[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54667-54668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27309]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Notice of Request for an Approval of a New Information Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking approval 
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain information 
regarding intermodal transportation services needed to meet domestic 
and export food assistance program needs.
    This information collection will allow CCC to determine the 
capabilities of intermodal companies to meet the intermodal 
transportation needs of CCC for the movement of its freight traffic by 
demonstrating that companies providing transportation service have both 
the willingness and the capability to meet those needs.

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy P. Mehl, Chief, Planning and 
Analysis Division, Kansas City Commodity Office, 9200 Ward Parkway, 
Kansas City, Missouri 64114, telephone (816) 926-3536, fax (816) 926-
6767.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Standard Operating Agreement Governing Intermodal 
Transportation.
    OMB Control Number: New submission.
    Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
    Abstract: CCC, through the Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), 
solicits bids from transportation companies for the purpose of 
providing intermodal transportation of agricultural commodities. 
Intermodal Marketing Companies (IMC) provide rail trailer-on-flatcar/
container-on-flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service that CCC hires to provide 
domestic and export program transportation needs. IMC's that choose to 
do business with the KCCO Traffic Management Division (TMD) are 
required to complete and submit the Standard Operating Agreement 
Governing Intermodal Transportation form. This form is filled out one 
time only. TMD is collecting information to determine IMCs' abilities 
to meet CCC requirements for hauling agricultural products for CCC. TMD 
must ensure that IMC providing transportation service have both the 
willingness and the capacity to meet these needs.

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    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collecting 
information under this notice is estimated to average 1 hour per 
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Respondents: Intermodal Marketing Companies.
    Respondents: 23.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 23 hours.
    Proposed topics for comment include: (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 collected; 
or (d) ways to minimize 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 regarding 
this information collection requirement should be directed to the 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer 
for Agriculture, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503, 
and to Timothy P. Mehl, Chief, Planning and Analysis Division, Kansas 
City Commodity Office, 9200 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64114, 
telephone (816) 926-3536, fax (816) 926-6767.
    All comments will become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 2, 1998.
Keith Kelly,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-27309 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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