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Federal Register Notices
[Federal Register: April 3, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 63)]
[Notices]
[Page 15860]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr03ap07-29]
DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of
Request for Extension
of
Currently Approved Information Collections
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Commodity Credit
Corporation's (CCC) intention to request an
extension for a currently approved information
collections in support
of the
regulations governing the
foreign
donation
of
agricultural
commodities under the section 416(b)
and Food for Progress programs, and the
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education
and Child Nutrition Program.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received
by June 4, 2007. Additional
Information or Comments: Contact Ronald
Croushorn, Director, Food Assistance Division,
Foreign
Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department
of
Agriculture, Stop 1034, Washington, DC
20250-1034, telephone (202) 720-4221 or e-mail
at
ron.croushorn@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
Title: Foreign
Donation
of
Agricultural
Commodities
(Foreign
Donation)
and McGovern-Dole International Food for
Education and Child Nutrition Program (Food for
Education).
OMB Number: 0551-0035: Foreign
Donation
of
Agricultural
Commodities
and McGovern-Dole International Food for
Education and Child Nutrition Program.
Expiration Date of
Approval: August 31, 2007.
Type of Request:
Extension of
currently approved information collections.
Abstract: Under both Foreign
Donation
of
Agricultural
Commodities
and the McGovern-Dole International Food for
Education and Child Nutrition Program,
information will be gathered from applicants
desiring to receive grants under the programs to
determine the viability
of
requests for resources to implement activities
in foreign
countries. Applicants that receive grants must
submit compliance reports until
commodities
or local currencies generated from the sale
thereof are utilized. Shipping agents must
submit information and certifications regarding
their activities and affiliations. Documents are
used to develop effective grant agreements and
assure statutory requirements and objectives are
met.
Estimate of Burden: The
public reporting burden for each respondent
resulting from information collection under the
Foreign
Donation
Program or the Food for Education Program varies
in direct relation to the number and type
of
agreements entered into by such respondent. The
estimated average reporting burden for the
Foreign
Donation
of
Agricultural
Commodities
is 11 hours per response and for the Food for
Education Program is 11 hours per response.
Respondents: U.S. private voluntary organizations, U.S.
cooperatives,
foreign governments, shipping agents,
ship owners and brokers, and survey companies.
Estimate Number of
Respondents: 241 per annum.
Estimated Number of
Responses per Respondent: 19 per annum.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
of Respondents: 50,434 hours.
Copies of this
information collection can be obtained from
Tamoria Thompson-Hall, the Agency Information
Collection Coordinator, at (202) 690-1690 or
e-mail at
Tamoria.thompson@usda.gov.
Requests for comments: Send comments regarding (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; (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
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other
forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to Ronald Croushorn, Director, Food
Assistance Division, FAS, USDA, Stop 1034,
Washington, DC 20250, or
ron.croushorn@usda.gov, or to the Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office
of
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office
of
Management and Budget
(OMB), Washington, DC 20503. Persons with
disabilities who require an alternative means
for communication
of information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's Target
Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).
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.
Signed at Washington,
DC, on March 28, 2007.
Michael Yost,
Administrator
Foreign
Agricultural Service
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