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Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Annual Responses:

365,000.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,190,000.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s OMB Desk Officer, OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0465’’ in any correspondence.

Dated: November 2, 2000.

By direction of the Secretary:

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 00–30299 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

[OMB Control No. 2900–0406]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

AGENCY: Veterans Benefits

Administration, Department of Veterans

Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995

(44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice

announces that the Veterans Benefits

Administration (VBA), Department of

Veterans Affairs, has submitted the

collection of information abstracted

below to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) for review and comment.

The PRA submission describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected cost and burden; it includes

the actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before December 28, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY OF

THE SUBMISSION CONTACT: Denise

McLamb, Information Management

Service (045A4), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20420, (202) 273–

8030 or FAX (202) 273–5981. Please

refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–0406’’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Verificiation of VA BenefitRelated Indebtedness, VA Form 26–

8937.

OMB Control Number: 2900–0406.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: Lender authorized to make

VA-guaranteed home or manufactured

loans on the automatic basis have been

required to determine through VA

whether any benefits related debts exist

in the veteran-borrower’s name prior to

the closing of any automatic loan.

Lenders may not close any proposed

automatic loan until they have evidence

from VA that there is no debt, or if a

debt exists, the veteran has agreed on an

acceptable repayment plan, or payments

under a plan already in effect are

current. The form also provides

information advising the lender whether

or not the veteran is exempt from paying

the funding fee, which must be

collected on all VA home loans unless

the veteran is receiving serviceconnected disability compensation. This

benefits the lender by streamlining the

procedure to verify the veteran’s receipt

of compensation. VA Form 26–8937 is

designed to assist lenders and VA in the

completion of debt checks in a uniform

manner.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on August

31, 2000, at page 53091.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Estimated Annual Burden: 6,250

hours.

Estimated Average Burden Per

Respondent: 5 minutes.

Frequency of Responses: On occasion.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

75,000.

Send comments and

recommendations concerning any

aspect of the information collection to

VA’s Desk Officer, OMB Human

Resources and Housing Branch, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503 (202) 395–7316.

Please refer to ‘‘OMB Control No. 2900–

0406’’ in any correspondence.

Dated: November 2, 2000.

By direction of the Secretary.

Donald L. Neilson,

Director, Information Management Service.

[FR Doc. 00–30301 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on

Education, Notice of Charter Renewal

This gives notice under the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

92–463) of October 6, 1972, that the

Veterans’ Advisory Committee on

Education has been renewed for a 2-year

period beginning November 14, 2000,

through November 14, 2002.

Dated: November 17, 2000.

By direction of the Acting Secretary.

Marvin R. Eason,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–30297 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Request for Revision and Extension of

a Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the intention of the

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) to

request a revision and extension of an

information collection currently in

effect with respect to the Standards for

Approval of Warehouses. The

information collection is authorized by

the regulations for the following:

Standards for Approval of Warehouses

for Grain, Rice, Dry Edible Beans, and

Seed; Standards for Approval of Dry and

Cold Storage Warehouses for Processed

Agricultural Commodities, Extracted

Honey, and Bulk Oils; and Standards for

Approval of Warehouses for Cotton or

Cotton Linters.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before January 29, 2001,

to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Howard Froehlich, USDA, Farm

Service Agency, Warehouse and

Inventory Division, Storage Contract

Branch, STOP 0553, 1400 Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–

0553, (202) 720–7398; e-mail

HowardlFroehlich@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Standards for Approval of Warehouses’

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0052.

Expiration Date: October 31, 2001.

Type of Request: Revision and

extension of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: The information collected

under OMB Control Number 0560–0052,

as identified above, allows CCC to

administer storage agreements

authorized by the CCC Charter Act. The

information collected allows CCC to

contract for warehouse storage and

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related services and to monitor and

enforce all provisions of 7 CFR parts

1421, 1423, and 1427. The forms

approved by this information collection

are furnished to interested warehouse

operators or used by warehouse

examiners employed by CCC to secure

and record information about the

warehouse and its operator. The

information collected is necessary to

provide those charged with executing

contracts for CCC a basis to determine

whether the warehouse and the

warehouse operator meet applicable

standards for a contract and to

determine compliance once the contract

is approved.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this information collection is

estimated to average .6 hours per

response.

