57552 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 190 / Monday, October 3, 2005 / Notices 

Analysis Division, Kansas City 

Commodity Office, (816) 926–6509. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Brokerage Agreement for the 

Transportation of USDA Commodities. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0224. 

Type of Request: Extension with 

revision. 

Abstract: CCC, through the Kansas 

City Commodity Office (KCCO), solicits 

bids from brokers for the purpose of 

providing transportation brokerage 

services of agricultural commodities. 

Only approved Intermodal Marketing 

Companies (IMC) will be authorized to 

provide rail trailer-on-flatcar/containeron-flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service that 

CCC hires to provide program 

transportation needs. Only approved 

Motor Carriers will be authorized to 

provide over the road trucking service 

that CCC hires to meet domestic and 

export program needs. Intermodal 

Marketing Companies and Motor 

Carriers that choose to broker loads with 

the KCCO Export Operations Division 

(EOD) are required to complete and 

submit the KC–11 (Brokerage Agreement 

for the Transportation of USDA 

Commodities). Completion of the form 

is only required one time. EOD is 

collecting information to determine the 

brokers that are available to meet CCC 

requirements for hauling agricultural 

products for CCC. 

Respondents: Brokers. 

Respondents: 47. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 47 hours. 

Comments are invited 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 collected; or (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the 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. 

All comments received in response to 

this notice, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be a 

matter of public record. Comments will 

be summarized and included in the 

submission for Office of Management 

and Budget approval. 

Signed at Washington, DC, on September 

24, 2005. 

James R. Little, 

Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit 

Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 05–19670 Filed 9–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Notice of Intent To Revise a Currently 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) and Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 

part 1320 (60 FR 44977, August 29, 

1995), this notice announces the 

Cooperative State Research, Education, 

and Extension Service’s (CSREES) 

intention to revise a currently approved 

information collection entitled, 

‘‘Cooperative State Research, Education 

and Extension Service Application Kit 

for Research and Extension Programs.’’

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by December 2, 2005 

to be assured of consideration. 

Comments received after that date will 

be considered to the extent practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice may be mailed to 

Jason Hitchcock, E-Government Program 

Leader, Information Systems and 

Technology Management, CSREES, 

USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

2216 or sent electronically to: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request a copy of the information 

collection, contact Jason Hitchcock, 

telephone:(202) 720–4343 or e-mail: 

jhitchcock@csrees.usda.gov. 

CSREES Forms–2002, –2003, –2004, 

–2005, –2006, –2007, and –2008 are also 

available in PDF and MSWord formats 

on the CSREES Web site, under 

‘‘CSREES Application Forms,’’ at 

http://www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/ 

forms.html. CSREES Form–2010 is 

available under ‘‘Multicultural Scholars 

Application Forms,’’ at http:// 

www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/forms 

multicultural.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service 

Application Kit for Research and 

Extension Programs. 

OMB Number: 0524–0039. 

Expiration Date of Current Approval: 

March 31, 2006. 

Type of Request: Revise a currently 

approved information collection. 

Abstract: The Cooperative State 

Research, Education, and Extension 

Service (CSREES) sponsors ongoing 

agricultural research, extension, and 

education programs under which 

competitive, special, and other awards 

of a high-priority nature are made. 

Before awards can be made, certain 

information is required from applicants 

as part of an overall proposal package. 

In addition to project summaries, 

descriptions of the research, extension, 

or education efforts; literature reviews; 

curricula vitae of project directors; 

other, relevant technical aspects of the 

proposed project; and supporting 

documentation of an administrative and 

budgetary nature also must be provided. 

Because of the nature of the 

competitive, peer-reviewed process, it is 

important that information from 

applicants be available in a 

standardized format to ensure equitable 

treatment. Each year, solicitations are 

issued requesting proposals for various 

research, education, and extension areas 

targeted for support. Applicants submit 

proposals for these targeted areas 

following formats outlined in the 

proposal application guidelines 

accompanying each program’s 

solicitation. These proposals are 

evaluated by peer review panels and 

awarded on a competitive basis. The 

forms and narrative information are 

mainly used for proposal evaluation and 

administration purposes. While some of 

the information is used to respond to 

inquiries from Congress and other 

government agencies, the forms are not 

designed to be statistical surveys or data 

collection instruments. Their 

completion by potential recipients is a 

normal part of the application to 

agencies which support basic and 

applied science. 

In FY 2004, CSREES initiated the 

receipt of applications electronically 

through the Grants.gov (http:// 

www.grants.gov) storefront for limited 

programs. CSREES expects to utilize the 

SF–424(R&R) Application for Federal 

Assistance data set and forms package 

(see 69 FR 53923) along with CSREES 

Agency-specific forms to receive 

applications electronically. The CSREES 

Agency-specific forms have been 

deployed; and, after additional 

operational testing of the forms and 

their instructions, CSREES will again 

make available the option to submit 

applications electronically to CSREES 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 190 / Monday, October 3, 2005 / Notices 57553 

through Grants.gov. As CSREES 

transitions to use of the SF–424(R&R), 

there remains a need for the currently 

approved information collection 

entitled, ‘‘Cooperative State Research, 

Education and Extension Service 

Application Kit for Research and 

Extension Programs.’’

The following information is collected 

in the ‘‘Cooperative State Research, 

Education and Extension Service 

Application Kit for Research and 

Extension Programs.’’

