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62752

Vol. 62, No. 227

Tuesday, November 25, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Notice of Request for Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Commodity Credit

Corporation’s (CCC) intention to request

an extension for and revision to a

currently approved information

collection. This information collection

is used in support of loan programs

regarding rice, feed grains, wheat,

oilseeds, and farm-stored peanuts as

authorized by the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(the 1996 Act).

DATE: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before January 26, 1998

to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Margaret Wright, Agricultural

Program Specialist, USDA, FSA, PSD,

STOP 0512, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250–

0512; telephone (202) 720–8481; e-mail

mwright2 @ wdc.fsa.usda.gov.; or

facsimile (202) 690–3307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Loan Program.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0087.

Expiration Date of Approval: February

28, 1998.

Type of Request: Extension and

revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: The 1996 Act provides for

loans to eligible producers on eligible

commodities. The information is

necessary to ensure the integrity of the

program and to ensure that only eligible

producers receive loans.

Producers requesting CCC commodity

loans must provide specific data relative

to the loan request. Forms included in

this information collection package

require the type of commodity, quantity

of commodity, storage location, liens on

the commodity, etc., in order to

determine eligibility. Producers must

also agree to the terms and conditions

contained in the loan note and security

agreement and other loan-related forms.

Without this collection of information,

CCC cannot ensure the integrity of the

CCC commodity loan program. One

form that allowed a producer to use

their CCC loan grain as livestock feed

for the Emergency Feed Assistance

Program is being eliminated from this

package because this provision is no

longer available.

Estimate of Respondent Burden:

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average .2253 hours per response.

Respondents: Individual producers

and small businesses.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

364,240.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 3.92.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours on Respondents: 438,732 hours.

Proposed topics for comments

include: (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; or (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. Comments must 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 Margaret

A. Wright, Agricultural Program

Specialist, USDA–FSA–PSD, STOP

0512, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0512;

telephone (202) 720–8481; e-mail

mwright2 @ wdc.fsa.usda.gov. Copies of

the information collection may be

obtained from Margaret Wright at the

above address.

OMB is required to make a decision

concerning the collection 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 in within 30 days

of publication.

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.

Signed at Washington, DC, on November

19, 1997.

Bruce R. Weber,

Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity

Credit Corporation.

[FR Doc. 97–30945 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–072N]

HACCP Implementation Meetings

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service (FSIS) is holding a

series of four one-day ‘‘HACCP

Implementation Meetings.’’ The purpose

of the meetings is to brief management

of large (500 + employees) official meat

and poultry establishments on how the

Agency will conduct inspection

operations subsequent to the January 26,

1998, deadline for HACCP/Pathogen

Reduction implementation in large

plants. At each meeting, FSIS officials

will discuss HACCP requirements,

microbiological requirements, HACCP/

Pathogen Reduction training, and

Agency verification. Time will be

allotted for questions and answers.

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for dates and times of the meetings.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for the location of the

meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

register for the meeting, call (202) 501–

7136 or FAX (202) 501–7642. If you

require a sign language interpreter or