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burden including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

enhancing the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information collected; or

(d) minimizing the burden of the

collection of the 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 should be sent to the Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, D.C. 20503, and to Shirlene

Engle at the address listed above. All

comments will become a matter of

public record.

OMB is required to make a decision

concerning the collection(s) of

information contained in these

proposed regulations between 30 and 60

days after publication of this document

in the Federal Register. Therefore, a

comment to OMB is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication.

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 7,

1997.

Bruce R. Weber,

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity

Credit Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–24392 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–058 N]

FSIS Recall Public Meeting

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a

public meeting on September 24, 1997.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss

with all interested parties Agency policy

on recalls of meat, poultry, and egg

products, including public notification

procedures. Discussions will focus on

whether there is a need to change

specific aspects of the current policy for

handling recalls voluntarily, and on the

public health benefits of expanding the

Agency’s current statutory authorities.

FSIS also is interested in receiving

suggestions and comments from the

public.

DATES: The meeting will be held from

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on September 24,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The one-day meeting will

be held at the Holiday Inn Rosslyn

Westpark Hotel, 1900 North Fort Myer

Drive, Arlington, VA 22209.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the meeting, please contact

Ms. Traci Phebus at (202) 501–7138, or

FAX (202) 501–7642. Persons interested

in presenting a proposed suggestion are

requested to contact Ms. Phebus.

Presenters are asked to submit one

original and two copies of written

comments to: FSIS Docket Clerk, Docket

No. 97–058N, Room 102 Cotton Annex

Building, 300 12th Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–3700.

Participants who require a sign language

interpreter or other special

accommodations should contact Ms.

Phebus at the above telephone or FAX

numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To ensure

public health protection throughout the

food production and distribution

system, FSIS and the States oversee

production and distribution of meat,

poultry, and egg products not only

during processing in officially inspected

establishments, but also in distribution

channels after the products leave the

inspected establishments. When meat,

poultry, or egg products in commerce

are found to be a health risk to

consumers, FSIS asks the firm to

coordinate a recall of the products, and

the Agency provides appropriate public

notification. FSIS verifies the

effectiveness of voluntary recalls and

ensures that corrective actions are

subsequently taken so firms distribute

products meeting food safety and other

regulatory requirements. If a firm does

not agree to initiate a recall, FSIS has

authority to detain and seize the

product. However, it could take

considerable time and effort to

determine the distribution channels

through which the product has moved

and then locate such product. In view

of a recent recall of a meat product, FSIS

is convening this public forum to solicit

public comment and discussion on the

Agency’s policy.

Directive 8080.1, Revision 2, dated

November 3, 1992, details current FSIS

practices and procedures for recalls. A

limited number of copies will be

available at the meeting. Transcripts of

the meeting will be available in the FSIS

Docket Room.

Done in Washington, DC, on: September

10, 1997.

Thomas J. Billy,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–24437 Filed 9–10–97; 3:46pm]

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Middle Deep Red Run Creek

Watershed, Tillman, Comanche, and

Kiowa Counties, OK

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of record

of decision.

SUMMARY: Ronnie L. Clark, responsible

Federal official for projects

administered under the provisions of

Public Law 83–566, 16 U.S.C. 1001–

1008, in the State of Oklahoma, is

hereby providing notification that a

record of decision of proceed with the

installation of the Middle Deep Red Run

Creek Watershed project is available.

Single copies of this record of decision

may be obtained from Ronnie L. Clark

at the address shown below. For further

information contact Ronnie L. Clark,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, 100 USDA, Suite

203, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 74074,

telephone (405) 742–1204.

(This activity is listed in the Catalog of

Federal Domestic Assistance under No.

10.904, Watershed Protection and Flood

Prevention, and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which requires

intergovernmental consultation with State

and local officials.)

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Ronnie L. Clark,

State Conservationist.

[FR Doc. 97–24301 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service in Florida

Notice of Proposed Change to Section

IV of the Field Office Technical Guide

(FOTG) of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service in Florida

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) in Florida,

U.S. Department of Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

proposed changes in Section IV of the

FOTG of the NRCS in Florida for review

and comment.

