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who engage in practices prohibited by

the PACA may have their licenses

suspended or revoked.

The information collected from

respondents is used to administer

licensing provisions under the PACA.

The records maintained are used to

adjudicate reparation and

administrative complaints filed against

licensees to determine the imposition of

sanctions on firms and responsibly

connected individuals who have

engaged in unfair trading practices. We

estimate the paperwork and time burden

as follows:

Form FV–211 Application for License:

average of 15 minutes per application

per response.

Form FV–231 Application for Renewal

of License: average of 5 minutes per

application per response.

Regulations Section 46.13—Letters to

Notify USDA of Changes in Business

Operations: average of 5 minutes per

notice per response.

Regulations Section 46.20—Records

Reflecting Lot Numbers: average of 8.25

hours with approximately 1,000 record

keepers.

Regulations Section 46.46(d)(2)—

Waiver of Rights to Trust Protection:

average of 15 minutes per notice with

approximately 100 principals.

Regulations Sections 46.46(f) and

46.2(aa)(11)—Copy of Written

Agreement Reflecting Times for

Payment: average of 20 hours with

approximately 2,000 record keepers.

Estimate of Burden: The total public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average 3

hours per response.

Respondents: commission merchants,

dealers, and brokers engaged in the

business of buying, selling, or

negotiating the purchase or sale of fresh

and/or frozen fruits and vegetables in

interstate or foreign commerce are

required to be licensed under the PACA

(7 U.S.C. 499(c)(a)).

Estimated Number of Respondents:

15,550

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 49,448 hours

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Michael A.

Clancy, Head, License and Program

Review Section, PACA Branch, at (202)

720–2814.

Send comments regarding the

accuracy of the burden estimate, ways to

minimize the burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, or any other aspect of this

collection for information to:

Michael A. Clancy, Head, License and

Program Review Section, PACA Branch,

Fruit and Vegetable Division,

Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Room 2715–

South Building, P.O. Box 96456,

Washington, D.C. 20090–6456.

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: December 26, 1995.

Kenneth C. Clayton,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–00025 Filed 1–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

Food and Consumer Service

Collection Requirements Submitted for

Public Comment and

Recommendations: Study of Direct

Certification

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Food and

Consumer Service’s (FCS) intention to

request Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) review of the Study of

Direct Certification.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by March 4, 1996.

ADDRESSES: 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 may be sent to:

Michael E. Fishman, Acting Director,

Office of Analysis and Evaluation, Food

and Consumer Service, U.S. Department

of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,

Alexandria, VA 22302.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael E. Fishman, (703) 305-2117.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Study of Direct Certification.

OMB Number: Not yet assigned.

Expiration Date: N/A.

Type of Request: New collection of

information.

Abstract: Direct certification is a

simplified method used to certify

National School Lunch Program (NSLP)

eligibility for children who reside in

households which participate in the

Food Stamp Program (FSP) or in Aid to

Families with Dependent Children

(AFDC). This study will estimate the

costs and administrative savings of

using direct certification as an alternate

means of approving automatically

eligible children for free school meals

under the terms and conditions of

Section 9(b)(6) of the National School

Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(6). It will

also assess the affect that direct

certification has on the certification and

participation rates of children eligible

for free meals; provide descriptive

information on the use of direct

certification; and identify factors that

contribute to a successful direct

certification program.

The study’s data collection

component is comprised of five

telephone-interview surveys:(1)

interviews with all the state NSLP

agencies in the contiguous forty-eight

states to ascertain the status of direct

certification in each state; (2) screening

interviews with 1,000 randomly chosen

school food authorities (SFAs) to

determine if they use direct

certification; (3) interviews with the

SFAs identified as utilizing direct

certification; (4) interviews with 150

schools, randomly selected from schools

in the direct certification SFAs, on their

experiences with direct certification;

and (5) interviews with a purposively

selected sample of the Aid to Families

with Dependent Children/Food Stamp

(AFDC/FS) offices that work with the

direct certification SFAs on their

experiences with direct certification. All

survey respondents will be

administered one data collection

instrument, except the SFAs using

direct certification. They will be

administered two.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 50 minutes for

the NSLP state agencies, 20 minutes for

the SFAs in the screening interview, 120

minutes for the direct certification

SFAs, 120 minutes for the direct

certification schools, and 30 minutes for

the AFDC/FS offices.

