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Notices Federal Register

75896

Vol. 69, No. 243

Monday, December 20, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 14, 2004. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Pamela_Beverly_OIRA_

Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax 

(202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Title: Agricultural Prices. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0003. 

Summary of Collection: Estimates of 

prices received by farmers and prices 

paid for production goods and services 

are needed by the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, National Agriculture 

Statistics Service (NASS) for the 

following purposes: (a) To compute 

parity prices in accordance with 

requirements of the Agricultural 

Adjustment Act of 1938 as amended 

(Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301, (b) to 

estimate value of production, inventory 

values, and cash receipts from farming, 

(c) to determine the level for farmer 

owned reserves, (d) to provide 

guidelines for Risk Management Agency 

price selection options, (e) to determine 

Federal disaster prices to be paid, and 

(f) to determine the grazing fee on 

Federal lands. General authority for 

these data collection activities is granted 

under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

NASS price program computes annual 

U.S. weighted average prices received 

by farmers for wheat, barley, corn, oats, 

grain sorghum, rice, and cotton based on 

monthly marketing. Price estimates are 

used by many Government agencies as 

a general measure of commodity price 

changes and for disaster and insurance 

payments. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 26,636. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion; Monthly; Annually; 

Biennially. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,743. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: Sugar Imported for Exports as 

Refined Sugar or as a Sugar-Containing 

Products, or used in Production of 

Certain Polyhydric Alcohols. 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0015. 

Summary of Collection: Regulation 7 

CFR Part 1530 authorizes the Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS) to issue 

import licenses to enter raw cane sugar 

(exempt from the tariff-rate quota for the 

raw cane sugar imports and the related 

requirements) on the condition that an 

equivalent quantity of refined sugar be: 

(1) Exported as refined sugar; (2) 

exported as an ingredient in sugar 

containing products; or (3) used in 

production of certain polyhydric 

alcohols. The purpose of the sugar 

import-licensing program is to assist 

U.S. sugar manufacturers, refiners, and 

processors in making U.S. products 

price competitive on the world market 

and to facilitate the use of domestic 

refining capacity. 

Need and Use of the Information: FAS 

will collect information to: (1) 

Determine applicants eligibility; (2) 

monitor sugar imports, transfers, 

exports, and use in order to confirm that 

transactions are conducted and 

completed within the requirements; (3) 

audit participants’ compliance with the 

Regulation; and (4) prevent entry of 

world-priced program sugar from 

entering the higher-priced domestic 

commercial sugar market. The 

information collected is needed by the 

Sugar Licensing Authority to manage, 

plan, evaluate 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1902–A, Supervised Bank 

Accounts. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0158. 

Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902–

A, Supervised Bank Accounts, 

prescribes the policies and procedures 

for disbursing loan and grant funds, 

establishing and closing supervised 

accounts, and placing Multi-Family 

housing reserve accounts in supervised 

accounts. Supervised accounts are 

accounts with a financial institution in 

the names of a borrower and the United 

States Government, represented by 

Rural Housing Service, Rural BusinessCooperative Service, Rural Utilities 

Service, or Farm Service Agency 

(Agency). Section 339 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1989 and 

Section 510 of the Housing Act of 1949, 

42 U.S.C. 1480 are the legislative 

authority requiring the use of 

supervised accounts. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

agency’s state and field offices will 

collect information from borrowers and 

financial institutions and use the 

information to monitor compliance with 

agency regulations governing supervised 

accounts, such as establishing, 

maintaining, and withdrawing funds. In 

addition, the information will be used to 

ensure that the borrowers operate on a 

sound basis and use the loan and grant 

funds for authorized purposes. 

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Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 20,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 26,260.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27715 Filed 12–17–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–20–P; 3410–10–P and 3410–XT–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 14, 2004. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Pamela_Beverly_

OIRA_Submission@ OMB.EOP.gov or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250–

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Certificate for Poultry and 

Hatching Eggs for Export. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0048. 

Summary of Collection: The export of 

agricultural commodities, including 

poultry and hatching eggs, is a major 

business in the United States and 

contributes to a favorable balance of 

trade. As part of its mission to facilitate 

the export of U.S. poultry and poultry 

products, the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service (APHIS), 

Veterinary Services, maintains 

information regarding the import health 

requirements of other countries for 

poultry and hatching eggs exported from 

the U.S. Most countries require a 

certification that our poultry and 

hatching eggs are disease free. 

Certificate for Poultry and Hatching 

Eggs for Export is authorized by 21 

U.S.C. 112 and 113 which is used to 

certify the disease free status of poultry 

and hatching eggs exported from the 

United States. The regulation that 

implements this law is found in part 91 

of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will use VS form 17–6, 

Certificate for Poultry & Hatching Eggs 

for Export, to collect information on the 

quantity and type of poultry and 

hatching egg designated for export. The 

information collected is necessary to 

satisfy the import requirements of the 

receiving countries and to prevent 

unhealthy poultry or disease carrying 

hatching eggs from being exported from 

the United States, thereby protecting 

and encouraging trade with the United 

States and preventing the international 

dissemination of poultry diseases. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

Federal government; State, local or 

tribal government; individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 300. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 10,500. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Asian Long Horned Beetle 

Regulations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0122. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) of the Department of 

Agriculture is responsible for preventing 

plant pests and noxious weeds from 

entering the United States, preventing 

the spread of pests and weeds not 

widely distributed in the United States, 

and eradicating those imported pests 

and weeds when eradication is feasible. 

The Plant Protection and Quarantine 

program of APHIS is responsible for 

implementing the provisions of the Act 

and does so through the enforcement of 

its domestic quarantine regulations in 7 

CFR part 301. The Asian Long Horned 

Beetle (ALB) is a destructive pest of 

hardwood trees that bore into the 

heartwood of host trees eventually 

killing them. APHIS regulations are 

designed to prevent the spread of the 

ALB within the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information to 

control and monitor the movement of 

the Asian Long Horned Beetle using 

several APHIS forms. If the information 

were not collected, the effectiveness of 

the Asian Long Horned Beetle 

Quarantine would be severely 

compromised. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

business or other for profit; State, local 

or tribal government; individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 475. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 244. 

Animal Plant and Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: Importation of Hass Avocado 

from Mexico. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0129. 

Summary of Collection: The Animal 

and Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS) of the Department of 

Agriculture is responsible for preventing 

plant diseases or insect pests from 

entering the United States, preventing 

the spread of pests not widely 

distributed in the United States, and 

eradicating those imported when 

eradication is feasible. The Plant 

Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701–7772) 

authorizes APHIS to carry out this 

mission. APHIS will collect information 

from a variety of individuals, both 

within and outside of the United States, 

who are involved in growing, packing, 

handling, transporting, and importing 

foreign logs, trees, shrubs, and other 

articles. Currently, there are regulations 

that allow fresh Hass Avocado fruit 

grown in approved orchards in 

Michoacan, Mexico to be imported into 

the United States under certain 

conditions. 

Need and Use of the Information:

APHIS will collect information using 

forms PPQ 519, ‘‘Compliance 

Agreement’’ and PPQ 587, ‘‘Application 

for Permit to Import Plants or Plant 

Products.’’ The information collected 

will ensure that fresh Hass Avocados 

from Mexico do not harbor exotic insect 

pests.