68598 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 215 / Monday, November 8, 2010 / Notices 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: CCC’s Facility Guarantee 

Program (FGP). 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0032. 

Summary of Collection: Under the 

authority of 7 CFR part 1493, subpart C, 

the Facility Guarantee Program (FGP) 

offers credit guarantees to facilitate the 

financing of U.S. manufactured goods 

and services to improve or establish 

agriculture infrastructure in emerging 

markets. Sales under FGP are 

considered normal commercial sales. 

The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) 

will collect information in a letter 

format via mail or facsimile. 

Need and Use of the Information: FAS 

will collect information to determine 

eligibility for FGP benefits and to ensure 

CCC that all participants have a 

business office in the U.S. and are not 

debarred or suspended from 

participating in government programs. 

FAS will use the application to 

determine a project’s eligibility for FGP 

coverage and to determine the impact 

on U.S. agricultural trade. The 

information requested will provide CCC 

with adequate information to meet 

statutory requirements. If the 

information were not collected CCC 

would be unable to determine if export 

sales under the FGP would be eligible 

for coverage or if coverage conformed to 

program requirements. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 5. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting; On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 329. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28137 Filed 11–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 3, 2010. 

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), 

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. 

Rural Business Service 

Title: 7 CFR 4284–G, Rural Business 

Opportunity Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0024. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) 

program was authorized by section 741 

of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 

and Reform Act of 1996, Public Law 

104–127. 7 CFR 4284–G provides the 

detailed program regulations, as well as 

including application procedures and 

reporting requirements for grant 

recipients. The objective of the RBOG 

program is to promote sustainable 

economic development in rural areas. 

This purpose is achieved through grants 

made by the Rural Business Cooperative 

Service (RBS) to public and private nonprofit organizations and cooperatives to 

pay costs of economic development 

planning and technical assistance for 

rural businesses. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected is from grant 

applicants and grant recipients. 

Grantees should keep complete and 

accurate accounting records as evidence 

that the grant funds were used properly. 

The information is necessary for RBS to 

process applications in a responsible 

manner, make prudent program 

decisions, and effectively monitor the 

grantees’ activities to ensure that funds 

obtained from the Government are used 

appropriately. 

Description of Respondents: Not forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 248. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping: Reporting: On occasion; 

Quarterly; Monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 17,704. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28139 Filed 11–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–XT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Appointment of Members to 

the National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Research, Education, and 

Economics, USDA. 

ACTION: Appointment of members. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App 2, the United States 

Department of Agriculture announces 

the appointments made by the Secretary 

of Agriculture to 9 member positions of 

the National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board. 

DATES: Appointments by the Secretary 

of Agriculture are for a 1, 2, or 3-year 

term, effective October 1, 2010 until 

September 30, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board; Research 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board Office, Room 3901, 

South Building, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture; STOP 3401; 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2255. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. 

Robert Burk, Executive Director, 

Research, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board Office, Room 3901, 

South Building, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, STOP: 0321, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–0321. 

Telephone: 202–720–3684. Fax: 202– 

720–6199, or e-mail: 

Robert.burk@ars.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

802 of the Federal Agricultural 

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 

authorized the creation of the National 


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