Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 41286-41287 [E7-14565]

Download as PDF 41286 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 144 / Friday, July 27, 2007 / Notices Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) establishes a program whereby needy households apply for and receive food stamp benefits. It specifies national eligibility standards but allows State agencies certain options in administering the program. These options relate to establishing a homeless shelter deduction; establishing periodically reviewing, and updating standard utility allowances to be used in excess shelter cost computation; and establishing a methodology for offsetting costs of producing self-employment income. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will collect information from state agencies on the methods used to calculate these deductions and allowances. Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information from State agencies on how the various Food Stamp Program implementation options will be determined. The information collected will be used by FNS to establish quality control reviews, standards and self-employment costs. Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government. Number of Respondents: 53. Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 236. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E7–14562 Filed 7–26–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–30–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES July 24, 2007. 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:53 Jul 26, 2007 Jkt 211001 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. Description of Respondents: Farms. Number of Respondents: 2,500. Frequency of Responses: Reporting; On occasion. Total Burden Hours: 1.250. Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E7–14564 Filed 7–26–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–34–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request July 24, 2007. 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 Animal & Plant Health Inspection performance of the functions of the Service agency, including whether the Title: Small Enterprise Chicken Study. information will have practical utility; OMB Control Number: 0579–0260. (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate Summary of Collection: The Small of burden including the validity of the Enterprise Chicken Study is an methodology and assumptions used; (c) information collection by the Animal ways to enhance the quality, utility and and Plant Health Inspection Service clarity of the information to be (APHIS). This study is designed to collect information on flocks with 1,000 collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information to 19,999 chickens. In the past, APHIS on those who are to respond, including poultry studies, conducted by National through the use of appropriate Animal Health Monitoring System automated, electronic, mechanical, or (NAHMS) have focused on the other technological collection commercial table-egg layer industry, techniques or other forms of information backyard poultry, and live poultry technology should be addressed to: Desk markets. The objectives of the study are Officer for Agriculture, Office of as follows: (1) To describe Information and Regulatory Affairs, characteristics of operations with 1,000 Office of Management and Budget to 19,999 chickens, including bird (OMB), species on-hand, seasonal inventory, OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or and marketing of free-range chickens or eggs, and organic, or other niche-market fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail products; (2) describe movements of Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– animals, people, waste products, 7602. Comments regarding these vehicles, and equipment on and off information collections are best assured operations, and estimate the distances of having their full effect if received associated with these movements; (3) examine biosecurity practices, including within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be bird access to the outdoors. The obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. information will be collected using An agency may not conduct or NAHMS form 200. Need and Use of the Information: The sponsor a collection of information information from the study will be used unless the collection of information to develop parameters for two disease displays a currently valid OMB control simulation models: The North American number and the agency informs Animal Disease Spread Model and the potential persons who are to respond to Multiscale Epidemiologic/Economic the collection of information that such Simulation and Analysis Model. The persons are not required to respond to information will also be used to develop the collection of information unless it background information on this segment displays a currently valid OMB control of the poultry industry. number. PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27JYN1.SGM 27JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 144 / Friday, July 27, 2007 / Notices National Agricultural Statistics Service Title: Aquaculture Survey. OMB Control Number: 0535–0150. Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National Agricultural Statistics Service is to estimate production and stocks of agricultural food, fiber, and specialty commodities. Congress has mandated the collection of basic data for aquaculture and provides funding for these surveys. Public Law 96–362 was passed to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal aquaculture programs by improving coordination and communication among Federal agencies involved in those programs. Aquaculture is an alternative method to produce a high protein, low fat product demanded by the consumer. Aquaculture surveys provide information on trout and catfish inventory, acreage and sales as well as catfish processed. Need and Use of the Information: The survey results is useful in analyzing changing trends in the number of commercial operations and production levels by State. The information collected is used to demonstrate the growing importance of aquaculture to officials of Federal and State government agencies who manage and direct policy over programs in agriculture and natural resources. The type of information collected and reported provides extension educators and research scientists with data that indicates important areas that require special educational and/or research efforts, such as causes for losses of fish and pond inventories of fish of various sizes. The data gathered from the various reports provide information to establish contract levels for fishing programs and to evaluate prospective loans to growers and processors. Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 3,069. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually. Total Burden Hours: 740. jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES National Agriculture Statistics Service Title: Cotton Ginning Survey. OMB Control Number: 0535–0220. 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, disposition and prices as well as specialty agricultural and environmental statistics. The Cotton Ginning Survey provides statistics concerning cotton ginning for specific dates and geographic regions and aids in VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:53 Jul 26, 2007 Jkt 211001 forecasting cotton production, which is required under U.S.C. Title 13, Section 42(a). Need and Use of the Information: The ginning data collected provides (1) All segments of the cotton industry— buyers, brokers, crushers, shippers, textile firms, and researches with exact quantities of cotton available at specific geographic locations within the U.S. on a regular basis; (2) precise statistics, especially when at least 50 percent of the forecasted cotton production has been ginned in a state; and (3) final season ginning data is used to establish final production. If the information were collected less frequent, the cotton industry would be without county level quantities ginned that could seriously affect transportation costs and marketing strategies. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 820. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (biweekly Sept.–Jan). Total Burden Hours: 825. Charlene Parker, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E7–14565 Filed 7–26–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–20–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Emergency Food Assistance Program; Availability of Commodities for Fiscal Year 2007 Food and Nutrition Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces the surplus and purchased commodities that the Department expects to make available for donation to States for use in providing nutrition assistance to the needy under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2007. The commodities made available under this notice must, at the discretion of the State, be distributed to eligible recipient agencies for use in preparing meals, and/or for distribution to households for home consumption. DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillie Ragan, Assistant Branch Chief, Policy Branch, Food Distribution Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302–1594 or telephone (703) 305– 2662. PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41287 In accordance with the provisions set forth in the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (EFAA), 7 U.S.C. 7502, and the Food Stamp Act of 1977, 7 U.S.C. 2011, et seq., the Department makes commodities and administrative funds available to States for use in providing nutrition assistance to those in need through TEFAP. In accordance with 7 CFR 251.3(h), each State’s share of TEFAP commodities and administrative funds is based 60 percent on the number of low-income households within the State and 40 percent on the number of unemployed persons within the State. State officials are responsible for establishing the network through which the commodities will be used by eligible recipient agencies (ERAs) in providing nutrition assistance to those in need, and for allocating commodities and administrative funds among those agencies. States have full discretion in determining the amount of commodities that will be made available to ERAs for use in preparing meals, and/or for distribution to households for home consumption. The types of commodities the Department expects to make available to States for distribution through TEFAP in FY 2007 are described below. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Surplus Commodities Surplus commodities donated for distribution under TEFAP are Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) commodities purchased under the authority of section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, 7 U.S.C. 1431 (section 416) and commodities purchased under the surplus removal authority of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, 7 U.S.C. 612c (section 32). The types of commodities typically purchased under section 416 include dairy, grains, oils, and peanut products. The types of commodities purchased under section 32 include meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, dry beans, juices, and fruits. In FY 2007, the Department anticipates that there will be sufficient quantities of apple products, cherry products, grape juice, grapefruit juice, and fresh tomatoes under section 32, to support the distribution of these commodities through TEFAP. Other surplus commodities may be made available to TEFAP throughout the year. The Department would like to point out that commodity acquisitions are based on changing agricultural market conditions; therefore, the availability of commodities is subject to change. Approximately $10 million in surplus commodities purchased in FY 2006 are being delivered to States in FY 2007. E:\FR\FM\27JYN1.SGM 27JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 144 (Friday, July 27, 2007)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 24, 2007.
    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.

