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the intended collection action and offer

them an opportunity for a hearing on

the debt, including the right to copy

documentation relating to the debt.

5. Legal authorities: This matching

program will be conducted under the

following authorities:

(a) The Debt Collection Act of 1982 (5

U.S.C. 5514), which gives authority to

Federal agencies to offset the salaries of

Federal and USPS employees who are

delinquent on debts owed to the Federal

government.

(b) The Debt Collection Improvement

Act of 1996 (5 U.S.C. 5514(a)) which

provides for salary offset and (31 U.S.C.

3716(c)) which mandates centralized

administrative offset through the

Treasury Offset Program.

(c) The Personal Responsibility and

Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of

1996 (7 U.S.C. 2022(b)(1)) which added

a new category of claims, State agency

error claims, to those eligible for offset.

(d) Office of Personnel Management

(OPM) regulations, 5 CFR part 550,

subpart K (Collection by Offset from

Indebted Government Employees),

§§ 550.1101–1108, which set the

standards for Federal agency rules

implementing the Debt Collection Act.

(e) USDA regulations at 7 CFR part 3,

subpart C, which implement 5 U.S.C.

5514 and OPM regulations, and which

authorize USDA agencies to issue

regulations governing debt collection by

salary offset (7 CFR 3.68).

(f) USDA regulations at 7 CFR 273.18

(g)(6) which set the procedures for the

operation of the Federal salary offset

program for the FSP.

(g) Section 13941 of the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (Pub.

L. 103–66), which amended Sections

11(e)(8) and 13 of the Food Stamp Act

of 1977, 7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(8), 2022, to

authorize the Federal salary offset

program for the FSP.

6. Categories of individuals involved:

Two groups of individuals will be

involved with this matching program.

One group is USPS employees. The

other group is individuals who have

participated in the Food Stamp Program

but are no longer participating, and who

owe delinquent debts for overissued

food stamp benefits for which they are

not making repayments.

7. Record systems used: (a) USPS will

use records from its Privacy Act system

of records ‘‘Finance Records—Payroll

System, USPS 050.020,’’ containing

payroll records for approximately

700,000 current employees. Disclosure

will be made pursuant to routine use

Number 24 of USPS 050.020, (57 FR

57515, dated December 4, 1992).

(b) USDA will use records from its

Privacy Act system of records ‘‘Claims

Against Food Stamp Recipients—

USDA/FNS—3,’’ containing

approximately 350,000 records.

Disclosure will be made pursuant to

routine use Number 4 of record system

USDA/FNS—3, (58 FR 48633, dated

September 17, 1993).

8. Agency contact: Inquiries about this

matching program should be directed to

James I. Porter, Assistant Branch Chief,

State Administration Branch, Program

Accountability Division, Food Stamp

Program, FNS, USDA, 3101 Park Center

Drive, Room 905, Alexandria, Virginia

22302, telephone (703) 305–2385.

Dated: January 6, 1998.

Dan Glickman,

Secretary of Agriculture.

[FR Doc. 98–1184 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

Notice of Request for Reinstatement

and Revision 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 a

reinstatement and revision of a

currently approved information

collection in support of the Dairy

Indemnity Payment Program (DIPP)

contingent upon the appropriation of

funds.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received on or before March 23, 1998 to

be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Raellen Erickson, Agricultural Program

Specialist, Price Support Division,

USDA, FSA, STOP 0512, 1400

Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, DC 20250–0512; telephone

(202) 720–7320; e-mail

rerickso@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces FSA’s intention to

request a reinstatement and revision of

the currently approved information

collection in support of the DIPP. The

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food

and Drug Administration, and Related

Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998

(Pub. L. 105–86, 111 Stat. 2079)

appropriated funds and authorized DIPP

to be carried out until all available

funds are expended.

Title: 7 CFR Part 760, Dairy Indemnity

Payment Program.

OMB Control Number: 0560–0116.

Expiration Date: June 30, 1997.

Type of Request: Reinstatement and

revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: This information is needed

to administer the DIPP. The information

will be gathered from milk producers

and milk handlers to determine the

amount of indemnity payment a dairy

producer or manufacturer is eligible to

receive. Producers are required to meet

certain eligibility requirements to

ensure the integrity of the program so

that only eligible producers receive

indemnity payments. The number of

times producers or manufacturers have

been removed from the market has

declined in recent years. Accordingly,

fewer requests for assistance have been

received. Therefore, the currently

approved information collection is

revised to reduce the number of

responses per request and the annual

burden per respondent to half of the

currently approved estimate. The

emergency clearance of the Information

Collection Package for Indemnity

Payment Programs was approved by the

Office of Management and Budget on

November 20, 1997, and extended the

expiration date to April 30, 1998.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 17 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Dairy farms and small

businesses.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

80.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 6.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 140 hours.

