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Notices Federal Register

1977 

Vol. 72, No. 10 

Wednesday, January 17, 2007 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 10, 2007. 

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-Cooperative Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1942–G, Rural Business 

Enterprise Grants and Television 

Demonstration Grants. 

OMB Control Number: 0570–0022. 

Summary of Collection: Section 310B 

of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act authorizes the Rural 

Business Enterprise Grants to facilitate 

the development of small and emerging 

private businesses, industry and related 

employment for improving the economy 

in rural communities. Television 

Demonstration Grants (TDG) is available 

to statewide, private nonprofit, public 

television systems to provide 

information on agriculture and other 

issues of importance to farmers and 

other rural residents. 7 CFR Part 1942, 

Subpart G, is a Rural BusinessCooperative Service (RBS) regulation 

which covers the administration of this 

program including eligibility 

requirements and evaluation criteria to 

make funding selection decisions. 

Need and Use of the Information: RBS 

will use this information to determine 

(1) Eligibility; (2) the specific purposes 

for which grant funds will be utilized; 

(3) time frames or dates by which 

actions surrounding the use of funds 

will be accomplished; (4) who will be 

carrying out the purposes for which the 

grant is made; (5) project priority; (6) 

applicants experience in administering 

a rural economic development program; 

(7) employment improvement; and (8) 

mitigation of economic distress of a 

community through the creation or 

salvation of jobs or emergency 

situations. If the information were not 

collected, RBS would not be able to 

determine the eligibility of applicant(s) 

for the authorized purposes. Collecting 

this information infrequently would 

have an adverse effect on the Agency’s 

ability to administer the grant program. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit; not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 720. 

Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly, on 

occasion, quarterly. 

Total Burden Hours: 19,479. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Trade Adjustment Assistance for 

Farmers 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

The Administrator, Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS), terminated 

the certification of a petition for trade 

adjustment assistance (TAA) on 

December 12, 2006, that was filed by a 

group of Florida avocado producers. 

Florida avocado producers are no longer 

eligible for TAA benefits in fiscal year 

2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon 

investigation, the Administrator 

determined that U.S. producer prices for 

fresh Florida avocados were 39 percent 

higher than the base five-year average 

price. Therefore, producer prices were 

no longer a contributing factor for 

program eligibility—a requirement for 

TAA program eligibility and therefore 

insufficient grounds to re-certify this 

petition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jean-Louis Pajot, Coordinator, Trade 

Adjustment Assistance for Farmers, 

FAS, USDA, (202) 720–2916, e-mail: 

trade.adjustment@fas.usda.gov. 

Dated: January 5, 2007. 

W. Kirk Miller, 

Acting, Administrator Foreign Agricultural 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–148 Filed 1–11–07; 4:17 pm] 

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