[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54667-54668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27309]
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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: The Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is seeking approval
from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain information
regarding intermodal transportation services needed to meet domestic
and export food assistance program needs.
This information collection will allow CCC to determine the
capabilities of intermodal companies to meet the intermodal
transportation needs of CCC for the movement of its freight traffic by
demonstrating that companies providing transportation service 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 Operating Agreement Governing Intermodal
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 intermodal transportation of agricultural commodities.
Intermodal Marketing Companies (IMC) provide rail trailer-on-flatcar/
container-on-flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service that CCC hires to provide
domestic and export program transportation needs. IMC's that choose to
do business with the KCCO Traffic Management Division (TMD) are
required to complete and submit the Standard Operating Agreement
Governing Intermodal Transportation form. This form is filled out one
time only. TMD is collecting information to determine IMCs' abilities
to meet CCC requirements for hauling agricultural products for CCC. TMD
must ensure that IMC providing transportation service have both the
willingness and the capacity to meet these needs.
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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: Intermodal Marketing Companies.
Respondents: 23.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 23 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 should 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. 98-27309 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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