room. 

Status: Open. 

Matters To Be Considered: The 

following matters have been placed on 

the agenda for the Board of Directors 

meeting: 

1. Call to order. 

2. Action on Minutes of the November 

14, 2003, board meeting. 

3. Secretary’s Report on loans 

approved. 

4. Treasurer’s Report. 

5. Report on loan rescissions. 

6. Discussion on Privatization Study 

and issuance of Request for Proposal. 

7. Discussion on retirement of Class A 

stock. 

8. Governor’s Remarks. 

9. Adjournment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Roberta D. Purcell, Assistant Governor, 

Rural Telephone Bank, (202) 720–9554.

Dated: February 2, 2004. 

Hilda Legg, 

Governor, Rural Telephone Bank.

[FR Doc. 04–2557 Filed 2–2–04; 4:59 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of the Census 

[Docket Number 040127025–4025–01] 

Privacy Impact Assessments

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Consistent with the objectives 

of the E-Government Act and to ensure 

the continued trust of our constituency, 

on February 3, 2004, the Census Bureau