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National Agricultural Statistics Service

    Title: Aquaculture Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0150.
    Summary of Collection: The primary function of the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service is to estimate production and stocks of 
agricultural food, fiber, and specialty commodities. Congress has 
mandated the collection of basic data for aquaculture and provides 
funding for these surveys. Public Law 96-362 was passed to increase the 
overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal aquaculture programs 
by improving coordination and communication among Federal agencies 
involved in those programs. Aquaculture is an alternative method to 
produce a high protein, low fat product demanded by the consumer. 
Aquaculture surveys provide information on trout and catfish inventory, 
acreage and sales as well as catfish processed.
    Need and Use of the Information: The survey results is useful in 
analyzing changing trends in the number of commercial operations and 
production levels by State. The information collected is used to 
demonstrate the growing importance of aquaculture to officials of 
Federal and State government agencies who manage and direct policy over 
programs in agriculture and natural resources. The type of information 
collected and reported provides extension educators and research 
scientists with data that indicates important areas that require 
special educational and/or research efforts, such as causes for losses 
of fish and pond inventories of fish of various sizes. The data 
gathered from the various reports provide information to establish 
contract levels for fishing programs and to evaluate prospective loans 
to growers and processors.
    Description of Respondents: Farms; Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 3,069.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly; Semi-annually; 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 740.

National Agriculture Statistics Service

    Title: Cotton Ginning Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0535-0220.
    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, disposition 
and prices as well as specialty agricultural and environmental 
statistics. The Cotton Ginning Survey provides statistics concerning 
cotton ginning for specific dates and geographic regions and aids in 
forecasting cotton production, which is required under U.S.C. Title 13, 
Section 42(a).
    Need and Use of the Information: The ginning data collected 
provides (1) All segments of the cotton industry--buyers, brokers, 
crushers, shippers, textile firms, and researches with exact quantities 
of cotton available at specific geographic locations within the U.S. on 
a regular basis; (2) precise statistics, especially when at least 50 
percent of the forecasted cotton production has been ginned in a state; 
and (3) final season ginning data is used to establish final 
production. If the information were collected less frequent, the cotton 
industry would be without county level quantities ginned that could 
seriously affect transportation costs and marketing strategies.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 820.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (biweekly Sept.-Jan).
    Total Burden Hours: 825.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-14565 Filed 7-26-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-20-P
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