Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 162 / Thursday, August 21, 1997 / Notices 44439

Description of Respondents: State,

Local, or Tribal Government;

Individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 3,100.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

one-time.

Total Burden Hours: 2,736

Food and Consumer Service

Title: WIC Financial Management and

Participation Report.

OMB Control Number: 0584–0045.

Summary of Collection: Information

collected includes monthly financial

and participation data.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used for program

monitoring, funds allocation and

management, budget projections,

monitoring caseload and policy

development.

Description of Respondents: State,

Local, or Tribal Government;

Individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 2,088.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Monthly.

Total Burden Hours: 19,242.

Donald Hulcher,

Department Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–22200 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

National Urban and Community

Forestry Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The National Urban and

Community Forestry Advisory Council

will meet in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

September 4–6, 1997. The purpose of

the meeting is to review the status of the

Council’s annual report, continue

discussion on emerging issues in Urban

and Community Forestry, and vote on

the grant categories for the 1998

Challenge Cost-Share grant program.

DATES: The meeting will be held

September 4–6, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Ramada Inn Downtown Milwaukee,

633 West Michigan Street, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin. A tour of local projects will

be September 4, 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

Individuals who wish to speak at the

meeting or to proposed agenda items

must send their names and proposals to

Suzanne M. del Villar, Executive

Assistant, National Urban and

Community Forestry Advisory Council,

1042 Park West Court, Glenwood

Springs, CO 81601.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne M. del Villar, Cooperative

Forestry Staff, (970) 928–9264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Challenge Cost-Share grant categories,

identified by the Council, are advertised

annually to solicit proposals for projects

to advance the knowledge of, and

promote interest in, urban and

community forestry. Pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B), the meeting will be

closed from approximately 8:30 to 10:00

a.m. on September 6 in order for the

Council to vote on the categories for the

1998 Challenge Cost-Share grant

program. Otherwise, the meeting is open

to the public.

Persons who wish to bring urban and

community forestry matters to the

attention of the Council may file written

statements with the Council staff before

or after the meeting. Public input

sessions will be provided and

individuals who made written requests

by August 22 will have the opportunity

to address the Council. Council

discussion is limited to Forest Service

staff and Council members.

Dated: August 15, 1997.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary of Agriculture.

[FR Doc. 97–22279 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Opportunity for Designation to Provide

Official Services in the Northeast

Indiana (IN) Region

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration (GIPSA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: East Indiana Grain Inspection,

Inc. (East Indiana), has asked GIPSA to

amend its designation to remove the

Northeast Indiana region from their

assigned geographic area. GIPSA is

asking persons interested in providing

official services in the Northeast Indiana

region to submit an application for

designation.

DATE: Applications must be postmarked

or sent by telecopier (FAX) on or before

September 16, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Applications must be

submitted to USDA, GIPSA, FGIS, Janet

M. Hart, Chief, Review Branch,

Compliance Division, STOP 3604, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20090–3604.

Telecopier (FAX) users may send

applications to the automatic telecopier

machine at 202–690–2755, attention:

Janet M. Hart. If an application is

submitted by telecopier, GIPSA reserves

the right to request an original

application. All applications and

comments will be made available for

public inspection at this address located

at 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

during regular business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janet M. Hart, telephone 202–720–8525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

This action has been reviewed and

determined not to be a rule or regulation

as defined in Executive Order 12866

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1;

therefore, the Executive Order and

Departmental Regulation do not apply

to this action.

East Indiana has asked GIPSA to

remove the Northeast Indiana region

from its assigned geographic area. The

Northeast Indiana region consists of the

following geographic area, in the State

of Indiana:

Bounded on the North by the northern

Lagrange and Steuben County lines;

Bounded on the East by the eastern

Steuben, De Kalb, Allen, and Adams,

County lines;

Bounded on the South by the

southern Adams and Wells County

lines; and

Bounded on the West by the western

Wells County line; the southern

Huntington and Wabash County lines;

the western Wabash County line north

to State Route 114; State Route 114

northwest to State Route 19; State Route

19 north to Kosciusko County; the

western and northern Kosciusko County

lines; the western Noble and Lagrange

County lines.

The following grain elevator, located

outside of the above contiguous

geographic area, is part of this

geographic area assignment: E. M. P.

Grain, Payne, Paulding County, Ohio

(located inside Lima Grain Inspection

Service, Inc.’s, area).

Section 7(f)(1) of the United States

Grain Standards Act, as amended

(USGSA), authorizes GIPSA’s

Administrator, after determining that

there is sufficient need for official

services, to designate a qualified

applicant to provide official services in

a specified area after determining that

the applicant is qualified and is better

able than any other applicant to provide

such official services. GIPSA is asking

persons interested in providing official

services in the Northeast Indiana region

to submit an application for designation.

