[Federal Register: October 21, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 203)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Commodity Credit Corporation

 
Notice of Request for Approval of a New Information Collection--
Rate Quotation for Transportation Services

AGENCY: Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), 
the Commodity Credit Corporation is seeking approval from the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) to obtain freight rates to haul 
agricultural products for the Department of Agriculture.
    This information collection will allow CCC to establish the lowest 
cost of movement, via Motor Carriers and Intermodal Marketing Companies 
(IMCs), to meet the transportation needs of CCC, for the transportation 
of commodities.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before December 
22, 2003 to be assured consideration.

ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this notice should be addressed to Donna 
Ryles, Chief, Planning and Analysis Division, Kansas City Commodity 
Office, 6501 Beacon Drive, Kansas City, Missouri 64133-4676; telephone (816) 926-6509: e-mail: dgryles@kcc.fsa.usda.gov. Comments may be faxed 
to (816) 926-1648.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Rate Quotation for Transportation Services.
    OMB Control Number: 0560-NEW.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Abstract: CCC, through the Kansas City Commodity Office (KCCO), 
solicits bids from approved Motor Carriers and Intermodal Marketing 
Companies for the purpose of providing transportation of agricultural 
commodities. Motor Carriers provide over the road trucking, and 
Intermodal Marketing Companies provide rail trailer-on-flatcar/
container-on-flatcar (TOFC/COFC) service that CCC hires to meet program 
transportation needs. Motor Carriers and IMCs that offer rate 
quotations for transportation services to KCCO Export Operations 
Division (EOD) are required to complete and submit the KC-5, Rate 
Quotation for Transportation Services form. EOD is collecting 
information to establish the lowest cost of movement via Motor Carriers 
and IMCs to meet transportation needs of U.S. Department of 
Agriculture. EOD must ensure that Motor Carriers and IMCs providing the 
transportation service have both the willingness and the capacity to 
meet these needs.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for collecting 
information under this notice is estimated to average 15 minutes 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: Motor Carriers and Intermodal Marketing Companies.
    Respondents: 132.
    Estimated Number of Annual Responses per Respondent: 41.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,353 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 Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 and to Donna 
Ryles, 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 in Washington, DC, on October 8, 2003.
Verle E. Lanier,
Executive Vice President, Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 03-26448 Filed 10-20-03; 8:45 am]

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