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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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July 22, 2014.
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) 720–8958.
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
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Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program—Store Applications
OMB Control Number: 0584–0008
Summary of Collection: Section 9(a)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
as amended, (7 U.S.C. 2018 et seq.)
requires that the Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) provide for the
submission of applications for approval
by retailers, wholesalers, meal service
providers, certain types of group homes,
shelters, and state-contracted
restaurants that wish to participate in
the Supplemental Nutrition Program
(SNAP). FNS is responsible for
reviewing the application in order to
determine whether or not applicants
meet eligibility requirements, and make
determinations whether to grant or deny
authorization to accept and redeem
SNAP benefits. FNS will collect
information using forms FNS–252,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program Application for Store, FNS–
252–E, On line Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Application for
Store, FNS 252–2, Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program for Meal
Service Application, FNS–252–C,
Corporate Supplemental Application,
and FNS 252–R, Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program for Stores
Reauthorization and FNS–252FE,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program Farmer’s Market Application.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will collect information to determine
the eligibility of retail food stores,
wholesale food concern, and food
service organizations applying for
authorization to accept and redeem
SNAP benefits and to monitor these
firms for continued eligibility, and to
sanction stores for noncompliance with
the Act, and for Program management.
Disclosure of information other than
Employer Identification Numbers and
Social Security Numbers may be made
to Federal and State law enforcement or
investigative agencies or
instrumentalities administering or
enforcing specified Federal or State
laws, or regulations issued under those
laws. Without the information on the
application or reauthorization
application, the consequence to the
Federal program is the Agency’s
reduced ability to effectively monitor
accountability for program compliance
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and to detect fraud and abuse would be
severely jeopardized.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit, Not-for-profit, Farms.
Number of Respondents: 150,030.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 15,986.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Report of Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Issuance
and Report of Commodity Distribution
for Disaster Relief.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0037.
Summary of Collection: Food
Distribution in disaster situations is
authorized under Section 32 of the Act
of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C. 612c), as
amended; Section 416 of the Food and
Agriculture Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431),
as amended; Section 709 of the Food
and Agriculture Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C.
1446a-1), as amended; Section 4(a) of
the Agriculture and Consumer
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c
note), as amended; and by Sections 412
and 413 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5179, 5180).
Surplus foods are made available by
State distributing agencies for relief
purposes to victims of natural disasters
such as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes,
etc. Participating local organizations use
surplus foods for both central feeding
operations and for distribution to
families in homes cut off from normal
sources of food supply. Disaster
assistance through the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is
authorized by sections 402 and 502 of
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) and the temporary
emergency provisions contained in
Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008, and in 7 CFR part 280 of the
SNAP regulations.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will collect information through the use
of form FNS–292–A and B, which is
used by the FNS Administrator, the
Food Distribution Division, and the
three SNAP divisions to monitor
program activity, assess coverage
provided to needy recipients, and assure
the validity of requested commodity
reimbursement and to prepare budget
requests. If the information were not
collected, FNS would be unable to
monitor the issuance of SNAP benefits
and the distribution of surplus foods
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during disaster situations, ensure
integrity and reimburse States
appropriately for their disaster relief
efforts.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 55.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 9.
Dated: July 18, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
Tongass National Forest: Alaska, Kake
to Petersburg Transmission Line
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Forest Service, USDA.
Corrected Notice of Intent To
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement; Correction
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National School Lunch, Special Milk,
and School Breakfast Programs:
National Average Payments/Maximum
Reimbursement Rates
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
This document contains a
correction to the notice published in the
Federal Register on July 16, 2014
entitled, ‘‘National School Lunch,
Special Milk, and School Breakfast
Programs: National Average Payments/
Maximum Reimbursement Rates.’’
DATES: Effective Date: These rates are
effective from July 1, 2014 through June
30, 2015.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Food
and Nutrition Service published a
document in the Federal Register (79
FR 41532) on July 16, 2014. The third
sentence in the Background section
regarding the Special Milk Program for
Children states that for the period July
1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, the rate
of reimbursement for a half-pint of milk
served to a non-needy child in a school
or institution which participates in the
Special Milk Program is 20.30 cents.
This number is a typographical error
and should state the Special Milk
Program reimbursement rate is 23.00
cents. It should be noted that this
number is correct in the table on page
41535. This document corrects the error.
SUMMARY:
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Correction
In notice document 2014–16719,
published on July 16, 2014 at 79 FR
41532, make the following correction:
On page 41533, in the first column, in
the third sentence under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION,
Background, Special Milk Program for
Children, change ‘‘20.30’’ to ‘‘23.00’’.
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The Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, will prepare
an environmental impact statement
(EIS) on a proposal to construct, operate
and maintain a new electrical
transmission line intertie that would
extend west across the Tongass National
Forest from the Petersburg area to the
community of Kake. The proposed
action is to construct a new
transmission line, and associated
features, that would transmit power at
either 69 or 138 kilovolt (kV) and
consist of single wood-pole structures
with horizontal post insulators, with
average span of lengths between poles of
350 to 400 feet. The proposed project
would also include a 24-strand fiber
optic communication cable.
