Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 1997 / Notices 47789

• 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.
47790 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 176 / Thursday, September 11, 1997 / Notices

Done at Washington, D.C. this 28th day of

August 1997.

Daniel L. Van Ackeren,

Director, Livestock Marketing Division,

Packers and Stockyards Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–24016 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Information Collection Activity;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the

Rural Utilities Service’s (RUS) invites

comments on this information

collection for which RUS intends to

request approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn W. Dotson, Program Support

and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities

Service, 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,

STOP 1524, Room 0227 South Building,

Washington, D.C. 20250–1524.

Telephone: (202) 720–1928. FAX: (202)

690–2268.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Financial Requirements and

Expenditure Statement, Electric.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0015.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: This collection is necessary

to comply with the applicable

provisions of the RUS loan contract.

Borrowers submit requisitions to RUS

for funds for projects costs incurred.

Insured loan funds will be advanced

only for projects which are included in

the RUS approved borrower’s

construction workplan or approved

amendment and in an approved loan, as

amended. The process of loan advances

establishes the beginning of the audit

trail of the use of loan funds which is

required for subsequent RUS

compliance audits.

The Form 595 is used as a requisition

for advances of funds. The form helps

to assure that loan funds are advanced

only for the budget purposes and

amounts approved by RUS. According

to the applicable provisions of the RUS

loan contract, borrowers must certify

with each request for funds to be

approved for advance, that such funds

are for projects previously approved.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 11 hours per

response.

Respondents: Small business or

organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

880.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 3.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 29,040.

Copies of this information collection,

and related form and instructions, can

be obtained from Carolyn W. Dotson,

Program Support and Regulatory

Analysis, at (202) 720–1928.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

this proposed 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 of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments may be sent to F. Lamont

Heppe, Jr., Director, Program Support

and Regulatory Analysis, Rural Utilities

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

STOP 1522, 1400 Independence Ave.,

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1522. FAX:

(202) 720–4120.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator, Rural Utilities Service.

[FR Doc. 97–24162 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 090297C]

Western Pacific Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

hold a meeting of its Vessel Monitoring

Systems (VMS) Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

September 30, 1997, from 9:00 a.m. to

12:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Council office, Conference Room,

1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400,

Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 522–

8220.

Council address: Western Pacific

Fishery Management Council, 1164

Bishop St., Suite 1405, Honolulu, HI

96813.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;

telephone: (808) 522–8220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The VMS

Committee will hold a meeting to

discuss and formulate recommendations

for the Council to consider at its 94th

meeting to be held in November 1997.

The VMS committee plans to discuss

Hawaii longline VMS Data

confidentiality, VMS data for fisheries

research, future direction of the VMS

program, and consider other business as

required.

Although other issues not contained

in this agenda may come before this

Committee for discussion, in accordance

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

those issues may not be the subject of

formal Committee action during this

meeting. Committee action will be

restricted to those issues specifically

identified in the agenda listed in this

notice.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Kitty M. Simonds, 808–522–8220

(voice) or 808–522–8226 (fax), at least 5

days prior to meeting date.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 97–24066 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 080697B]

Endangered Species; Permits

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and