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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 104

Wednesday, May 30, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Housing Service

Farm Service Agency

Notice of Request for Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCIES: Rural Housing Service, Farm

Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comments

requested.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the subject agencies’

intention to request an extension for a

currently approved information

collection in support of the programs for

7 CFR, part 1955, subpart B,

‘‘Management of Property,’’ and 7 CFR,

part 1806, subpart A, ‘‘Real Property

Insurance.’’

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 30, 2001, to be assured

of consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Phillip Elder, Senior Loan Officer,

USDA, FSA, Farm Loan Programs, Loan

Servicing Division, 1400 Independence

Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20250–0523,

telephone (202) 690–4012. Electronic

mail: phillip_elder@wdc.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: 7 CFR, Part 1955–B—

Management of Property.

OMB Number: 0575–0110.

Expiration Date of Approval: August

31, 2001.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: This regulation prescribes

the policies and procedures for the

Management of real property which has

been taken into custody by the agency

after abandonment by the borrower and

management of real and chattel property

which is in the agency inventory.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

for this collection of information is

estimated to average 28 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, businesses or other for

profit organizations and farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

292.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Number of Responses: 292.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 136.

Title: 7 CFR, Part 1806–A—Real

Property Insurance.

OMB Number: 0575–0087.

Expiration Date of Approval:

September 30, 2001.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved information

collection.

Abstract: This regulation governs the

servicing of property insurance on

buildings and land securing the interest

of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in

connection with an FSA Farm Loan

Program Loan and the Multi-Family

Housing Programs of the Rural Housing

Service (RHS). The information

collections pertain primarily to the

verification of insurance on property

securing Agency loans. This information

collection is submitted by FSA or RHS

borrowers to Agency offices. It is

necessary to protect the government

from losses due to weather, natural

disasters, or fire and ensure that hazard

insurance requirements are met by loan

applicants.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

for this collection of information is

estimated to average 34 minutes per

response.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, businesses or other for

profit organizations and farms.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

8,765.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Number of Responses:

8,765.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 4,896.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Barbara Williams,

Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division at (202) 692–0045.

Comments: Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

subject agencies, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agencies’

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 appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to Barbara

Williams, Regulations and Paperwork

Management Branch, Support Services

Division, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Rural Development, STOP

0742, 1400 Independence Ave., SW,

Washington, DC 20250. 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.

Dated: May 10, 2001.

Dawn Riley,

Acting Deputy Under Secretary.

Dated: May 21, 2001.

Thomas Hunt Shipman,

Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and

Foreign Agricultural Services.

[FR Doc. 01–13535 Filed 5–29–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Food Distribution Program:

Substitution of Donated Beef and Pork

With Commercial Beef and Pork

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

Food and Nutrition Service’s (FNS)

intent to continue a demonstration

project to test program changes designed

to improve the State processing of

donated foods by allowing the

substitution of donated beef and pork

supplied by the Department of

Agriculture (the Department) with

commercial beef and pork. FNS is

invoking its authority under 7 CFR

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250.30(t) to waive the current

prohibition in 7 CFR 250.30(f)(1)(i)

against the substitution of meat and

poultry items and to establish the

criteria under which substitution would

be permitted. The Department will use

the demonstration project results to

further examine whether allowing this

type of substitution will result in

increased processor participation and

provide a greater variety of processed

end products to recipient agencies in a

more timely manner and/or at lower

costs.

DATES: The proposals described in this

Notice may be submitted to FNS

through December 30, 2001. The

demonstration project runs until June

30, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Proposals should be sent to

Les Johnson, Director, Food Distribution

Division, Food and Nutrition Service,

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Park

Office Center, Room 501, 3101 Park

Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia

22302–1594.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Brothers, Schools and Institutions

Branch, at (703) 305–2644.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Executive Order 12866

This notice has been determined to be

not significant and therefore was not

reviewed by the Office of Management

and Budget under Executive Order

12866.

Executive Order 12372

This program is listed in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance under

10.550 and is subject to the provisions

of Executive Order 12372, which

requires intergovernmental consultation

with State and local officials (7 CFR Part

3015, Subpart V and final rule-related

notices published at 48 FR 29114, June

24, 1983 and 49 FR 22675, May 31,

1984).

Regulatory Flexibility Act

This action is not a rule as defined by

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.

601–612) and is thus exempt from the

provisions of that Act.