Construction access would be via
existing roads, temporary shovel trails
and matting panels, and temporary
access spurs, with helicopter support as
needed. The proposed project would
cross National Forest System (NFS)
lands in the Petersburg Ranger District
of the Tongass National Forest. The
length of the proposed electrical
transmission line is approximately 60
miles and would follow a route
identified as a Transportation and
Utility Systems (TUS) land use
designation (LUD) corridor; labeled
‘‘Potential Power Transmission
Corridor’’ on the 2008 Tongass National
Forest Land and Resource Management
Plan (Forest Plan) LUD map. An
estimated 59 percent, or 35.2 miles, of
the overhead portion of the proposed
transmission line would follow existing
roads. No new road segments would be
built; existing roads would be used for
long-term maintenance access where
possible.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis must be received by
August 27, 2014. The draft
environmental impact statement is
expected September 2014 and the final
SUMMARY:
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environmental impact statement is
expected May 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may comment on the
project in the following ways: Send
written comments to Petersburg Ranger
District, Tongass National Forest, P.O.
Box 1328, Petersburg, AK. 99833 ATTN:
Kake-Petersburg Intertie Project or handdelivered to 12 N. Nordic Drive,
Petersburg, AK. Comments may also be
sent via email to comments-alaskatongass-petersburg@fs.fed.us, with
‘‘Kake-Petersburg Intertie Project’’ in the
subject line. Comments can be sent via
facsimile to 907–772–5995.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions about the proposal and EIS
should be directed to Tom Parker,
Petersburg Ranger District, Tongass
National Forest, P.O. Box 1328,
Petersburg, AK 99833 or (907) 772–
5974. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background: The Southeast Alaska
Power Agency (SEAPA), the project
proponent, is a joint action agency
organized and existing pursuant to the
laws of the State of Alaska. SEAPA’s
member utilities (Ketchikan, Wrangell
and Petersburg) provide electric utility
services to their respective service areas
utilizing power generated by SEAPA’s
facilities. These three communities are
part of SEAPA’s interconnected
network, which include the Swan Lake
and Lake Tyee hydroelectric projects
and approximately 175 miles of
transmission line that span from
Ketchikan to Petersburg. The proposed
Kake to Petersburg Intertie (KPI) project
would connect Kake to SEAPA’s
interconnected network and provide
relatively low cost electricity to the
community of Kake.
Purpose and Need for Action
The community of Kake is presently
served by an isolated electric system
that depends upon high-cost, diesel
generation. This isolated system is
served by a diesel plant that consists of
three diesel generators. High operation
and maintenance expenses and high
fuel costs make diesel generators costly
to operate. In 2011, the full retail cost
of power in Kake was more than five
times the rate in the larger communities
of Petersburg, Ketchikan, and Wrangell,
and is currently subsidized for
residential customers and public
facilities through the State of Alaska’s
Power Cost Equalization (PCE) program,
which is funded on an annual basis by
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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
July 22, 2014.
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) 720-8958.
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.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Store
Applications
OMB Control Number: 0584-0008
Summary of Collection: Section 9(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 as amended, (7 U.S.C. 2018 et seq.) requires that the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) provide for the submission of applications for
approval by retailers, wholesalers, meal service providers, certain
types of group homes, shelters, and state-contracted restaurants that
wish to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP). FNS
is responsible for reviewing the application in order to determine
whether or not applicants meet eligibility requirements, and make
determinations whether to grant or deny authorization to accept and
redeem SNAP benefits. FNS will collect information using forms FNS-252,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Application for Store, FNS-
252-E, On line Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Application
for Store, FNS 252-2, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for
Meal Service Application, FNS-252-C, Corporate Supplemental
Application, and FNS 252-R, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
for Stores Reauthorization and FNS-252FE, Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Farmer's Market Application.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information to
determine the eligibility of retail food stores, wholesale food
concern, and food service organizations applying for authorization to
accept and redeem SNAP benefits and to monitor these firms for
continued eligibility, and to sanction stores for noncompliance with
the Act, and for Program management. Disclosure of information other
than Employer Identification Numbers and Social Security Numbers may be
made to Federal and State law enforcement or investigative agencies or
instrumentalities administering or enforcing specified Federal or State
laws, or regulations issued under those laws. Without the information
on the application or reauthorization application, the consequence to
the Federal program is the Agency's reduced ability to effectively
monitor accountability for program compliance and to detect fraud and
abuse would be severely jeopardized.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-
profit, Farms.
Number of Respondents: 150,030.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 15,986.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Report of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Issuance
and Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0037.
Summary of Collection: Food Distribution in disaster situations is
authorized under Section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C.
612c), as amended; Section 416 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1431), as amended; Section 709 of the Food and Agriculture
Act of 1965 (7 U.S.C. 1446a-1), as amended; Section 4(a) of the
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note),
as amended; and by Sections 412 and 413 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5179, 5180).
Surplus foods are made available by State distributing agencies for
relief purposes to victims of natural disasters such as hurricanes,
floods, tornadoes, etc. Participating local organizations use surplus
foods for both central feeding operations and for distribution to
families in homes cut off from normal sources of food supply. Disaster
assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
is authorized by sections 402 and 502 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
and the temporary emergency provisions contained in Section 5 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and in 7 CFR part 280 of the SNAP
regulations.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information
through the use of form FNS-292-A and B, which is used by the FNS
Administrator, the Food Distribution Division, and the three SNAP
divisions to monitor program activity, assess coverage provided to
needy recipients, and assure the validity of requested commodity
reimbursement and to prepare budget requests. If the information were
not collected, FNS would be unable to monitor the issuance of SNAP
benefits and the distribution of surplus foods
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during disaster situations, ensure integrity and reimburse States
appropriately for their disaster relief efforts.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 55.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 9.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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