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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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June 13, 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.
Farm Service Agency
Title: End-Use Certificate Program.
OMB Control Number: 0560–0151.
Summary of Collection: Public Law
103–181, section 321(f) of the North
American Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act mandates that the
Secretary of Agriculture shall
implement, in coordination with the
Commissioner of Customs and Border
Protections, a program requiring that
end-use certificates be included in the
documentation covering the entry into
the United States of any wheat
originating from Canada. The end-use
certificate program was designed to
ensure that Canadian wheat does not
benefit from USDA or CCC-assisted
export programs.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected on the end-use
certificate is used in conjunction with
USDA’s domestic origin compliance
review process during quarterly audits
of contractors involved in foreign food
assistance programs. The form FSA–750
‘‘End-Use Certificate for Wheat’’ is used
by approximately 200 importers of
Canadian wheat to report entry into the
United States. Millers, exporters, and
other users of imported Canadian wheat
use the FSA–751, ‘‘Wheat Consumption
and Resale Report,’’ to report final
disposition of Canadian wheat in the
United States.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 421.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 4,520.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion; Agency Information
Collection Activities; Proposed
Collection; Comment Request—
Generic Clearance for the
Development of Nutrition Education
Messages and Materials for the
General Public
Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on a
proposed information collection. This
notice announces the Center for
Nutrition Policy and Promotion’s
(CNPP) intention to request the Office of
Management and Budget’s approval of
the information collection processes and
instruments to be used during consumer
research while testing nutrition
education messages and materials
developed for the general public. The
purpose for performing consumer
research will be to identify consumers’
understanding of potential nutrition
education messages and obtain their
reaction to prototypes of nutrition
education materials, including Internetbased materials. The information
collected will be used to refine messages
and materials to improve their
usefulness as well as aid consumer
understanding of all Dietary Guidelines
for Americans and MyPyramid-related
materials.
Written comments on this notice
must be submitted on or before August
18, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to
Carole Davis, Nutrition Promotion Staff
Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and
Promotion, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1034, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments are invited on (a) whether
the proposed 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 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
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clarity of the information collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the OMB
Clearance Supporting Statement
requesting Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments
will also become a matter of public
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Carole Davis, 703–
305–7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the
Development of Nutrition Education
Messages and Materials for the General
Public/CNPP.
OMB Number: 0582–0523.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2006.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Dietary Guidelines for
Americans, issued jointly by the U.S.
Departments of Agriculture and Health
and Human Services, are the
cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy
and form the basis for nutrition
education efforts of these agencies. The
U.S. Department of Agriculture’s CNPP
develops and promotes nutrition
education materials to help consumers
understand and use the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans as well as
MyPyramid, the tool designed to help
consumers implement the Dietary
Guidelines. Additional materials (hard
copy and electronic) will be developed
to help consumers understand and use
the Dietary Guidelines, many of which
may be geared toward various special
population groups. Publications that
have become obsolete since the release
of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans and MyPyramid will also
need to be updated and replaced. With
the increased prevalence of overweight
and obesity in the United States, it has
become increasingly important to
communicate clear and useful nutrition
education information related to the
Dietary Guidelines on food choices,
weight, and physical activity. The
USDA will have the lead responsibility
for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines revision
process from which new messages and
materials may be developed, including
a new consumer bulletin.
Educational messages and materials
in support of the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans and MyPyramid will be
developed by the Center for Nutrition
Policy and Promotion which may
include:
1. Messages and materials related to
the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans that aim to teach the general
public about proper nutrition and
physical activity;
2. Enhancement of the MyPyramid
Web site to include additional
components such as nutrition and
physical activity personalized tracking
and other interactive tools as well as
more consumer and professional
support materials;
3. Nutrition education and Internetbased materials to help combat
overweight and obesity in America;
4. Materials relaying the 2005 Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and
MyPyramid for special population
groups that might be identified; and
5. New policy, messages and materials
that might be developed as a result of
the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans revision process.
The materials for these initiatives will
be tested using qualitative consumer
research techniques, which may include
focus groups (with general consumers,
educators, students, etc.), interviews
(i.e., intercept, individual, diads, triads,
usability testing, etc.) and Web-based
surveys. Participants in the testing will
provide information regarding the
clarity, understandability, and
acceptability of the messages and
materials during the developmental
process and during the final product
development stage.
ESTIMATION OF BURDEN HOURS
Estimated
number of
individual respondents
Testing instrument
Number of
responses per
respondent
Estimated time
per response
in minutes
Estimated total
annual burden
in minutes
Estimated total
annual burden
in hours
Focus Group Screeners .......................................................
