Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 126 / Thursday, July 1, 2010 / Notices 38073 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments also will become a matter of 

public record. 

Government Paperwork Elimination 

Act: FAS is committed to compliance 

with the Government Paperwork 

Elimination Act, which requires 

Government agencies, in general, to 

provide the public the option of 

submitting information or transacting 

business electronically to the maximum 

extent possible. 

John D. Brewer, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–15942 Filed 6–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Farm Service Agency 

Information Collection; Commodity 

Request (Food Aid Request Entry 

System (FARES)) 

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation 

and Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are 

seeking comments from all interested 

individuals and organizations on an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection for the Food Aid 

Request Entry System (FARES). FSA 

and CCC procure various processed 

foods and commodities to be exported 

and donated for use in humanitarian 

food aid programs. Information related 

to this activity is collected and 

processed electronically through the 

FARES. The Web-Based Supply Chain 

Management system (WBSCM) is a new 

procurement system in development to 

replace FARES at a later date. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive by August 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, volume, and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Mail: Khristy Baughman, Chief, 

Business Operations Support Division, 

Kansas City Commodity Office, 6501 

Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 

64133–4676. 

• E-mail: 

khristy.baughman@usda.gov. 

• Fax: (816) 926–1648. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Hadder, Marketing Specialist, 

(202) 720–3816, or 

Sharon.Hadder@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description of the Information 

Collection 

Title: Food Aid Request Entry System 

(FARES). 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0225. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

revision. 

Abstract: The information collection 

is necessary for CCC and FSA to procure 

various processed foods and 

commodities for export under 

humanitarian food aid programs. FARES 

automates the entry of commodity 

requests submitted to CCC from the 

United States Agency for International 

Development (USAID), private 

voluntary organizations (PVOs), the 

World Food Program (WFP), the Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS), and FSA. 

Estimate of Average Time To 

Respond: Public reporting burden for 

collecting information under this notice 

is estimated to average 0.47 hour per 

response, including the time for 

reviewing instructions, searching 

existing data sources, gathering and 

maintaining the data needed, and 

completing and reviewing the 

information. 

Type of Respondents: USAID, PVOs, 

the WFP, FAS, and FSA. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

305. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 12. 

Estimated Number of Reponses: 3660. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 1708 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

and to help us to: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on June 24, 

2010. 

Jonathan W. Coppess, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2010–15945 Filed 6–30–10; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting 

of the Iowa Advisory Committee 

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to 

the provisions of the rules and 

regulations of the U.S. Commission on 

Civil Rights (Commission), and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), that a planning meeting of the 

Iowa Advisory Committee to the 

Commission will convene by conference 

call at 2 p.m. and adjourn at 

approximately 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 

July 28, 2010. The purpose of this 

meeting is to continue planning a civil 

rights project. 

This meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: (866) 364–7584, conference call 

access code number 84802075. Any 

interested member of the public may 

call this number and listen to the 

meeting. Callers can expect to incur 

charges for calls they initiate over 

wireless lines, and the Commission will 

not refund any incurred charges. Callers 

will incur no charge for calls they 

initiate over land-line connections to 

the toll-free telephone number. Persons 

with hearing impairments may also 

follow the proceedings by first calling 

the Federal Relay Service at 1–800–977– 

8339 and providing the Service with the 

conference call number and contact 

name Farella E. Robinson. 

To ensure that the Commission 

secures an appropriate number of lines 

for the public, persons are asked to 

register by contacting Corrine Sanders of 

the Central Regional Office and TTY/ 

TDD telephone number, by 4 p.m. on 

July 21, 2010. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

submit written comments. The 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by August 28, 2010. The 

address is U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights, 400 State Avenue, Suite 908, 

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments 

may be e-mailed to 

frobinson@usccr.gov, Records generated 


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