Form CSREES–2002, Proposal Cover 

Page: Provides names, mailing and 

electronic addresses, and telephone 

numbers of project directors and 

authorized agents of applicant 

institutions and general information 

regarding the proposals. 

Form CSREES–2003, Project 

Summary: Lists the Project Director(s) 

and their institution(s), project title and 

key words, and a project summary 

which allows for quick screening and 

assignment of proposals to peer 

reviewers. 

Form CSREES–2004, Proposal Budget: 

Provides a breakdown of the purposes 

for which funds will be spent in the 

event of an award. 

Form CSREES–2005, Current and 

Pending Support: Provides information 

for active and pending projects. 

Form CSREES–2006, National 

Environmental Policy Act Exclusions: 

Allows identification of whether or not 

the proposal fits one of the exclusions 

listed for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (7 CFR Part 

3407). This information is used in 

determining whether or not further 

action is needed to meet the 

requirements of this Act. 

Form CSREES–2007, Identification of 

Conflicts of Interest: Lists the person(s) 

who are in conflict of interest with the 

applicant(s). This is used when 

selecting peer review panels to assure 

objective reviews. 

Form CSREES–2008, Assurance 

Statement(s): Provides required 

assurances of compliance with 

regulations involving the protection of 

human subjects, animal welfare, and 

recombinant DNA research. This form is 

be used for competitive, special, and 

formula-funded projects. 

Proposal Summary/Proposal 

Narrative: Provides a description of the 

proposed activity for which support is 

requested including objectives, plan of 

operation, and the project’s significance 

to higher education in the food and 

agricultural sciences. 

Form CSREES–2010, Fellowships/ 

Scholarships Entry/Exit Form: This form 

will only apply to recipients of a 

CSREES fellowship or scholarship. The 

form will be used to document 

fellowship appointments and 

scholarships, pertinent demographic 

data on the fellows/scholars, and 

documentation of the progress of the 

fellows/scholars under the program. 

The following information will be 

collected in the CSREES agency-specific 

forms when the agency transitions to 

use of the SF–424(R&R) forms. 

Supplemental Information Form: This 

form is to be used by all competitive 

and special grant programs, and will 

collect the program name and program 

code to which the applicant is applying, 

additional applicant type information, 

Department of Health and Human 

Services Payment Management System 

account information, key words, and 

conflict of interest information. 

NRI Proposal Type Form: This form 

will be used only by the National 

Research Initiative to collect the specific 

type of application being submitted. 

Application Modification Form: This 

form will be used to indicate the forms 

or narrative portions of an application 

that an applicant has changed or 

corrected. 

Respondents: Non-profit institutions, 

State, local, or Tribal governments, and 

a limited number of for-profit 

institutions and individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

For applicants: 7,150 each for the 

Proposal Summary/Proposal Narrative 

and Forms CSREES–2002, –2003, –2004, 

–2005, –2006, and –2007; 9,450 for 

Form CSREES–2008, Supplemental 

Information Form; 3,000 for the NRI 

Proposal Type Form; and 1,000 for the 

Application Modification Form. For 

grantees: 50 for Form CSREES–2010. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents (calculated based on a 

survey of grant applicants conducted by 

CSREES): The three year total burden on 

the public is estimated to be 161,029 

hours. This burden assumes 156,813 in 

the first year and 2,108 in each of years 

2 and 3 when CSREES transitions to the 

use of the SF–424 (R&R) forms and 

CSREES Agency-specific forms. The 

161,029 estimated total burden over 

three years equates to an estimated 

annual average of burden to the public 

of 53,676 hours (161,029 ÷ 3). 

The individual form burden is as 

follows: 21,450 hours for Form 

CSREES–2002, ‘‘Proposal Cover Page,’’

(3 hours per response); 3,575 hours for 

Form CSREES–2003, ‘‘Project 

Summary,’’ (.5 hours per response); 

7,150 hours for Form CSREES–2004, 

‘‘Proposal Budget,’’ (1 hour per 

response); 7,150 hours for Form 

CSREES–2005, ‘‘Current and Pending 

Support,’’ (1 hour per response); 1,788 

hours for Form CSREES–2006, 

‘‘National Environmental Policy Act 

Exclusions,’’ (.25 hours per response); 

3,575 hours for Form CSREES–2007, 

‘‘Identification of Conflicts of Interest,’’

(.5 hours per response); 4,725 hours for 

Form CSREES–2008, ‘‘Assurance 

Statement,’’ (.5 hours per response); 

107,250 for the ‘‘Proposal Summary/ 

Proposal Narrative,’’ (an average of 15 

hours per response); and 150 hours for 

Form CSREES–2010, ‘‘Fellowships/ 

Scholarships Entry/Exit Form,’’ (3 hours 

per response). 

For the CSREES Agency-specific 

forms that will accompany the SF–424 

(R&R) forms: 1,788 for the 

‘‘Supplemental Information’’ form (.25 

hours per response), 240 hours for the 

‘‘NRI Application Type’’ form (.08 hours 

per response), and 80 hours for the 

‘‘Application Modification’’ form (.08 

hours per response). 

Frequency of Respondents: Annually. 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(a) 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; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s 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 should be sent to 

the address stated in the preamble. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments also 

will become a matter of public record. 

Done at Washington, DC, this 22nd day of 

September, 2005. 

Colien Hefferan, 

Administrator, Cooperative State Research, 

Education, and Extension Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–19677 Filed 9–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[05–MN–C] 

Opportunity To Comment on the 

Applicants for the Minnesota Area 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA.