41998 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 151 /Thursday, August 6, 1998 / Notices

with certifying that the product meets

certain conditions required by the

importing country.

We are asking the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

approve the continued use of this

information collection activity.

The purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public (as well as

affected agencies) concerning our

information collection. We need this

outside input to help us:

(1) Evaluate 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;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of our

estimate of the burden of the proposed

collection of information, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, through use, as

appropriate, of automated, electronic,

mechanical, and other collection

technologies, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Estimate of burden: The public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average .5

hours per response.

Respondents: U.S. exporters of animal

byproducts.

Estimated annual number of

respondents: 20.

Estimated annual number of

responses per respondent: 1.

Estimated annual number of

responses: 20.

Estimated total annual burden on

respondents: 10 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 3rd day of

August 1998.

Joan M. Arnoldi,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 98–21038 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Eastern Washington Cascades

Provincial Interagency Executive

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Eastern Washington

Cascades Provincial Advisory

Committee will meet on September 3,

1998, in Campbell’s Conference Center,

104 W. Woodin, Chelan, Washington.

The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and

continue until 4:00 p.m. This meeting

will focus on rechartering, 1999

watershed restoration project proposals,

Northwest Forest Plan monitoring

report, and information sharing. All

Eastern Washington Cascades Province

Advisory Committee meetings are open

to the public. Interested citizens are

welcome to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Paul Hart, Designated Federal

Official, USDA, Wenatchee National

Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee,

Washington 98801, 509–662–4335.

Dated: July 23, 1998.

Mark Morris,

Administrative Officer, Wenatchee National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 98–20962 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Yakima Provincial Interagency

Executive Committee (PIEC), Advisory

Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Yakima PIEC Advisory

Committee will meet on August 27,

1998, at the Cle Elum Ranger District

office, 803 W. 2nd. Street, Cle Elum,

Washington. The meeting will begin at

9:00 a.m. and continue until 4:00 p.m.

This meeting will focus on rechartering,

Adaptive Management Area

Subcommittee progress, 1999 watershed

restoration project proposals, Northwest

Forest Plan monitoring report, and

information sharing. All Yakima

Province Advisory Committee meetings

are open to the public. Interested

citizens are welcome to attend.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting

to Paul Hart, Designated Federal

Official, USDA, Wenatchee National

Forest, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee,

Washington 98801, 509–662–4335.

Dated: July 23, 1998.

Mark Morris,

Administrative Officer, Wenatchee National

Forest.

[FR Doc. 98–20963 Filed 8–5–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Current Industrial Reports

(Wave II Voluntary).

Form Number(s): M33J, MQ20A,

MQ28A, MQ28C, MQ28F, MQ31A,

MQ36C, MA20D, MA35N, MA36L.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0206.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 4,514 hours.

Number of Respondents: 2,550.

Avg Hours Per Response: About 45

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Current

Industrial Reports (CIR) program is a

series of monthly, quarterly, and annual

surveys which provide key measures of

production, shipments, and/or

inventories on a national basis for

selected manufactured products.

Government agencies, business firms,

trade associations, and private research

and consulting organizations use these

data to make trade policy, production,

and investment decisions.

For clearance purposes, the

approximately 72 CIR surveys are

divided into ‘‘waves.’’ Each wave has an

associated voluntary and mandatory

clearance package, making 6 separate

clearances. Each year, one wave (2

clearance packages) is submitted for

review. This year we are submitting the

voluntary and mandatory clearance

packages for wave II. This clearance

package contains ‘‘counterpart’’ forms.

Counterpart forms were added to

supplement some voluntary monthly

and quarterly surveys to collect annual

information on a mandatory basis from

respondents not participating in the

more frequent collections. In addition to

requesting a three-year extension of

OMB approval, in this request, we are

revising some CIR surveys or changing

reporting status or frequency.