60166 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 10, 2000 / Notices

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to Docket

Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable Programs,

AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456, Room

2525–S, Washington, DC, 20090–6456;

Fax: (202) 720–5698; or E-mail:

moab.docketclerk@usda.gov. Comments

should reference the docket number and

the date and page number of this issue

of the Federal Register. All comments

received will be available for public

inspection during regular business

hours at the same address, or can be

viewed at: http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/

moab.html. 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 3, 2000.

Robert C. Keeney,

Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–25947 Filed 10–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. FV00–998–1NC]

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

Marketing Agreement No. 146

Regulating the Quality of Domestically

Produced Peanuts 7 CFR part 998)

(Agreement).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by December 11, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Valerie L. Emmer-Scott,

Marketing Specialist, Marketing Order

Administration Branch, Fruit and

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, room

2525–S., P.O. Box 96456, Washington,

DC 20090–6456; Tel: (202) 205–2829,

Fax: (202) 720–5698, or E-mail:

moab.docketclerk@usda.gov. All

comments should reference the docket

number and the date and page number

of this issue of the Federal Register.

Small businesses may request

information on this notice by contacting

Jay Guerber, Regulatory Fairness

Representative, Marketing Order

Administration Branch, Fruit and

Vegetable Programs, AMS, USDA, room

2525–S, P.O. Box 96456, Washington,

DC 20090–6456; telephone (202) 720–

2491, Fax: (202) 720–5698, or E-mail:

Jay.Guerber@usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Marketing Agreement No. 146,

Regulating the Quality of Domestically

Produced Peanuts—7 CFR part 998.

OMB Number: 0581–0067.

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31,

2001.

Type of Request: Extension and

revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: Marketing agreement and

order programs provide an opportunity

for producers of fresh fruits, vegetables

and specialty crops, in a specified

production area, to work together to

solve marketing problems that cannot be

solved individually. Such regulations

help ensure adequate supplies of high

quality product and adequate returns to

producers. Under the Agricultural

Marketing Agreement Act of 1997

(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–

674), the Agreement was established for

handlers who voluntarily signed it.

Signers agreed to have peanuts

inspected, meet both incoming and

outgoing quality regulations, be

chemically tested and certified

‘‘negative’’ as to aflatoxin. The Secretary

of Agriculture is authorized to oversee

the Agreement’s operations and

consider issuing regulations

recommended by a committee of

producer and handler representatives

from each of the three peanut producing

areas within the 16-state production

area.

The information collection

requirements in this request are

essential to carry out the intent of the

AMAA, to provide the respondents the

type of service they request, and to

administer the Peanut Marketing

Agreement program, which has been

operating since 1965.

The Agreement authorizes the

issuance of quality regulations along

with inspection requirements. The

Agreement also provides authority for

limited indemnification. The

Agreement, and rules and regulations

issued thereunder, authorize the Peanut

Administrative Committee (Committee),

which is responsible for locally

administering the program, to require

handlers and growers to submit certain

information. Much of the information is

compiled in aggregate and provided to

the industry to assist in marketing

decisions.

The Committee has developed forms

as a means for persons to file required

information with the Committee relating

to peanut supplies, shipments,

dispositions, and other information

needed to effectively carry out the

purpose of the AMAA and Agreement.

USDA forms are used by peanut growers

and handlers, who are nominated by

their peers to serve as representatives on

the Committee, to submit their

qualifications to the Secretary. Other

USDA forms are used by handlers to

sign the Agreement.

These forms require the minimum

information necessary to effectively

carry out the requirements of the

Agreement, and their use is necessary to

fulfill the intent of the AMAA as

expressed in the Agreement.

The information collected is used

only by authorized representatives of

the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and

Vegetable Programs’ regional and

headquarter’s staff, and authorized

employees of the Committee.

Authorized Committee employees and

the industry, which may be provided

only aggregate (not confidential)

information, are the primary users of the

information and AMS is the secondary

user.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average .45 hours per

response.

Respondents: Peanut producers and

persons handling fresh and processed

peanuts produced in the 16-state

production area.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

25.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 10.44.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 118 hours.

Comments: Comments are invited on:

(1) Whether the proposed collection of

the 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

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 10, 2000 / Notices 60167

Comments should reference OMB No.

