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Notices Federal Register

30560

Vol. 65, No. 93

Friday, May 12, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

May 8, 2000.

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), Washington, DC 20503 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) 720–6746.

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.

Food and Nutrition Service

Title: FNS Nutrition Education and

Promotion Campaign.

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW.

Summary of Collection: The mission

of FNS includes improving the eating

habits of the nation’s children. To that

end, FNS plans to launch a five-year

national nutrition education and

promotion campaign targeting preschool

and school-aged children and their

caregivers. Section 6(a)(3) of the Richard

B. Russell National School Lunch Act

provides the authority for educating

USDA School Lunch Program

participants about nutrition. The

campaign will employ social marketing

techniques to convey motivational and

behavior-focused messages about

healthy eating and physical activity to

FNS program participants. FNS will

collect information using focus group

discussion sessions and semi-structured

interviews.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information collected will provide FNS

with insights on how best to reach and

motivate preschool and school-aged

children and their caregivers to make

behavioral changes consistent with the

new Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

The information will be used to

determine those messages and materials

that best resonate with the target

audience. If information is not collected,

valuable consumer input from FNS’

culturally and ethnically diverse lowincome population would not be

obtained.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or household; Not-for-profit

institutions; Federal Government; State,

Local, or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 288.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Other (One-time/Focus Groups).

Total Burden Hours: 293.

Farm Service Agency

Title: Noninsured Crop Disaster

Assistance Program.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0175.

Summary of Collection: The

collection of crop planting and

production data is necessary for the

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to

calculate the producer’s approved yield

on the basis of actual production

history. Information collection relative

to the occurrence of crop damage or loss

production and application for

Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance

Program (NAP) is necessary for CCC to

accept and consider a request for

assistance under NAP and to facilitate

eligibility determinations. Assistance

under the NAP is authorized by Section

196 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

and implemented by regulations at 7

CFR part 1437. NAP provides eligible

producers of eligible crops with

protection to the catastrophic risk

protection plan of crop insurance. It

helps reduce production risks faced by

producers of crops for which Federal

crop insurance is not available. It also

reduces financial losses that occur when

natural disasters cause a catastrophic

loss of production or prevented planting

of an eligible crop. The Farm Service

Agency (FSA) will collect information

using forms CCC–451, CCC–576, CCC–

441, CCC–576–1 and CCC–452.

Need and Use of the Information: FSA

will collect the producer’s name,

address, identification number, farm

and tract, acreage, ownership, location,

crop history, planted acreage,

production, yield, share, etc. The

information will be used to identify

eligible NAP participants, acreage and

location, crop and commodities. If

information is not collected FSA will

not be able to identify and determine

eligible participants and crops being

planted or produced, or provide

assistance to agricultural producers who

as a result of natural disaster have

suffered catastrophic losses of

agricultural crops of commodities.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or household; Business or

other for-profit; Not-for-profit

institutions; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 497,000.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Other (disaster).

Total Burden Hours: 4,605,088.

Foreign Agricultural Service

Title: Declaration of Sale.

OMB Control Number: 0551–0009.

Summary of Collection: Title I of the

Agricultural Trade Development and

Assistance Act of 1954, as amended,

(Public Law 480 (P.L. 480), 83rd

Congress) provides for U.S. government

financing of sales of U.S. agricultural

commodities to friendly foreign

countries. Within the U.S. government,

the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS)

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of the Department of Agriculture

(USDA) is responsible for administering

Title I agreements. After a Pub. L. 480,

Title I agreement is signed, the

government of the importing country

requests FAS to issue a purchase

authorization (PA). After receiving

USDA price approval (based on the

information provided in the telephonic

notice of sale) and after a Commodity

Credit Corporation (CCC) registration

number for the sale has been provided

to the supplier, the supplier prepares

Form FAS–359, ‘‘Declaration of Sale’’

and submits it to FAS. The form should

contain the same information that was

provided in the telephonic notice of

sale.

Need and Use of the Information: FAS

will collect the name and address of the

supplier, date and time of the sale,

contract quantity and tolerance, delivery

period and terms, price, commodity

description, port or coast of export and

supplier’s contract number.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 15.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 22.25.

