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regulations for this Act issued by the

Department of Justice and the

Department of Agriculture requires

recipients of RBS’, RHS’ RUS’ and

FSA’s program assistance to collect

information on the race/national origin

of the beneficiaries of their specific

programs. This information is used by

the RBS, RHS, RUS, and FSA for

compliance review and monitoring

purposes for Title VI.

b. Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of

1968 (as amended) (‘‘Title VIII). Section

808a of Title VIII (42 U.S.C. 3608a

(1988)), in pertinent part, requires the

Secretary of Agriculture to collect racial

and ethnic data on beneficiaries and

recipients of USDA housing programs.

Furthermore, the implementing

regulations issued by the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

(‘‘HUD’’) and adopted by the RBS, RHS,

RUS, and FSA, requires recipients and

other participants in RHS’s housing

programs affirmatively to further fair

housing by providing housing and the

opportunity to acquire housing in a nondiscriminatory fashion. One way to

demonstrate compliance with Title VIII

is to prepare affirmative fair housing

marketing plans, and to collect and

maintain data to reflect compliance with

the requirements of that plan.

Furthermore, under the Memorandum

of Understanding between HUD and

USDA, many complaints of fair housing

violation by USDA recipients will be

processed by HUD. The collection and

maintenance of these data will assist in

this enforcement effort.

c. Executive Order 11246. The

implementing regulations issued by the

Department of Labor (DOL) and adopted

by the RBS, RHS, RUS, and FSA, require

recipients of Federally assisted

construction contracts of $10,000 or

more to maintain goals for hiring

minorities and females, and to submit

employment utilization reports to the

DOL’s Office of Federal Contract

Compliance Programs.

The information collected and

maintained by the recipients of certain

programs from RBS, RHS, RUS, and

FSA is used internally by these agencies

for monitoring compliance with the

civil rights laws and regulations. This

information is made available to USDA

officials, officials of other Federal

agencies, and to Congress for reporting

purposes. Without the required

information, RBS, RHS, RUS, FSA and

its recipients will lack the necessary

documentation to demonstrate that their

programs are being administered in a

nondiscriminatory manner and in full

compliance with the civil rights laws. In

addition, the RBS, RHS, RUS, and FSA,

and their recipients would be

vulnerable in lawsuits alleging

discrimination in the affected programs

of these agencies and would be without

appropriate data and documentation to

defend themselves by demonstrating

that services and benefits are being

provided to beneficiaries on an equal

opportunity basis.

Estimate of Burden: The public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average 1

hour per response.

Respondents: Recipients of RBS, RHS,

RUS, and FSA’s Federal financial

assistance, loan, and loan guarantee

programs.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

19,565.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 5.40.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 533,017.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Richard Gartman,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division, at (202) 720–9745.

Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the Rural

Development, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Agencies’

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information including the

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 forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to Richard

Gartman, Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Rural Development, Ag Box

0743, Washington, DC 20250. 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 20, 1998.

Jill Long Thompson,

Under Secretary, Rural Development.

Dated: April 4, 1998.

August Schumacher, Jr.,

Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign

Agricultural Services.

[FR Doc. 98–11693 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XT–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

List of Warehouses and Availability of

List of Cancellations and/or

Terminations

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of publication.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Farm Service Agency has published

a list of warehouses licensed under the

United States Warehouse Act (7 U.S.C.

241 et. seq.) as of December 31, 1997, as

required by section 26 of that Act (7

U.S.C. 266). A list of cancellations or

terminations that occurred during

calendar year 1997 is also available.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

either list from the person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Fry, Farm Service Agency, Warehouse

and Inventory Division, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, STOP 0553,

1400 Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20250–0553; e-mail

requests may be sent: Judy—

Fry@wdc.fsa.usda.gov.; telephone 202–

720–3822.

Signed at Washington, D.C., on April 24,

1998.

Keith Kelly,

Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

[FR Doc. 98–11696 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL

Foreign Agricultural Service

Types and Quantities of Agricultural

Commodities Available for Donation

Overseas Under Section 416(b) of the

Agricultural Act of 1949, as Amended,

in Fiscal Year 1998

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On April 6, 1998, the

Secretary of Agriculture determined that

10,500 metric tons of nonfortified nonfat

dry milk packaged in 25 kilogram bags

are available for donation overseas

under section 416(b) of the Agricultural

Act of 1949, as amended, during fiscal

year 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ira Branson, Director, CCC Program

Support Division, FAS, USDA, (202)

720–3573.