[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37828-37829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18663]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Notice of Request for Extension and Revision 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 Commodity Credit Corporation's (CCC) intention to 
request an extension for and revision to an information collection 
currently approved in support of the Sugar Loan Program regulations for 
sugar beets and sugarcane. New legislation resulted in a decrease in 
burden hours.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before September 
14, 1998 to be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merle Strawderman, Agricultural 
Program Specialist, Price Support Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA, 
STOP 0512, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20013-0512; 
telephone (202) 720-9889; e-mail Merle__ S[email protected].; 
or facsimile (202) 690-3307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Sugar Program, 7 CFR part 1435.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0093.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 1998.
    Type of Request: Extension and Revision of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Control Number 0560-0093, as identified above, is needed 
to enable FSA to effectively administer the regulations at 7 CFR part 
1435 relating to loans for sugar beets and sugarcane. Changes in the 
sugar program authority contained in the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 modified sugar processors' 
requirements for participating in the sugar loan program. As a result, 
the collection of information on CCC Forms SU-3, Request for Benefit 
payment, SU-4, Surety Bond for Sugar Loan Program, SU-5, Claims Waiver, 
and SU-6, Agreement to Provide Adequate Financial Assurance is no 
longer necessary. Accordingly, CCC is eliminating these forms and 
decreasing the burden hours associated with participation in the sugar 
loan program.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information 
collection is estimated to average 16 minutes per response.
    Respondents: Sugar processors and producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 30.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 120.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 65 hours.
    Topics for comment include but are not limited to the following: 
(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 burden including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility and 
clarity of the information to be collected; or (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 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 Merle 
Strawderman, Program Specialist, Price Support Division, Farm Service 
Agency, USDA, STOP 0512, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 
20013-0512; telephone (202) 720-9889. Copies of the information 
collection may be obtained from Merle Strawderman at the above address.
    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.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, on July 6, 1998.
Richard O. Newman,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-18663 Filed 7-13-98; 8:45 am]
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