[Federal Register: May 2, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 83)]
[Notices]
[Page 22628]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Revision and Extension of an Approved Information Collection;
Standard Rules Tender Governing Motor Carrier Transportation
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) for a revision and
extension of the collection of information used in support of motor
carrier transportation services needed to meet domestic and export food
assistance program needs.
This information collection will allow CCC to determine the
availability of motor freight carriers to meet the motor carrier needs
of CCC for the movement of its freight traffic.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before July 1,
2005 to be assured consideration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Penny Carlson, Acting Chief, Planning
and Analysis Division, Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), 6501 Beacon
Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64133-4676, telephone (816) 926-6509, fax
(816) 926-1648; e-mail pkcarlson@kcc.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Standard Rules Tender Governing Motor Carrier
Transportation.
OMB Control Number: 0560-0195.
Expiration Date of Approval: October 31, 2005.
Type of Request: Revision and Extension of a currently approved
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 provide
transportation services to meet domestic and export program needs.
Motor carriers that choose to do business with the KCCO Export
Operations Division (EOD) are required to complete and submit the KC-10
(Standard Rules Tender Governing Motor Carrier Transportation). This
form is filled out one time only. EOD is collecting information to
determine which Motor Carriers meet CCC requirements for hauling
agricultural products for CCC.
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: 143.
Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 143 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 of OMB, Attention: Desk Officer
for USDA, Washington, DC 20503, and to Penny Carlson, Acting Chief,
Planning and Analysis Division, Kansas City Commodity Office, 6501
Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64133-4676, telephone (816) 926-
6509, fax (816) 926-1648.
All comments will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, on April 25, 2005.
James R. Little,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 05-8643 Filed 4-29-05; 8:45 am]
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