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Vol. 63, No. 80

Monday, April 27, 1998

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Request for Extension of a Currently

Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Farm Service

Agency’s (FSA) intention to request an

extension for an information collection

currently approved for FSA’s regulation

governing the designation of natural

disaster areas by the Secretary for

physical and production losses, or by

the FSA Administrator for physical

losses only. The regulations concerning

this activity are published under the

authority of the Consolidated Farm and

Rural Development Act.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before June 26, 1998 to

be assured of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven R. Bazzell, Senior Loan Officer,

Farm Loan Programs, Farm Service

Agency, STOP 0520, 1400

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250–0520; telephone

(202) 690–4022; e-mail

sbazzell@wdc.fsa.usda.gov; or facsimile

(202) 690–3573.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Disaster Assistance—General.

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,

1998.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0170.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: The information collected

under Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Number 0560–0170 is needed to

enable FSA to evaluate requests for a

Secretarial natural disaster designation,

or in the case where only physical loss

of property occurred, an FSA

Administrator’s notification. The

information collected establishes

whether there was a (1) county-wide (or

similar jurisdiction), 30-percent

reduction in agricultural income, or (2)

evidence that undue hardship will be

suffered by farmers and ranchers if FSA

Emergency Loan (EM) assistance is not

made available. Once authorized, a

Secretarial natural disaster designation

makes low-interest EM loans (and

certain other Federal assistance)

available to eligible family farmers and

ranchers who have suffered a 30-percent

income loss.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated at 0.51 hours per response.

Respondents: Individuals, State and

local business and government officials,

households and farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1,020

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondents: 1.0

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 525 hours

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of FSA duties and responsibilities, and

whether the information will have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of

FSA’s estimate of the burden of the

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions; (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. Comments

may be sent to the Desk Officer for

Agriculture, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Washington,

D.C. 20503, and also to Steven R.

Bazzell at the address listed above. 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.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on April 10,

1998.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 98–11030 Filed 4–24–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection:

Comment Request: FNS–583,

Employment and Training Program

Report

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice invites the general public and

other public agencies to comment on

proposed information collection of the

FNS–583, Employment and Training

Program Report.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before June 26, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and

requests for copies of this information

collection to John Knaus, Chief, Program

Design Branch, Program Development

Division, Food and Nutrition Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101

Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA

22302.

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 burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including 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, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other form of information technology.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Knaus, (703) 305–2519.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Employment and Training

Program Report.

OMB Number: 0584–0339.

Expiration Date: August 31, 1998.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.