[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27308]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Notice of Request for an Approval of a New Information Collection
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain information
regarding transportation services needed to meet domestic and export
food assistance program needs.
This information collection will allow CCC to determine the
capabilities of motor freight carriers to meet CCC's transportation
needs by demonstrating that the motor carriers have both the
willingness and the capability to meet those needs.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December
14, 1998 to be assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Timothy P. Mehl, Chief, Planning and
Analysis Division, Kansas City Commodity Office, 9200 Ward Parkway,
Kansas City, Missouri 64114, telephone (816) 926-3536, fax (816) 926-
6767.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standard Rules Tender Governing Motor Carrier
Transportation.
OMB Control Number: New submission.
Type of Request: Approval of a new information collection.
Abstract: CCC through the Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO)
solicits bids from transportation companies for the purpose of
providing motor carrier transportation of agricultural commodities.
Motor Carriers provide over the road trucking that CCC hires to
provided transportation services to meet domestic and export program
needs. Motor carriers that choose to do business with the KCCO Traffic
Management Division (TMD) are required to complete and submit, one time
only, the Standard Rules Tender Governing Motor Carrier Transportation.
TMD is collecting information to determine Motor Carrier abilities to
meet CCC requirements for hauling agricultural products for CCC. TMD
must ensure that Motor Carriers providing transportation services have
both the willingness and the capacity to meet these needs.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collecting
information under this notice is estimated to average 1 hour 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.
Respondents: Transportation Businesses.
Respondents: 141.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 141 hours.
Proposed topics for comment include: (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. Comments regarding
this information collection requirement may be directed to the Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503, and
to Timothy P. Mehl, Chief, Planning and Analysis Division, Kansas City
Commodity Office, 9200 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64114,
telephone (816) 926-3536, fax (816) 926-6767.
All comments will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 2, 1998.
Keith Kelly,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 98-27308 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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