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Notices Federal Register

76446

Vol. 69, No. 244

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

December 15, 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. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: 7 CFR 1965–A, Servicing of Real 

Estate Security for Farmer Program 

Loans and Certain Note-Only Cases. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0158. 

Summary of Collection: The Farm 

Service Agency’s (FSA) Farm Loan 

Program (FLP) provides supervised 

credit in the form of loans to family 

farmers and ranchers to purchase land 

and finance agricultural production. 

Sections 331 and 335 of the 

Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act, authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to grant releases 

from personal liability where security 

property is transferred to approve 

applicants, grant partial releases and 

subordinations of mortgages, and 

provides servicing authority for real 

estate security. 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect information through the use 

of several forms, which on program will 

benefit recipient or loan borrower 

requesting action on security, which 

they own. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

individuals or households; business or 

other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 31,366. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 13,964.

Title: Customer Service Comment 

Card. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0242. 

Summary of Collection: Executive 

Order 12862 directs Federal agencies to 

change the way they do business, to 

reform their management practices, to 

provide service to the public that 

matches or exceeds the best service 

available in the private sector and 

implement customer service standards. 

FSA will collect information using the 

Customer Service Card. The Customer 

Service Card will allow customers to 

comment, either on-the-record or 

anonymously to FSA’s Washington 

headquarters on the quality of service 

they receive with respect to FSA 

programs. 

Need and Use of the Information: FSA 

will collect the name and location of the 

Service Center visited, date of visit, 

customer name and address and 

customer rating of several aspects of the 

service received. The collected 

information will be used to monitor 

customer satisfaction with FSA 

customer service, information, 

procedures, and facilities and to provide 

a means to improve customer service. 

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households; farm. 

Number of Respondents: 31,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (Ad Hoc). 

Total Burden Hours: 2,583. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: 7 CFR, part 1955–B 

Management of Property. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0110. 

Summary of Collection: The Farm 

Service Agency (FSA) and the Rural 

Business Cooperative Service (RBS) 

programs are administered under the 

provisions of the Consolidated Farm 

and Rural Development Act 

(CONTACT), as amended. FSA Farm 

Loan Program (FLP) provides 

supervised credit in the form of loans to 

family farmers and ranchers to purchase 

land and finance agricultural 

production. The Rural Housing Service 

(RHS) provides credit in the form of 

Multi-Family Housing loans and 

Community Facility loans. The RBS 

program is designed to improve, 

develop or finance business industry 

and employment and improve the 

economic and environmental climate in 

rural communities. These agencies must 

collect information on real property 

taken into custody and chattel property 

in the agency’s inventory. 

Need and Use of the Information:

Information is obtained from farmers, 

ranchers and rural residents and is 

submitted to the local FSA or Rural 

Development Office where it is used to 

track and monitor real and chattel 

property. This information is required to 

prevent losses to the Government when 

security property is abandoned or to 

comply with the provisions of the 

CONTACT and congressional intent of 

assuring that acquired properties are 

sold to beginning farmers. 

Description of Respondents: Farms; 

business or other for-profit; individuals 

or households. 

Number of Respondents: 20. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 5.

Agricultural Marketing Service 

Title: Livestock & Meat Market News. 

OMB Control Number: 0581–0154. 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 244 / Tuesday, December 21, 2004 / Notices 76447

Summary of Collection: The 

Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 

U.S.C. 1621), Section 203(q), directs and 

authorizes the collection and 

dissemination of marketing information 

including adequate outlook information, 

on a market area basis, for the purpose 

of anticipating and meeting consumer 

requirements aiding in the maintenance 

of farm income and to bring about a 

balance between production and 

utilization. Livestock and Meat Market 

News provide a timely exchange of 

accurate and unbiased information on 

current marketing conditions (supply, 

demand, prices, trends, movement, and 

other information) affecting trade in 

livestock, meats, grain, and wool. 

Administered by the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing 

Service (AMS), this nationwide market 

news program is conducted in 

cooperation with 30 states departments 

of agriculture. 