Proposed topics for comments

include: (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; or (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 sent to the Desk

Officer for Agriculture, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Washington, D.C. 20503 and to Raellen

Erickson, Agricultural Program

Specialist, USDA-Farm Service Agency-
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Price Support Division, STOP 0512,

1400 Independence Avenue, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20250–0512;

telephone (202) 720–7320; e-mail

rerickso@wdc.fsa.usda.gov. Copies of

the information collection may be

obtained from Raellen Erickson at the

above address.

OMB is required to make a decision

concerning the collection of information

contained in these proposed regulations

between 30 and 60 days after

publication of this document in the

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment

to OMB is best assured of having its full

effect if OMB receives it within 30 days

of publication.

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.

Signed at Washington, DC, on January 8,

1998.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 98–1185 Filed 1–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Newspapers Used for Publication of

Legal Notice Appealable Decisions for

Pacific Southwest Region, California

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice lists the

newspapers that will be used by all

ranger districts, forests, and the

Regional Office of the Pacific Southwest

Region to publish legal notice of all

decisions subject to appeal under 36

CFR parts 215 and 217. The intended

effect of this action is to inform

interested members of the public which

newspapers will be used to publish

legal notices of decisions, thereby

allowing them to receive constructive

notice of a decision, to provide clear

evidence of timely notice, and to

achieve consistency in administering

the appeals process.

DATES: Publication of legal notices in

the listed newspapers will begin with

decisions subject to appeal that are

made on or after January 1, 1998. The

list of newspapers will remain in effect

until January 1999 when another notice

will be published in the Federal

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue

Danner, Regional Appeals Coordinator,

Pacific Southwest Region, 630 Sansome

Street, San Francisco, CA 94111, phone:

(415) 705–2553.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

November 4, 1993, 36 CFR parts 215

and 217 were published requiring

publication of legal notice of decisions

subject to appeal. Sections 215.5 and

217.5 require notice published in the

Federal Register advising the public of

the principal newspapers to be utilized

for publishing legal notices. This

newspaper publication of notices of

decisions is in addition to direct notice

to those who have requested notice in

writing and to those known to be

interested and affected by a specific

decision.

The legal notice is to identify the

decision by title and subject matter; the

date of the decision; the name and title

of the official making the decision; and

how to obtain copies of the decision. In

addition, the notice is to state the date

the appeal period begins is the day

following publication of the notice.

In addition to the principal

newspaper listed for each unit, some

Forest Supervisors and District Rangers

have listed newspapers providing

additional notice of their decisions. The

timeframe for appeal shall be based on

the date of publication of the notice in

the first (principal) newspaper listed for

each unit.

The newspapers to be used are as

follows:

Pacific Southwest Regional Office

Pacific Southwest Regional Forester

decisions:

Sacramento Bee, Sacramento,

California

Angeles National Forest

Angeles Forest Supervisor decisions:

Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles,

California

Los Angeles River District Ranger

decisions:

Daily News, Los Angeles, California

Newspaper providing additional notice

of Los Angeles River District

decisions:

Pasadena Star News, Pasadena,

California

Foothill Leader, Glendale, California

San Gabriel River District Ranger

decisions:

Inland Valley Bulletin, Los Angeles,

California

Newspaper providing additional notice

of San Gabriel River District

decisions:

San Gabriel Valley Tribune, eastern

San Gabriel Valley, California

Santa Clara & Mojave Rivers District

Ranger decisions:

Daily News, Los Angeles, California

Newspaper providing additional notice

of Santa Clara & Mojave Rivers

District decisions:

Antelope Valley Press, Palmdale,

California

Mountaineer Progress, Wrightwood,

California

Cleveland National Forest

Cleveland Forest Supervisor decisions:

San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego,

California

Descanso District Ranger decisions:

San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego,

California

Palomar District Ranger decisions:

San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego,

California

Newspaper providing additional notice

of Palomar decisions:

Riverside Press-Enterprise, Riverside,

California

Trabuco District Ranger decisions:

Orange County Register, Santa Ana,

California

Newspaper providing additional notice

of Trabuco decisions:

Riverside Press-Enterprise, Riverside,

California

Eldorado National Forest

Eldorado Forest Supervisor decisions:

Mountain Democrat, Placerville,

California

Amador District Ranger decisions:

Mountain Democrat, Placerville,

California

Georgetown District Ranger decisions:

Mountain Democrat, Placerville,

California

Pacific District Ranger decisions:

Mountain Democrat, Placerville,

California

Placerville District Ranger decisions:

Mountain Democrat, Placerville,

California

Inyo National Forest

Inyo Forest Supervisor decisions:

Inyo Register, Bishop, California

Mammoth District Ranger decisions:

Inyo Register, Bishop, California

Mono Lake District Ranger decisions:

Inyo Register, Bishop, California

Mount Whitney District Ranger

decisions:

Inyo Register, Bishop, California

White Mountain District Ranger

decisions:

Inyo Register, Bishop, California

Klamath National Forest

Klamath Forest Supervisor decisions:

Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka,

California

Happy Camp District Ranger decisions:

Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka,

California

Goosenest District Ranger decisions:

Siskiyou Daily News, Yreka,

California

Oak Knoll District Ranger decisions: