25814 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 90 / Monday, May 11, 1998 / Notices

Estimated total annual burden on

respondents: 3,186 hours. (Due to

rounding, the total annual burden hours

may not equal the product of the annual

number of responses multiplied by the

average reporting burden per response.)

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.

Done in Washington, DC, this 5th day of

May 1998.

Charles P. Schwalbe,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 98–12397 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Notice of Request for Extension and

Revision of a Currently Approved

Information Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Commodity Credit

Corporation’s (CCC) intention to request

an extension for and revision to a

currently approved information

collection in support of the CCC

Supplier Credit Guarantee Program

(SCGP), a variant of the Export Credit

Guarantee Program (GSM–102), based

on reestimates.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 10, 1998 to be assured

of consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact L. T. McElvain, Director,

Commodity Credit Corporation

Operations Division, Foreign

Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, AgBox 1035, Washington,

DC 20250–1035, telephone (202) 720–

6211.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: CCC/Supplier Credit Guarantee

Program (SCGP).

OMB Number: 0551–0037.

Expiration Date of Approval:

September 30, 1998.

Type of Request: Extension and

revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: The primary objective of the

SCGP is to expand U.S. agricultural

exports by making available export

credit guarantees to encourage U.S.

private sector financing of foreign

purchases of U.S. agricultural

commodities on credit terms.

Furthermore, the SCGP is designed to

assist exporters of U.S. agricultural

commodities who wish to provide

relatively short term (up to 180 days)

credits to their importers evidenced by

promissory notes executed by such

importers. The CCC currently offers the

SCGP for exports to at least 8 countries

and 6 country regions, with more than

1,000 exporters currently eligible to

participate. Under 7 CFR Part 1493,

exporters are required to submit the

following: (1) Information about the

exporter for program participation, (2)

export sales information in connection

with applying for a payment guarantee,

(3) information regarding the actual

export of the commodity, (evidence of

export report), (4) notice of default and

claims for loss, and (5) other documents,

if applicable, including notice

assignment of the right to receive

proceeds under the export credit

guarantee. In addition, each exporter

and exporter’s assignee (U.S. financial

institution) must maintain records on all

information submitted to CCC and in

connection with sales made under the

SCGP. The information collected is used

by CCC to manage, plan, evaluate and

account for Government resources. The

reports and records are required to

ensure the proper and judicious use of

public funds.

Estimate of Burden: The public

reporting burden for these collections is

estimated to average 3.37 hours per

response.

Respondents: U.S. Exporters of U.S.

agricultural commodities, U.S. banks or

other financial institutions, producer

associations, U.S. export trade

associations, and U.S. Government

agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 50

annum.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 25 per annum.

Estimated Total Annual Burden of

Respondents: 674 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Valerie Countiss,

the Agency Information Collection

Coordinator, at (202) 720–6713.

Requests for comments: Send

comments regarding (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 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 automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to L.T.

McElvain, Director, Commodity Credit

Corporation Operations Division,

Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, AgBox 1035,

Washington, DC 20250–1035.

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. April 30, 1998.

Lon Hatamiya,

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service

and Vice President, Commodity Credit

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 98–12414 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–05–M

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 2:00p.m., May 11, 1998.

PLACE: Room 104–A, Jamie Whitten

Building, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Approval of the Minutes of the

Special Open Meeting of November 3,

1997.

2. Memorandum re: Update of

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)-

Owned Inventory.

3. Memorandum re: Commodity

Credit Corporation’s (CCC’s) Financial

Condition Report.

4. Resolution re: Termination of

Obsolete CCC Board Dockets.

5. Docket CZ–157, Revision 6, re:

Policy and Procedure Governing the

Submission of Dockets to the Board of

Directors, CCC, and the Handling of

Dockets Considered by the Board.

6. Docket A–POL–98–007, re:

Commodity Credit Corporation Claims

Policy.

7. Settlement Actions Report.

8. Docket P–COM–98–004, re:

Delegation of Responsibility for

Commodity Credit Corporation’s

Domestic Commodity Programs.

9. Docket P–COM–98–005, re:

Delegation of Responsibility for the

Commodity Credit Corporation’s Export

Credit Guarantee Programs, Export

Credit Sales Programs, Export Bonus

Programs and Other Similar Programs

Commodity Credit Corporation.

10. Docket P–COM–006, re: Policies

Regarding the Management of