[Federal Register: November 1, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 211)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

 
Information Collection: Measurement Service Requests

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of re-opening of a public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is reopening and extending the 
comment period for 30 days to allow any interested individuals and 
organizations to provide their comments on the amended estimated total 
annual burden for the new information collection associated with the 
Measurement Service Requests. The amended estimate adds the 
respondent's travel time for the information collection associated with 
the Measurement Service Requests, which was inadvertently left out of 
the previous burden estimate. FSA published the original notice and 
request for comments in the Federal Register on Friday, May 11, 2007 
(72 FR 26774). FSA will accept all public comments received from May 11 
to the closing date identified in this notice.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by December 3, 2007.

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your 
comment, include the volume, date, and page number of this issue of the 
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following 
methods:
    E-Mail: Send comments to: Maryann.ball@wdc.usda.gov.
    Fax: (202) 720-5233.
    Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, Attn: Mary Ann Ball, Regulatory 
Review Group, USDA, FSA, STOP 0572, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC, 20250-0572.
    Comments also should be sent to the Desk Officer for Agriculture, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and 
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Ann Ball, Regulatory Review 
Group, (202) 720-4283.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    The information collection is described in the notice published on 
May 11, 2007 (72 FR 26774). (See that notice for information in the 
following categories: OMB control number, type of request, and 
abstract.) The following information is provided to amend the estimated 
total annual burden and to include travel time in the estimated total 
annual burden and to correct the calculation of the estimated total 
annual burden on respondents.
    Title: Management Service Requests (FSA-409).
    Estimate of Annual Burden: Public reporting burden for this 
collection of information is estimated to average .25 hours (15 
minutes) per response. The average travel time, which is included in 
the total annual burden, is estimated to be 1 hour per respondent.
    Respondents: Producers.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 135,000.
    Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 135,000.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 168,750.

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    Comments are invited on:
    (1) Whether this collection information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information will have practical utility;
    (2) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden, including the 
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
    (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (4) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of the 
information on those who are to respond, including the use of 
appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
    All comments received in response to this notice, including names 
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public records. 
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office 
of Management and Budget approval.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 26, 2007.
John A. Johnson,
Acting Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
[FR Doc. E7-21478 Filed 10-31-07; 8:45 am]

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