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Notices Federal Register

63052

Vol. 65, No. 204

Friday, October 20, 2000

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed;

Comments Requested

SUMMARY: U.S. Agency for International

Development (USAID) is making efforts

to reduce the paperwork burden. USAID

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act for 1995.

Comments are requested concerning:

(a) Whether the proposed or continuing

collections 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

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Submit comments on or before

December 19, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Johnson, Bureau for

Management, Office of Administrative

Services, Information and Records

Division, U.S. Agency for International

Development, Room 2.07–106, RRB,

Washington, DC 20523, (202) 712–1365

or via e-mail bjohnson@usaid. gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB NO: OMB 0412–0012.

Form No.: AID 282.

Title: Supplier’s Certificate Agreement

with the U.S. Agency for International

Development Invoice-and-Contract

Abstract.

Type of Review: Renewal of

Information Collection.

Purpose: The U.S. Agency for

International Development (USAID)

finances goods and related services

under its Commodity Import Program

which are contracted for by public and

private entities in the countries

receiving the USAID Assistance. Since

USAID is not a party to these contracts,

USAID needs some means to collect

information directly from the suppliers

of the goods and related services and to

enable USAID to take an appropriate

action against them in the event they do

not comply with the applicable

regulations. USAID does this by security

from the suppliers, as a condition for

the disbursement of funds a certificate

and agreement with USAID which

contains appropriate representations by

the suppliers.

Annual Reporting Burden:

Respondents: 400.

Total annual responses: 2,400.

Total annual hours requested: 1,200

hours.

Dated: October 4, 2000.

Joanne Paskar,

Chief, Information and Records Division,

Office of Administrative Services, Bureau for

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–27009 Filed 10–19–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6116–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Opportunity To Submit Application To

Conduct Pilot Project for Harvesting of

Biomass From Land Enrolled in the

Conservation Reserve Program To Be

Used for Energy Production

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice of opportunity to submit

application.

SUMMARY: Up to six pilot projects, no

more than one of which may be in any

State, may be authorized for the harvest

of biomass from land enrolled in the

Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) to

be used for energy production.

Applications for conducting pilot

projects of the harvest of biomass from

land enrolled in the CRP for energy

production may be submitted to the

Commodity Credit Corporation.

DATES: Applications must be

postmarked on or before December 19,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Applications will be

accepted by the Farm Service Agency

(FSA) State Executive Director in the

respective State in which the pilot

project is proposed to be conducted.

State FSA office addresses are provided

in Exhibit 1.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Preston, Agricultural Program

Specialist, Conservation Programs

Branch, Conservation and

Environmental Programs Division, FSA,

at (202) 720–9563.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

General Provisions

Section 769 of the Agriculture, Rural

Development, Food and Drug

Administration, and Related Agencies

Act, 2000 (Pub. L. 106–78), amended

Section 1232(a)(7) of the Food Security

Act of 1985 to provide new authority to

use Conservation Reserve Program land

for pilot biomass projects. Specifically,

Section 769 provided that the Secretary

shall approve not more than six

projects, no more than one of which

may be in any State, under which land

subject to the contracts may be

harvested for recovery for biomass used

in energy production if: (i) No acreage

subject to the contract is harvested more

than once every other year and (ii) not

more than 25 percent of the total acreage

enrolled in the program in any crop

reporting district (as designated by the

Secretary) is harvested in any 1 year.

The statute specified that no portion of

the crop on the pilot land could be used

for any commercial purpose other than

energy production from biomass, and

instructed the Secretary that this

allowance would not include the

harvesting of any wetland, or any

acreage of any type enrolled in a partial

field conservation practice (including

riparian forest buffers, filter strips, and

buffer strips). It was also specified in the

statute that the owner or operator must

agree to a CRP payment reduction in an

amount determined by the Secretary,

and that the total acres for all of the

projects could not exceed 250,000 acres.

This notice sets out the terms under

which pilot projects will be considered

and the questions that must be

answered on the application so that a

considered choice may be made in

choosing which projects to approve. The

conditions set on the application

process, as set forth in this notice,

generally follow the terms of the statute.