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Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 3.115 hours 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. The total annual burden
on respondents was previously 4,660.04
hours. This extension includes an
adjustment that adds one respondent
which increases the total annual burden
by 52.96 hours.
Respondents: Directors or
Administrators of WIC State agencies.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 89
respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: Seventeen.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4,713 hours.
Dated: January 5, 2005.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Ravalli County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Ravalli County Resource
Advisory Committee will be meeting to
discuss project development for 2005
and project updates for 2004. Agenda
topics will include electing a
chairperson for 2005, public outreach
methods, and a public forum (question
and answer session). The meeting is
being held pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Public Law 92–463) and under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community
Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Pub. L.
106–393). The meeting is open to the
public.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
January 25, 2005, 6:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Ravalli County Administration
Building, 215 S. 4th Street, Hamilton,
Montana. Send written comments to
Dan Ritter, Acting District Ranger,
Stevensville Ranger District, 88 Main
Street, Stevensville, MT 59870, by
facsimile (406) 777–7423, or
electronically to dritter@fs.fed.us.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
Ritter, Acting Stevensville District
Ranger and Designated Federal Officer.
Phone: (406) 777–5461.
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Dated: January 6, 2005.
David T. Bull,
Forest Supervisor.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a
Currently Approved Information
Collection
Rural Business-Cooperative
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments
requested.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural BusinessCooperative Service’s (RBS) intention to
request an extension of the clearance for
an existing information collection in
order to render service to associations of
producers of agricultural, forestry,
fisheries products and federations, and
subsidiaries, thereof, as authorized in
the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by March 14, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tracey L. Kennedy, Agricultural
Economist, RBS, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., STOP 3252, Washington, DC
20250–3252, Telephone (202) 690–1428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual Survey of Cooperative
Involvement in International Markets.
OMB Number: 0570–0020.
Expiration Date of Approval: February
28, 2005.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The mission of the Rural
Business-Cooperative Service (RBS),
formerly Agricultural Cooperative
Service (ACS), is to assist farmer-owned
cooperatives in improving the economic
well-being of their farmer-members.
This is accomplished through a
comprehensive program of research on
structural, operational, and policy
issues affecting cooperatives; technical
advisory assistance to individual
cooperatives and to groups of producers
who wish to organize cooperatives; and
development of educational and
informational material. The authority to
carry out RBS’s mission is defined in
the Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926
(44 Stat. 802–1926).
Authority and Duties of Division (7
U.S.C. 453).
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(a) The division shall render service
to associations of producers of
agricultural products, and federations
and subsidiaries, thereof, engaged in the
cooperative marketing of agricultural
products including processing,
warehousing, manufacturing, storage,
the cooperative purchasing of farm
supplies, credit, financing, insurance,
and other cooperative activities.
(b) The division is authorized to:
(1) Acquire, analyze, and disseminate
economic, statistical, and historical
information regarding the progress,
organization, and business methods of
cooperative associations in the United
States and foreign countries.
(2) Conduct studies of the economic,
legal, financial, social, and other phases
of cooperation, and publish the results
thereof. Such studies shall include the
analyses of the organization, operation,
financial and merchandising problems
of cooperative organizations.
(3) Make surveys and analyses if
deemed advisable of the accounts and
business practices of representative
cooperative associations upon their
request; report to the association so
surveyed the results thereof; and with
the consent of the association so
surveyed to publish summaries of the
results of such surveys, together with
similar facts, for the guidance of
cooperative associations and for the
purpose of assisting cooperative
associations in developing methods of
business and market analysis.
(4) Acquire from all available sources,
information concerning crop prospects,
supply, demand, current receipts,
exports, imports, and prices of
agricultural products handled or
marketed by cooperative associations,
and employ qualified commodity
marketing specialists to summarize and
analyze this information and
disseminate the same among
cooperative associations and others.
RBS also has a stated objective to
‘‘assist U.S. farmer cooperatives to
expand their participation in
international trade of agricultural
products and supplies and to review
their progress.’’
As trade agreements are implemented
and domestic farm supports are
reduced, a global presence is
increasingly important to producers,
their communities, and to job-creation
and retention in agri- and food-related
industries. Measurement and
monitoring of cooperatives’ global
presence are stated objectives of RBS’s
International Trade Program. In order to
carry out the Agency’s mission and
objectives, RBS needs to collect
information from the cooperative
community. This information collection
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is designed to provide time-series data
that will provide a better understanding
of the opportunities and limitations of
producer-owned cooperatives in global
markets. The data provide the basis for
research on trade-related issues affecting
cooperatives, and background for traderelated policy analysis.
