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Number of Respondents: 178,335.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 64,113.

Expedited review has been requested

for this submission.

• Rural Housing Service

Title: 7 CFR 1927–B, ‘‘Real Estate

Title Clearance and Loan Closing’’.

OMB Control Number: 0575–0147.

Summary of Collection: Information is

collected concerning real estate title,

estate title clearance, closing of loans,

assumptions, voluntary conveyances

and credit sales in connection with

insured loans.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to ensure that loans

made with Federal funds are legally

secured.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households; business or

other for-profit; not-for-profit

institutions; farms.

Number of Respondents: 40,000

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 54,816.

Donald Hulcher,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–27102 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. CN–97–005]

Notice of Request for Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice

announces the Agricultural Marketing

Service’s (AMS) intention to request an

extension for and revision to a currently

approved information collection for

Cotton Classing, Testing, and Standards.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 14, 1997 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Comments may be mailed to USDA,

AMS, Cotton Programs, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W., Stop 0224,

Room 2641–S, Washington D.C. 20250–

0224. All comments received will be

available for public inspection at this

address during the hours 8:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Cotton Classing, Testing, and

Standards

OMB Number: 0581–0008.

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,

1998

Type of Request: Extension and

revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: Information solicited is used

by the USDA to administer and

supervise activities associated with the

classification or grading of cotton,

cotton linters, and cottonseed based on

official USDA Standards. The

information requires personal data, such

as name, type of business, address, and

description of classification services

requested. These programs are

conducted under the United States

Cotton Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 51b), the

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act of

1927 (U.S.C. 473c), and the Agricultural

Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622h).

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 0.83 hours per

response.

Respondents: Cotton merchants,

warehouses, and gins.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

307

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 3.932 (1207/307)

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 100 Hours

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (3)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to Amelia M.

Eduardo, Assistant to the Associate

Deputy Administrator, Cotton Programs,

AMS, USDA 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Stop 0224, Room 2641–S,

Washington, D.C. 20250. All comments

received will be available for public

inspection during regular business

hours at the same address. All responses

to this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for OMB

approval. All comments will become a

matter of public record.

Dated: October 6, 1997.

Mary E. Atienza,

Deputy Administrator, Cotton Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–27100 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

[Docket No. 97–092–1]

Notice of Request for Extension of

Approval of an Information Collection

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service, USDA.

ACTION: Extension of approval of an

information collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service’s intention to

request an extension of approval of an

information collection in support of the

Imported Fire Ant regulations.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 15, 1997 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding

the accuracy of burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden (such as through

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology), or any other aspect of this

collection of information to: Docket No.

97–092–1, Regulatory Analysis and

Development, PPD, APHIS, suite 3C03,

4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale,

MD 20737–1238. Please send an original

and three copies, and state that your

comments refer to Docket 97–092–1.

Comments received may be inspected at

USDA, room 1141, South Building, 14th

Street and Independence Avenue SW.,

Washington, DC, between 8 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

except holidays. Persons wishing to

inspect comments are requested to call

ahead on (202) 690–2817 to facilitate

entry into the comment reading room.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For

information regarding the Imported Fire

Ant regulations, contact Mr. Michael

Stefan, Operations Officer, Domestic

and Emergency Programs, PPQ, APHIS,

4700 River Road Unit 134, Riverdale,

MD 20737–1236, (301) 734–8247. For

copies of more detailed information on

the information collection, contact Ms.

Cheryl Jenkins, Information Collection

Coordinator, at (301) 734–5360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Imported Fire Ant.
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OMB Number: 0579–0102.

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30,

1998.

Type of Request: Extension of

approval of an information collection.

Abstract: The Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of

the U.S. Department of Agriculture is

responsible for preventing the interstate

spread of injurious plant pests, such as

the imported fire ant, from infested

areas of the United States to noninfested

areas. Implementing this mission often

requires the use of domestic quarantines

to restrict the interstate movement of

articles that could carry the plant pest.

Restricting the interstate movement of

regulated articles from an infested area

to a noninfested area is crucial to our

mission of preventing the interstate

spread of the imported fire ant.

Nursery owners who elect to enter our

Imported Fire Ant-Free Nursery

Program visually inspect their premises

for the presence of imported fire ants,

record the results in a notebook or

logsheet, and also record any treatments

they perform if fire ants are discovered.

State plant protection officials collect

this information by interviewing the

nursery owner, reviewing the owner’s

inspection and treatment records, and

inspecting the nursery site. The

information obtained is used for issuing

the various certificates, permits, and

other documents that enable the nursery

owner to move regulated items (such as

potted nursery plants, sod, or other

products) across State lines to markets

outside the areas quarantined because of

imported fire ant.

Without this information collection,

we would be unable to collect the

information we need to effectively

implement our imported fire ant

quarantine.

We are asking the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

approve the continued use of this

information collection activity.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our

information collection. We need this

outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

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 our

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, 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, through use, as

appropriate, of automated, electronic,

mechanical, and other collection

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: The public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average

.3561 hours per response.

Respondents: U.S. nursery owners,

shippers, and State and county plant

health protection authorities.

Estimated number of respondents:

2,704.

Estimated number of responses per

respondent: 3.4038.

Estimated annual number of

responses: 9,204.

Estimated total annual burden on

respondents: 3,278 hours. (Due to

rounding, the total annual burden hours

may not equal the product of the annual

number of responses multiplied by the

average reporting burden per response.)

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.

Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of

October 1997.

Craig A. Reed,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–27098 Filed 10–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Commodity Credit Corporation

Request for Reinstatement and

Revision of a Previously Approved

Information Collection.

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and the

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the intention of the

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

and Farm Service Agency (FSA) to

request reinstatement, with change, of a

previously approved collection in

support of the Peanut Warehouse

Storage Loan and Handler Operations

and the Peanut Poundage Quota and

Marketing Regulations Governing the

1996–2002 crop of peanuts as

authorized by the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(1996 Act).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before December 15, 1997

to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Carolyn Hunter, Marketing Specialist,

Tobacco and Peanuts Division, Farm

Service Agency, United States

Department of Agriculture, STOP 0514,

1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0514, (202)

690–0013, facsimile (202) 720–9015; or

Internet e-mail,

chunter@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Peanut Poundage Quota and

Marketing Regulations for the 1996

Through 2002 Crops.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0006.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

information collection.

Abstract: The information relative to

reports and recordkeeping as authorized

by the Secretary are used by the FSA

and CCC to monitor and control

compliance with the peanut program as

outlined in parts 729 and 1446. If the

information is not monitored and data

not required, the peanut program could

not operate and the 1996 Act would not

be implemented as required by

Congress. The 1996 Act changed the

peanut poundage quota program by

reducing the national quota, providing

temporary seed quota allocation,

removing the carryover of

undermarketed quota, allowing the

transfer of peanut poundage quota to

any other farm within the same State,

providing for increasing marketing

assessments under certain conditions to

cover losses in area marketing pools and

restricting transfer of peanuts from

additional loan to quota loan.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 9 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Individual producers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

255,116.

Estimated Total Annual Burden of

Respondents: 301,690 hours.

Title: Peanut Warehouse Storage Loan

and Handler Operations for the 1996

Through 2002 Crops.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0014.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

information collection.

Abstract: The information relative to

reports and recordkeeping as authorized

by the Secretary are used by the FSA

and CCC to monitor and control

compliance with the peanut program as

outlined in parts 729 and 1446. If the

information is not monitored and data

not required, the peanut program could