The applicant selected for designation

in the Northeast Indiana region will be

assigned by GIPSA’s Administrator

according to Section 7(f)(1) of the Act.
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Interested persons are hereby given an

opportunity to apply for designation to

provide official services in the Northeast

Indiana region under the provisions of

Section 7(f) of the Act and section

800.196(d) of the regulations issued

thereunder. Applications and other

available information will be considered

in determining which applicant will be

designated.

Designation in the Northeast Indiana

region is for the period beginning about

January 1, 1998, and not to exceed 3

years as prescribed in section 7(g)(1) of

the Act. Persons wishing to apply for

designation should contact the

Compliance Division at the address

listed above for forms and information.

AUTHORITY: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.)

Dated: August 14, 1997.

Neil E. Porter,

Director, Compliance Division.

[FR Doc. 97–22012 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–F

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

National Commission on Small Farms;

Meeting

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture

by Departmental Regulation No. 1043–

43 dated July 9, 1997, established the

National Commission on Small Farms

(Commission) and further identified

NRCS to provide support to the

Commission. The purpose of the

Commission is to gather and analyze

information regarding small farms and

ranches and recommend to the

Secretary of Agriculture a national

policy and strategy to ensure their

continued viability. The chair of the

Commission has decided that the

Commission may hold subcommittee

meetings in order to gather public input

from different regions of the country.

Place, Date and Time of Meeting: The

Commission’s first subcommittee

meeting will be at the Marriot, 189 Wolf

Road, Albany, New York. The

subcommittee will meet from 10:00 a.m.

to 4:00 p.m. on September 2, to hear

public testimony. The meeting is open

to the public. We are seeking testimony

from various sources to arrive at

conclusions and recommendations that

will ensure the continued viability of

small farms. The Commission requests

that testimony and comments include

ideas and recommendations based on

the following questions. Concerns or

problems of individual farms that relate

to specific USDA programs should be

addressed only in the context of a

recommendation for the Commission to

consider.

The questions are:

1. How are current USDA programs

helping or hurting the viability of small

farms?

2. What are the needs of small farms

in terms of financing, research,

extension, marketing and risk

management and other areas? What

recommendations would you make

about these needs that could be part of

a long-range strategy to ensure the

continued viability of small farms?

3. Are there innovative nongovernmental or state efforts to assist

beginning and smaller independent

farms that might be replicated or

supplemented at the Federal level?

4. What changes in USDA policy or

practices are needed to make USDA

programs in the areas of credit, research,

extension, marketing, risk management

and other areas more effective in

enabling small farms to survive and

thrive?

5. What new programs could provide

effective and affordable support for

small farmers as commodity programs

are phased out?

6. What can be done to assist

beginning farmers and farm workers to

become farm owners?

7. What role should the Federal

government play to ensure a diversified,

decentralized and competitive farm

structure?

8. What do small farms contribute to

your community and your state?

9. What other generic issues

pertaining to small farms should the

Commission consider?

Interested parties wishing to testify

must contact the office of the National

Commission on Small Farms by August

26, 1997 in order to be placed on a list

of witnesses. Oral presentations will be

limited to 5 minutes. Those wishing to

testify, but unable to notify the

Commission office by August 26, will be

able to sign up as a presenter September

2. Sign up will begin at 9:30 a.m. and

end at 12:00 Noon. These presenters

will testify on a first come, first served

basis and comments will be limited

based on the time available and the

number of presenters. Written

statements will be accepted at the

meeting or may be mailed or faxed to

the Commission office by September 12,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments and statements

should be sent to National Commission

on Small Farms, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, P.O. Box 2890, Room 5237,

South Building, Washington, D.C.

20013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Yezak Molen, Director, National

Commission on Small Farms, at the

address above or at (202) 690–0648 or

(202) 690–0673. The fax number is (202)

720–0596.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Commission is to gather

and evaluate background information,

studies, and data pertinent to small

farms and ranches, including limitedresource farmers. On the basis of the

review, the Commission shall analyze

all relevant issues and make findings,

develop strategies, and make

recommendations for consideration by

the Secretary of Agriculture toward a

national strategy on small farms. The

national strategy shall include, but not

be limited to: changes in existing

policies, programs, regulations, training,

and program delivery and outreach

systems; approaches that assist

beginning farmers and involve the

private sectors and government,

including assurances that the needs of

minorities, women, and persons with

disabilities are addressed; areas where

new partnerships and collaborations are

needed; and other approaches that it

would deem advisable or which the

Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of

the Natural Resources Conservation

Service may request the Commission to

consider.

The Secretary of Agriculture has

determined that the work of the

Commission is in the public interest and

within the duties and responsibilities of

USDA. Establishment of the

Commission also implements a

recommendation of the USDA Civil

Rights Action Report to appoint a

diverse commission to develop a

national policy on small farms.

Dated: August 8, 1997.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Acting Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–22092 Filed 8–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT

AGENCY

Announcement of the William C. Foster

Fellows Visiting Scholars Program for

the 1998–99 Academic Year

The U.S. Arms Control and

Disarmament Agency (ACDA) will

conduct a competition to select visiting

scholars to serve at the Agency during