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‘‘clarifies that the taker must reimburse

the maker for expenses for making the

grain available for load-out when

loading and shipping instructions are

canceled prior to load-out.’’

• Permit delivery in minimum

increments of 5,000 bushels, rather than

55,000 bushels. The CBT states that, ‘‘If

the taker can issue shipping certificates

in any multiple of 5,000 bushels and not

be restricted to making initial deliveries

in multiples of 55,000 bushels, the

delivery process will be simplified and

made more flexible.’’ Furthermore, the

‘‘concern that less than barge load

quantities would be left outstanding is

minimized’’ by the proposed

requirement that a shipper with fewer

than a barge-load quantity of certificates

outstanding must quote a market rate for

buying back the certificates or selling a

sufficient quantity of certificates to

make up a barge load.

• New requirement that shippers

provide a market quote for buying or

selling shipping certificates should the

number of shipping certificates at the

shipping station fall below eleven

certificates (55,000 bushels or one barge

load). The CBT states that the proposal

‘‘increases merchandising opportunities

of outstanding shipping certificates for

the taker.’’ The CBT also notes that, ‘‘if

the shipper does not wish to be

obligated to buy back shipping

certificates or provide the balance for

loadout, he may decide to maintain at

least eleven shipping certificates

outstanding at a shipping station.’’

The Commission is requesting

comments on the proposed

amendments. In particular, the

Commission requests that commenters

address the extent to which the

proposals reflect commercial practices,

and their potential impact on

deliverable supplies for the corn and

soybeans futures contracts.

Copies of the proposed amendments

will be available for inspection at the

Office of the Secretariat, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581. Copies of the

proposed amendments can be obtained

through the Office of the Secretariat by

mail at the above address, by phone at

(202) 418–5100, or via the Internet at

secretary@cftc.gov.

Other materials submitted by the

Exchange in support of the proposal

may be available upon request pursuant

to the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552) and the Commission’s

regulations thereunder (17 CFR part 145

(1987)), except to the extent they are

entitled to confidential treatment as set

forth in 17 CFR 145.5 and 145.9.

Requests for copies of such materials

should be made to the FOI, Privacy and

Sunshine Act Compliance Staff of the

Office of Secretariat at the Commission’s

headquarters in accordance with 17 CFR

145.7 and 145.8.

Any person interested in submitting

written data, views, or arguments on the

proposed amendments, or with respect

to other materials submitted by the

Exchange, should send such comments

to Jean A. Webb, Secretary, Commodity

Futures Trading Commission, Three

Lafayette Centre, 21st Street NW,

Washington, DC 20581 by the specified

date.

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 6,

2000.

Richard Shilts,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 00–26221 Filed 10–11–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of

Defense (Personnel and Readiness),

DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

In compliance with Section

3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force

Management Policy) announces the

following proposed public information

collection and seeks public comment on

the provisions thereof. Comments are

invited on: (a) whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of burden of the

proposed information collection; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

DATES: Consideration will be given to all

comments received by December 11,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments and

recommendations on the proposed

information collection should be sent to

the Defense Manpower Data Center

(Personnel Testing Division), ATTN: Dr.

Harley Baker, 400 Gigling Road,

Seaside, CA 93955.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

request more information on this

proposed information collection or to

obtain a copy of the proposal and

associated collection instruments,

please write to the above address or call

at (831) 583–2400.

Title, Associated Form, and OMB

Control Number: High School Career

Development Questionnaire, 0704—[To

be determined]

Needs and Uses: This information

collection requirement is necessary to

increase the utilization of the ASVAB

Career Exploration Program (CEP) in the

nation’s high schools. At no cost to the

schools, the CEP provides ageappropriate materials to support high

school career counseling and aids in the

process of identifying interested

students who meet the qualifications for

entrance into the nation’s Armed

Forces. While the CEP is utilized in

about 14,000 schools nationwide

serving about 850,000 students, this

represents only about 13% of the school

population. This brief questionnaire

study will provide the information

needed to modify the CEP to make it

more useful both for the schools and the

students they serve and for DoD

recruiting efforts.

Affected public: Not-for-profit

educational institutions.

Annual burden hours: 722.

Number of respondents: 2,166.

Responses per respondent: 1.

Average burden per response: 20

minutes.

Frequency: Other: One-time.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Summary of Information Collection

This one-time study will employ a

brief questionnaire to help document

why schools elect to participate in the

ASVAB program. The questionnaire will

be sent to approximately 3,050 schools,

with an expected response rate of about

70%. This study will employ the

sampling plan developed by the

National Center for Education Statistics

(NCES) for their School and Staffing

Survey. The information is needed to

determine what changes could be made

in the ASVAB program to increase its

effectiveness in high school career

counseling and thus increase its

utilization in the schools. The

questionnaire focuses on several issues,

such as the types of career development

programs used in the schools, their

strengths and weaknesses, barriers to

wider implementation of these

programs, and the career development

needs of high school students. For those

schools that use the CEP, we will ask

questions about why they elect to use

the ASVAB program, whether

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participation could be increased among

college-bound students, potential

ASVAB internet administration, and

whether ASVAB personnel negatively

affect participation. For

nonparticipating schools, we will also

ask why they elect not to use the

ASVAB program, and to what extent

logistical problems, anti-military

sentiment, poor fit with school goals,

and poor fit with student goals have

influenced their decision not to use the

ASVAB program. Results will be merged

with data collected as part of the NCES

School and Staffing Survey to provide a

more complete understanding of the

reasons schools elect to participate in

the CEP. The results of this study will

be reported internally to the ASVAB

Career Exploration Program and to the

appropriate DoD committees and

agencies, as well as to the

Congressionally-mandated oversight

committee. It is anticipated that the

results will be of primary interest to

those involved in the marketing of the

ASVAB program, as well as members of

the recruiting community. Only

aggregated data will be reported; no

individual or school names will be

included in the results.

Dated: October 5, 2000.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 00–26166 Filed 10–11–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

[Transmittal No. 00–68]

36(b)(1) Arms Sales Notification

AGENCY: Department of Defense, Defense

Security Cooperation Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Defense is

publishing the unclassified text of a

section 36(b)(1) arms sales notification.

This is published to fulfill the

requirements of section 155 of Public

Law 104–164 dated 21 July 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

J. Hurd, DSCA/COMPT/RM, (703) 604–

6575.

The following is a copy of a letter to

the Speaker of the House of

Representatives, Transmittal 00–68 with

attached transmittal and policy

justification.

Dated: October 5, 2000.

L.M. Bynum,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

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