[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63693]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31563]


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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]
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