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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 62, No. 69

Thursday, April 10, 1997

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

April 4, 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.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Title: Aquaculture Survey.

OMB Control Number: 0535–0150.

Summary: Information is collected for

catfish and trout inventory, acreage and

sales, and pounds and volume of catfish

processed.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used by growers as a

basis for contract negotiations and by

government agencies to help carry out

import/export programs, monitor

disease problems, and measure growth

and importance of the industry.

Description of Respondents: Farms.

Number of Respondents: 2,646.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 1,409.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

Title: Milk and Milk Products.

OMB Control Number: 0535–0020.

Summary: This information collection

provides data to estimate total milk

production, number of cows, amounts

and value of feed fed to milk cows, and

production of manufactured dairy

products.

Need and Use of the Information:

This information collection produces

statistics that are used to establish

monthly estimates of stocks, shipments,

and selling prices. The information is

used in price support programs for milk

and to appraise supplies, prices, and

trends in the dairy industry.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 44,518.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

Quarterly; Weekly; Monthly; Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 20,886.

Rural Business-Cooperative Service

Title: 7 CFR 1942–G, Rural Business

Enterprise Grants and Television

Demonstration Grants.

OMB Control Number: 0575–0132.

Summary: Information collected

includes an application for assistance,

evidence of experience, scope of work,

project performance, evidence of

improved employment and budget

details.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to facilitate the

development of small and emerging

private businesses, industry, and related

employment for improving the economy

in rural communities.

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

Government.

Number of Respondents: 495.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Quarterly; Monthly.

Total Burden Hours: 30,364.

Food and Consumer Service

Title: Evaluation of SSI/FSP Joint

Processing Alternatives Demonstration.

OMB Control Number: 0584—New.

Summary: This study evaluates an

alternative method for processing

applications from Supplemental

Security Income recipients for eligible

Food Stamp Program benefits.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information will be used to implement

and test effectiveness of using a single

application and automated information

source to increase (1) The participation

of Supplemental Security Income

clients in the Food Stamp Program; and

(2) their satisfaction with the services

received.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals or household; Federal

Government; State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 1,712.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 908.

Agricultural Marketing Service

Title: Grapes Grown in a Designated

Area of Southeastern California, Market

Order No. 925.

OMB Control Number: 0581–0109.

Summary: Information collected from

growers and handlers includes

referendum ballots, marketing

agreements, acreage report and crop

estimates.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information is used to regulate the

provisions of Marketing Order in 925.

Description of the Respondents:

Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 37.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;

Weekly; Monthly; Annually.

Total Burden Hours: 39.

Farm Service Agency

Title: Request for Aerial Photography.

OMB Control Number: 0560—New.

Summary: Customers who want to

order aerial photography products and
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services from the USDA Aerial

Photography Field office must supply

identifying information.

Need and Use of the Information:

This information provides a uniform

method of collecting customer ordering

information. The customer can obtain

the products they want in an efficient

manner.

Description of the Respondents:

Farms; Federal Government.

Number of Respondents: 8.000.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 2,000

Emergency Processing of this

Submission has been Requested by

April 18, 1997.

Farm Service Agency

Title: Offer Forms and Shipment

Information Log—7 CFR 1400

Subchapter C.

OMB Control Number: 0560—New.

Summary: The forms in this

collection are used by vendors to submit

offers for agricultural commodities bags

and twine, and survey services to meet

export program needs.

Need and Use of the Information: It is

necessary to collect the information to

purchase products and services for use

in several export programs.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit

institutions; Federal Government; State,

Local or Tribal Government.

Number of Respondents: 1,049.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Third party disclosure;

Reporting: On occasion; Weekly;

Monthly; Quarterly; Biweekly.

Total Burden Hours: 4,626.

Emergency Processing of this

Submission has been Requested by

April 4, 1997.

Forest Service

Title: Small Business Timber Sale SetAside Program: Appeal Procedures on

Recomputation of Shares.

OMB Control Number: 0596—New.

Summary: The Conference Report

accompanying the 1997 Omnibus

Appropriation Act (Public Law 104–

208) requires that the agency establish a

process by which purchasers may

appeal decisions concerning

recomputations of SBA shares,

structural recomputations of SBA shares

or changes in policies importing the

Timber Sale Set-Aside Program.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information collected is submitted to a

Forest Service Officer to review any

appeal of decisions related to

recomputation of timber sale share to be

set aside for small business timber

purchasers.

Description of the Respondents:

Business or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 40.

Frequency of Responses: Reporting:

On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 320.

Larry Roberson,

Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–9248 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Oregon Coast Provincial Advisory

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Oregon Coast Provincial

Advisory Committee (PAC) will meet on

April 24, 1997, in Newport, Oregon, at

the Hatfield Marine Science Center

(Meeting Room 9/Fireside Room), 2030

S. Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR.

The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and

continue until 3:00 p.m. Agenda items

to be covered include: 1) Salmon (the

Governor’s plan and effects of listing/

nonlisting), 2) BLM/FS response to two

Adaptive Management Area (AMA)

issues (land exchanges and road

management), 3) new issues

recommended by AMA Subcommittee

(salvage in LSR, OHVs, recreation sites

in reserves), 4) future priorities, and 5)

open public forum. All Oregon Coast

Provincial Advisory Committee

meetings are open to the public. An

‘‘open forum’’ is scheduled at 1:30 p.m.

Interested citizens are encouraged to

attend. The committee welcomes the

public’s written comments on

committee business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Trish Hogervorst, Public Affairs

Officer, Bureau of Land Management, at

(503) 375–5657, or write to Forest

Supervisor, Siuslaw National Forest,

P.O. Box 1148, Corvallis, Oregon 97339.

Dated: April 2, 1997.

James R. Furnish,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 97–9171 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the District of Columbia Advisory

Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

District of Columbia Advisory

Committee to the Commission will

convene at 12:30 p.m. and adjourn at

4:30 p.m. on June 4, 1997, at the JC

Penney, Government Relations Office,

Board Room, Suite 1015, 1156 15th

Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. The

purpose of the meeting is to receive

updates from government officials and

community leaders on issues raised by

the Commission’s Mt. Pleasant report

and the Committee’s mortgage lending

report. The Committee will continue to

develop a project concept for Fiscal

Year 1997.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Steven Sims,

202 862–4815, or Ki-Taek Chun,

Director of the Eastern Regional Office,

202–376–7533 (TDD 202–376–8116).

Hearing-impaired persons who will

attend the meeting and require the

services of a sign language interpreter

should contact the Regional Office at

least five (5) working days before the

scheduled date of the meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, April 2, 1997.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

[FR Doc. 97–9226 Filed 4–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Montana Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Montana Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 8:45 a.m.

and adjourn at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday,

April 24, 1997, at the Red Lion Village

Inn, 100 Madison, Missoula, Montana

59802. The purpose of the meeting is to

hold a second factfinding meeting on

equal educational opportunity for

Native American students in the

Montana public schools. The first

factfinding meeting was held in Billings,

Montana on December 10, 1996.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Phillip

Caldwell, 406–452–4345, or John

Dulles, Director of the Rocky Mountain

Regional Office, 303–866–1400 (TDD

303–866–1049). Hearing-impaired