[Federal Register: December 20, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 243)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 14, 2004.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. 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 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; (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Pamela-- Beverly--OIRA--
Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental
Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-
7602. Comments regarding these information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received within 30 days of this
notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be obtained by calling
(202) 720-8681.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Agricultural Prices.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0003.
Summary of Collection: Estimates of prices received by farmers and
prices paid for production goods and services are needed by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, National Agriculture Statistics Service
(NASS) for the following purposes: (a) To compute parity prices in
accordance with requirements of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
as amended (Title III, Subtitle A, Section 301, (b) to estimate value
of production, inventory values, and cash receipts from farming, (c) to
determine the level for farmer owned reserves, (d) to provide
guidelines for Risk Management Agency price selection options, (e) to
determine Federal disaster prices to be paid, and (f) to determine the
grazing fee on Federal lands. General authority for these data
collection activities is granted under U.S. Code Title 7, Section 2204.
Need and Use of the Information: The NASS price program computes
annual U.S. weighted average prices received by farmers for wheat,
barley, corn, oats, grain sorghum, rice, and cotton based on monthly
marketing. Price estimates are used by many Government agencies as a
general measure of commodity price changes and for disaster and
insurance payments.
Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 26,636.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Monthly; Annually;
Biennially.
Total Burden Hours: 10,743.
Foreign Agricultural Service
Title: Sugar Imported for Exports as Refined Sugar or as a Sugar-
Containing Products, or used in Production of Certain Polyhydric
Alcohols.
OMB Control Number: 0551-0015.
Summary of Collection: Regulation 7 CFR Part 1530 authorizes the
Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) to issue import licenses to enter
raw cane sugar (exempt from the tariff-rate quota for the raw cane
sugar imports and the related requirements) on the condition that an
equivalent quantity of refined sugar be: (1) Exported as refined sugar;
(2) exported as an ingredient in sugar containing products; or (3) used
in production of certain polyhydric alcohols. The purpose of the sugar
import-licensing program is to assist U.S. sugar manufacturers,
refiners, and processors in making U.S. products price competitive on
the world market and to facilitate the use of domestic refining
capacity.
Need and Use of the Information: FAS will collect information to:
(1) Determine applicants eligibility; (2) monitor sugar imports,
transfers, exports, and use in order to confirm that transactions are
conducted and completed within the requirements; (3) audit
participants' compliance with the Regulation; and (4) prevent entry of
world-priced program sugar from entering the higher-priced domestic
commercial sugar market. The information collected is needed by the
Sugar Licensing Authority to manage, plan, evaluate
Rural Housing Service
Title: 7 CFR 1902-A, Supervised Bank Accounts.
OMB Control Number: 0575-0158.
Summary of Collection: 7 CFR 1902-A, Supervised Bank Accounts,
prescribes the policies and procedures for disbursing loan and grant
funds, establishing and closing supervised accounts, and placing Multi-
Family housing reserve accounts in supervised accounts. Supervised
accounts are accounts with a financial institution in the names of a
borrower and the United States Government, represented by Rural Housing
Service, Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Rural Utilities Service,
or Farm Service Agency (Agency). Section 339 of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act, 7 U.S.C. 1989 and Section 510 of the Housing
Act of 1949, 42 U.S.C. 1480 are the legislative authority requiring the
use of supervised accounts.
Need and Use of the Information: The agency's state and field
offices will collect information from borrowers and financial
institutions and use the information to monitor compliance with agency
regulations governing supervised accounts, such as establishing,
maintaining, and withdrawing funds. In addition, the information will
be used to ensure that the borrowers operate on a sound basis and use
the loan and grant funds for authorized purposes.
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Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 20,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 26,260.
Sondra Blakey,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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