[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51923-51928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25531]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 4, 2001.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
regarding (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; (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 should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Washington, DC 20503 and to 
Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, 
DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these information collections are 
best assured of having their full effect if received within 30 days of 
this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by 
calling (202) 720-6746.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: 2002 Census of Agriculture.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0226.
    Summary of Collection: The National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS) is responsible for conducting the Census of Agriculture under 
the authority of the Census of Agriculture Act of 1997, Public Law 105-
113. The Census of Agriculture is required by law every five years and 
is the primary source of statistics concerning the nation's 
agricultural industry. It provides the only basis of consistent, 
comparable data for each county, county equivalent, and state in the 
United States and its outlying insular areas.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected will 
serve as the basis for many agriculturally-based decisions. The data 
collection for the censuses of agriculture will be conducted primarily 
by mail-out/mail-back procedures and direct enumeration

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methods for Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. Collecting this information less frequently 
would hinder Federal, State, and local governments' ability to monitor 
the farm programs and environmental regulations affecting the 
agricultural economy.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 3,312,500.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (Every 5 years).
    Total Burden Hours: 1,286,791.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Tobacco Marketing Quotas and Price Support (7 CFR parts 711, 
723, and 1464).
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0058.
    Summary of Collection: The Tobacco Marketing Quota Programs are 
regulated by the United States Department of Agriculture. Tobacco 
Marketing Quota Regulations govern the establishment of (1) farm 
acreage allotments and marketing quotas, (2) the issuance of marketing 
cards, the identification of marketing of tobacco, and (3) the 
collection of penalties, eligibility for price support and requirements 
on tobacco dealers, warehouse operators, and manufacturers of 
cigarettes. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) tries to make sure that 
producers will receive fair prices for their tobacco. This is done by 
administering the tobacco program through the use of marketing quotas, 
which balance supply and demand for tobacco with price support. The 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, and the Agricultural Act of 1949, 
provides the statutory authority for this information collection. FSA 
will collect information using several forms.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect tobacco reports 
and financial records from producers, owners of tobacco allotments and 
quotas and warehouse operators. The information is used by the tobacco 
industry to accomplish its goal and objectives. If the information is 
not collected, it could result in an ineffective marketing quota 
program and the production and marketing of large amounts of excess 
tobacco.
    Description of Respondents: Farm; Business or other-for-profit; 
Individuals or households; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 361,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Weekly.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,534,091.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Sugar Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0138.
    Summary of Collection: The Federal Agricultural Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (1996 Act) requires cane sugar refiners, sugar beet 
processors, and sugarcane processors to furnish the Secretary of 
Agriculture with information required for the effective administration 
of the program. The Sugar Program provides for USDA to make loans to 
processors of domestically grown sugarcane at 18 cents per pound and to 
processors of domestically grown sugar beets at 22.9 cent per pound for 
refined sugar. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) will collect information 
using several forms.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information to 
effectively administer the Sugar Program authorized and mandated by 
Section 156 of the 1996 Act. FSA will use the information to prepare 
monthly reports and to also determine the adequacy of the amount of 
sugar, syrups, and molasses to be imported. If the collection of 
information was not conducted, the Secretary could not accurately make 
the necessary determinations and estimates required by the various 
statutes.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other-for-profit; Farm.
    Number of Respondents: 49.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 18,429.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Total Quality Systems Audit.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Total Quality System Audit (TQSA) is a 
fee for service program open to food processors and other food related 
manufacturers. To be compliant with TQSA standards the company must 
conform to 21 CFR parts 110, Current Good Manufacturing Practices, and 
Federal Acquisition Regulation subparts 9.1, Responsible Prospective 
Contractors, and 46.4, Government Contract Quality Assurance. A TQSA 
team has been organized in the Farm Service Agency (FSA) from personnel 
in Commodity Operations and the Kansas City Commodity Office. The TQSA 
team coordinates the audit with the company's management. The team 
makes detailed assessments of the company's production facilities, 
equipment, and procedures.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information using 
forms KD-1TQ, Total Quality Systems Audit-Audit Summary, and KC-3TQ, 
Total Quality Systems Audit-Corrective Action Request (CAR). FSA will 
collect records pertaining to organization, production, work 
procedures, quality testing, shipping, sub-supplier, certifications, 
proof of U.S. origin, and all USDA contract documents. The information 
will be used to determine the eligibility for and awarding of 
contracts.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other-for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, local, and tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 250.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly; Semi-
annually; Annually; Other (bi-monthly).
    Total Burden Hours: 250.

Rural Development

    Title: Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities 
(Application Process).
    OMB Control Number: 0570-0026.
    Summary of Collection: The Community Renewal Tax Relieve Act of 
2000 (Pub. L. 106-554) authorized the Secretary of Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) to designate two more rural empowerment zones (Round 
III). The Empowerment Zone Program represents a holistic approach to 
the problems of distressed rural and urban communities. It emphasizes a 
bottom-up community based strategy rather than the traditional top-down 
approach. The strategy addresses an economic, human, community, 
physical development problems and opportunities in a comprehensive 
fashion. This program is intended to combine resources of the Federal 
Government with state and local governments, educational institutions 
and the private and non-profit sectors to implement community-developed 
strategic plans for community and economic development.
    Need and Use of the Information: RD will collect information on 
poverty by census tract, unemployment and economic/social distress, 
overall population by tract, and geographic data as to size and 
configuration from applicants as a means of evaluating and selecting 
potential empowerment zones and enterprise communities. This 
information is used as part of the review and designation process for 
selecting the empowerment zone and enterprise communities designees and 
is a one-time process.
    Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (One time).
    Total Burden Hours: 3,000.

Rural Development

    Title: Rural Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (Ongoing 
Reporting Requirements).

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    OMB Control Number: 0570-0027.
    Summary of Collection: The Community Renewal Tax Relieve Act of 
2000 (Pub. L. 106-554) authorized the Secretary of Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) to designate two more rural empowerment zones (Round 
III). The requirements imposed by the implementing regulations for the 
empowerment zone program: application data, ongoing reporting data and 
grant program data. The Empowerment Zone Program represents a holistic 
approach to the problems of distressed rural and urban communities. It 
emphasizes a bottom-up community based strategy rather than the 
traditional top-down approach. The strategy addresses an economic, 
human, community, physical development problems and opportunities in a 
comprehensive fashion. This program is intended to combine resources of 
the Federal Government with State and local governments, educational 
institutions and the private and non-profit sectors to implement 
community-developed strategic plans for community and economic 
development.
    Need and Use of the Information: Once selected, the designees' 
progress is monitored through periodic reviews of the data collected. 
The data for periodic reports consist of a short narrative of progress 
by the designee and individual progress reports on each project that 
they have specified in their implementation plans. These periodic 
reviews provide the basis for USDA to continue or revoke a designation 
during the life of the federal program.
    Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 59.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Semi-annually; Annually; Other 
(Requests for grant advances).
    Total Burden Hours: 1,382.

Rural Utilities Service

    Title: 7 CFR 1777, Section 306C Water & Waste Disposal (WWD) Loans 
& Grants.
    OMB Control Number: 0572-0109.
    Summary of Collection: Section 306C of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926c) authorizes the Rural Utilities 
Service to make loans and grants to low income rural communities whose 
residents face significant health risks. These communities do not have 
access to or are not served by adequate affordable water supply systems 
or waste disposal facilities. Loans and grants will be available to 
provide water and waste disposal facilities and services to these 
communities.
    Need and Use of the Information: Eligible applicants submit an 
application package and other information to Rural Development field 
offices to develop or improve community water and waste disposal 
systems. In one percent of the cases an applicant will use the funds to 
enable individuals to connect to the applicant's system or improve 
residences to use the water or waste disposal system. In this 
situation, an applicant will make loans and grants to individuals and 
the applicant will submit an implementation plan, memorandum of 
agreement and use of funds report.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; 
Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 9.

Rural Housing Service

    Title: 7 CFR 1930-C, Management and Supervision of Multiple Family 
Housing Borrowers and Grant Recipients.
    OMB Control Number: 0575-0033.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural House Service (RHS) is authorized 
under sections 514-516 and 521 of title V of the Housing Act of 1949, 
as amended to provide loans and grants to eligible recipients for the 
development of rural rental housing. Such multiple family housing 
projects are intended to meet the housing needs of persons or families 
having very low to moderate incomes, senior citizens, the handicapped 
or disabled, and domestic farm laborers. RHS has the responsibility of 
assuring the public that the housing project financed are managed and 
operated as mandated by Congress and are operated as economically as 
possible.
    Need and Use of the Information: RHS will collect financial 
information to identify distressed properties, portfolio management 
trends, and potential problems before they become loan delinquencies, 
unpaid operation expenses, or high vacancy rates.
    In addition, the information provided is intended to verify whether 
or not the borrower is complying with the terms and conditions of loan, 
grant, and/or subsidy agreements. This information is used by RHS to 
monitor the management of the projects and to conduct compliance 
reviews. Failure by RHS to monitor progress of borrowers could lead to 
noncompliance with statutory intent in some instances and financial 
default in others.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions; State, local, or tribal government; Farms; 
Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 538,200.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly; 
Quarterly; Annually; On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,143,740.