Beginning in 1980, RBS’s predecessor,
ACS, collected cooperative trade data at
5-year intervals. Value of cooperative
exports by commodity and destination
was measured, as well as information
related to method of sale. Values of
imports by cooperatives, commodity,
and country of origin were collected in
1986 and 1991. Since 1997, data have
been collected on an annual basis, as it
became apparent that data collected at
intervals longer than 1 year do not
provide for meaningful analysis.
Further, data collected prior to 1997 had
been strictly limited to exports and
imports, neglecting other important
international arrangements such as
strategic alliances and foreign direct
investments. A more comprehensive,
annual data set accomplishes stated
Cooperative Service objectives to
measure and monitor cooperatives’
global presence. These data are
generally not available to RBS unless
provided by the cooperatives.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average one (1) hour per
response.
Respondents: Cooperatives involved
in international activities.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
105.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: One per year.
Estimated Number of Responses: 105.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 105 hours.
Copies of this information collection
can be obtained from Cheryl Thompson,
Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, at (202) 692–0043.
Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the function of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
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technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Cheryl
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork
Management Branch, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Rural Development, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., STOP 0742,
Washington, DC 20250. All responses to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval. All comments will also
become a matter of a public record.
Dated: January 4, 2005.
Peter J. Thomas,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Census Bureau
Field Representative Exit
Questionnaire (BC–1294/1294(D))
ACTION:
Proposed collection; comment
request.
SUMMARY: The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before March 14, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek , Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6086,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at mclayton@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Geraldine Burt, Census/
Field Division, Room 1784/FOB 3,
Washington, DC 20233–4400, and 301–
763–1935.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Retention of trained field interviewing
staff is a major concern for the Census
Bureau because of both the monetary
costs associated with employee
turnover, as well as the potential impact
on data quality. The Field
Representative Exit Survey is used to
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collect data from a sample of our former
current survey interviewers (field
representatives) and decennial
operations interviewers (enumerators).
The purpose of the Field Representative
Exit Survey is to determine the reasons
for interviewer turnover and what the
Census Bureau might do to help reduce
its turnover rate for interviewing staff.
We will use Form BC–1294 to collect
data from field representatives who
leave the Census Bureau. We will use
Form BC–1294(D) to collect data from
the enumerators hired to work on the
2010 Test Census in 2005/2006 (and in
the 2008 Dress Rehearsal in 2007) who
stop working voluntarily before the
operation for which they were hired is
completed. Both forms ask questions
about the factors that affected an
interviewer’s decision regarding
voluntarily leaving employment with
the Census Bureau. The BC–1294 and
BC–1294(D) cover the same topics, but
the questions and response choices on
the BC–1294(D) have been tailored to
decennial census operations.
Interviewer turnover is of heightened
concern during a decennial census
because of the short time periods for
data collection operations and the
potential adverse impact excessive
turnover would have on completing
operations as scheduled. The 2010 Test
Censuses are being used by the Census
Bureau to test and experiment with
procedures in a simulated census
environment in preparation for the 2010
Census. The second of the major field
tests for the 2010 Test Census will be
conducted in 2006. The primary goal of
the 2006 Census Test will be to test and
improve the field and automated
systems needed to support the major
design components of the 2010 Census.
The results of the 2006 Census Tests
will inform the design of the 2008 Dress
Rehearsal. Emphasis in the 2006 Census
Test will be on continuing the
assessment of new methods and systems
proposed for 2010, including an
analysis of the impact of the use of
hand-held computers for locating
addresses and route planning,
interviewing and collection of Global
Positioning Systems (GPS) coordinates
on field staffing.
The information collected via the
Field Representative Exit Survey will
help the Census Bureau develop plans
to reduce turnover in its current survey
and decennial interviewing staff. These
results allow for better informed
management decisions regarding the
field work force and the implementation
of more effective recruitment, pay plans,
interviewer training, and retention
strategies for both current and decennial
interviewers.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Rural Business-Cooperative Service
Notice of Request for Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
AGENCY: Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA.