0581–0067 and the Peanut Marketing

Agreement No. 146, and be mailed to

Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable

Programs, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456,

Room 2525–S, Washington, DC 20090–

6456; Fax (202) 720–5698; or E-mail:

moab.docketclerk@usda.gov. Comments

should reference the docket number and

the date and page number of this issue

of the Federal Register. All comments

received will be available for public

inspection in the Office of the Docket

Clerk during regular USDA business

hours at 14th and Independence Ave.,

SW, Washington, DC, room 2525–S, or

can be viewed at: http://

www.ams.usda.gov/fv/moab.html.

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: October 3, 2000.

Robert C. Keeney,

Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–25948 Filed 10–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Sunshine Act Meeting: CCC Board

Meeting; Correction

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Sunshine Act meeting

correction.

SUMMARY: In Federal Register document

65–FR–192 beginning on page 58983–

58984 in the issue of Tuesday, October

3, 2000, make the following correction:

The CCC Board Meeting scheduled for

October 10, 2000, at 2 p.m., in Room

104–A, Jamie L. Whitten Building has

been canceled. The meeting will be

rescheduled at a later date.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Juanita B. Daniels,

Acting Secretary, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–26037 Filed 10–5–00; 12:52 pm]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Release of Georgia Tobacco Farmers’

Social Security Numbers to the State

of Georgia

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Release

Records and Opportunity to Opt Out of

the Release.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

intention of the Secretary of Agriculture

to release the social security numbers of

those Georgia tobacco farmers who

receive Tobacco Loss Assistance

Program 2000 (TLAP) payments; and

provides notice of the method in which

interested parties can opt out of that

release. The release will be to the State

of Georgia which will distribute an

identical sum of State funds to each

TLAP 2000 Georgia farmer.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Notices should be mailed to

Charles Hatcher, Farm Service Agency

(FSA), Tobacco and Peanuts Division,

STOP 0514, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250–

0514.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Misty L. Jones, telephone (202) 720–

0200.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The TLAP

2000 Program is provided for in Section

204(b) of the Agricultural Risk

Protection Act of 2000 (ARPA), Public

Law 106–224, and is a program in

which Federal payments are made to

tobacco farmers and other parties with

an interest in certain kinds of tobacco

which have had reduced quotas.

Tobacco farmers who applied for TLAP

2000 payments were required to provide

to the Farm Service Agency their social

security numbers. The ARPA of 2000,

which provided funds for TLAP 2000,

contains the following restriction as to

the State of Georgia:

The Secretary shall use the amount

allocated to the State of Georgia under

paragraph (3) to make payments to eligible

persons in Georgia only if the State of

Georgia agrees to use an equal amount (not

to exceed $13,000,000) to make payments at

the same time, or subsequently, to the same

eligible persons in the same manner as

provided for the Federal payment under

paragraphs (4) and (5).

In order to efficiently and

expeditiously make the matching

payments to Georgia tobacco producers,

the State of Georgia has requested that

the Farm Service Agency provide the

names, addresses, social security

numbers, and the amount of money to

be paid to each farmer. However, there

may be some Georgia tobacco farmers

who would rather not have their social

security numbers released to the State.

Because these matching State payments

can provide much needed help to

Georgia producers, the Secretary intends

to provide the social security numbers

to the State of Georgia, except in the

case of those parties who wish to opt

out of the release. Those who wish to

opt out of the release should send notice

in writing of their election to Charles

Hatcher, Farm Service Agency, Tobacco

and Peanuts Division, STOP 0514, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0514. Such

notice must be received by October 25,

2000.

Parties should understand that a

request for an exemption from the

disclosure could result in a delay in

receiving a distribution from the State of

Georgia or ineligibility for such a

distribution. It is not expected that there

will be many exemption requests filed.

Accordingly, it appears that the record

collections can be made at one location

for re-routing to the national record

center for processing.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on October 3,

2000.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–25949 Filed 10–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Transportation and Related Equipment

Technical Advisory Committee; Notice

of Open Meeting

The Transportation and Related

Equipment Technical Advisory

Committee will meet on October 25,

2000, 9 a.m., at the Herbert C. Hoover

Building, Room 3884, 14th Street

between Pennsylvania & Constitution

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The

Committee advises the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration with respect to technical

question that affect the level of export

controls applicable to transportation

and related equipment or technology.

Agenda

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Consultation with Committee on

renewal of charter.

3. Review of pending regulatory

revisions.

4. Update on missile technology

issues.

5. Update on Wassenaar Arrangement

negotiations.

6. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

7. Review of status of actions items

from previous meeting.

8. Member assignments for Wassenaar

Arrangement proposals.

The meeting will be open to the

public and a limited number of seats