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Estimated Total Annual Burden:

1,012,998.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

William E. Ludwig,

Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6519 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–M

Forest Service

Extension of Currently Approved

Information Collection for Interpretive

Services Program

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Forest Service announces its intent to

request an extension of a currently

approved information collection. The

Cooperative Funds and Deposits Act of

1975 (16 U.S.C. 565a through 565a–3)

authorizes the Forest Service to enter

into cooperative agreements with

interpretive associations to provide

interpretive services and educational

literature for visitors on National Forest

System lands. As part of the cooperative

agreement, the Forest Service requires

that the interpretive associations submit

to the agency, annually, information

regarding the types of interpretive

services and educational literature

provided. This collected information is

used to compile the national report,

‘‘National Interpretative Associations

Annual Report,’’ for the Chief of the

Forest Service. The agency will use the

collected information to evaluate

cooperative agreements between the

Forest Service and interpretive

associations and to ensure effective

management of the agency’s interpretive

services program. Information is

requested using the Forest Service

2300–5 Annual Report Interpretive

Associations Form.

DATES: Comments must be received in

writing on or before May 13, 1997.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be

addressed to: Director, Recreation,

Heritage, and Wilderness Resources

(MAIL STOP 1125), Forest Service,

USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington,

D.C. 20090–6090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Calnan, Recreation, Heritage,

and Wilderness Resources Staff, at (202)

205–1228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Description of Information Collection

The following describes the

information collection to be extended:

Title: FS–2300–5 Annual Report

Interpretive Associations.

OMB Number: 0596–0097.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

1997.

Type of Request: Extension of a

previously approved information

collection.

Abstract: For over 20 years, the Forest

Service has entered into cooperative

agreements with interpretive

associations under the authority of the

Cooperative Funds and Deposits Act of

1975 (16 U.S.C. 565a–1 through 565a–3)

to provide interpretive services and

educational materials to the public.

Fifty-eight interpretive associations

have signed cooperative agreements

with the Forest Service for fiscal year

1997 on 122 National Forests.

Interpretive associations develop and

publish educational materials about

National Forest System land resources

and programs, with the assistance of

Forest Service employees. The

associations also conduct field

seminars, operate concession

campgrounds under special use permits,

and raise funds for projects and

programs on National Forest System

lands. Each year interpretive

associations donate funds, employee

staff time, and materials worth over $1

million in support of the agency’s

interpretive services program.

Forest Service policy requires that

interpretive associations provide to the

Regional Forester and Forest Supervisor

an annual narrative, accomplishment

report, and financial statement by

March 1 each year. The Forest Service

compiles the reports submitted to the

Regional Foresters into a national

report, ‘‘National Interpretative

Associations Annual Report,’’ for the

Chief of the Forest Service. The reports

to the Regional Foresters also are used

to compile an annual ‘‘Directory of

Interpretive Associations.’’ The

Directory is used by other Federal

agencies and entities wishing to do

business with interpretive associations

that have entered into cooperative

agreements with the Forest Service. The

Forest Service will use FS–2300–5

Annual Report Interpretive Associations

Form to collect the information for the

reports. The Form is divided into five

parts.

Part I asks for the name, address and

telephone number of the association; the

name of the Forest Service Region with

which the association has entered into

an agreement; the name(s) of the

national forests with which the

association is affiliated; the names of

any other Forest Service Regions within

which the association operates; and the

names of any other agencies the

association serves. For example, the

Northwest Interpretive Association

operates in Forest Service Regions 1, 5,

and 6, and serves the Forest Service,

National Park Service, Bureau of Land

Management, and Department of the

Army, Corps of Engineers.

Part II asks for the interpretive

association’s gross receipts for the fiscal

year. Gross receipts are the sum of the

following line items: (a) sales of printed

materials, such as books and pamphlets;

(b) sales of audio-visual aids, such as

video tapes, slides, and posters; (c) sales

of theme-related objects or products,

such as stuffed animals with a

companion book for children; (d) sales

of visitor convenience items, such as

food, film, and stamps; (e) receipts from

presentations, such as guided tours

through National Forest System lands,

or special movies or videos, such as the

Chugach National Forest, Alaska video,

‘‘Prince William Sound—Where an

Ocean of Time Meets a Land of

Change;’’ and (f) receipts from

membership dues, donations, gifts,

interest income, and other as specified.

