9586 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 42 / Thursday, March 5, 2009 / Notices 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

CONTESTING RECORDS PROCEDURE: 

An individual may contest 

information in this system which 

pertains to him/her by submitting a 

written request to the Assistant 

Inspector General for Audit, Office of 

Inspector General, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250. 

This system may contain records 

originated by USDA agencies and 

contained in the USDA’s other systems 

of records. Where appropriate, 

coordination will be effected with the 

appropriate USDA agency regarding an 

individual’s contesting of records in the 

relevant system of records. 

[FR Doc. E9–4655 Filed 3–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–23–P 

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. 

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 in support of the Technical 

Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) 

program. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 4, 2009 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: 

Contact Director, Program Operations 

Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Portals Office Building, Suite 400, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024, (202) 720–4327, fax: (202) 

720–9361, e-mail: 

ppsadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Technical Assistance for 

Specialty Crops. 

OMB Number: 0551–0038. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2009. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collections. 

Abstract: This information is needed 

to administer the CCC 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 requests 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 Tamoria 

Thompson-Hall, the Agency Information 

Collection Coordinator, at (202) 690– 

1690. 

Request for Comments: Send 

comments regarding the accuracy of the 

burden estimate and ways to minimize 

the burden, including through the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

or any other aspect of this collection of 

information. Persons with disabilities 

who require an alternative means for 

communication of information (Braille, 

large print, audiotape, etc.) should 

contact USDA’s Target Center at (202) 

720–2600 (voice and TDD). 

Comments may be sent to Director, 

Program Operations Division, Foreign 

Agricultural Service, Portals Office 

Building, Suite 400, 1250 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024 

and the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget, Washington, DC 20503. 

Facsimile submissions may be sent to 

(202) 720–9361 and electronic mail 

submissions should be addressed to: 

ppsadmin@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 January 27, 

2009. 

Suzanne Hale, 

Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, and Acting Vice President, 

Commodity Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. E9–4698 Filed 3–4–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Request for Revision of 

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 

a revision from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

currently approved information 

collection process in support of the 

Foreign Market Development 

Cooperator’s (Cooperator) Program and 

the Market Access Program (MAP). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by May 4, 2009 to be assured 

of consideration. 

Additional Information or Comments: 

Contact Director, Program Operations 

Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Portals Office Building, Suite 400, 1250 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20024, (202) 720–4327, fax: (202) 

720–9361, e-mail: 

ppsadmin@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Foreign Market Development 

(Cooperator) Program and Market 

Access Program. 

OMB Number: 0551–0026. 

Expiration Date of Approval: June 30, 

2009. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection process. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

Cooperator’s Program and MAP is to 

encourage and aid in the creation, 

maintenance, and expansion of 

commercial export markets for U.S. 

agricultural products through cost-share 

assistance to eligible trade 

organizations. The programs are a 

cooperative effort between CCC and 

eligible trade organizations. Currently, 

there are approximately 70 

organizations participating directly in 

the programs with activities in more 

than 100 countries. 

Prior to initiating program activities, 

each Cooperator or MAP participant 

must submit a detailed application to 

the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) 

which includes an assessment of 

overseas market potential; market or 

country strategies, constraints, goals, 

and benchmarks; proposed market 

development activities; estimated 

budgets; and performance 


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