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Notices Federal Register

70782 

Vol. 70, No. 225 

Wednesday, November 23, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

November 17, 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, Pub. 

L. 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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Food Stamp Program 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0008. 

Summary of Collection: Section 9(a) 

of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 as 

amended, (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 

requires retail food stores and meal 

services (firms) to submit applications 

to the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

for approval prior to participating in the 

Food Stamp Program. FNS field offices 

reviews a firm’s applications to 

determine if the applicant individual 

and firm meet the eligibility 

requirements and make a determination 

to deny or accept the firm’s application 

to redeem Food Stamp Program benefits. 

FNS will collect information using 

forms FNS–252, Food Stamp Program 

Application for Store, FNS 252–2, Meal 

Service Application, and FNS–252–C, 

Corporate Supplemental Application. 

Need and Use of The Information: 

FNS will collect information to 

determine a firm’s eligibility for 

participation in the Food Stamp 

Program, program administration, 

compliance monitoring and 

investigations, and for sanctioning 

stores found to be violating the program. 

FNS is also responsible for requiring 

updates to application information and 

reviewing that information to determine 

whether or not the retail food store, 

wholesale food concern, or food service 

organization continues to meet 

eligibility requirements. Disclosure of 

information other than Employer 

Identification Numbers and Social 

Security Numbers may be made to 

Federal and State law enforcement or 

investigative agencies or 

instrumentalities administering or 

enforcing specified Federal or State 

laws, or regulations issued under those 

law. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; Farms; Federal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 45,765. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 7,452. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–23141 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Natapoc Ridge Forest Restoration 

Project, Okanogan-Wenatchee National 

Forests, Chelan County, WA 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement. 

SUMMARY: On November 15, 2005, the 

USDA, Forest Service, OkanoganWentachee National Forests, published 

a Notice of Intent in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 69308) to prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Natapoc Ridge Forest Restoration 

Project. The Notice of Intent is being 

revised to change the expected filing 

and review date of the draft 

environmental impact statement (EIS) to 

April 2006 and the final EIS to July 

2006. The original Notice of Intent 

identified these dates incorrectly as 

April 2005 and July 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Willet, Natapoc Project Leader, 

USDA Forest Service, Wenatchee River 

Ranger District, 600 Sherbourne, 

Leavenworth, Washington 98826; phone 

(509) 548–6977, Ext. 288. 

Dated: November 16, 2005. 

James L. Boynton, 

Forest Supervisor. 

[FR Doc. 05–23158 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration 

[05–MN–S] 

Designation for the State of Minnesota 

Area 

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and 

Stockyards Administration, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2005 / Notices 70783 

SUMMARY: The Grain Inspection, Packers 

and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) 

announces the designation of Grain 

Inspection, Inc. (Jamestown), Mid-Iowa 

Grain Inspection, Inc. (Mid-Iowa), North 

Dakota Grain Inspection Service, Inc. 

(North Dakota), Northern Plains Grain 

Inspection Service, Inc. (Northern 

Plains), D. R. Schaal Agency, Inc. 

(Schaal), Sioux City Inspection and 

Weighing Service Company (Sioux 

City), all officially designated agencies, 

and a company proposing to do 

business as State Grain Inspection, Inc. 

(State Grain), a subsidiary of National 

Quality Inspection, Inc., to provide 

official services under the United States 

Grain Standards Act, as amended (Act). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 1, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: USDA, GIPSA, Janet M. 

Hart, Chief, Review Branch, Compliance 

Division, STOP 3604, Room 1647–S, 

1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., 

Washington, DC 20250–3604. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janet M. Hart at 202–720–8525, e-mail 

Janet.M.Hart@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action has been reviewed and 

determined not to be a rule or regulation 

as defined in Executive Order 12866 

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this action. 

In the August 17, 2005, Federal 

Register (70 FR 48370), GIPSA 

announced that the Minnesota 

Department of Agriculture (Minnesota) 

asked GIPSA to voluntarily cancel their 

designation to provide domestic grain 

inspection and weighing services within 

the entire State of Minnesota, effective 

November 9, 2005. Subsequently, 

Minnesota informed GIPSA that they 

would continue to provide these 

services until December 31, 2005. 

Minnesota’s designation ends effective 

December 31, 2005, and GIPSA asked 

persons or organizations interested in 

providing official grain inspection and 

weighing services in Minnesota, except 

the export port locations, to submit an 

application for designation by 

September 16, 2005. 

There were nine applicants for the 

State of Minnesota geographic area. 

Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, North Dakota, 

Northern Plains, Schaal, and Sioux City, 

all officially designated agencies, a 

company proposing to do business as 

Minnesota Grain Inspection, Inc. 