Foreign Agricultural Service

Title: Regulations—Financing

Commercial Sales of Agricultural

Commodities Under Title I, P.L. 480—

Recordkeeping and Reporting

Requirements

OMB Control Number: 0551–0005.

Summary of Collection: Title I of the

Agricultural Trade Development and

Assistance Act of 1954, as amended,

(Public Law 480 (P.L. 480), 83rd

Congress) authorizes the Commodity

Credit Corporation (CCC) to finance the

sale and exportation of agricultural

commodities on concessional credit

terms. Prospect commodity suppliers

must provide information to the

Department to determine eligibility.

Commodity supplier must report details

of sales for price approval and to submit

to USDA, Foreign Agricultural Services

(FAS), for approval, information on any

amendments to the sales. Shipping

agents nominated by importing

countries must submit information to

allow identification of possible conflicts

of interest.

Need and Use of the Information: FAS

will collect information to insure that

(1) suppliers keep accurate records on

Title 1 transactions; (2) suppliers permit

access to authorized USDA

representatives (such as auditors and

investigators); and, (3) suppliers retain

records for three years after final

payment. FAS will review the sales

prices to ensure that it is within the

prevailing range of export market prices

use the information. If the information

were not collected FAS would not be

able to monitor the sales made under

P.L. 480, Title I to ensure that they

comply with the regulations and that

available funds have not been exceeded.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 65.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.

Totla Burden Hours: 423.

Agricultural Marketing Service

Title: Winter Pears Grown in Oregon,

Washington, and California, marketing

Order No. 927.

OMB Control Number: 0581–0089.

Summary of Collection: Marketing

Order No 927 (7 CFR Part 927), covering

winter pears grown in Oregon,

Washington, and California emanates

from enabling legislation (the

Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act

of 1937, Secs, 1–19 Stat. 31 as amended;

7 U.S.C. 601–674). Growers approved

the marketing order in referendum, as

specified by the Act. The order

authorizes the issuance of grade, size,

quantity, inspection, and reporting

requirements for any variety of winter

pears. The Agricultural Marketing

Service (AMS) will collect information

using form FV–22, FB–119, FV–119A,

and FV–120.

Needs and use of the Information:

AMS will collect information to allow

growers to vote on amendments or

continuance of the marketing order.

Description Of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 1,890.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Biennially.

Total Burden Hours: 3,567.

Rural Utilities Service

Title: Certification of Authority.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0074.

Summary of Collection: The Rural

Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency

of the U.S. Department of Agriculture

(USDA). It makes mortgage loans and

loan guarantees to finance electric,

telecommunications, and water and

waste facilities in rural areas. Rural

Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901

et seq., as amended, (RE ACT) and as

prescribed by Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) Circular A–129, Policies

for Federal Credit Programs and NonTax Receivables, which states that

agencies must, based on a review of a

loan application, determine that an

applicant complies with statutory,

regulatory, and administrative eligibility

requirements for loan assistance. A

major factor in managing loan programs

is controlling the advancement of funds.

RUS Form 675 allows this control to be

achieved by providing a list of

authorized signatures against which

signatures requesting funds are

compared.

Need and Use of the Information:

RUS will collect information to ensure

that only authorized representatives of

the borrowers signs the lending

requisition form. Without the

information RUS would not know if the

request for a loan advance was

legitimate or not and so the potential for

waste, loss, unauthorized use, and

misappropriation would be increased.

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 450.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 45.

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Title: Long Term Contracting.

OMB Control Number: 0578–0013.

Summary of Collection: The Long

Term Contracting regulations at 7 CFR

Part 630, and the Conservation program

regulations at 7 CFR Parts 622, 624, 631,

632, 634, 636, 701, 702, 752, 1410, and

1467 set forth the basic policies,

program provisions, and eligibility

requirements for owners and opertors to

enter into and carry out long-term

conservation program contracts with

technical assistance under the various

program. These programs authorize

federal technical and financial longterm cost sharing assistance for

conservation treatment with eligible

land users. The financial assistance is

based on a conservation plan, which is

made a part of an agreement or contract

for a period of not less than five years

to not more than 15 years. Under the

terms of the agreement, the participant

agrees to apply, or arrange to apply, the

conservation treatment specified in the

conservation plan. In return for this

agreement, federal cost-share payments

are made to the land user, or third party,

upon successful application of the

conservation treatment. The Natural

Resource and Conservation Service

(NRCS) will collect information using

several NRCS forms.

