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Notices Federal Register

13589

Vol. 62, No. 55

Friday, March 21, 1997

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATION AGENCY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment

Corporation, IDCA.

ACTION: Request for comments

SUMMARY: At OPIC’s request, the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) is

reviewing this information collection for

emergency processing for 90 days.

Under the provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35),

agencies are required to publish a

Notice in the Federal Register notifying

the public that the Agency is preparing

an information collection request for

OMB review and approval and to

request public review and comment on

the submission. Comments are being

solicited on the need for the

information, its practical utility, the

accuracy of the Agency’s burden

estimate, and on ways to minimize the

reporting burden, including automated

collection techniques and uses of other

forms of technology. The proposed form

under review is summarized below.

DATES: Comments must be received

within 60 calendar days of this Notice.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form

and the request for review prepared for

submission to OMB may be obtained

from the Agency Submitting Officer.

Comments on the form should be

submitted to the Agency Submitting

Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Lena

Paulsen, Manager, Information Center,

Overseas Private Investment

Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20527; 202/

336–8565.

SUMMARY OF FORM UNDER REVIEW:

Type of Request: New form.

Title: Small Business Application for

Financing. Form Number: OPIC 220.

Frequency of Use: Once per investor

per project.

Type of Respondents: Business or

other institutions (except farms);

individuals.

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S.

companies or citizens investing

overseas.

Reporting Hours: 3 hours per project.

Number of Responses: 100 per year.

Federal Cost: $3,000.00 per year.

Authority for Information Collection:

Sections 231 and 234 (b) and (c) of the

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): The

application is sent to U.S. companies

requesting information concerning

OPIC’s finance program. The

information provided by these

companies is reviewed by OPIC finance

officers to determine the soundness of

the proposed project and the applicants

qualification for receiving OPIC

financial assistance.

March 17, 1997.

James R Offutt,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–7144 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Farm Service Agency

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment (EA) Regarding Spartina

Control Cost-Share Program for

Willapa Bay Estuary

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On March 21, 1997, the Farm

Service Agency (FSA) and the

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

will make available for public comment

its Draft EA regarding its proposed

Spartina Control Cost-Share Program.

FSA and CCC have an interest in

controlling Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina

alterniflora) in the Willapa Bay Estuary

of Washington State. The proposed

Spartina control action focuses on the

coordinated use of mechanical/physical

and chemical treatment methods, also

known as Integrated Pest Management

(IPM), in an environmentally and

economically sound manner. FSA and

CCC welcome public comment from

interested parties and will assess and

consider all comments received.

DATE: Comments must be received on or

before April 21, 1997to be assured

consideration.

ADDRESS: To receive a copy of FSA and

CCC’s Spartina Control Cost-Share

Program Environmental Assessment, or

to send comments, mail requests or

comments to U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Conservation and

Environmental Protection Division,

ATTN.: Mike Linsenbigler, STOP 0513,

P.O. Box 2415, Washington, DC 20250–

2415. Copies may also be obtained in

person at 1400 Independence Ave., SW.,

Room 4721, Washington, DC 20250–

0513, between the hours of 9:00 a.m.

and 3:00 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Linsenbigler, 202–720–6303.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: No

administrative action will be taken on

the Spartina control cost-share program

until 30 days after the date of this

publication in the Federal Register.

Authority: P.L. 104–127, Sec 334.

Signed at Washington, DC, on March 14,

1997.

Grant Buntrock,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 97–7141 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Safety and Inspection Service

[Docket No. 97–024N]

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 97N–0074]

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

President’s National Food Safety

Initiative

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection

Service, USDA; Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention, HHS; Food and