(Minnesota Grain), a subsidiary of 

Socie ́te ́ Ge ́ne ́rale de Surveillance (SGS) 

North America, Inc., and State Grain 

each applied for designation to provide 

official services in all or part of the 

entire geographic area named in the 

August 17, 2005, Federal Register. All 

of the applicants named above indicated 

they would be willing to accept more or 

less geographic area in order to provide 

needed service to all requestors. 

Minnesota applied for designation to 

provide laboratory services only. 

GIPSA asked for comments on 

Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, Minnesota, 

Minnesota Grain, North Dakota, 

Northern Plains, Schaal, Sioux City, and 

State Grain. 

Comments were due by October 18, 

2005. GIPSA received a total of 51 

comments by the closing date. GIPSA 

received 12 comments from grain firms 

supporting the designation of 

Jamestown; 3 comments from grain 

firms supporting the designation of MidIowa; 8 comments from grain firms 

supporting the designation of North 

Dakota; 2 comments from grain firms 

and 1 comment from a city official 

supporting the designation of Schaal; 4 

comments from grain firms supporting 

the designation of Sioux City; and 3 

comments from grain firms and 11 

comments from other businesses and 

individuals supporting the designation 

of State Grain. We received 1 comment 

from a grain firm supporting the 

designation of both Minnesota Grain 

and North Dakota. In addition, GIPSA 

received 6 other general comments 

concerning the designation process and 

procedures, 2 from grain trade 

organizations, 1 from an organization of 

official agencies, 1 from Minnesota 

employees, and 2 from grain firms. One 

of the grain trade organizations did 

support designation of North Dakota, 

Sioux City, and State Grain. 

GIPSA evaluated all available 

information regarding the designation 

criteria in Section 7(f)(l)(A) of the Act 

and, according to Section 7(f)(l)(B), 

determined that Jamestown, Mid-Iowa, 

North Dakota, Northern Plains, Schaal, 

Sioux City, and State Grain are better 

able to provide official services in the 

geographic areas for which they are 

being selected. 

Effective January 1, 2006, and 

concurrent with their present 

designations, the following official 

agencies are designated, pursuant to 

Section (7)(f)(2) of the Act, for the 

specified geographic areas cited below. 

Jamestown is designated in the 

following Minnesota Counties: Traverse, 

Grant, Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille 

Lacs, Kanabec, Pine, Big Stone, Stevens, 

Pope, Stearns, Benton, Isanti, Chisago, 

Swift, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Wright, 

Sherburne, Anoka, Lac Qui Parle, and 

Chippewa. Jamestown’s designation is 

being amended accordingly to add this 

geographic area, and to add weighing 

services to their current designation. 

Mid-Iowa is designated in the 

following Minnesota Counties: 

Wabasha, Olmstead, Winona, and 

Houston Counties, as well as Fillmore. 

Mid-Iowa’s designation is being 

amended accordingly to add this 

geographic area. Mid-Iowa is already 

designated to provide weighing services. 

North Dakota is designated in the 

following Minnesota Counties: 

Koochiching, St. Louis, Lake, Cook, 

Itasca, Norman, Mahnomen, Hubbard, 

Cass, Clay, Becker, Wadena, Crow Wing, 

Aitkin, Carlton, Wilkin, and Otter Tail, 

excluding those export port locations 

served by GIPSA. North Dakota’s 

designation is being amended 

accordingly to add this geographic area, 

and to add weighing services to their 

current designation. 

Northern Plains is designated in the 

following Minnesota Counties: Kittson, 

Roseau, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, 

Beltrami, Polk, Pennington, Red Lake, 

and Clearwater. Northern Plains’

designation is being amended 

accordingly to add this geographic area. 

There is no demonstrated need for 

weighing services in the area for which 

Northern Plains is being designated. 

Schaal is designated in the following 

Minnesota Counties: Faribault, 

Freeborn, and Mower. Schaal’s 

designation is being amended 

accordingly to add this geographic area. 

Schaal is already designated to provide 

weighing services. 

Sioux City is designated in the 

following Minnesota Counties: Yellow 

Medicine, Renville, Lincoln, Lyon, 

Redwood, Pipestone, Murray, 

Cottonwood, Rock, Nobles, Jackson, and 

Martin. Sioux City?s designation is 

being amended accordingly to add this 

geographic area. Sioux City is already 

designated to provide weighing services. 

Effective January 1, 2006, and 

terminating June 30, 2007, State Grain is 

designated to provide official grain 

inspection and weighing services, 

pursuant to Section (7)(f)(2) of the Act, 

in the following Counties in the State of 

Minnesota: Hennepin, Ramsey, 

Washington, Carver, Scott, Dakota, 

Brown, Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice, 

Goodhue, Watonwan, Blue Earth, 

Waseca, Steele, Dodge, McLeod, and 

Sibley. 

