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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection; Commodity
Request (Food Aid Request Entry
System (FARES))
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AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation
and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)
and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are
seeking comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on an
extension of a currently approved
information collection for the Food Aid
Request Entry System (FARES). FSA
and CCC procure various processed
foods and commodities to be exported
and donated for use in humanitarian
food aid programs. Information related
to this activity is collected and
processed electronically through the
FARES. The Web-Based Supply Chain
Management system (WBSCM) is a new
procurement system in development to
replace FARES at a later date.
DATES: We will consider comments that
we receive by August 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, volume, and
page number of this issue of the Federal
Register. You may submit comments by
any of the following methods:
• Mail: Khristy Baughman, Chief,
Business Operations Support Division,
Kansas City Commodity Office, 6501
Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri
64133–4676.
• E-mail:
khristy.baughman@usda.gov.
• Fax: (816) 926–1648.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
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Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Sharon Hadder, Marketing Specialist,
(202) 720–3816, or
Sharon.Hadder@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the Information
Collection
Title: Food Aid Request Entry System
(FARES).
OMB Control Number: 0560–0225.
Type of Request: Extension with no
revision.
Abstract: The information collection
is necessary for CCC and FSA to procure
various processed foods and
commodities for export under
humanitarian food aid programs. FARES
automates the entry of commodity
requests submitted to CCC from the
United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), private
voluntary organizations (PVOs), the
World Food Program (WFP), the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS), and FSA.
Estimate of Average Time To
Respond: Public reporting burden for
collecting information under this notice
is estimated to average 0.47 hour per
response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching
existing data sources, gathering and
maintaining the data needed, and
completing and reviewing the
information.
Type of Respondents: USAID, PVOs,
the WFP, FAS, and FSA.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
305.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 12.
Estimated Number of Reponses: 3660.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1708 hours.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection
and to help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
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All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission for Office of Management
and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 24,
2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit
Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farm Service Agency
Information Collection; Commodity Request (Food Aid Request Entry
System (FARES))
AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation and Farm Service Agency, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and Farm Service Agency (FSA) are
seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on
an extension of a currently approved information collection for the
Food Aid Request Entry System (FARES). FSA and CCC procure various
processed foods and commodities to be exported and donated for use in
humanitarian food aid programs. Information related to this activity is
collected and processed electronically through the FARES. The Web-Based
Supply Chain Management system (WBSCM) is a new procurement system in
development to replace FARES at a later date.
DATES: We will consider comments that we receive by August 30, 2010.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit comments on this notice. In your
comments, include date, volume, and page number of this issue of the
Federal Register. You may submit comments by any of the following
methods:
Mail: Khristy Baughman, Chief, Business Operations Support
Division, Kansas City Commodity Office, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City,
Missouri 64133-4676.
E-mail: khristy.baughman@usda.gov.
Fax: (816) 926-1648.
You may also send comments to the Desk Officer for Agriculture,
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Hadder, Marketing Specialist,
(202) 720-3816, or Sharon.Hadder@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of the Information Collection
Title: Food Aid Request Entry System (FARES).
OMB Control Number: 0560-0225.
Type of Request: Extension with no revision.
Abstract: The information collection is necessary for CCC and FSA
to procure various processed foods and commodities for export under
humanitarian food aid programs. FARES automates the entry of commodity
requests submitted to CCC from the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), private voluntary organizations
(PVOs), the World Food Program (WFP), the Foreign Agricultural Service
(FAS), and FSA.
Estimate of Average Time To Respond: Public reporting burden for
collecting information under this notice is estimated to average 0.47
hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data
needed, and completing and reviewing the information.
Type of Respondents: USAID, PVOs, the WFP, FAS, and FSA.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 305.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
Estimated Number of Reponses: 3660.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1708 hours.
We are requesting comments on all aspects of this information
collection and to help us to:
(1) Evaluate 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;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of 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 record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission for Office
of Management and Budget approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, on June 24, 2010.
Jonathan W. Coppess,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
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