Interview Screeners .............................................................
Focus Groups ......................................................................
Interviews .............................................................................
Web-based Collections ........................................................
Confidentiality Agreement ....................................................
7,500
750
1 500
100
600
1,200
1
1
1
1
1
1
15
15
120
120
15
10
112,500
11,250
60,000
12,000
9,000
12,000
1,875
187.5
1,000
200
150
200
Total ..............................................................................
10,650
........................
........................
216,750
3,612.50
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Affected Public: American
Consumers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
10,650.
Estimated Time per Response: 34
minutes.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: One.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 3,612.50 hours.
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Dated: June 13, 2006.
Eric J. Hentges,
Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy
and Promotion.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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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
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Comment Request
June 14, 2006.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion; Agency Information
Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request--Generic
Clearance for the Development of Nutrition Education Messages and
Materials for the General Public
AGENCY: Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on a proposed information collection. This notice announces the Center
for Nutrition Policy and Promotion's (CNPP) intention to request the
Office of Management and Budget's approval of the information
collection processes and instruments to be used during consumer
research while testing nutrition education messages and materials
developed for the general public. The purpose for performing consumer
research will be to identify consumers' understanding of potential
nutrition education messages and obtain their reaction to prototypes of
nutrition education materials, including Internet-based materials. The
information collected will be used to refine messages and materials to
improve their usefulness as well as aid consumer understanding of all
Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid-related materials.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before
August 18, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Carole Davis, Nutrition Promotion
Staff Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1034,
Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments are invited on (a) whether the proposed 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 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
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clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond,
including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
OMB Clearance Supporting Statement requesting Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will also become a matter of public
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Carole Davis, 703-305-7600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Development of Nutrition Education
Messages and Materials for the General Public/CNPP.
OMB Number: 0582-0523.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2006.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, issued jointly by
the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services, are
the cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy and form the basis for
nutrition education efforts of these agencies. The U.S. Department of
Agriculture's CNPP develops and promotes nutrition education materials
to help consumers understand and use the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans as well as MyPyramid, the tool designed to help consumers
implement the Dietary Guidelines. Additional materials (hard copy and
electronic) will be developed to help consumers understand and use the
Dietary Guidelines, many of which may be geared toward various special
population groups. Publications that have become obsolete since the
release of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid will
also need to be updated and replaced. With the increased prevalence of
overweight and obesity in the United States, it has become increasingly
important to communicate clear and useful nutrition education
information related to the Dietary Guidelines on food choices, weight,
and physical activity. The USDA will have the lead responsibility for
the 2010 Dietary Guidelines revision process from which new messages
and materials may be developed, including a new consumer bulletin.
Educational messages and materials in support of the Dietary
Guidelines for Americans and MyPyramid will be developed by the Center
for Nutrition Policy and Promotion which may include:
1. Messages and materials related to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines
for Americans that aim to teach the general public about proper
nutrition and physical activity;
2. Enhancement of the MyPyramid Web site to include additional
components such as nutrition and physical activity personalized
tracking and other interactive tools as well as more consumer and
professional support materials;
3. Nutrition education and Internet-based materials to help combat
overweight and obesity in America;
4. Materials relaying the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and
MyPyramid for special population groups that might be identified; and
5. New policy, messages and materials that might be developed as a
result of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans revision process.
The materials for these initiatives will be tested using
qualitative consumer research techniques, which may include focus
groups (with general consumers, educators, students, etc.), interviews
(i.e., intercept, individual, diads, triads, usability testing, etc.)
and Web-based surveys. Participants in the testing will provide
information regarding the clarity, understandability, and acceptability
of the messages and materials during the developmental process and
during the final product development stage.
Estimation of Burden Hours
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Estimated Estimated Estimated
number of Number of Estimated time total annual total annual
Testing instrument individual responses per per response burden in burden in
respondents respondent in minutes minutes hours
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Focus Group Screeners........... 7,500 1 15 112,500 1,875
Interview Screeners............. 750 1 15 11,250 187.5
Focus Groups.................... \1\ 500 1 120 60,000 1,000
Interviews...................... 100 1 120 12,000 200
Web-based Collections........... 600 1 15 9,000 150
Confidentiality Agreement....... 1,200 1 10 12,000 200
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Total....................... 10,650 .............. .............. 216,750 3,612.50
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Affected Public: American Consumers.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,650.
Estimated Time per Response: 34 minutes.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: One.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,612.50 hours.
Dated: June 13, 2006.
Eric J. Hentges,
Executive Director, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
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