Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 130 / Thursday, July 6, 2000 / Notices 41625

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Request for Extension of a 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 an extension of

currently approved information

collections used in support of the FSA,

Farm Loan Programs (FLP). This

renewal does not involve any revisions

to the program regulations.

DATE: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before September 5, 2000

to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cathy Quayle, Senior Loan Officer,

USDA, FSA, Farm Loan Programs, Loan

Making Division, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW., STOP 0522, Washington,

DC 20250–0522; Telephone (202) 690–

4018; Electronic mail:

cquayle@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Operating Loans; Policies,

Procedures, and Authorizations.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0162.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

2000.

Type of Request: Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection.

Abstract: The information collected

under OMB Control Number is 0560–

0162 is necessary to administer the

operating loan program in accordance

with the requirements in 7 CFR 1941

Subpart A as authorized by the

Consolidated Farm and Rural

Development Act. Specifically, the

Agency uses the information to evaluate

loan making or loan servicing proposals.

The information is needed for the

Agency to evaluate an applicant’s

eligibility, and to determine if the

operation is economically feasible and

the security offered in support of the

loan is adequate.

Estimate of Respondent Burden:

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .12 hours per response.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, businesses or other for

profit and farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

49,492.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 6,014.

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; (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 Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503 and to Cathy

Quayle, 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 Cathy Quayle 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 June 28,

2000.

Parks Shackleford,

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–16988 Filed 7–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce has

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for clearance the

following proposal for collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). It has been submitted to

OMB under emergency clearance

procedures. The Department is

requesting OMB approval by no later

than July 7, 2000.

Agency: National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration.

Title: Survey Instrument to Support

the Annual Minority Broadcast

Ownership Report.

Agency Form Number(s): None.

OMB Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection—

Emergency Submission.

Burden: Approximately 400 hours.

Number of Respondents: 400 persons.

Average Hours per Response: 1 hour.

Needs and Uses: The Minority

Telecommunications Development

Program (MTDP), National

Telecommunications and Information

Administration has developed a survey

instrument that it intends to use to

collect information for its annual

minority broadcast ownership report.

The instrument will be the principle

method for systematically gathering

detailed information about the

challenges confronting minority

entrepreneurs entering the broadcast

industry or expanding operations. The

report will provide a basis for major

national policies to increase minority

participation in this arena, as well as

Administration initiatives to promote

economic opportunity for minorityowned businesses generally.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: On Occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 6086, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent to

David Rostker, OMB Desk officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building,

725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503 by no later than July 7, 2000.

Dated: June 30, 2000.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief

Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–17053 Filed 7–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–60–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Foreign-Trade Zones Board

[Order No. 1109]

Approval for Expanded Manufacturing

Authority (Postage Franking Machines

and Electronic Business Equipment)

Within Foreign—Trade Subzone 77B,

Brother Industries (U.S.A.) Inc.,

Bartlett, TN

Pursuant to its authority under the

Foreign-Trade Zones Act of June 18,

1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u),