[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45516-45517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12958]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Information Collection; Rate Quotation for Transportation 
Services

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), USDA.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the Commodity Credit Corporation is seeking comments from all 
interested individuals and organizations on the extension with revision 
of a currently approved information collection associated with Rate 
Quotation for Transportation Services. The CCC is collecting freight 
rate quotes from the participating Motor Carriers and Intermodal 
Marketing Companies who transport agricultural products for the 
Department of Agriculture and using the collected freight rate quotes 
to establish the lowest cost of movement to meet the transportation 
needs of CCC.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before October 
10, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to 
Khristy Baughman, Chief, Planning and Analysis Division, Kansas City 
Commodity Office, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64133-4676. 
Comments also may be submitted by fax to: (816) 926-1648; or by e-mail 
to: [email protected]. Comments should also be sent to the 
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Khristy Baughman, Chief of Planning 
and Analysis Division, (816) 926-6509, or by e-mail to: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Rate Quotation for Transportation Services.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-0235.

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    Type of Request: Revision and extension of a currently approved 
collection.
    Abstract: Motor Carriers provide over the road trucking, and 
Intermodal Marketing Companies (IMCs) provide rail trailer-on-flatcar/
container-on-flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service that CCC at the Kansas City 
Commodity Office (KCCO) hires to meet program transportation needs for 
the agricultural commodities. Motor Carriers and IMCs are required to 
complete and submit the KC-5, Rate Quotation for Transportation 
Services form. The CCC is collecting freight rate quotes to establish 
the lowest cost of movement to meet transportation needs of U.S. 
Department of Agriculture. CCC must ensure that Motor Carriers and IMCs 
providing the transportation service have both the willingness and the 
capacity to meet these needs.
    Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for collecting 
information under this notice is estimated to average 15 minutes per 
response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information.
    Type of Respondents: Motor Carriers and Intermodal Marketing 
companies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 164.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 41.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,681 hours.
    Comments are invited on: (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 collected; or (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of the collection of the 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.
    All comments received response to this notice, including names and 
addresses when provided, will be summarized and included in the request 
for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public 
record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on August 3, 2006.
Teresa C. Lasseter,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
 [FR Doc. E6-12958 Filed 8-8-06; 8:45 am]
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