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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 65, No. 13

Thursday, January 20, 2000

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice

announces the Commodity Credit

Corporation’s (CCC) intention to request

an extension for and revision to a

currently approved information

collection. This information collection

is used in support of loan programs

regarding rice, feed grains, wheat,

oilseeds, and farm-stored peanuts as

authorized by the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(the 1996 Act).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before March 20, 2000 to

be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Grady Bilberry, Director, Price Support

Division, USDA, FSA, STOP 0512, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–0512; telephone

(202) 720–7901; e-mail:

candylthompson@ wdc.fsa.usda.gov;

or facsimile (202) 690–3307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Title: Loan Program.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0087.

Expiration Date of Approval: March

31, 2000.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved. information

collection.

Abstract: The 1996 Act provides for

marketing assistance loans to eligible

producers with respect to eligible loan

commodities. The information is

necessary to determine loan collateral

and principal amounts and confirm

producer and commodity eligibility.

Producers requesting CCC commodity

loans must provide specific data relative

to the loan request. Forms included in

this information collection package

require the type of commodity, quantity

of commodity, storage location, liens on

the commodity, etc., in order to

determine quantity and principal

amounts, file security interests, and

confirm eligibility. Producers must also

agree to the terms and conditions

contained in the loan note and security

agreement and other loan-related forms.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average .219 hours per

response.

Respondents: Producers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

364,240.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 4.18.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 448,136 hours.

Proposed topics for comments

include: (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; or (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. Comments must be sent to

the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503 and to Grady

Bilberry, Director, Price Support

Division, USDA, FSA, STOP 0512, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–0512; telephone

(202) 720–7901; e-mail:

candylthompson @wdc.fsa.usda.gov;

or facsimile (202) 690–3307. Copies of

the information collection may be

obtained from Raellen Erickson at the

above address.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 12,

2000.

Keith Kelly,

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–1279 Filed 1–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Notice of Request for Extension of

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the intent of the Farm

Service Agency (FSA) to request an

extension of currently approved

information collections for a form used

in support of the FSA, Farm Loan

Programs (FLP). This renewal does not

involve any revisions to the program

regulations.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before March 20, 2000 to

be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Hinton, Branch Chief, USDA,

Farm Service Agency, Loan Making

Division, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW, STOP 0522, Washington, DC

20013–0522; Telephone (202) 720–1764;

Electronic mail:

mikehinton@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Request for Direct Loan

Assistance.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0167.

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,

2000.

Type of Request: Extension of

Currently Approved Information

Collection.

Abstract: Form FSA–410–1 is used for

collecting information for making

eligibility and financial feasibility

determinations on respondents’ requests

for direct operating, farm ownership,

and emergency loans and for currently

indebted borrowers requesting loan

servicing assistance as authorized under

the Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act, as amended.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

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is estimated to average 1.02 hours per

response.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit enterprises, and farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

49,670.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 50,476.

Comments are sought on these

requirements including: (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; and (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 collections techniques or

other forms of information technology.

These comments should be sent to the

Desk Office for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503 and to Mike

Hinton, USDA, FSA, Farm Loan

Programs, Loan Making Division, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW, STOP 0522,

Washington DC 20250–0522. Copies of

the information collection may be

obtained from Mike Hinton at the above

address. Comments regarding

paperwork burden will be summarized

and included in the request for OMB

approval of the information collection.

All comments will also become a matter

of public record.

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 11,

2000.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–1278 Filed 1–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Olympic Cross Cascade Pipeline

Project, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National

Forest, Snohomish, King, Kittitas,

Grant, Adams, and Franklin Counties,

Washington

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Cancellation notice.

SUMMARY: On February 28, 1996, a

Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an

environmental impact statement for the

Olympic Cross Cascade Pipeline Project,

a new 230-mile pipeline from western

Washington to southeastern

Washington, was published in the

Federal Register (61 FR 7467). The

proponent has withdrawn the proposal.

When this project is again considered

for implementation a new NOI will be

filed. The 1996 NOI is hereby rescinded.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Floyd J. Rogalski, Wenatchee National

Forest, Cle Elum Ranger District, 803

West Second Street, Cle Elum,

Washington 98922, telephone 509–674–

4411.

Dated: December 20, 1999.

John Phipps,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 00–1288 Filed 1–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Rural Utilities Service

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative

Service.

ACTION: Proposed collection; Comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s intention to

request an extension for a currently

approved information collection in

support of the Rural Economic

Development Loan and Grant Program

(7 CFR 1703, Subpart B).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by March 20, 2000, to be

assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Wyatt, Specialty Lenders Division,

Rural Business-Cooperative Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, STOP

3225, 1400 Independence Ave. SW,

Washington, DC 20250–3225,

Telephone (202) 720–2383.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Rural Economic Development

Loan and Grant Program.

OMB Number: 0572–0012.

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,

2000.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBS) is part of the

Rural Development mission area of the

United States Department of

Agriculture. RBS administers the Rural

Economic Development Loan and Grant

(REDLG) program, which provides zero

interest loans and grants to Rural

Utilities Service (RUS) borrowers for the

purpose of promoting rural economic

development and job creation projects.

The loans and grants under the REDLG

program may be provided to

approximately 1,700 electric and

telephone utilities across the country

that have borrowed funds from RUS.

Under this program, the RUS borrowers

may receive the loan funds and pass

them on to businesses or other

organizations. The RUS borrower is

responsible for the loan even if it does

not receive payments from the ultimate

recipient. Grants may be provided to

RUS borrowers to establish revolving

loan funds.

RBS needs to receive the information

contained in this collection of

information to select the projects it

believes will provide the most long-term

economic benefit to rural areas. The

selection process is competitive and

RBS has generally received more

applications than it could fund. RBS

also needs to make sure the funds are

used for the intended purpose and, in

the case of the loan, that the funds will

be repaid. RBS must determine that

loans made from revolving loan funds

established with grants are used for

eligible purposes.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 3.4 hours per

response.

Respondents: RUS borrowers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

180.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 12.6.

Estimated Number of Responses:

2,276.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 7,742.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division, at (202) 692–0043.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of Rural BusinessCooperative Service, including whether

the information will have practical

utility; (b) the accuracy of Rural

Business-Cooperative Service’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection