97-25674. Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information Collection

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 188 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50902-50903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25674]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation


Request for Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the intention of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
(CCC) to request an extension for an information collection currently 
approved in support of the Cotton Loan Program Regulations issued under 
authority of the CCC Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.).

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before November 
28, 1997 to be assured consideration.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: George A. Stickels, Agricultural Program 
Specialist, USDA, Farm Service Agency (FSA), Price Support Division, 
STOP 0512, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-0512; 
telephone [phone]; e-mail [e-mail]; or 
facsimile [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Title: Cotton Loan Program, 7 CFR part 1427.
    1OMB Control Number: 0560-0074.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 1998.
    Type of Request: Extension of a Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The information collected under Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) Control Number 0560-0074, as identified above, is needed 
to enable the FSA to effectively administer the regulation relating to 
all aspects of the cotton loan program.
    USDA Service Centers, independent Cotton Clerks, Cooperative 
Marketing Associations and Loan Servicing Agents use various manual and 
automated forms to collect information from cotton producers for 
purposes of administering the cotton loan program. The public reporting 
burden for cotton loan program participants is shown in the following 
estimates:
    Respondents: Cotton producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents:200,000.
    Estimated Average Time to Respond: 15 minutes.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 513,255.
    Estimated Number of Reports Filed per Person: 2.56.
    Estimated Total Burden Hours: 128,318 hours.
    Topics for comments include, but are not limited to, the following: 
(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; or (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. Comments should be sent to the Desk Officer 
for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office 
of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503 and to George A. 
Stickels, Program Specialist, USDA, Farm Service Agency, Price Support 
Division, STOP 0512, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20250-0512; telephone [phone]; e-mail [e-mail]; 
e-mail copies of the information collection may be obtained from George 
A. Stickels at

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the above address. All responses to this notice will be summarized and 
included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become 
a matter of public record.
    OMB is required to make a decision concerning the collection(s) of 
information contained in these proposed regulations between 30 and 60 
days after publication of this document in the Federal Register. 
Therefore, a comment to OMB is best assured of having its full effect 
if OMB receives it within 30 days of publication.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on September 21, 1997.
Bruce R. Weber,
Acting Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 97-25674 Filed 9-26-97; 8:45 am]
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