Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 8, 2005 / Notices 6613

and Departmental Regulation 1512–1; 

therefore, the Executive Order and 

Departmental Regulation do not apply 

to this action. 

In the December 8, 2004, Federal 

Register (69 FR 70994), GIPSA asked 

persons interested in providing official 

services in the South Texas area to 

submit an application for designation. 

There were four applicants for the 

South Texas area: Plainview Grain 

Inspection and Weighing Service, Inc. 

(Plainview), and D. R. Schaal Agency, 

Inc., (Schaal) both currently designated 

official agencies; a company proposing 

to do business as Global Grain 

Inspection Services, Inc., (Global) with 

the parent company of BSI Inspectorate 

America Corporation, and Tyrone 

Martin, Sr., proposing to do business as 

Gulf South Regional Grain Service, LLC, 

(Gulf South). Plainview, Schaal, Global, 

and Gulf South applied for designation 

to provide official services in the entire 

area named in the December 8, 2004, 

Federal Register. 

GIPSA is publishing this notice to 

provide interested persons the 

opportunity to present comments 

concerning the applicants. Commenters 

are encouraged to submit reasons and 

pertinent data for support or objection 

to the designation of the applicants. All 

comments must be submitted to the 

Compliance Division at the above 

address. Comments and other available 

information will be considered in 

making a final decision. GIPSA will 

publish notice of the final decision in 

the Federal Register, and GIPSA will 

send the applicants written notification 

of the decision.

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

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

Dated: February 3, 2005. 

David R. Shipman, 

Deputy Administrator, Grain Inspection, 

Packers and Stockyards Administration.

[FR Doc. 05–2387 Filed 2–7–05; 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: U.S. Census Bureau. 

Title: 2004 Panel of the Survey of 

Income and Program Participation, 

Wave 5 Topical Modules. 

Form Number(s): SIPP 24505(L) 

Director’s Letter; SIPP/CAPI Automated 

Instrument; SIPP 24003 Reminder Card. 

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0905. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Burden: 148,028 hours. 

Number of Respondents: 97,650. 

Avg Hours Per Response: 30 Minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census 

Bureau requests authorization from the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to conduct the Wave 5 topical 

module interview for the 2004 Panel of 

the Survey of Income and Program 

Participation (SIPP). We are also 

requesting approval for a few 

replacement questions in the 

reinterview instrument. The core SIPP 

and reinterview instruments were 

cleared under Authorization No. 0607–

0905. 

The SIPP is designed as a continuing 

series of national panels of interviewed 

households that are introduced every 

few years, with each panel having 

durations of 3 to 4 years. The 2004 

Panel is scheduled for four years and 

will include twelve waves of 

interviewing. All household members 

15 years old or over are interviewed a 

total of twelve times (twelve waves), at 

4-month intervals, making the SIPP a 

longitudinal survey. 

The survey is molded around a 

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income 

questions that remain fixed throughout 

the life of a panel. The core is 

supplemented with questions designed 

to answer specific needs. These 

supplemental questions are included 

with the core and are referred to as 

‘‘topical modules.’’ The topical modules 

for the 2004 Panel Wave 5 are School 

Enrollment and Financing, Child 

Support Agreements, Support for Nonhousehold Members, Functional 

Limitations and Disability for Adults 

and Children, Employer Provided 

Health Benefits, and Adult Well-being. 

The Child Support Agreements, Support 

for Non-household Members, 

Functional Limitations and Disability 

for Adults and Children, and Adult 

Well-being topical modules were 

previously conducted in the 2001 Panel 

Wave 8 instrument. The School 

Enrollment and Financing and 

Employer Provided Health Benefits 

topical modules were previously 

conducted in the 2001 Panel Wave 5 

instrument. 2004 Panel Wave 5 

interviews will be conducted from June 

2005 through September 2005. 

Data provided by the SIPP are being 

used by economic policymakers, the 

Congress, state and local governments, 

and Federal agencies that administer 

social welfare or transfer payment 

programs, such as the Department of 

Health and Human Services and the 

Department of Agriculture. The SIPP 

represents a source of information for a 

wide variety of topics and allows 

information for separate topics to be 

integrated to form a single and unified 

database so that the interaction between 

tax, transfer, and other government and 

private policies can be examined. 

Government domestic policy 

formulators depend heavily upon the 

SIPP information concerning the 

distribution of income received directly 

as money or indirectly as in-kind 

benefits and the effect of tax and 

transfer programs on this distribution. 

They also need improved and expanded 

data on the income and general 

economic and financial situation of the 

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided 

these kinds of data on a continuing basis 

since 1983, permitting levels of 

economic well-being and changes in 

these levels to be measured over time. 

Monetary incentives to encourage nonrespondents to participate is planned for 

all waves of the 2004 SIPP Panel. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: Every 4 months. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 182. 

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter, 

(202) 395–5103. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202)482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, room 6625, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dhynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk 

Officer either by fax (202–395–7245) or 

e-mail (susan_schechter@omb.eop.gov).

Dated: February 2, 2005. 

Madeleine Clayton, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Census Bureau 

2006 Census Test Group Quarters 

Validation Operation

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment 

request.