Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 59 / Monday, March 29, 2009 / Notices 15403 

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 18, 

2010. 

Jonathon W. Coppess, 

Administrator, Farm Service Agency. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6830 Filed 3–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection, Procurement of 

Agricultural Commodities for Foreign 

Donation 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, 

USDA 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is 

requesting comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection associated with 

procurement of agricultural 

commodities for foreign donation. The 

Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO) 

issues a public invitation soliciting bids 

for the sale of commodities and requests 

ocean carrier provide indications of 

available freight rates to KCCO using the 

Freight Bid Entry System (FBES). Use of 

this system enhances bidding 

opportunities for potential vendors 

while allowing CCC to efficiently 

acquire commodities. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received on or before May 28, 2010 to 

be assured consideration. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

Mail: Sharon Hadder, Farm Service 

Agency, Commodity Operations, Stop 

0550, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. 

E-mail: Send comment to: 

Sharon.Hadder@usda.gov. 

Fax: (202) 690–1809. 

Comments also should be sent to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be obtained 

from Sharon Hadder at the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Hadder, Agricultural Marketing 

Specialist, telephone (202) 720–3816. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Procurement of Agricultural 

Commodities for Foreign Donation. 

OMB Number: 0560–0258. 

Expiration Date: May 31, 2010. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The United States donates 

agricultural commodities overseas to 

meet famine or other relief 

requirements, to combat malnutrition, 

and sells or donates commodities to 

promote economic development. 

To accommodate these donations, 

CCC issues invitations to purchase 

agricultural commodities and services, 

such as transportation, for use in 

international programs. Ocean 

transportation contracting is done by the 

Cooperating Sponsors or Private 

Volunteer Organizations (PVOs) (grantee 

organizations or foreign governments 

receiving the commodities) or the 

United States Agency for International 

Development (USAID) in the case of 

some Title II, Public Law 480 

shipments. KCCO evaluates commodity 

bids together with the freight rate 

indications to identify the combination 

which most likely results in the lowestlanded cost, i.e., the lowest combined 

cost of commodities and freight to 

destination. 

Vendors bid for ocean freight by 

making offers using FBES to place bids 

electronically. Vendors can access FBES 

on-line to see the date/time the system 

shows for receipt of bid, bid 

modification, or bid cancellation. At bid 

opening date/time, the bids submitted 

through FBES are system evaluated. 

KCCO then awards commodity bids on 

the basis of lowest landed cost by a 

comparison with offered freight rates 

and notifies the Cooperating Sponsor or 

PVO of the bid accepted. Awarded 

contracts are posted on our Web site. 

The KCCO is currently using the 

FBES. Use of this system enhances 

bidding opportunities for potential 

vendors while allowing CCC to more 

efficiently acquire commodities. The 

Web-Based Supply Chain System 

(WBSCM) is a new procurement system 

in development to eliminate the need 

for FBES and to replace the other 

current systems for several USDA 

agencies, and the USAID. The OMB 

approval will expire on May 31, 2010, 

and WBSCM will be released on June 

30, 2010. Upon release of WBSCM, this 

information collection request (ICR) will 

be discontinued but it will be covered 

in the Federal Acquisition Regulation as 

specified in the OMB control number 

9000–0034 (SF–33, SF–26, SF–1447) to 

cover the bid-related information in the 

system. CCC is requesting to extend 

approval until August 31, 2010, and it 

may merge with OMB Control Number 

0560–0177, WBSCM. 

Estimate of Average time to Respond: 

16 minutes. 

Respondents: Steamship lines and/or 

their agents. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

15. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 8. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 120. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 24. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

and to help us to: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) 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. 

All comments to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

also become a matter of public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC on March 18, 

2010. 

Jonathon W. Coppess, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6820 Filed 3–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Plan Revision for Malheur, Umatilla 

and Wallowa-Whitman National 

Forests, Oregon and Washington 

(Collectively Called the Blue Mountains 

Forest Plan Revision) 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement and 

revised land management plan using the 

provisions of the National Forest System 

land and resource management 

planning rule in effect prior to 

November 9, 2000 for the Malheur 

(including that portion of the Ochoco 

National Forest administered by the 

Malheur National Forest), Umatilla and 

Wallowa-Whitman National Forests, 

Adams, Idaho, and Nez Perce Counties 

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