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63693

Vol. 62, No. 231

Tuesday, December 2, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

November 25, 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, DC 20503 and to

Department Clearance Office, USDA,

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC

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.

Agricultural Marketing Service

Title: Marketing Order Regulating the

Handling of Spearmint Oil Produced in

the Far West, M.O. 985.

OMB Control Number: 0581–0065.

Summary of Collection: Information is

collected to nominate committee

members, to determine compliance, to

levy assessments and to prepare reports.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to regulate

Marketing Order 985.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Farms; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 264.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Annually; Biennially.

Total Burden Hours: 195.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Title: Cotton Ginnings.

OMB Control Number: 0535–0220.

Summary of Collection: Information

collected includes bales of cotton

ginned and to be ginned, lint cotton and

cottonseed produced and cottonseed

sold to oil mills.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to help prepare

monthly and annual cotton production

estimates and production cost estimates.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 11,610.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Semi-annually; Annually; September–

January.

Total Burden Hours: 1,168.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection

Service

Title: Request for Credit Account

Approval for Reimbursable Services.

OMB Control Number: 0579–0055.

Summary of Collection: Information is

collected from applicants for

reimbursable inspection services.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is needed to support

requests for credit accounts for

reimbursable overtime and import/

export services and to provide

information to prepare billings for such

services performed.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Individuals or

households; Not-for-profit institutions;

Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 480.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 120.

Rural Housing Service

Title: 7 CFR 1951–C, ‘‘Offset of

Federal Payments to USDA Borrowers’’.

OMB Control Number: 0575–0119.

Summary of Collection: Borrowers

may respond to administrative, salary,

or IRS offset by a written request for

records, a written offer to repay, or a

written request for an approval.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information will be used to promulgate

the policies and procedures of the

Federal Collection Act of 1996.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or households; Business or

other for-profit; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 9,325.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 5,488.

Donald Hulcher,

Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–31563 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[DA–97–15]

Notice of Request for Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

requested.

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

Report Forms Under the Federal Milk

Marketing Order Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by February 2, 1998 to be

assured of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact William F. Newell, Order

Operations Branch, Dairy Programs,

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box