Rural Housing Service

    Title: 7 CFR 1944-L, Tenant Grievance and Appeals Procedure.
    OMB Control Number: 0575-0046.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Housing Service (RHS) is 
authorized, under sections 514, 515, and 521 of the Housing Act of 
1949, to provide loans and grants to eligible recipients of the 
development of rural rental/cooperative and labor housing. Such 
multiple family housing projects are intended to meet the housing needs 
of persons or families who have moderate, low- and very-low incomes, 
senior citizens, the handicapped and domestic farm laborers. RHS is 
responsible for assuring the public that the housing projects financed 
are managed and operated as mandated by Congress. For this reason, the 
Agency implemented a grievance and appeals procedure on October 27, 
1980, for tenants, members and applicants for occupancy in multiple 
family housing financed by RHS. The procedure requires certain 
information to be collected whenever a tenant wishes to appeal adverse 
actions by owners/managers of multi-family housing project financed by 
RHS.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected is used 
to notify tenants of the reasons for the adverse actions and to 
ascertain the viewpoint of the tenant. The information is used in the 
course of trying to resolve the grievance. The consequence of not 
collecting the information is that tenants, members or applicants would 
not be able to exercise their rights provided by the Tenant Grievance 
Appeals procedure.
    Description of Respondents: Business or for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 82.

Rural Housing Service

    Title: 7 CFR 1806-A. ``Real Property Insurance''.
    OMB Control Number: 0575-0087.
    Summary of Collection: The Rural Housing Service (RHS) Multi-Family 
Housing (MFH) program is administered under the provisions of the 
Housing Act of 1949 and Sections 303(c), and 321(b) of the consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT). The Farm Service Agency (FSA) 
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RHS currently share this regulation. The regulation governs the 
servicing of property insurance on buildings and land securing the 
interest of RHS or FSA in connection with an FSA Farm Loan Program or 
RHS MFH loan. The information collected pertains to the verification of 
insurance on property securing Agency loans. The information required 
is submitted by FSA or FHS borrowers to agency offices. It is necessary 
to protect the government from losses due to weather, natural 
disasters, or fire and ensure that loan applicants meet the Act's loan 
making requirements of hazard insurance.
    Need and Use of the Information: RHS MFH collects information from 
borrowers documenting that they have sufficient insurance on their 
property that would repair or replace the valuable structures on the 
property should it be damaged. This protects the Government from losses 
due to weather, natural disasters or fire.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Farms; 
Business or for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 5,365.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,895.