Background

Section 250.30 of the current Food

Distribution Program regulations (7 CFR

Part 250) sets forth the terms and

conditions under which distributing

agencies, subdistributing agencies, and

recipient agencies may enter into

contracts with commercial firms for

processing donated foods and prescribes

the minimum requirements to be

included in such contracts. Section

250.30(t) authorizes FNS to waive any of

the requirements contained in 7 CFR

Part 250 for the purpose of conducting

demonstration projects to test program

changes designed to improve the State

processing of donated foods.

Current Program Requirements

The State processing regulations at

§ 250.30(f)(1)(i) currently allow for the

substitution of certain donated food

items with commercial foods, with the

exception of meat and poultry. Section

250.30(g) provides that, when donated

meat or poultry products are processed

or when any commercial meat or

poultry product is incorporated into an

end product containing one or more

donated foods, all of the processing

shall be performed in plants under

continuous Federal meat or poultry

inspection, or continuous State meat or

poultry inspection in States certified to

have programs at least equal to the

Federal inspection programs. In

addition to Food Safety Inspection

Service (FSIS) inspection, all donated

meat and poultry processing must be

performed under Agricultural Marketing

Service (AMS) acceptance service

grading.

Currently, only a few companies

process donated beef and pork. Those

processors have stated that the current

policy prohibiting the substitution of

donated beef and pork reduces the

quantity of donated beef and pork they

are able to accept and process during a

given period. Processors must schedule

production around deliveries of the

donated beef and pork because those

products are highly perishable. Some of

the processors must schedule

production around deliveries of donated

beef and pork for up to 30 States.

Vendors do not always deliver donated

beef and pork to the processors as

scheduled, causing delays in

production. These delays may be

alleviated if the processors can replace

donated beef and pork with their

commercial beef and pork.

Demonstration Project

From June 30, 2001 until June 30,

2003, the Department will continue to

operate a demonstration project under

which it will permit selected processors

to substitute donated beef and pork in

the State processing program for

commercial beef and pork. Processors

may submit proposals and be approved

to participate in the demonstration

project during this time. FNS is

invoking its authority under 7 CFR

250.30(t) to waive the current

prohibition in 7 CFR 250.30(f)(1)(i)

against substitution of beef and pork for

purposes of this demonstration project.

The term substitution in 7 CFR 250.3

is defined to mean the replacement of

donated foods with like quantities of

domestically produced commercial

foods of the same generic identity and

equal or better quality.

FNS is soliciting interested beef and

pork processors to submit written

proposals to participate in the

demonstration project. The following

basic requirements will apply to the

demonstration project:

• As with the processing of donated

beef and pork into end products, AMS

graders must monitor the process of

substituting commercial beef and pork

to ensure program integrity is

maintained.

• Only bulk beef and pork delivered

by USDA vendors to the processor will

be eligible for substitution. No

backhauled product will be eligible.

(Backhauled product is typically frozen

beef and pork in 10 pound chubbs

delivered to schools which may be sent

to processors for further processing at a

later time.)

• Commercial beef and pork

substituted for donated beef and pork

must be certified by an AMS grader as

complying with the same product

specifications as the donated beef and

pork. The age of any commercial

product that is used in replacement for

donated food may not exceed six

months.

• Substitution of commercial beef and

pork may occur in advance of the actual

receipt of the donated beef and pork by

the processor. However, no substitution

may occur before the notice to deliver

for that processor is issued by USDA.

Lead time between the purchase and

delivery of donated beef and pork may

be up to five weeks. Any variation

between the amount of commercial beef

and pork substituted and the amount of

donated beef and pork received by the

processor will be adjusted according to

guidelines furnished by USDA.

• Any donated beef and pork not

used in end products because of

substitution must only be used by the

processor in other commercial

processed products and cannot be sold

as an intact unit. However, it may be

used to fulfill other USDA contracts

provided all terms of the other contract

are met.

• The only regulatory provision or

State processing contract term affected

by the demonstration project is the

prohibition on substitution of beef and

pork (section 250.30(f)(1)(i) of the

regulations). All other regulatory and

contract requirements remain

unchanged and must still be met by

processors participating in the

demonstration project.

