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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES
June 1, 2006.
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),
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
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the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Request for Approval to Sell
Capital Assets.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0020.
Summary of Collection: The Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) is a credit agency
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA). It makes mortgage loans and
loan guarantees to finance electric,
telecommunications, and water and
waste facilities in rural areas. In
addition to providing loans and loan
guarantees, one of RUS’ main objectives
is to safeguard loan security until the
loan is repaid. Accordingly, RUS
manages loan programs in accordance
with the Rural Electrification Act of
1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended,
(RE ACT) and as prescribed by Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Circular A–129, Policies for Federal
Credit Programs and Non-Tax
Receivables, which states that agencies
must, based on a review of a loan
application, determine that an applicant
complies with statutory, regulatory, and
administrative eligibility requirements
for loan assistance.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS borrower will use form 369,
Request for Approval to sell capital
assets, to seek agency permission to sell
some of its assets. The form is used to
collect detailed information regarding
the proposed sale of a portion of the
borrower’s systems. RUS will collect
information to determine whether or not
the agency should approve a sale and
also to keep track of what property
exists to secure the loan. If the
information in Form 369 is not collected
when capital assets are sold, the capital
assets securing the Government’s loans
could be liquidated and the
Government’s security either eliminated
entirely or diluted to an undesirable
level.
Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 15.
Rural Utility Service
Title: 7 CFR part 1755,
Telecommunications Standards and
Specifications.
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OMB Control Number: 0572–0132.
Summary of Collection: 7 CFR part
1755 establishes Agency policy that
materials and equipment purchased by
RUS telecommunications borrowers or
accepted as contractor-furnished
material must conform to RUS standards
and specifications where they have been
established and, if included in RUS IP
344–02, ‘‘List of Materials Acceptable
for Use on Telecommunications System
of RUS Borrowers’’, must be selected
from that list or must have received
technical acceptance from RUS. To
protect the security of loans it makes
and to ensure that the
telecommunications services provided
to rural Americans are comparable to
those offered in urban and suburban
areas, RUS establishes the minimum
acceptable performance criteria for
materials and equipment to be
employed on telecommunications
system financed by RUS. Manufacturers
wishing to sell their products to RUS
borrowers, request RUS’ consideration
for acceptance of their products and
submit data demonstrating their
products’ compliance with RUS
specification.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will evaluate the data to determine
that the quality of the products is
acceptable and that their use will not
jeopardize loan security. The
information is closely reviewed to be
certain that test data, product
dimensions and product material
compositions fully comply with RUS
technical standards and specifications
that have been established for the
particular product.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,400.
Rural Utility Service
Title: Telecommunications Field
Trials.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0133.
Summary of Collection: Title 7 CFR
part 1755.3 prescribes the conditions
and provision of a field trial. Field trials
are contractual obligations that a
manufacturer and Rural Utility Service
(RUS) telecommunications borrower
enter into. They consist of limited field
installation of a qualifying product in
closely monitored situations designed to
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determine, to RUS’ satisfaction, the
products effectiveness under actual field
conditions. RUS will use field trials as
a means for determining the operational
effectiveness of a new or revised
product where such experience does not
already exist. Field trial process allows:
Manufacturers a means of immediate
access to the RUS borrower market, RUS
borrowers opportunity to immediately
utilize advance products, and provides
for RUS a means to safely obtain
necessary information on technically
advanced products which will address
the products suitability for use in the
harsh environment of rural America.
Need and Use of the Information:
RUS will use various forms to enter into
contractual obligations, to establish an
agreement by RUS, the manufacturer
and a borrower, or identify the
product(s) that are under field trial.
Telecommunication borrowers
participate in field trials do so on a
voluntary basis. The information is
closely reviewed to determine that the
products comply with the established
RUS standards and specifications and
that the products are otherwise
acceptable for use on rural
telecommunications systems. Without
this information, RUS has no means of
determining the acceptability of
advanced technology in a manner that is
timely enough for RUS borrowers to
take advantage of the improved benefits
and promise that such products may
provide for rural America.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 54.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6–8786 Filed 6–6–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES
June 1, 2006.
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;
VerDate Aug<31>2005
17:54 Jun 06, 2006
Jkt 208001
(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),
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) 720–8958.
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 Agriculture Statistics Service
Title: NIOSH Farm Hazard Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–New.
Summary of Collection: Primary
function of the National Agricultural
Statistics Services (NASS) is to prepare
and issue state and national estimates of
crop and livestock production under the
authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a). NASS has
been asked by the National Institute of
Occupational Safety Health (NIOSH) to
conduct a national farm hazard, injury,
and illness survey. The survey is
designed to provide estimates of the
frequency of injury and illness hazards
on farms; the number of farm operators,
workers, and farm youth potentially
exposed to these hazards; the
association between hazards and the
type of farming operation; and the
annual occupational nonfatal injury and
illness incidence rates for farm
operators.
Need and Use of the Information:
Data from this survey will provide
source of consistent information that
NIOSH can use to target funds
appropriated by Congress for the
prevention of childhood agricultural
injuries and adult occupational injuries.
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In particular, it will provide information
on which farm hazards and health
outcomes most need to be addressed. No
source of data on childhood injuries or
adult occupational farm injuries exists
that covers all aspects of the agricultural
production sector.
Description of Respondents: Farms.