Rural Housing Service

    Title: RD 1951-65, ``Customer Initiated Payments (CIP)'' and RD 
1951-66, ``FedWire Worksheet''.
    OMB Control Number: 0575-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Currently, Rural Development has expanded 
its use of electronic methods for receiving and processing loan 
payments and collections. These electronic collection methods include 
Preauthorized Debits (PAD), Customer Initiated Payments (CIP), and 
FedWire and provide the borrower the ability to submit their loan 
payments the day prior to, or the day of their installment due date. To 
administer these electronic payment methods, Rural Development (RD) 
must collect the borrower's financial institution routing information.
    Need and Use of the Information: Rural Development (RD) will 
request that borrowers make payments electronically via PAD, CIP, or 
FedWire. RD will use approved agency forms for collecting financial 
institution routing information. If the information were not collected, 
RD would be unable to collect load payments electronically.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business 
or other for-profit; State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 600.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 300.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Customer Service Survey for USDA--Donated Food Products.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0182.
    Summary of Collection: Each year the Agricultural Marketing Service 
(AMS) procures about $700 million dollars of poultry, livestock, fruit, 
and vegetable products for the school lunch and other domestic feeding 
programs under authority of 7 CFR 250, Regulations for the Donation of 
Food for Use in the United States, its Territories and possessions and 
areas under its jurisdiction. To maintain and improve the quality of 
these products, AMS has sought to make this process more customer-
driven and therefore is seeking opinions from the users of these 
products. AMS will use AMS-11, ``Customer Opinion Postcard'', to 
collect information. Customers that use USDA-procured commodities to 
prepare and serve meals retrieve these cards from the boxes and use 
them to rate their perception of product flavor, texture, and 
appearance as well as overall satisfaction.
    Need and Use of the Information: AMS will collect information on 
the product type, production lot, and identify the location and type of 
facility in which the product was served. USDA program managers will 
use survey responses to maintain and improve product quality through 
the revision of USDA commodity specifications and follow-up action with 
producers of designated production lots.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 8,400.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 700.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Annual Report of State Revenue Matching.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0075.
    Summary of Collection: The National School Lunch Program is 
mandated by the National School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1751 and the Child 
Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. 1771. The Food and Nutrition Service 
(FNS) administer the National School Lunch Program. Under the program, 
States are required to match 30 percent (or a lesser percent based on 
per capital income) of the Federal funds made available for the School 
Lunch Program. Annually, the State agencies are required to report to 
FNS the total funds used in order to receive Federal reimbursement for 
meals served to eligible participants.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected allows 
FNS to monitor State compliance with the revenue matching requirement. 
Without the information, States may receive Federal funds, which are 
not warranted. Monitoring the matching of State funds is essential to 
preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in the National School Lunch 
Program.
    Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 54.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,320.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Issuance Reconciliation Report: FNS-46.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0080.
    Summary of Collection: The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (the Act) at 
Section 7(d) requires State agencies to report on Food Stamp Program 
issuance not less than monthly. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), 
on behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture, administers the Food Stamp 
Program through State agencies. These State agencies are accountable 
for issuance and control of food stamp coupons. Accordingly, States are 
liable to USDA for any financial losses involved in the acceptance, 
storage, and issuance of food stamp coupons. Information is required 
from State agencies on wrongfully issued benefits including 
undocumented issuances, and returned benefits, stolen and transacted 
accountable issuance documents, replacement benefits, and obligations 
from the exchange of food stamp coupons for any reason.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS provides the FNS-46 form, 
Issuance Reconciliation Report, for State agencies to use in reporting 
reconciliation results from analysis of the benefit issuances for all 
issuance with the record-for-issuance file. FNS uses this information 
to assess liability and to determine billing amounts.
    Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 234.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly.
    Total Burden Hours: 22,416.

Forest Service

    Title: Health Screen Questionnaire.
    OMB Control Number: 0596-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Protection Act of 1922 (16 U.S.C. 594) 
authorizes the Forest Service to fight fires on National Forest System 
lands. Individuals must complete the Health Screening Questionnaire 
(HSQ) when seeking employment as a new firefighter with the Forest 
Service or recertification as a Forest Service firefighter. Potential

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applicants are to complete forms FS-5100-30 and FS-5100-31, which are 
necessary to obtain their health screening information.
    Need and Use of the Information: FS will collect information to 
determine whether an individual being considered for a position in 
Wildland Firefighting can carry out those duties in a manner that will 
not place the candidate unduly at risk due to inadequate physical 
fitness and health. If the information is not collected, the 
Government's liability risk is high, special needs of one individual 
may not be known, or the screening of an applicant's physical 
suitability would be greatly inhibited.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Federal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 15,000.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1250.