Need and Use of the Information:

NRCS will collect information on cost

sharing and technical assistance,

making land use changes and install

measure to conserve, develop and

utilize soil, water, and related natural

resources on participant’s land. NRCS

uses the information to ensure the

proper utilization of program funds.

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Description of Respondents: Farms;

Individuals or households; Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 198,517.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 162,388.8.

Barbara LaCour,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–11923 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Newspapers Used for Publication of

Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions

for the Northern Region; Idaho,

Montana, North Dakota, and Portions

of South Dakota and Eastern

Washington.

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists the

newspapers that will be used by all

Ranger Districts, Forests, and the

Regional Office of the Northern Region

to publish legal notice of all decisions

subject to appeal under 36 CFR 215 and

217 and to publish notices for public

comment and notice of decision subject

to the provisions of 36 CFR 215 and 217

and to publish notices for public

comment and notice of decision subject

to the provisions of 36 CFR 215. The

intended effect of this action is to

inform interested members of the public

which newspapers will be used to

publish legal notices for public

comment or decisions; thereby allowing

them to receive constructive notice of a

decision, to provide clear evidence of

timely notice, and to achieve

consistency in administering the

appeals process.

DATES: Publication of legal notices in

the listed newspapers will begin with

decisions subject to appeal that are

made on or after May 15, 2000. The list

of newspapers will remain in effect

until another notice is published in the

Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Interregional NEPA, Appeals and

Litigation Leader; Northern Region; P.O.

Box 7669; Missoula, Montana 59807.

Phone: (406) 329–3647.

The newspapers to be used are as

follows:

Northern Regional Office

Regional Forester decisions in

Montana: The Missoulian, Great Falls

Tribune, and The Billings Gazette.

Regional Forester decisions in

Northern Idaho and Eastern

Washington: The Spokesman Review.

Regional Forester decisions in North

Dakota: Bismarck Tribune.

Regional Forester decisions in South

Dakota: Rapid City Journal.

Beaverhead/Deerlodge—Montana

Standard.

Bitterroot—Ravalli Republic.

Clearwater—Lewiston Morning

Tribune.

Custer—Billings Gazette (Montana)

Rapid City Journal (South Dakota).

Dakota Prairie National Grasslands—

Bismarck Tribune (North Dakota) Rapid

City Journal (South Dakota).

Flathead—Daily Interlake.

Gallatin—Bozeman Chronicle.

Helena—Independent Record.

Idaho Panhandle—Spokesman

Review.

Kootenai—Daily Interlake.

Lewis & Clark—Great Falls Tribune.

Lolo—Missoulian.

Nez Perce—Lewiston Morning

Tribune.

Supplemental notices may be placed

in any newspaper, but time frames/

deadlines will be calculated based upon

notices in newspapers of record listed

above.

Dated: May 7, 2000.

Kathleen A. McAllister,

Deputy Regional Forester.

[FR Doc. 00–11946 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List; Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to

Procurement List.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

commodities and services to be

furnished by nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: June 12, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louis R. Bartalot, (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the commodities and services

listed below from nonprofit agencies

employing persons who are blind or

have other severe disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

commodities and services to the

Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the commodities and

services proposed for addition to the

Procurement List. Comments on this

certification are invited. Commenters

should identify the statement(s)

underlying the certification on which

they are providing additional

information.

The following commodities and

services have been proposed for

addition to Procurement List for

production by the nonprofit agencies

listed:

Commodities

American Flag

M.R. 1011

NPA: Chester County Branch of the PAB,

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Mailers, Audio Cassette

8105–01–386–2181

8105–01–386–2189

NPA: York County Blind Center, York,

Pennsylvania

Marine Security Guard Accessories

8465–00–NIB–0047

8465–00–NIB–0048

8465–00–NIB–0049

8465–00–NIB–0050

8465–00–NIB–0051

8465–00–NIB–0052

8465–00–NIB–0053

8465–00–NIB–0054

NPA: Industries of the Blind, Inc.,

Greensboro, North Carolina

Skin Protectant Plus, Effective Prevention

9999–00–NSH–0001

9999–00–NSH–0002