Number of Respondents: 25,500.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other: One-time.
Total Burden Hours: 8,496.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Glenn/Colusa County Resource
Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Glenn/Colusa County
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet in Willows, California.
Agenda items to be covered include: (1)
Introductions, (2) Approval of Minutes,
(3) Public Comment, (4) Project
Proposals/Possible Action, (5) General
Discussion, (6) Next Agenda.
DATES: The meeting will be held on June
26, 2006, from 1:30 p.m. and end at
approximately 4:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Mendocino National Forest
Supervisor’s Office, 825 N. Humboldt
Ave., Willows, CA 95988. Individuals
wishing to speak or propose agenda
items must send their names and
proposals to Janet Flanagan, Acting
DFO, 825 N. Humboldt Ave., Willows,
CA 95988.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bobbin Gaddini, Committee
Coordinator, USDA, Mendocino
National Forest, Grindstone Ranger
District, 825 N. Humboldt Ave.,
Willows, CA 95939. (530) 934–1268; Email ggaddini@fs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting is open to the public.
Committee discussion is limited to
Forest Service staff and Committee
members. However, persons who wish
to bring matters to the attention of the
Committee may file written statements
with the Committee staff before or after
the meeting. Public input sessions will
be provided and individuals who made
written requests by June 23, 2006 will
have the opportunity to address the
committee at those sessions.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 1, 2006.
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), 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.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: Request for Approval to Sell Capital Assets.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0020.
Summary of Collection: The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is a
credit agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). It makes
mortgage loans and loan guarantees to finance electric,
telecommunications, and water and waste facilities in rural areas. In
addition to providing loans and loan guarantees, one of RUS' main
objectives is to safeguard loan security until the loan is repaid.
Accordingly, RUS manages loan programs in accordance with the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, 7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended, (RE ACT)
and as prescribed by Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-
129, Policies for Federal Credit Programs and Non-Tax Receivables,
which states that agencies must, based on a review of a loan
application, determine that an applicant complies with statutory,
regulatory, and administrative eligibility requirements for loan
assistance.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS borrower will use form 369,
Request for Approval to sell capital assets, to seek agency permission
to sell some of its assets. The form is used to collect detailed
information regarding the proposed sale of a portion of the borrower's
systems. RUS will collect information to determine whether or not the
agency should approve a sale and also to keep track of what property
exists to secure the loan. If the information in Form 369 is not
collected when capital assets are sold, the capital assets securing the
Government's loans could be liquidated and the Government's security
either eliminated entirely or diluted to an undesirable level.
Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Business
or other for-profit.
Number of Respondents: 5.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 15.
Rural Utility Service
Title: 7 CFR part 1755, Telecommunications Standards and
Specifications.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0132.
Summary of Collection: 7 CFR part 1755 establishes Agency policy
that materials and equipment purchased by RUS telecommunications
borrowers or accepted as contractor-furnished material must conform to
RUS standards and specifications where they have been established and,
if included in RUS IP 344-02, ``List of Materials Acceptable for Use on
Telecommunications System of RUS Borrowers'', must be selected from
that list or must have received technical acceptance from RUS. To
protect the security of loans it makes and to ensure that the
telecommunications services provided to rural Americans are comparable
to those offered in urban and suburban areas, RUS establishes the
minimum acceptable performance criteria for materials and equipment to
be employed on telecommunications system financed by RUS. Manufacturers
wishing to sell their products to RUS borrowers, request RUS'
consideration for acceptance of their products and submit data
demonstrating their products' compliance with RUS specification.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS will evaluate the data to
determine that the quality of the products is acceptable and that their
use will not jeopardize loan security. The information is closely
reviewed to be certain that test data, product dimensions and product
material compositions fully comply with RUS technical standards and
specifications that have been established for the particular product.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 50.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 1,400.
Rural Utility Service
Title: Telecommunications Field Trials.
OMB Control Number: 0572-0133.
Summary of Collection: Title 7 CFR part 1755.3 prescribes the
conditions and provision of a field trial. Field trials are contractual
obligations that a manufacturer and Rural Utility Service (RUS)
telecommunications borrower enter into. They consist of limited field
installation of a qualifying product in closely monitored situations
designed to
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determine, to RUS' satisfaction, the products effectiveness under
actual field conditions. RUS will use field trials as a means for
determining the operational effectiveness of a new or revised product
where such experience does not already exist. Field trial process
allows: Manufacturers a means of immediate access to the RUS borrower
market, RUS borrowers opportunity to immediately utilize advance
products, and provides for RUS a means to safely obtain necessary
information on technically advanced products which will address the
products suitability for use in the harsh environment of rural America.
Need and Use of the Information: RUS will use various forms to
enter into contractual obligations, to establish an agreement by RUS,
the manufacturer and a borrower, or identify the product(s) that are
under field trial. Telecommunication borrowers participate in field
trials do so on a voluntary basis. The information is closely reviewed
to determine that the products comply with the established RUS
standards and specifications and that the products are otherwise
acceptable for use on rural telecommunications systems. Without this
information, RUS has no means of determining the acceptability of
advanced technology in a manner that is timely enough for RUS borrowers
to take advantage of the improved benefits and promise that such
products may provide for rural America.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-
profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 54.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E6-8786 Filed 6-6-06; 8:45 am]
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