Economic Research Service

    Title: Direct Certification and Its Impact on Errors in the 
National School Lunch Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0536-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The National School Lunch (NSLP) provides 
federal financial assistance and commodities to schools serving lunches 
that meet required nutrition standards. Children living in families 
whose incomes are 130 percent or less of the poverty level qualify for 
free meals; those living in families whose incomes are between 130 and 
185 percent of the poverty level qualify for reduced-price meals. All 
other children pay ``full price'' for meals, although full-price 
lunches are also federally subsidized. Direct certification was 
introduced in the early 1900s and has expanded since then. Under direct 
certification, information transferred directly between food stamps or 
welfare agencies and schools is used to ``directly certify'' for free 
meals students whose families are receiving cash welfare, food stamps, 
or assistance from USDA food distribution programs on Indian 
reservations, without requiring these students to complete 
applications. The Economic Research Service (ERS) is conducting a study 
to get information about the policy of direct certification in the 
NSLP, certification error rates and the impact of direct certification 
on rates of error, certification, and participation.
    Need and Use of the Information: ERS will collect information to 
determine the extent to which direct certification is meeting the 
objectives of controlling administrative costs and facilitating program 
access for eligible children and whether direct certification has 
adversely influenced the objective of providing program benefits only 
to those children who qualify. ERS will get valuable information on the 
extent to which direct certification leads to increases in overall 
levels of certification for free or reduced-price meals and 
participation in the NSLP. Without the information, it would be 
difficult for USDA to assess whether future changes in the policy of 
direct certification is warranted.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; State, 
local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 1350.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (one-time).
    Total Burden Hours: 2700.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Repayment Demand and Program Disqualification.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0492.
    Summary of Collection: In conjuction with the Food Stamp Act of 
1977, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) implements regulations that 
provide requirements for food stamp household application, 
certfication, and continued eligibility for food stamp benefits. 
Occasionally, FNS must initiate collection action for repayment of 
overissued benefits resulting from inadvertent household and State 
agency overissuances, and overissuances due to intentional program 
violations. Information is collected in these instances through the 
appropriate State agency to document the claim of overissuance and 
initiate repayment.
    Need and Use of the Information: State agency personnel will 
collect the information from individuals collecting food stamp 
benefits. The State agencies must maintain all records associated with 
this collection for a period of three years so that FNS can review 
documentation during compliance reviews and other audits. Without 
approval of this information collection, FNS would not be able to 
correct accidental or fraudulent overpayment errors in the Food Stamp 
Program.
    Description of Respondents: State, local, and tribal government; 
Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 676,053.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 162,560.

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

    Title: 9 CFR 75 Communicable Diseases in Horses.
    OMB Control Number: 0579-0127.
    Summary of Collection: Sections 111, 114, 114a, 114-1, 115, 120, 
125, 126, 134a, 134c, 134f, and 134g (title 21 U.S.C.) authorizes the 
Secretary to prevent, control and eliminate domestic diseases such as 
equine infectious anemia (EIA) and to manage exotic diseases such as 
contagious equine metritis and other foreign animal diseases. The 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services 
is responsible for administering these and other regulations intended 
to ensure that horses affected with EIA are moved interstate in a way 
that does not endanger the health of the U.S. equine population.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information collected from 
forms, APHIS VS 10-11, Equine Infectious Anemia Laboratory Test and 10-
12, Equine Infectious Anemia Supplemental Investigation will be used to 
prevent the spread of equine infectious anemia. Without the information 
it would be impossible for APHIS to effectively regulate the interstate 
movement of horses infected with EIA.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Farms; 
Business or other for-profit; State, local and tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 10,053.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 98,156.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: 7 CFR 1910-A, Receiving and Processing Applications.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0178.
    Summary of Collection: Section 302 (7 U.S.C. 1922) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (CONACT) provides that 
``the Secretary is authorized to make and insure loans under this title 
to farmers and ranchers * * *'' Section 339 (7 U.S.C. 1989) of the 
CONACT further provides ``the Secretary is authorized to make such 
rules and regulations, prescribe the terms and conditions for making 
and insuring loans, security instruments and agreements, except as 
otherwise specified herein, and make such delegations of authority as 
he deems necessary to carry out this title.'' The Farm Service Agency 
(FSA) has issued regulations through the Federal Register process to 
implement the making and servicing of direct loans in chapter 18 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations. These regulations establish the 
information collections necessary for FSA to make and service direct 
loans. These loans include Operating, Farm Ownership, Soil and Water, 
Softwood Timber Production, Emergency, Economic Emergency, Economic 
Opportunity, Recreation, and Rural Housing loans for Farm Service 
Buildings.

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    Need and use of the Information: FSA will collect information using 
loan applications to determine eligibility and financial feasibility 
from respondent's requests for loans. The information is required to 
insure that FSA provides assistance to applicants who have reasonable 
prospects of repaying the government and meet statutory eligibility 
requirements.
    Description of Respondents: Farm; Individuals or households; 
Business or other-for-profit; Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 34,970.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (eligibility).
    Total Burden Hours: 119,412.

Sondra A. Blakey,
Departmental Information Clearance Officer.
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