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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 120 (Thursday, June 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37375-37376]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15203]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

Notice of Request for Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to 
request an extension from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
a currently approved information collection process in support of the 
Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 20, 2012 to 
be assured of consideration.
    Additional Information or Comments: Contact Mark Slupek, Director, 
Program Operations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, Room 6510, 
1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250, (202) 720-1169, 
fax: (202) 720-9361, email: podadmin@fas.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops.
    OMB Number: 0551-0038.
    Expiration Date of Approval: September 30, 2012.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: This information is needed to administer CCC's Technical 
Assistance for Specialty Crops program. The information will be 
gathered from applicants desiring to receive grants under the program 
to determine the viability of request for funds. Regulations governing 
the program appear at 7 CFR part 1487 and are available on the Foreign 
Agricultural Service's Web site.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 32 hours per respondent.
    Respondents: U.S. government agencies, State government agencies, 
non-profit trade associations, universities, agricultural cooperatives, 
and private companies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 50.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,600 hours.
    Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Connie 
Simpson, the Agency Information Collection Coordinator, at (202) 690-
1578.
    Request for Comments: Send comments regarding the accuracy of the 
burden estimate, ways to minimize the burden, including through the use 
of automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology,

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or any other aspect of this collection of information, to: Mark Slupek, 
Director, Program Operations Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 
Room 6510, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250. 
Facsimile submissions may be sent to (202) 720-1169 and electronic mail 
submissions should be addressed to: podadmin@fas.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.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on June 1, 2012.
Janet A. Nuzum,
Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, and Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2012-15203 Filed 6-20-12; 8:45 am]
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