SUMMARY: It is the intention of NRCS in

Florida to issue the following revised

conservation practice standards for

Florida: Irrigation System, Subirrigation,

(Code 444); Pest Management, (Code

595); Surface Flooding of Organic Soils,

(Code 201); Well Decommissioning,
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(Code 351); and Well Plugging, (Code

206) in Section IV of the FOTG.

DATES: Comments will be received until

October 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Inquire in writing to T. Niles Glasgow,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS), P.O. Box

141510, Gainesville, Florida 32614–

1510. Copies of the practice standards

will be made available upon written

request.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

states that revisions made after

enactment of the law to NRCS State

technical guides used to carry out

highly erodible land and wetland

provisions of the law shall be made

available for public review and

comment. For the next 30 days the

NRCS in Florida will receive comments

relative to the proposed changes.

Following that period a determination

will be made by the NRCS in Florida

regarding disposition of those comments

and a final determination of change will

be made.

Dated: September 3, 1997.

T. Niles Glasgow,

State Conservationist, Natural Resources

Conservation Service, Gainesville, Florida.

[FR Doc. 97–24285 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC 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).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Service Annual Survey.

Form Number(s): B–500T, B–500T1,

B–500T2, B–500T3, B–500T4, B–500T5,

B–500T6, B–500M, B–500M1, B–500M2,

B–500M3, B–500IT, B–500IM, B–900–

L1, B–900–L2, B–900–L3, B–900–L4.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0422.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 13,200 hours.

Number of Respondents: 33,000.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 24 minutes

(over all forms).

Needs and Uses: The Service Annual

Survey (SAS) provides dollar volume

estimates of the total output of personal,

business, amusement, social, health,

and other professional services in the

United States. The Bureau of Economic

Analysis (BEA), the primary Federal

user, uses the information in developing

the national income and product

accounts, compiling benchmark and

annual input-output tables, and

computing gross domestic product by

industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics

(BLS) uses the data as input to its

Producer Price Indexes and in

developing productivity measurements.

Other government agencies such as the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA) use the data for program,

planning, and development. The Census

Bureau uses these data to provide new

insight into changing structural and cost

conditions that will directly impact the

planning and design of future economic

census questionnaires. Private industry

uses the data in planning and as a tool

for marketing analysis.

Data are collected from all of the

largest firms and from a sample of

small- and medium-sized businesses,

selected using a stratified random

sampling procedure. The SAS sample is

reselected periodically, generally at 5-

year intervals. The largest firms

continue to be canvassed when the

sample is re-drawn, while nearly all of

the small- and medium-sized firms from

the old sample are replaced.

In this request, the burden hours are

increasing due to the implementation of

a new sample drawn for the 1996

survey. We have also expanded

coverage to include School and

Educational Services (SIC 8299), not

elsewhere classified.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations, Not-for-profit

institutions.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,

Sections 182, 224, and 225.

OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202)

395–7314.

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 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: September 8, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–24321 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC 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).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Single Audit Questionnaire.

Form Number(s): SAC–1.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0518.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 4,166 hours.

Number of Respondents: 12,500.

Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Single Audit Act

Amendments of 1996 and OMB Circular

A–133 require state and local

governments and non-profit

organizations expending $300,000 or

more in Federal financial aid to have an

annual audit of their financial

operations. OMB has designated the

Census Bureau as the Federal Audit

Clearinghouse for these audits. We use

the Single Audit Questionnaire to

contact those entities that have not sent

in their audit reports to request that they

forward the report or clarify their

reporting status.

Under the Single Audit Act

Amendments of 1996 and OMB Circular

A–133, both state and local governments

and non-profit institutions are subject to

the same requirements. Therefore, it is

no longer necessary to maintain two

separate forms. We are dropping the

SAC–2, previously sent only to nonprofit institutions, and are revising

upward our estimate of the time

necessary to complete form SAC–1

based on the expanded usage of the

form.

Under the higher $300,000 reporting

threshold imposed by the Single Audit

Act Amendments of 1996, fewer entities

will be required to submit Single

Audits, thus the estimated number of

respondents has decreased since OMB

last approved this collection.

Periodically, we update information

for the Federal Inspector General’s

offices on governmental and non-profit

audits which have been completed or

are delinquent. A report listing