[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56188-56189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27035]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency


Notice of Request for an Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act this notice 
announces the intention of the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to request an 
extension for information collections currently in effect with respect 
to the End-Use Certificate Program found at 7 CFR part 782.

DATE: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
17, 1999 to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact Sharon Miner, USDA, Farm Service 
Agency, Warehouse and Inventory Division, Inventory Management Branch, 
STOP 0553, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-0553, 
(202) 720-6266, e-mail [email protected]; or facsimile (202) 
690-3123.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: End-Use Certificate Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0151.
    Expiration Date of Approval: November 30, 1999.

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    Type of Request: Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under OMB Control Number 0560-
0151, as identified above, ensures that Canadian wheat does not benefit 
from USDA or Commodity Credit Corporation assisted export programs. To 
comply with the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act, FSA requires information from the importers, 
subsequent buyers, and end-users that will assist in tracking the 
Canadian wheat within the U.S. marketing system.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information 
collection is estimated to average 0.215 hours per response.
    Respondents: Wheat importers, traders, and end-users.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 421.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 64.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 5,419 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 FSA's estimate of 
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 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, DC 20503 and to Sharon Miner at the address listed above. 
All comments will become a matter of public records. OMB is required to 
make a decision concerning the collection of information contained in 
this notice 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 October 7, 1999.
Parks Shackleford,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. 99-27035 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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