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The demonstration project will enable

FNS to continue to evaluate whether to

amend program regulations to allow the

substitution of donated beef and pork

with commercial beef and pork in the

State processing program. Particular

attention will be paid to whether such

an amendment of the regulations would

increase the number of processors

participating, and whether it would

increase the quantity of donated beef

and pork that each processor accepts for

processing. Further, FNS will attempt to

determine whether the expected

increase in competition and the

expected increase in the quantity of

donated beef and pork accepted for

processing will enable processors to

function more efficiently, producing a

greater variety of processed end

products more quickly and/or at lower

costs.

Interested processors should submit a

written proposal to FNS outlining how

they plan to carry out the substitution

while complying with the above

conditions. The proposal must contain

(1) a step-by-step description of how

production will be monitored; and (2) a

complete description of the records that

will be maintained for (a) the

commercial beef and pork substituted

for the donated beef and pork and (b)

the disposition of the donated beef and

pork delivered by USDA. All proposals

will be reviewed by representatives of

the Food Distribution Division of FNS

and by representatives of the AMS

Livestock Division’s Commodity

Procurement Branch and Grading

Branch. Companies approved for

participation in the demonstration

project will be required to enter into an

agreement with FNS and AMS which

authorizes the processor to substitute

donated beef and pork with commercial

bulk beef and pork in fulfilling any

current or future State processing

contracts during the demonstration

project period. Participation in the

demonstration project will not ensure

that processors will be awarded any

State processing contracts.

Dated: May 23, 2001.

George A. Braley,

Acting Administration, Food and Nutrition

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–13520 Filed 5–29–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

Lake Tahoe Basin Federal Advisory

Committee; Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Lake Tahoe Basin Federal

Advisory Committee will hold a

meeting on June 22, 2001 at Harrah’s

Lake Tahoe Special Event Center,

Highway 50, Stateline NV. This

Committee, established by the Secretary

of Agriculture on December 15, 1998,

(64 FR 2876) is chartered to provide

advice to the Secretary on implementing

the terms of the Federal Interagency

Partnership on the Lake Tahoe Region

and other matters raised by the

Secretary.

DATES: The meeting will be held June

22, 2001, beginning at 9 a.m. and ending

at 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe Special Event

Center, Highway 50, Stateline, NV.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maribeth Gustafson or Jeannie Stafford,

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit,

Forest Service, 870 Emerald Bay Road

Suite 1, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150,

(530) 573–2642.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

committee will meet jointly with the

Lake Tahoe Basin Executives

Committees. Items to be covered on the

agenda include: (1) Report on the

Federal Interagency Partnership meeting

and Forest Service Urban Lot Program;

(2) Budget Subcommittee report; (3)

Other business; (4) EPA presentation on

air quality; (5) public comment; and (6)

Environmental Improvement Program

implementation. All Lake Tahoe Basin

Federal Advisory Committee meetings

are open to the public. Interested

citizens are encouraged to attend. Issues

may be brought to the attention of the

Committee during the open public

comment period at the meeting or by

filing written statements with the

secretary for the Committee before or

after the meeting. Please refer any

written comments to the Lake Tahoe

Basin Management Unit at the contact

address stated above.

Dated: May 17, 2001.

Maribeth Gustafson,

Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 01–13463 Filed 5–29–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Information on Articles for Physically

or Mentally Handicapped Persons

Imported Free of Duty

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burdens, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44

U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Madeleine Clayton, Departmental

Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–

3129, Email Mclayton@doc.gov.,

Department of Commerce, Room 6086,

14th & Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Request for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to: Faye Robinson, Statutory

Import Programs Staff, Room 4211, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC 20230; Phone number: (202) 482–

3526, and fax number: (202) 482–0949.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Congress, when it enacted legislation

to implement the Nairobi Protocol to the

Florence Agreement, included a

provision for the Departments of

Commerce and Treasury to collect

information on the import of articles for

the handicapped. Form ITA–362P,

Information on Articles for Physically or

Mentally Handicapped Persons

Imported Free of Duty, is the vehicle by

which statistical information is obtained

to assess whether the duty-free

treatment of articles for the

handicapped has had a significant

adverse impact on a domestic industry

(or portion thereof) manufacturing or

producing a like or directly competitive

article. Without the collection of data, it

would be almost impossible for a sound

determination to be made and for the

President to appropriately redress the

situation.

II. Method of Collection

The Department of Commerce and the

U.S. Customs Service have copies of

Form ITA–362P and distributes the form