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Notices Federal Register

53773 

Vol. 70, No. 175 

Monday, September 12, 2005 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Board for International Food and 

Agricultural Development; One 

Hundred and Forty-Fifth Meeting; 

Notice of Meeting 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of 

the one hundred and forty-fifth meeting 

of the Board for International Food and 

Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The 

meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 

12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. on 

October 12th, 2005 in the Marriott 

Hotel, 7th and Grand Avenue, Des 

Moines, Iowa. The meeting is being held 

in conjunction with the World Food 

Prize events scheduled for October 13– 

14 in Des Moines. 

The BIFAD will interact with 

representatives from U.S. universities, 

Collaborative Research Support 

Programs (CRSPs), agribusiness and 

private sector communities along with 

international agriculture leaders from 

Africa. Themes will focus on agriculture 

and human nutrition as they relate to 

countering HIV/AIDS, enhancing 

cognitive child development and other 

aspects of human nutrition as well as 

emerging issues in international 

agricultural development, and other 

items of general interest. 

The meeting is free and open to the 

public. Those wishing to attend the 

meeting or obtain additional 

information about BIFAD should 

contact John Rifenbark, the Designated 

Federal Officer for BIFAD. Write him in 

care of the U.S. Agency for International 

Development, Ronald Reagan Building, 

Office of Agriculture and Food Security, 

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 

2.11–85, Washington DC, 20523–2110 or 

telephone him at (202) 712–0163 or fax 

(202) 216–3010. 

John T. Rifenbark, 

USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, 

Office of Agriculture, Bureau for Economic 

Growth, Agriculture & Trade, U.S. Agency 

for International Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 6, 2005. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Office of the Chief Financial Officer 

Title: Debt Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0505–0007. 

Summary of Collection: The Debt 

Collection Act of 1982, Public Law 97– 

365, 96 Stat. 1749, as amended by 

Public Law 98–167, 97 Stat. 1104, and 

the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 

1996 (DCIA), Public Law 104–134, 

require that any payable monies or those 

that may become payable may be subject 

to administrative offset for the 

collection of a delinquent debt a person 

or legal entity owes to the United States. 

Section 10 of the act requires that 

debtors be provided due process prior to 

the collection of any claims through 

administrative offset. Delinquent 

debtors wishing to appeal must provide 

the creditor agencies with relevant 

information. USDA agencies will collect 

information using a letter of intent from 

the creditor agencies to delinquent 

debtors. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

USDA agencies will collect information 

using a letter of intent from the creditor 

agencies to delinquent debtors targeted 

for administrative offset who want 

additional information; wish to enter 

into repayment agreements; or wish to 

request a review of agencies’ 

determination to offset appropriation 

action. The creditor agencies will not be 

able to comply with the due process 

provision of the Debt Collection Act or 

the Debt Collection Improvement Act if 

relevant information is not collected. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households; Business or 

other for-profit; Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 16,985. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 33,790. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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