Respondents: Warehouse Operators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,880.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 2.5.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 483,055 hours.

Proposed topics for comment include:

(a) Whether the continued 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 CCC’s estimate of

burden including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

enhancing the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information collected; or

(d) minimizing the burden of the

collection of the 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.

Comments should be sent to the Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, DC 20503, and to Howard

Froehlich at the address listed above.

All comments will become a matter of

public record.

OMB is required to make a decision

concerning the collection(s) of

information contained in these

proposed regulations between 30 and 60

days after publication of this document

in the Federal Register. Therefore, a

comment to OMB is best assured of

having its full effect if OMB receives it

within 30 days of publication.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on November

20, 2000.

Keith Kelly,

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–30287 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA Forest

Service.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal

Advisory Committee will hold a

meeting December 7, 2000, at Harrah’s

Lake Tahoe Special Events Center,

Highway 50, Stateline, NV 89449. This

committee, established by the Secretary

of Agriculture June 23, 2000 (65 FR

44519), is chartered to advise the

Secretary on implementing the terms of

the Federal Interagency Partnership at

Lake Tahoe and on other matters raised

by the Secretary.

DATE AND TIME: The meeting will be held

December 7, 2000, beginning at 10:30

a.m. and ending at 3:30 p.m. Public

comment period is scheduled for 2:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

Harrah’s Special Events Center, 2nd

Floor, Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Highway

50, Stateline, NV 89449.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maribeth Gustafson or Sue Fitzgerald,

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit,

Forest Service, 870 Emerald Bay Road,

Suite 1, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150,

(530) 573–2773.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to

be covered on the agenda include: (1)

Agenda Review (2) Review of Advisory

Committee Action Items (3) Presentation

of Advisory Committee budget

recommendations for FY 2002 (4)

Workshop on the Lake Tahoe

Environmental Improvement Program

(EIP), including Advisory Committee

recommendations for EIP

implementation (5) Review of Workshop

Outcomes (6) Public comment. All Lake

Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory

Committee meetings are open to the

public. Interested citizens are

encouraged to attend. Issues may be

brought to the attention of the

committee during the open public

comment period at the meeting or by

filing written statements with the

secretary for committee before or after

the meeting. Please refer any written

comments to the Lake Tahoe Basin

Management Unit at the contact address

above.

Late Notice: Owing to last-minute

changes to the final agenda for this

meeting, this notice is being submitted

under the usual 15-day notification

period.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Maribeth Gustafson,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 00–30221 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Willamette Provincial Advisory

Committee (PAC)

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Willamette Province

Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on

Thursday, December 14, 2000. The

meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:00

a.m., and will conclude at

approximately 2:00 p.m. The meeting

will be held at the Salem Office of the

Bureau of Land Management; 1717

Fabry Road SE; Salem, Oregon; (503)

375–5646. The tentative agenda

includes: (1) Review year 2000 actions,

(2) Acknowledgment of PAC member

service, (3) Public forum, (4) Identify

PAC agenda items for 2001.

The Public Forum is tentatively

scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. Time

allotted for individual presentations

will be limited to 3–4 minutes. Written

comments are encouraged, particularly

if the material cannot be presented

within the time limits for the Public

Forum. Written comments may be

submitted prior to the December 14

meeting by sending them to Designated

Federal Official Neal Forrester at the

address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information regarding this

meeting, contact Designated Federal

Official Neal Forrester; Willamette

National Forest; 211 East Seventh

Avenue; Eugene, Oregon 97401; (541)

465–6924.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Herbert L. Wick,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 00–30222 Filed 11–27–00; 8:45 am]

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