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Notices Federal Register

11810

Vol. 62, No. 49

Thursday, March 13, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Requests

March 7, 1997.

The Department of Agriculture has

submitted the following information

collection requirement(s) to OMB for

review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments

regarding (a) whether the 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 burden including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

clarity of the information to be

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Washington, D.C. 20503 and to

Department Clearance Office, USDA,

OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, D.C.

20250–7602. Comments regarding these

information collections are best assured

of having their full effect if received

within 30 days of this notification.

Copies of the submission(s) may be

obtained by calling (202) 720–6204 or

(202) 720–6746.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB control

number and the agency informs

potential persons who are to respond to

the collection of information that such

persons are not required to respond to

the collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

• Rural Utilities Service

Title: Inventory of Work Orders.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0284.

Summary: Information is collected

that allows the borrower to adjust

estimates expenditures to reflect actual

expenditures for the project.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to monitor the

activities of the borrower to ensure

funds are used for stated purposes.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 900.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 12,150.

• Food and Consumer Service

Title: Monthly Claim for

Reimbursement.

OMB Control Number: 0572–New.

Summary: Earned reimbursement in

the National School Lunch, Breakfast,

and Special Milk Programs in based on

performance, that is, an assigned rate

per meal or half pint served, with cost

comparison to free milk and severe need

breakfast.

Need and Use of the Information: The

data collected will be used to compute

earned reimbursement.

Description of Respondents: State,

Local, or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 415.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly.

Total Burden Hours: 5,764.

• Foreign Agricultural Service

Title: Market Access Program.

OMB Control Number: 0551–0027.

Summary: The primary objective of

the Market Access Program is to

encourage the development,

maintenance and expansion of

Commercial export markets for U.S.

agricultural products through cost-share

assistance to eligible trade organizations

that implement a foreign market

development program. Financial

assistance is made available on a

competitive basis.

Need and Use of the Information: The

Information will be used to manage,

plan, evaluate, and account for

government resources.

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institution; Business or other forprofit; State, Local and Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 70.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: On occasion;

annually.

Total Burden Hours: 78,460.

• Forest Service

Title: Timber Sale Operating Plans.

OMB Control Number: 0596–0086.

Summary: The National Forest

Management Act requires timber sale

operating plans on timber sales that

exceed 2 years in length.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information collected will be used by

the agency to determine eligibility for

additional contract time. In addition,

this information is used to plan the

agency timber sale contract

administration workload and to meet

other contract obligations.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 5,000.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Annually.

Total Burden Houses: 15,000.

Larry Roberson,

Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–6363 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

Agricultural Marketing Service

[Docket No. FV97–917–1NC]

Notice of Request for Extension 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 to a currently approved

information collection for Peaches

Grown in California, Marketing Order

No. 917.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by May 12, 1997, to be assured

of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Kenneth G. Johnson, Marketing

Specialist, Marketing Order

Administration Branch, Room 2525-S,

Fruit and Vegetable Division,
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 49 / Thursday, March 13, 1997 / Notices 11811

Agricultural Marketing Service, U. S.

Department of Agriculture, Post Office

Box 96456, Washington, DC 20090–

6456, telephone: (202) 720–5127, Fax

(202) 720–5698; or Terry Vawter,

Marketing Specialist, California

Marketing Field Office, Marketing Order

Administration Branch, Fruit and

Vegetable Division, AMS, USDA, 2202

Monterey Street, Suite 102B, Fresno,

California, 93721; telephone: (209) 487–

5901.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Peaches Grown in California,

Marketing Order 917.

OMB Number: 0581–0080.

Expiration Date of Approval:

September 30, 1997.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: Marketing 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. Order regulations help

ensure adequate supplies of high quality

product and adequate returns to

producers. Under the Agricultural

Marketing Agreement Act of 1937

(AMAA), as amended (7 U.S.C. 601–

674), industries enter into marketing

order programs. The Secretary of

Agriculture is authorized to oversee the

order operations and issue regulations

recommended by a committee of

representatives from each commodity

industry.

The California peach marketing order

program, which has been operating

since 1939, authorizes the issuance of

grade, size, and maturity regulations,

inspection requirements, and marketing

and production research including paid

advertising. Regulatory provisions apply

to peaches shipped within and out of

the area of production to any market,

except those specifically exempted by

the marketing order.

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 California peach

marketing order program.

The order, and rules and regulations

issued thereunder, authorize the Peach

Commodity Committee (Committee), the

agency responsible for local

administration of the order, to require

handlers to submit certain information.

Much of this information is compiled in

aggregate and provided to the industry

to assist in marketing decisions.

The Committee has developed forms

as a convenience to persons who are

required to file information with the

Committee needed to carry out the

purposes of the Act and the order. These

forms require a minimum of information

necessary to effectively carry out the

requirements of the order, and their use

is necessary to fulfill the intent of the

Act as expressed in the order.

Peach growers who are nominated by

their peers to serve as representatives on

the Committee must file nomination

forms with the Secretary.

Formal rulemaking amendments to

the order must be approved in referenda

conducted by the Secretary. Also, the

Secretary may conduct a continuance

referendum to determine industry

support for continuation of the order.

Handlers are asked to sign an agreement

to indicate their willingness to abide by

the provisions of the order whenever the

order is amended. These forms are

included in this request.

These forms require the minimum

information necessary to effectively

carry out the requirements of the order,

and their use is necessary to fulfill the

intent of the AMAA as expressed in the

order, and the rules and regulations

issued under the order.

The information collected is used

only by authorized representatives of

the USDA, including AMS, Fruit and

Vegetable Division regional and

headquarters staff, and authorized

employees of the Committee.

Authorized Committee employees and

the industry 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 0.819 hours per

response.

Respondents: California peach

producers and for-profit businesses

handling fresh peaches produced in

California.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

721.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.874.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 1140 hours.

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the functioning of the

California peach marketing order

program and USDA’s oversight of that

program; (2) the accuracy of the

collection burden estimate and the

validity of methodology and

assumptions used in estimating the

burden on respondents; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information requested; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden, including

use of automated or electronic

technologies.

Comments should reference OMB No.

0581–0080 and Marketing Order No.

917, and be mailed to Docket Clerk,

Fruit and Vegetable Division, AMS,

USDA, Post Office Box 96456, room

2525–S, Washington, DC 20090–6456.

Comments should reference the docket

number 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 & Independence Avenue

SW, Washington, DC, room 2525–S.

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: March 7, 1997.

Robert C. Keeney,

Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.

[FR Doc. 97–6266 Filed 3–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

Food and Consumer Service

Child Nutrition Programs; Income

Eligibility Guidelines

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the

Department’s annual adjustments to the

Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used

in determining eligibility for free and

reduced price meals or free milk for the

period from July 1, 1997 through June

30, 1998. These guidelines are used by

schools, institutions, and centers

participating in the National School

Lunch Program, School Breakfast

Program, Special Milk Program for

Children, Child and Adult Care Food

Program and Commodity School

Program. The annual adjustments are

required by section 9 of the National

School Lunch Act. The guidelines are

intended to direct benefits to those

children most in need and are revised

annually to account for changes in the

Consumer Price Index.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and

Program Development Branch, Child

Nutrition Division, FCS, USDA,

Alexandria, Virginia 22302, or by phone

at (703) 305–2618.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

action is not a rule as defined by the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.

601–612) and thus is exempt from the

provisions of that Act.