Need and Use of the Information:

AMS will collect information on price, 

supply, and movement of livestock, 

meat carcasses, meat and pork cuts, and 

meat by-products. Several agencies, 

agricultural universities and college use 

the information collected to keep 

appraised of the current market 

conditions and movement of livestock 

and meat in the United States and to 

make short and long term market 

projections. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Farms; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 450. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (Daily). 

Total Burden Hours: 7,020.

Sondra Blakey, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–27910 Filed 12–20–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. 04–123–1] 

Notice of Request for Extension of 

Approval of an Information Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval of an 

information collection; comment 

request. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service’s intention to 

request an extension of approval of an 

information collection associated with 

regulations for the importation of fruits 

and vegetables.

DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 

22, 2005.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• EDOCKET: Go to http://

www.epa.gov/feddocket to submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and to access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once you have 

entered EDOCKET, click on the ‘‘View 

Open APHIS Dockets’’ link to locate this 

document. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Please send four copies of your 

comment (an original and three copies) 

to Docket No. 04–123–1, Regulatory 

Analysis and Development, PPD, 

APHIS, Station 3C71, 4700 River Road 

Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Please state that your comment refers to 

Docket No. 04–123–1. 

• E-mail: Address your comment to 

regulations@aphis.usda.gov. Your 

comment must be contained in the body 

of your message; do not send attached 

files. Please include your name and 

address in your message and ‘‘Docket 

No. 04–123–1’’ on the subject line. 

Reading Room: You may read any 

comments that we receive on this 

docket in our reading room. The reading 

room is located in room 1141 of the 

USDA South Building, 14th Street and 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 690–2817 before 

coming. 

Other Information: You may view 

APHIS documents published in the 

Federal Register and related 

information, including the names of 

groups and individuals who have 

commented on APHIS dockets, on the 

Internet at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/

ppd/rad/webrepor.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on regulations associated 

with the importation of fruits and 

vegetables, contact Ms. Jeanne Van 

Dersal, Senior Import Specialist, 

Phytosanitary Issues Management, PPQ, 

APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 140, 

Riverdale MD 20737; (301) 734–6653. 

For copies of more detailed information 

on the information collection, contact 

Mrs. Celeste Sickles, APHIS’

Information Collection Coordinator, at 

(301) 734–7477.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Importation of Fruits and 

Vegetables. 

OMB Number: 0579–0136.

Type of Request: Extension of 

approval of an information collection. 

Abstract: The Plant Protection Act (7 

U.S.C. 7701–7772) authorizes the 

Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the 

importation of plants, plant products, 

and other articles into the United States 

to prevent the introduction of plant 

pests and noxious weeds. 

The regulations in Subpart—Fruits 

and Vegetables (7 CFR 319.56 through 

319.56–8) authorize a number of fruits 

and vegetables to be imported into the 

United States, under specified 

conditions, from certain parts of the 

world. These fruits and vegetables 

include cole and mustard crops from 

Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and 

Peru; rhubarb from Guatemala; parsley 

from Israel and Nicaragua; salicornia 

from Mexico; mint and rosemary from 

Nicaragua; Swiss chard from Peru; 

cantaloupe, honeydew melon, and 

watermelon from Brazil and Venezuela; 

Belgian endive, chicory, and endive 

from Panama; pineapple from South 

Africa; and peppers from Spain. 

Before entering the United States, all 

of these fruits and vegetables are subject 

to inspection and disinfection at their 

port of first arrival to ensure that no 

plant pests are inadvertently brought 

into the United States. These 

precautions, along with other 

requirements, help ensure that these 

commodities do not introduce exotic 

plant pests, such as fruit flies, into the 

United States. 

The regulations require the use of 

certain information collection activities, 

including the completion of import 

permits, phytosanitary inspection 

certificates, and fruit fly monitoring 

records. 

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 our 

information collection. These comments 

will help us: 

(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 our 

estimate of the burden of the 

information collection, including the