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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 66, No. 27

Thursday, February 8, 2001

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Request for Extension and Revision of

a Currently Approved Information

Collection

AGENCY: Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35), this notice

announces the Grain Inspection, Packers

and Stockyards Administration’s

(GIPSA) intention to request an

extension and revision of a currently

approved information collection in

support of the reporting and

recordkeeping requirements under

regulations under the Packers and

Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended (7

U.S.C. 181, et seq.).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by April 10, 2001.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Contact Sharon Vassiliades, GIPSA,

USDA, STOP 3604, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250–

3604, FAX 202 690–2755, or telephone:

202 720–1738.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Regulations and Related

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements—Packers and Stockyards

Programs.

OMB Number: 0580–0015.

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31,

2001.

Type of Request: Extension and

revision of a currently approved

information collection.

Abstract: The Packers and Stockyards

Act (7 U.S.C. 181 et seq.) (Act) and the

regulations under the Act authorize the

collection of information for the

purpose of enforcing the Act and

regulations and to conduct studies as

requested by Congress. The information

is needed in order for GIPSA to carry

out its responsibilities under the

Packers and Stockyards Act. The

information is necessary to monitor and

examine financial, competitive, and

trade practices in the livestock, meat

packing, and poultry industries. The

purpose of this notice is to solicit

comments from the public concerning

our information collection.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

and recordkeeping burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 8.5 hours per response.

Respondents: Livestock auction

markets, livestock dealers, packer

buyers, meat packers, and live poultry

dealers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10,950.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 3.3.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 304,106 hours.

Copies of this information collection

can be obtained from Sharon Vassiliades

at 202 720–1738.

Comments: Comments are invited on:

(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 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 forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

Sharon Vassiliades, GIPSA, USDA,

STOP 3649, 1400 Independence

Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250–

3604; Faxed to 202 690–2755; or emailed to comments@gipsadc.usda.gov.

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: January 24, 2001.

JoAnn Waterfield,

Deputy Administrator, Packers and

Stockyards Programs, Grain Inspection,

Packers and Stockyards Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–3234 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–EN–U

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Hearing on Allegations of Voting

Irregularities in the Presidential

Election on November 7, 2000

AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights.

ACTION: Notice of hearings.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given

pursuant to the provisions of the Civil

Rights Commission Amendments Act of

1994, Section 3, Public Law 103–419,

108 Stat. 4338, as amended, and 45 CFR

702.3., that public hearings before the

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will

commence on Friday, February 16,

2001, beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the

morning in Miami, FL, and on

subsequent days in Jacksonville, FL, and

in Tampa, FL. The February 16, 2001,

hearing will take place at the Wyndham

Miami Biscayne Bay Hotel, 1601

Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida

33132. The purpose of these hearings is

to collect information within the

jurisdiction of the Commission, under

Public Law 98–183, Section 5(a)(1) and

Section 5(a)(5), related particularly to

allegations that eligible persons in

Florida were denied the right to vote or

to have their votes properly counted in

the election of the Presidential electors

on November 7, 2000.

The original notice for the hearings

was announced in the Federal Register

on Wednesday, December 13, 2000, FR

Doc. 00–31904, Vol. 65, No. 2401, p.

77850. The Commission is authorized to

hold hearings and to issue subpoenas

for the production of documents and the

attendance of witnesses pursuant to 45

CFR 701.2. The Commission is an

independent bipartisan, fact finding

agency authorized to study, collect, and

disseminate information, and to

appraise the laws and policies of the

Federal Government, and to study and

collect information with respect to

discrimination or denials of equal

protection of the laws under the

Constitution because of race, color,

religion, sex, age, disability, or national

origin, or in the administration of