Respondents: For each survey, the

entity providing the data will be asked

to have the individual most

knowledgeable of direct certification
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operations serve as the interview

respondent.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

There will be 48 respondents for the

NSLP state agency survey, about 1,000

for the SFA screening survey, an

estimated 150 for the direct certification

SFA survey, about 150 for the direct

certification school survey, and about 25

for the AFDC/FS office survey.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: One, except for the direct

certification SFAs, for which it will be

two.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 986 hours. Copies of this

information collection can be obtained

from Matthew Sinn, Office of Analysis

and Evaluation, Food and Consumer

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA

22302.

Dated: December 19, 1995.

William E. Ludwig,

Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.

[FR Doc. 96–00022 Filed 1–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–U

Foreign Agricultural Service

Briefing on Status of Preparations for

the World Food Summit

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

there will be a meeting to inform

interested parties on the outcome of the

January meeting of the Food and

Agriculture Organization’s Committee

on World Food Security (CFS). The

primary item on the agenda for the CFS

is review of the draft policy statement

and plan of action for the World Food

Summit. The Summit is scheduled to be

convened in Rome, Italy, in November,

1996.

DATES: The meeting will be held

Wednesday, February 7, 1996 from 2–4

p.m. at the U.S. Department of

Agriculture, Room 3107S South

Building, 14th and Independence Aves.,

SW., in Washington, DC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

minutes of the meeting announced in

this notice shall be available for review.

The meeting is open to the public and

members of the public may provide

comments in writing to Buzz Guroff,

National Secretary for the World Food

Summit, Foreign Agricultural Service,

Room 3008 South Building, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, 14th and

Independence Aves., SW., Washington,

DC 20250.

Signed at Washington, DC, December 26,

1995.

August Schumacher, Jr.,

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

[FR Doc. 96–00013 Filed 1–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–10–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP96–106–000]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation and Texas Eastern

Transmission Corporation; Notice of

Application

December 27, 1995.

Take notice that on December 15,

1995, Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation (Columbia), 1700

MacCorkle Avenue, S.E., Charleston,

West Virginia 25314–1599, and Texas

Eastern Transmission Corporation, 5400

Westheimer Court, Houston, Texas

77056–5310, jointly filed in Docket No.

CP96–106–000 an application pursuant

to Section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act

and Part 157 of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s Regulations

for permission and approval to abandon

transportation and exchange services,

all as more fully set forth in the

application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

The transportation and exchange

services for which abandonment is

sought, were authorized by the

Commission in separate orders issued

August 8, 1978 (Docket No. CP78–162,

4 FERC ¶ 61,123 [1978]) and March 21,

1979 (Docket No. CP79–86, 6 FERC ¶

61,247 [1979]), and involve services

made pursuant to Texas Eastern Rate

Schedule Nos. X–92 and X–95 and

Columbia Rate Schedule No. X–82.

Columbia and Texas Eastern state that

service under Rate Schedule Nos. X–82

and X–92 last occurred in 1983, while

service under Rate Schedule No. X–95

was last performed prior to 1985.

Columbia and Texas Eastern also state

that the contracts underlying the

transportation and exchange services

were terminated in an order issued

September 13, 1993 by the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the District of

Delaware in Case Nos. 91–803 and 91–

804.

Columbia and Texas Eastern submit

that the proposed abandonment is

required by the present and future

public convenience and necessity, as it

will eliminate transportation services no

longer needed and will permit these

companies to cancel their corresponding

rate schedules in Volume No. II of their

FERC Gas Tariff.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before January

17, 1996, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission at 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426) a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211) and the

Regulations under the Natural Gas Act

(18 CFR 157.10). All protests filed with

the Commission will be considered by

it in determining the appropriate action

to be taken but will not serve to make

the protestants parties to the

proceeding. Any person wishing to

become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas

Act and the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, a hearing will

be held without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its review of the

matter finds that permission and

approval for the proposed abandonment

are required by the public convenience

and necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Columbia or Texas

Eastern to appear or be represented at

the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–00028 Filed 1–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Docket No. CP96–116–000]

NorAm Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Request Under Blanket

Authorization

December 27, 1995.

Take notice that on December 21,

1995, NorAm Gas Transmission

Company (NGT), 1600 Smith Street,

Houston, Texas 77002, filed a request