19472 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 75 / Monday, April 20, 1998 / Notices

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

Sharon Vassiliades, ARTS, GIPSA,

USDA, STOP 3649, Washington, D.C.

20250–3649; fax 202 720–4628; e-mail

svassili@fgisdc.usda.gov.

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.

Dated: April 13, 1998.

James R. Baker,

Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–10189 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Deposting of Stockyards

Notice is hereby given, that the

livestock markets named herein,

originally posted on the dates specified

below as being subject to the Packers

and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended

(7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.), no longer comes

within the definition of a stockyard

under the Act and are therefore, no

longer subject to the provisions of the

Act.

Facility No., name, and location of stockyard Date of posting

IA–153 North Iowa Livestock Exchange, Ltd., Garner, Iowa ................................................................................................ January 8, 1957.

IA–175 LeMars Auction Barn, LeMars, Iowa ........................................................................................................................ May 29, 1959.

IA–212 Northside Sales Company, Sibley, Iowa .................................................................................................................. May 19, 1959.

NB–104 Arnold Sale Barn, Arnold, Nebraska ....................................................................................................................... January 10, 1957.

NB–173 Livestock Exchange of Sargent, Sargent, Nebraska .............................................................................................. November 14, 1958.

NB–182 The Nebraska Sandhills Cattle Auction, Inc., Thedford, Nebraska ........................................................................ February 8, 1950.

NB–191 Wisner Sales Co., Inc., Wisner, Nebraska ............................................................................................................. June 29, 1983.

This notice is in the nature of a

change relieving a restriction and, thus,

may be made effective in less than 30

days after publication in the Federal

Register without prior notice or other

public procedure. This notice is given

pursuant to section 302 of the Packers

and Stockyards Act (7 U.S.C. 202) and

is effective upon publication in the

Federal Register.

Done at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of

April 1998.

Daniel L. Van Ackeren,

Director, Livestock Marketing Division,

Packers and Stockyards Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–10190 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–KD–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Information Collection Activity;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended), the

Rural Utilities Service’s (RUS) invites

comments on this information

collection for which RUS intends to

request approval from the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by June 19, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue

Arnold, Financial Analyst, Office of the

Assistant Administrator, Electric

Program, Rural Utilities Service, USDA,

1400 Independence Ave., SW., STOP

1560, Room 4024 South Building,

Washington, D.C. 20250–1560.

Telephone: (202) 690–1078. FAX: (202)

690–0717. E-mail:

sarnold@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Electric Loan Application and

Related Reporting Burdens.

OMB Control Number: 0572–0032.

Type of Request: Extension of a

previously approved information

collection, with change.

Abstract: The Rural Electrification Act

of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), as

amended (RE Act) authorizes and

empowers the Administrator of RUS to

make and guarantee loans to furnish and

improve electric service in rural areas.

These loans are amortized over a period

of up to 35 years and secured by the

borrower’s electric assets. In the interest

of protecting loan security, monitoring

compliance with debt convenants, and

ensuring that RUS loan funds are used

for purposes authorized by law, RUS

requires that borrowers prepare and

submit for RUS evaluation, certain

studies and reports. Some of these

studies and reports are required only

once for each loan application; others

must be submitted periodically until the

loan is completely repaid.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 6 hours per

response.

Respondents: Small business or

organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

754.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 4.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 16,834.

Copies of this information collection,

and related form and instructions, can

be obtained from Dawn Wolfgang,

Program Development and Regulatory

Analysis, at (202) 720–0812.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

this 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; (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 respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

F. Lamont Heppe, Jr., Director, Program

Development and Regulatory Analysis,

Rural Utilities Service, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, Stop 1522, 1400

Independence Ave., SW., Washington,

DC 20250–1522. FAX: (202) 720–4120.

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.