[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53284-53285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27105]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Reinstatement and Revision of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection.

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and the 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) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request reinstatement, with 
change, of a previously approved collection in support of the Peanut 
Warehouse Storage Loan and Handler Operations and the Peanut Poundage 
Quota and Marketing Regulations Governing the 1996-2002 crop of peanuts 
as authorized by the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (1996 Act).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
15, 1997 to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Carolyn Hunter, Marketing 
Specialist, Tobacco and Peanuts Division, Farm Service Agency, United 
States Department of Agriculture, STOP 0514, 1400 Independence Avenue, 
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-0514, (202) 690-0013, facsimile (202) 720-
9015; or Internet e-mail, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Peanut Poundage Quota and Marketing Regulations for the 1996 
Through 2002 Crops.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0006.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved information collection.
    Abstract: The information relative to reports and recordkeeping as 
authorized by the Secretary are used by the FSA and CCC to monitor and 
control compliance with the peanut program as outlined in parts 729 and 
1446. If the information is not monitored and data not required, the 
peanut program could not operate and the 1996 Act would not be 
implemented as required by Congress. The 1996 Act changed the peanut 
poundage quota program by reducing the national quota, providing 
temporary seed quota allocation, removing the carryover of 
undermarketed quota, allowing the transfer of peanut poundage quota to 
any other farm within the same State, providing for increasing 
marketing assessments under certain conditions to cover losses in area 
marketing pools and restricting transfer of peanuts from additional 
loan to quota loan.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 9 minutes per response.
    Respondents: Individual producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 255,116.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden of Respondents: 301,690 hours.
    Title: Peanut Warehouse Storage Loan and Handler Operations for the 
1996 Through 2002 Crops.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0014.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously 
approved information collection.
    Abstract: The information relative to reports and recordkeeping as 
authorized by the Secretary are used by the FSA and CCC to monitor and 
control compliance with the peanut program as outlined in parts 729 and 
1446. If the information is not monitored and data not required, the 
peanut program could

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not operate and the 1996 Act would not be implemented as required by 
Congress. The 1996 Act changed the peanut warehouse storage loan and 
handler operations program by adding restrictions on transfer of 
peanuts from additional loan to quota loan.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 8 minutes per response.
    Respondents: Individual producers and warehousemen.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 179,383.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden of Respondents: 54,119.
    Request for Comments: Comments on this information request are 
sought.
    Proposed topics for comment include may include, but need not be 
limited to: (1) 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; (2) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; or (4) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are 
to respond, including 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 Office 
for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503, and to Carolyn 
Hunter, at the address listed above. All comments will also 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, D.C., on October 1, 1997.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency and Acting Executive Vice 
President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 97-27105 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am]
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