ACTION: Proposed collection; comments requested.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Rural Business-Cooperative Service's (RBS)
intention to request an extension of the clearance for an existing
information collection in order to render service to associations of
producers of agricultural, forestry, fisheries products and
federations, and subsidiaries, thereof, as authorized in the
Cooperative Marketing Act of 1926.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by March 14, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracey L. Kennedy, Agricultural
Economist, RBS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., STOP 3252, Washington, DC 20250-3252, Telephone (202) 690-
1428.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual Survey of Cooperative Involvement in International
Markets.
OMB Number: 0570-0020.
Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2005.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The mission of the Rural Business-Cooperative Service
(RBS), formerly Agricultural Cooperative Service (ACS), is to assist
farmer-owned cooperatives in improving the economic well-being of their
farmer-members. This is accomplished through a comprehensive program of
research on structural, operational, and policy issues affecting
cooperatives; technical advisory assistance to individual cooperatives
and to groups of producers who wish to organize cooperatives; and
development of educational and informational material. The authority to
carry out RBS's mission is defined in the Cooperative Marketing Act of
1926 (44 Stat. 802-1926).
Authority and Duties of Division (7 U.S.C. 453).
(a) The division shall render service to associations of producers
of agricultural products, and federations and subsidiaries, thereof,
engaged in the cooperative marketing of agricultural products including
processing, warehousing, manufacturing, storage, the cooperative
purchasing of farm supplies, credit, financing, insurance, and other
cooperative activities.
(b) The division is authorized to:
(1) Acquire, analyze, and disseminate economic, statistical, and
historical information regarding the progress, organization, and
business methods of cooperative associations in the United States and
foreign countries.
(2) Conduct studies of the economic, legal, financial, social, and
other phases of cooperation, and publish the results thereof. Such
studies shall include the analyses of the organization, operation,
financial and merchandising problems of cooperative organizations.
(3) Make surveys and analyses if deemed advisable of the accounts
and business practices of representative cooperative associations upon
their request; report to the association so surveyed the results
thereof; and with the consent of the association so surveyed to publish
summaries of the results of such surveys, together with similar facts,
for the guidance of cooperative associations and for the purpose of
assisting cooperative associations in developing methods of business
and market analysis.
(4) Acquire from all available sources, information concerning crop
prospects, supply, demand, current receipts, exports, imports, and
prices of agricultural products handled or marketed by cooperative
associations, and employ qualified commodity marketing specialists to
summarize and analyze this information and disseminate the same among
cooperative associations and others.
RBS also has a stated objective to ``assist U.S. farmer
cooperatives to expand their participation in international trade of
agricultural products and supplies and to review their progress.''
As trade agreements are implemented and domestic farm supports are
reduced, a global presence is increasingly important to producers,
their communities, and to job-creation and retention in agri- and food-
related industries. Measurement and monitoring of cooperatives' global
presence are stated objectives of RBS's International Trade Program. In
order to carry out the Agency's mission and objectives, RBS needs to
collect information from the cooperative community. This information
collection
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is designed to provide time-series data that will provide a better
understanding of the opportunities and limitations of producer-owned
cooperatives in global markets. The data provide the basis for research
on trade-related issues affecting cooperatives, and background for
trade-related policy analysis.
Beginning in 1980, RBS's predecessor, ACS, collected cooperative
trade data at 5-year intervals. Value of cooperative exports by
commodity and destination was measured, as well as information related
to method of sale. Values of imports by cooperatives, commodity, and
country of origin were collected in 1986 and 1991. Since 1997, data
have been collected on an annual basis, as it became apparent that data
collected at intervals longer than 1 year do not provide for meaningful
analysis. Further, data collected prior to 1997 had been strictly
limited to exports and imports, neglecting other important
international arrangements such as strategic alliances and foreign
direct investments. A more comprehensive, annual data set accomplishes
stated Cooperative Service objectives to measure and monitor
cooperatives' global presence. These data are generally not available
to RBS unless provided by the cooperatives.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of
information is estimated to average one (1) hour per response.
Respondents: Cooperatives involved in international activities.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 105.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One per year.
Estimated Number of Responses: 105.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 105 hours.
Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Cheryl
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, at (202) 692-
0043.
Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the function of
the Agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Cheryl
Thompson, Regulations and Paperwork Management Branch, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Rural Development, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., STOP
0742, Washington, DC 20250. All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments
will also become a matter of a public record.
Dated: January 4, 2005.
Peter J. Thomas,
Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative Service.
[FR Doc. 05-576 Filed 1-11-05; 8:45 am]
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