[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 47 (Monday, March 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 10885]
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[FR Doc No: 02-5762]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Reinstatement and Revision of a Previously Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), 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 CCC to request reinstatement and 
revision of an information collection previously approved with respect 
to the Upland Cotton User Marketing Certificate Program (Step 2 
program). The information collection will allow CCC to administer the 
Step 2 program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before May 10, 
2002, to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS: Contact Timothy Murray, USDA, Farm 
Service Agency, Warehouse and Inventory Division, Inventory Management 
Branch, STOP 0553, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-
0553, (202) 720-7398; e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Upland Cotton Domestic User/Exporter Agreement and Payment 
Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0136.
    Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2002.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement and Revision of a Previously-
Approved Information Collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under OMB Control Number 0560-
0136, as identified above, allows CCC to administer the Upland Cotton 
User Agreement and User Marketing Certificate Program as authorized by 
the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (1996 Act). 
Section 136(a) of the 1996 Act authorizes payments to eligible U.S. 
textile manufacturers and exporters under the Upland Cotton User 
Marketing Certificate Program if, for 4 consecutive weeks, (1) the U.S. 
Northern Europe price, as quoted for Middling 1\3/32\-inch cotton, 
exceeds the Northern Europe price by more than 1.25 cents per pound, 
and (2) the prevailing upland cotton adjusted world market price is 
less than 134 percent of the current-crop base quality loan rate. 
Currently, to participate in the program, manufacturers and exporters 
must sign an agreement with CCC using form CCC-1045. Domestic 
manufacturers must report to CCC their weekly consumption of cotton as 
a basis for making payments. Exporters must provide basic shipping and 
invoice information for each shipment of cotton. No change is proposed 
in the existing information collection requirements, and program 
participants will not be required to sign a new agreement upon OMB's 
extension of this information collection. CCC provides a suggested 
format for the reports but program participants may submit the same 
information to CCC in a format that is convenient for them.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this information 
collection is estimated to average 14 minutes per response.
    Respondents: U.S. cotton exporters and U.S. cotton mills.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 310.
    Estimated Number of Responses Per Respondent: 65.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4,700 hours.
    Comments are requested 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; and (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 Timothy Murray at the address listed 
above. All comments will become a matter of public record.
    A comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect if OMB 
receives it within 60 days of publication.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on February 15, 2002.
James R. Little,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 02-5762 Filed 3-8-02; 8:45 am]
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