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Notices Federal Register

47788

Vol. 62, No. 176

Thursday, September 11, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

September 5, 1997.

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), Washington, D.C. 20503 and to

Department Clearance Office, USDA,

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, D.C.

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) 720–6746.

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.

• Farm and Consumer Service

Title: Implementation of SMI for

Healthy Children Study.

OMB Control Number: 0584–New.

Summary of Collection: The study

will collect data from a nationally

representative sample of School Food

Authorities and all child nutrition State

Directors to address current policy

needs including an assessment of how

the School Meals Initiative has been

implemented in School Food

Authorities.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information will be used to make

program improvements and determine

the need for technical assistance.

Description of Respondents: State,

Local, or Tribal Government; Not-forprofit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 1,620.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

One-time.

Total Burden Hours: 2,858.

• Agricultural Marketing Service

Title: Regulating Governing

Inspection, Certification, and Standards

for Fresh Fruits, Vegetables and Other

Products—7 CFR 51.

OMB Control Number: 0581—0125.

Summary of Collection: Inforamtion is

collected from respondents who request

inspection services.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to identify those

respondents requesting inspection and

the food products requiring inspection.

Description of Respondents: State,

Local or Tribal Government; Business or

other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 51,800.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 6,416.

• Foreign Agricultural Service

Title: Certificate of Quota Eligibility.

OMB Control Number: 0551–0014.

Summary of Collection: Those

persons wishing to import sugar into the

United States must fill out a certificate

of quota eligibility and provide

information including quantity of sugar,

name of shipper, name of vessel and

port of loading.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to monitor and

control the imports of sugar.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 40.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 333.

• Farm Service Agency

Title: Sugar Program.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0138.

Summary of Collection: Information is

collected on sugar production,

importation, distribution and stocks.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to administer the

sugar program.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 51.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly;

Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 18,698.

• Agricultural Research Service

Title: USDA Record of Shipment/

Release of Exotic Microorganisms for

Biological Control.

OMB Control Number: 0518–0017.

Summary of Collection: Information is

collected concerning shipments and

release of exotic microorganisms for

biological control.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is entered into a database

and contributes to biological control and

taxonomic research programs.

Description of Respondents: Federal

Government; Not-for-profit institutions;

State, Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 20.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 5.

• Agricultural Research Service

Title: Grant Application Kit.

OMB Control Number: 0518–New.

Summary of Collection: Information

collected will include an application for

funding and a research proposal.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information will be used to review

applicants’ qualifications and to

facilitate merit review of research

proposals.

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Farms; Federal Government; State, Local

or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 800.
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• Agricultural Marketing Service

Title: Papayas Grown in Hawaii,

Marketing Order No. 928.

OMB Control Number: 0581–0102.

Summary of Collection: Information is

collected from papaya growers and

handlers concerning referendum ballots

and information related to papaya

supplies, shipments and disposition.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to regulate the

provisions of Marketing Order No. 928.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 75.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Weekly; Monthly; Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 1041.

• Agricultural Research Service

Title: Supplemental Children’s Survey

to the Continuing Survey of Food

Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) 1994–96.

OMB Control Number: 0518–0020.

Summary of Collection: The survey

collects information on the kinds and

amounts of foods eaten by American

children.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information will be used to assess

pesticide residue exposure in the diets

of infants and children.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 5200.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

One time.

Total Burden Hours: 6500.

• Rural Housing Service

Title: 7 CFR 1956–B, Debt

Settlement—Farm Programs and MultiFamily Housing.

OMB Control Number: 0575–0118.

Summary of Collection: Respondents

apply for settlement of indebtedness

and provide current financial condition

including income, expenses and assets

and liabilities.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to determine the

acceptability of settlement offers on

debts owed to the Government.

Description of Respondents: Farms;

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 5,375.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 4,017.

Donald Hulcher,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–24128 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Western Washington Cascades

Province Interagency Executive

Committee (PIEC) Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Washington

Cascades PIEC Advisory Committee will

meet on September 26, 1997 in North

Bend, Washington (specific location yet

to be determined). The meeting will

begin about 12:45 p.m. and continue

until about 3:30 p.m. Agenda items to be

covered include: (1) Discussion of the

Finney Adaptive Management Area

planning process and the level of

involvement in that process desired by

the Advisory Committee; (2) update on

the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National

Forest monitoring and evaluation

strategy revision process; (3) tentative

agenda and topics for November

meeting; (4) other topics as appropriate;

and, (5) open public forum. (To find out

the specific location of the meeting, call

the information contact listed at the end

of this notice after Wednesday,

September 17, 1997.)

A field trip for Advisory Committee

members will take place on Thursday,

September 25, 1997, and Friday

morning, September 26, 1997. Members

will tour portions of the Middle Fork

Snoqualmie River watershed, and areas

along the Interstate 90 corridor to the

top of Snoqualmie Pass. The focus of the

field trip will be recreation management

issues under the 1990 Mt. BakerSnoqualmie National Forest Plan, as

amended by the 1994 Northwest Forest

Plan Record of Decision. The trip will

commence about 9:00 a.m. on Thursday,

September 25, 1997, at the North Bend

Ranger District Office, 42404 S.E. North

Bend Way, in North Bend, Washington,

and end on Friday, September 26, 1997,

at the (yet to be determined) meeting

location noted above about 11:45 a.m.

All Western Washington Cascades

Province Advisory Committee meetings

are open to the public. Interested

citizens are encouraged to attend.

Interested citizens are also welcome to

join the September 25–26 field trip;

however, they must provide their own

transportation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Chris Hansen-Murray, Province

Liaison, USDA, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie

National Forest, 21905 64th Avenue

West, Mountlake Terrace, Washington

98043, 425–744–3276.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Mary E. Wells,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–24113 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Posting of Stockyards

Pursuant to the authority provided

under Section 302 of the Packers and

Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 202), it was

ascertained that the livestock markets

named below were stockyards as

defined by Section 302(a). Notice was

given to the stockyard owners and to the

public as required by Section 302(b), by

posting notices at the stockyards on the

dates specified below, that the

stockyards were subject to the

provisions of the Packers and

Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended (7

U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

Facility No. Name and location of stockyard Date of posting

AZ–115 .................. Tucson Livestock Auction, Inc., Marana, Arizona .................................................................................... October 30, 1996.

AZ–116 .................. Arizona Livestock Auction, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona ................................................................................... May 13, 1997.

GA–219 ................. Gray Bell Auction Company and, Gray Bell Animal Auction, Royston, Georgia ..................................... April 28, 1997.

GA–220 ................. Henderson Event Center, Inc., College Park, Georgia ............................................................................ April 25, 1997.

GA–221 ................. Ranger Horse Auction, Ranger, Georgia ................................................................................................. June 13, 1997.

SC–155 ................. David Stegall Auction Co., Ridgeville, South Carolina ............................................................................. February 20, 1997.