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Vol. 75, No. 227 

Friday, November 26, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Advisory Committee on Beginning 

Farmers and Ranchers 

AGENCY: Departmental Management, 

Office of Advocacy and Outreach, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Advocacy and 

Outreach is issuing this notice to advise 

the public that meetings of the Advisory 

Committee on Beginning Farmers and 

Ranchers (Committee) will be held to 

discuss and explore USDA policy 

options designed to create and sustain 

‘‘New and Beginning Farmers and 

Ranchers.’’ 

DATES: The public meetings will be held 

December 15th and 16th, 2010. 

Opportunities for public comment will 

be made available on December 15th, 

2010, from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., and 1 

p.m. to 4 p.m. The second meeting will 

be held on December 16th, 2010, from 

9 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. Requests to 

make oral statements should be received 

no later than 12 noon EDT on December 

13th, 2010. For more information, see 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be located 

in Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20008. 

Attendance is open to all interested 

persons but limited to space available. 

Anyone wishing to make an oral 

statement should submit their request in 

writing (letter, fax, or e-mail) to Quinton 

N. Robinson, Designated Federal 

Official for the Advisory Committee on 

Beginning Farmers and Ranchers, 

Departmental Management, Office of 

Advocacy and Outreach, Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 520 Whitten, STOP, 

Washington, DC 20250–0522; fax (202) 

720–205–5490; phone (202) 720–3058; 

e-mail Quinton.Robinson@dm.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Quinton N. Robinson at 202–720–3058. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Requests 

to make oral statements should be 

received no later than 12 noon EDT on 

December 13th, 2010. Requests should 

include the name and affiliation of the 

individual who will make the 

presentation and an outline of the issues 

to be addressed. The floor will be open 

to oral presentations beginning at 1 p.m. 

on December 15th, 2010. Comments will 

be limited to 5 minutes, and presenters 

will be approved on a first-come, firstserved basis. 

Section 5 of the Agriculture Credit 

Improvement Act of 1992 (Pub. L. 102– 

554) requires the Secretary of 

Agriculture to establish the New and 

Beginning Farmer and Rancher 

Advisory Committee for the purpose of 

advising the Secretary on: (1) The 

development of a program of 

coordinated financial assistance to 

qualified beginning farmers and 

ranchers required by Section 309(i) of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act (this program consists 

of Federal and State beginning farmer 

programs that provide joint financing to 

beginning farmers and ranchers); (2) 

methods of maximizing the number of 

new farming and ranching opportunities 

created through the program; (3) 

methods of encouraging States to 

participate in the program; (4) the 

administration of the program; and (5) 

other methods of creating new farming 

or ranching opportunities. 

USDA’s Departmental Management’s 

Office of Advocacy and Outreach is 

responsible for the performance and 

oversight of the New and Beginning 

Farmer and Rancher Advisory 

Committee pursuant to Section 14013 of 

the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

of 2008, Public Law 110–246. 

If special accommodations are 

required, please contact Mr. Robinson at 

the address specified above, by COB 

December 3, 2010. 

Signed in Washington, DC on November 

19, 2010. 

Pearlie S. Reed, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29697 Filed 11–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 35, as amended), the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites 

comments on the following information 

collections for which RUS intends to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 25, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michele Brooks, Director, Program 

Development and Regulatory Analysis, 

Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5162, South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. Fax: (202) 

720–8435. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office 

of Management and Budget’s (OMB) 

regulation (5 CFR part 1320) 

implementing provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) requires that interested 

members of the public and affected 

agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities [see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d)]. This notice identifies 

information collections that RUS is 

submitting to OMB for extension. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

this 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 the burden of the 

collection of information including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. Comments may 

be sent to Michele Brooks, Director, 


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