Part III asks for the total amount in

dollars of benefits provided by the

interpretive association to the Forest

Service during the fiscal year. The total

dollar benefits equate to the sum of the

costs to the association of the following

line items: (a) the cost of signs provided

by the interpretive association, such as

interpretive signs on the Shallow Flats

Wetland Trail in Kentucky; (b) the cost

of designing, fabricating, and installing

new exhibits, such as the exhibit at the

Mount St. Helens Visitor Center at

Silver Lake, Washington; (c) the cost of

providing equipment necessary to

accomplishing the interpretive services

mission, such as the purchase of a

computer to monitor earthquake activity

in the Eastern Sierra, California; (d) the

cost of equipment, supplies, and travel

necessary to conduct research activities,

such as field trips to the Mount Evans

Byway in Colorado to produce an audio

tape tour, guide book, and Jr. Ranger

book about the area; (e) the cost of

providing free publications to the

public; (f) the cost of improving

recreational facilities, such as cleaning

campgrounds and picnic sites, clearing

and maintaining trails, or repairing and

rehabilitating structures like the historic

Ice House and the McKenzie house at

the Custer Townsite in South Dakota; (g)

the cost of improvements to wildlife

habitat or of range, forest, or watershed

projects, such as the eagle habitat study

program in California; (h) the cost of

special events, such as a visitor facility

dedication; (i) the cost of training and

educational programs, such as

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teachers that focuses on the wildflower

resources of the Columbia River Gorge

National Scenic Area; (j) the value of the

time donated by interpretive association

staff and volunteers to represent the

agency in parades and to staff booths or

interpretive tables at community events;

and (k) other costs necessary to

accomplishing the Forest Services

interpretive services mission.

Part IV asks for a brief description of

the interpretive association’s program

and its accomplishments during the

fiscal year, such as completion of an

accessible interpretive kiosk at Cle Elum

Ranger Station, Washington. Part V asks

for a brief description of the planned

program of work for the next fiscal year.

Data gathered in this information

collection is not available from other

sources.

Estimate of Burden: 1 hour.

Type of Respondents: Executive

Directors of Interpretive Associations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

60.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 60 hours.

The agency invites comments on the

following: (a) Whether the proposed

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 the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including the use of

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Use of Comments

All comments received in response to

this notice will be summarized and

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval. All

comments will also become a matter of

public record.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Barbara C. Weber,

Acting Chief.

[FR Doc. 97–6501 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Notice of Intent to Request a Revision

of a Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. No. 104–13) and Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR

44978, August 29, 1995), this notice

announces the National Agricultural

Statistics Service’s (NASS) intention to

request a revision to a currently

approved information collection, the

Agricultural Resources Management

Study and Chemical Use Survey.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by May 19, 1997 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Rich Allen, Associate

Administrator, National Agricultural

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue

SW., Room 4117 South Building,

Washington, DC 20250–2000, (202) 720–

4333.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Agricultural Resources

Management Study and Chemical Use

Survey.

OMB Number: 0535–0218.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

1998.

Type of Request: To revise a currently

approved information collection.

Abstract: One of the primary

objectives of the National Agricultural

Statistics Service is to provide high

quality and timely estimates about the

nation’s food supply and environment.

This information collection is being

revised to add questions to collect

postharvest chemical use data on

selected commodities. Data will be

collected regarding types and amounts

of pesticides used on commodities after

harvest and before being shipped to the

consumer. Information from this survey

is used by government agencies in

planning, farm policy analysis, and

program administration. NASS will ask

for OMB approval within 60 days of

submitting the request.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 28 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Farms, Packers/

Shippers, Warehouses.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

80,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 37,000 hours.

Copies of this information collection

and related instructions can be obtained

without charge from Larry Gambrell, the

Agency OMB Clearance Officer, at (202)

720–5778.

Comments

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 will have

practical utility; (b) 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; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, such as

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques. Comments may be sent to:

Larry Gambrell, Agency OMB

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave.

SW, Room 4162 South Building,

Washington, D.C. 20250–2000. 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.

Signed at Washington, D.C., February 21,

1997.

Donald M. Bay,

Administrator, National Agricultural

Statistics Service.

[FR Doc. 97–6449 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–20–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[Docket No. 970307047–7047–01]

RIN 0605–XX03

Privacy Act: Amendment of System of

Records; Commerce System 5

AGENCY: Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

gives notice of an amendment to the

systems of records under Commerce

Department System 5: Freedom of

Information and Privacy Request

Records. This action has been taken to

add the U.S. Patent and Trademark

Office to the list of Commerce

Department bureaus.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: