[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 141 (Monday, July 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42531-42532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-14595]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 20, 2005.
    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), [email protected] or 
fax (202) 395-5806 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) 720-8681.
    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

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displays a currently valid OMB control number.

Farm Service Agency

    Title: Standard Operating Agreement Governing Intermodal 
Transportation.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0194.
    Summary of Collection: The 49 U.S.C. authorizes the Kansas City 
Commodity Office, Export Operations Division (KCCO/EOD) to collect 
information to determine the eligibility of Intermodal Marketing 
Companies (IMC) to haul agricultural products for the USDA Farm Service 
Agency (FSA). CCC, through the KCCO, solicit bids from transportation 
companies for the purpose of providing intermodal transportation of 
agricultural commodities. IMCs provide rail trailer-on-flatcar/
container-on-flatcar service that CCC hires to provide program 
transportation needs. Those IMC's who choose to do business with KCCO 
Export Operations Divisions are required to complete and submit the KC-
9, Standard Operating Agreement Governing Intermodal Transportation.
    Need and Use of the Information: FSA will collect information by 
mail, fax or electronic to establish the Trailer on Flatcar/Container 
on Flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service needs of the Department of Agriculture, 
Farm Service Agency, the Kansas City Commodity Office, operating as 
Commodity Credit Corporation, for the movement of its freight, and to 
insure that an IMC arranging for the transportation service has both 
the willingness and the capability to meet those needs. Without this 
information, FSA and KCCO could not meet program requirements.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Federal 
Government; not-for-profit institutions; State, local or tribal 
government.
    Number of Respondents: 22.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: other (once).
    Total Burden Hours: 22.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-14595 Filed 7-22-05; 8:45 am]
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