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Estimated Number of Respondents:

56,170.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 11,673 hours.

Comments

The Agencies are soliciting comments

on the burden of all of the above

subparts 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. These

comments should be sent to Phillip

Elder, Senior Loan Officer, USDA, FSA,

Farm Loan Programs, Loan Servicing

Division, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW., STOP 0523, Washington, DC

20250–0523.

Copies of the information collections

may be obtained from Mr. Elder at the

above address. Comments regarding

paperwork burden will be summarized

and included in the request for OMB

approval of the information collection.

All comments will also become a matter

of public record.

Signed in Washington, DC, on January 20,

1998.

Bruce R. Weber,

Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.

Jan E. Shadburn,

Administrator, Rural Housing Service.

Dayton J. Watkins,

Administrator, Rural Business—Cooperative

Service.

[FR Doc. 98–2054 Filed 1–27–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–XV–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Committee of Scientists Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Committee

of Scientists is scheduled for February

12–13, 1998, in Seattle, Washington.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss

planning issues concerning the National

Forests in the Pacific Northwest

(Washington and Oregon) and Alaska

Regions; to meet with representatives

from federal, state, and tribal

organizations, to share information and

ideas about Committee members’

assignments; to continue discussions on

the scientific principles underlying land

and resource management; and to

conduct any other Committee business

that may arise. The meeting is open to

the public.

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for

February 12–13 in Seattle, Washington.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the University Plaza Hotel, 400 NE 45th

Street, Seattle, Washington.

Written comments on improving land

and resource management planning may

be sent to the Committee of Scientists,

P.O. Box 2140, Corvallis, OR 97339.

Also the Committee may be accessed via

the Internet at www.cof.orst.edu./org/

scicomm/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bob Cunningham, Designated Federal

Official to the Committee of Scientists,

telephone: 202–205–2494.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 12, the Committee of Scientists

meeting will begin at 8 a.m. and end at

7 p.m. On February 13, the meeting will

begin at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m.

Citizens may address the Committee,

February 12, beginning at 4 p.m., to

present ideas on how to improve

National Forest System land and

resource management planning. Citizens

who wish to speak must register at the

meeting before 4 p.m. Each speaker will

be limited to a maximum of 5 minutes.

Persons may also submit written

suggestions to the Committee at the

meeting or by mail at the addresses

listed under the Addresses heading.

The Committee of Scientists is

chartered to provide scientific and

technical advice to the Secretary of

Agriculture and the Chief of the Forest

Service on improvements that can be

made to the National Forest System land

and resource management planning

process (62 FR 43691); August 15,

1997). Notice of the names of the

appointed Committee members was

published December 16, 1997 (62 FR

65795). Agendas and locations for future

meetings will be published as separate

notices in the Federal Register.

Dated: January 22, 1998.

Robert C. Joslin,

Deputy Chief for National Forest System.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Willamette Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Willamette PAC

Committee will meet on Thursday,

February 19, 1998, at the Courtyard By

Marriott, 3443 Hutton Street,

Springfield, Oregon 97477; phone (541)

726–2121. The PAC Committee meeting

is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. to

approximately 3:00 p.m. The tentative

agenda includes: (1) Riparian Reserves,

(2) Update on Province LateSuccessional Reserve Assessment, (3)

Update from Interagency Advisory

Committee Staff, (4) Decision on

response to 1997 Monitoring results,

and (5) Public Forum.

The public forum is tentatively

scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. Time

allotted for individual presentations

will be limited to 3 minutes. Written

comments are encouraged. Written

comments may be submitted prior to the

meeting by sending them to Designated

Federal Official Neal Forrester at the

address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information regarding this

meeting, contact Designated Federal

Official Neal Forrester, Willamette

National Forest, 211 East Seventh

Avenue, Eugene, Oregon 97401; (541)

465–6924.

Dated: January 22, 1998.

Herbert L. Wick,

Natural Resources Staff Officer.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Business—Cooperative Service

Maximum Portion of Guarantee

Authority Available for Fiscal Year

1998

AGENCY: Rural Business—Cooperative

Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: As set forth in the final rule

under 7 CFR part 4279, subpart B, each

fiscal year the Agency shall establish a

limit on the maximum portion of

guarantee authority available for that

fiscal year that may be used to guarantee

loans with a guarantee fee of 1 percent

or guaranteed loans with a guarantee

percentage exceeding 80 percent.