[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7003-7004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-1245]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Foreign Agricultural Service


Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved 
Information Collection

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is announcing its intention to 
request an extension for a currently approved information collection 
process in support of the McGovern-Dole International Food for 
Education and Child Nutrition Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 16, 2006 to be 
assured of consideration.
    Additional Information or Comments: Contact William Hawkins, 
Director, Program Administration Division, Foreign Agricultural 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, AgStop 1031, Washington, DC 
20250-1031, telephone (202) 720-3241.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child 
Nutrition Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0551-0039.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: This information is needed to administer the McGovern-
Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. The 
information will be gathered from applicants desiring to receive grants 
under the program to determine the viability of requests for resources 
to implement school feeding and maternal and child nutrition programs 
in foreign countries and other periodic reports during the course of 
implementing the activities.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
the additional information is estimated to average 10.6 hours per 
applicant.
    Respondents: Private voluntary organizations, shipping agents, ship 
owners/brokers, and survey companies.

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    Estimated Number of Respondents: 156.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 7.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 11,607 hours.
    Copies of the information collection may be obtained from Kimberly 
Chisley, the Agency Information Collection Coordinator, at (202) 720-
2568.
    Request for Comments: Send 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 
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; or (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
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: William S. Hawkins, Director, Program 
Administration Division, Foreign Agricultural Service, United States 
Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Ave., SW., Stop 1031, 
Washington, DC 20250-1031; Telephone (202) 720-3241.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized. All comments will 
also become a matter of public record.

    Dated: Signed at Washington, DC on January 31, 2006.
A. Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.
[FR Doc. 06-1245 Filed 2-9-06; 8:45 am]
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