[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48210-48211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24392]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
(CCC) to reduce the number of information collection dockets assigned 
to CCC by requesting an extension and revision of Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) docket number 0560-0052 and consolidate with 0560-0052 
those collections cleared under OMB docket number 0560-0009 and 0560-
0010. These information collections are authorized by 7 CFR part 1421, 
Standards for Approval of Warehouses for Grain, Rice, Dry Edible Beans, 
and Seed, 7 CFR part 1423, Standards for Approval of Dry and Cold 
Storage Warehouses for Processed Agricultural Commodities, Extracted 
Honey, and Bulk Oils, and 7 CFR part 1427, Standards for Approval of 
Warehouses for Cotton or Cotton Linters.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before November 
14, 1997, to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Shirlene Engle, USDA, Farm 
Service Agency, Warehouse and Inventory Division, Storage Contract 
Branch, STOP 0553, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20250-0553, (202) 720-7397; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Standards for Approval of Warehouses, Reporting and 
Recordkeeping Requirements.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0052.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 1998.
    Type of Request: Extension and revision of a currently approved 
information collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under OMB Control Number 0560-
0052, as identified above, allows CCC to effectively administer storage 
agreements authorized by the CCC Charter Act. The information collected 
allows CCC to contract for warehouse storage and related services and 
to monitor and enforce all provisions of 7 CFR parts 1421, 1423, and 
1427. The forms approved by this information collection are furnished 
to interested warehouse operators or used by warehouse examiners 
employed by CCC to secure and record information about the warehouse 
operator and the warehouse. The information collected is necessary to 
provide those charged with executing contracts for CCC a basis to 
determine whether the warehouse and the warehouse operator meet 
applicable standards for a contract and to determine compliance once 
the contract is approved.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information 
collection is estimated to average .7 hours per response.
    Respondents: Warehouse Operators.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,580.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.3.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 461,400 hours.
    Proposed topics for comment include: (a) Whether the continued 
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 CCC's estimate of

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burden including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; 
(c) enhancing the quality, utility, and clarity of the information 
collected; or (d) minimizing the burden of the collection of the 
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 should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
Washington, D.C. 20503, and to Shirlene Engle at the address listed 
above. All comments will become a matter of public record.
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection(s) of 
information contained in these proposed regulations between 30 and 60 
days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. 
Therefore, a comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect 
if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on September 7, 1997.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 97-24392 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]
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