Interested persons may obtain official 

services by calling the agencies at the 

telephone numbers listed below. 

70784 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 225 / Wednesday, November 23, 2005 / Notices 

Official agency Headquarters location and telephone Designation start–end 

Jamestown ............................................ Jamestown, ND—701–252–1290 ...................................................................... 4/1/2003–3/31/2006 

Mid-Iowa ............................................... Cedar Rapids, IA—319–363–0239 .................................................................... 7/1/2005–6/30/2008 

Additional service location: Clayton, IA .............................................................. ......................................

North Dakota ......................................... Fargo, ND—701–293–7420 ............................................................................... 4/1/2005–3/31/2008 

Additional service locations: Cahokia, Teutopolis, and Wayne City, IL, Ayr, 

Enderlin, Hillsboro, and Taylor, ND.

......................................

Northern Plains ..................................... Grand Forks, ND—701–772–2414 .................................................................... 4/1/2005–3/31/2008 

Additional service location: Devils Lake, ND ..................................................... ......................................

Schaal ................................................... Belmond, IA—641–444–3122 ............................................................................ ......................................

Sioux City .............................................. Sioux City, IA—712–255–8073 .......................................................................... 4/1/2003–3/31/2006 

Additional service location: Fort Dodge, IA ........................................................ ......................................

State Grain ............................................ Mankato, MN—507–387–1514 .......................................................................... 1/1/2006–6/30/2007 

Authority: Pub. L. 94–582, 90 Stat. 2867, 

as amended (7 U.S.C. 71 et seq.). 

John R. Sharpe, 

Director, Compliance Division, Grain 

Inspection, Packers and Stockyards 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 05–23122 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Materials Technical Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Closed Meeting 

The Materials Technical Advisory 

Committee will meet on December 8, 

2005, at 10:30 a.m., in the Herbert C. 

Hoover Building, Room 3884, 14th 

Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC. The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration 

with respect to technical questions that 

affect the level of export controls 

applicable to materials and related 

technology. 

The Committee will meet only in 

closed session to discuss matters 

determined to be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections 

10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The Assistant 

Secretary for Administration, with the 

concurrence of the delegate of the 

General Counsel, formally determined 

on November 18, 2005, pursuant to 

Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 section (10)(d)), that the portions 

of this meeting dealing with predecisional changes to the Commerce 

Control List and U.S. export control 

policies and the portions of this meeting 

disclosing privileged and confidential 

business information shall be exempt 

from the provisions relating to public 

meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 

sections 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The entire 

meeting will include discussion 

concerning these matters. 

For more information, contact Yvette 

Springer on 202–482–4814. 

Dated: November 18, 2005. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–23255 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Regulations and Procedures Technical 

Advisory Committee, Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Regulations and Procedures 

Technical Advisory Committee (RPTAC) 

will meet December 6, 2005, 9 a.m., 

Room 3884, in the Herbert C. Hoover 

Building, 14th Street between 

Constitution and Pennsylvania 

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The 

Committee advises the Office of the 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration on implementation of 

the Export Administration Regulations 

(EAR) and provides for continuing 

review to update the EAR as needed. 

Agenda 

Public Session 

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman. 

2. Presentation of papers or comments 

by the Public. 

3. Regulations update. 

4. Update on proposed rule on 

deemed export related regulatory 

requirements (RIN 0694–AD29). 

5. Update on Wassenaar Statement of 

Understanding on Military End-uses. 

6. Update on Missile Technology 

controls. 

7. Country policy updates: Libya, Iraq. 

8. Update on Country Group revision 

project. 

9. Update on Automated Export 

System. 

10. Simplified Network Application 

Process (SNAP) update. 

11. Working group reports. 

Closed Session 

12. Discussion of matters determined 

to be exempt from the provisions 

relating to public meetings found in 5 

U.S.C. app. 2 sections 10(a)(1) and 

10(a)(3). 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent that time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

the distribution of public presentation 

materials to the Committee members, 

the Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Yvette Springer at 

Yspringer@bis.doc.gov. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on November 18, 

2005, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections 

(10)(d)), that the portion of the meeting 

dealing with matters the disclosure of 

which would be likely to frustrate 

significantly implementation of an 

agency action as described in 5 U.S.C. 

552b(c)(9)(B) shall be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 sections 10(a)1 

and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of 

the meeting will be open to the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–4814. 

Dated: November 18, 2005. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–23254 Filed 11–22–05; 8:45 am] 

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