Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 56045-56046 [E7-19437]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 2, 2007 / Notices AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; One Hundred and Fifty-Second Meeting; Notice of Meeting Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby given of the one hundred and fifty-second meeting of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on October 17, 2007 at the Des Moines Marriott Downtown located at 700 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. The meeting venue is in the Marriott Hotel’s Iowa Ballroom, Salons A, B, and C located on the second floor. Dr. Robert Easter, Interim Chairman of BIFAD will open the meeting. Dr. Easter is the Dean, College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environment Sciences at the University of Illinois. Dean Easter was elected by the Board to serve in this capacity upon the April 3, 2007 resignation of Mr. Peter McPherson, former USAID Administrator. The business meeting will begin with a presentation of USAID’s FY 2006 Title XII Report to Congress. It is expected that the Board will be looking at ways to enhance Title XII input and collaboration on the preparation of the FY 2007 report. Following the Title XII Report, the Board will discuss operational and management issues concerning the Strategic Partnership for Agricultural Research and Education (SPARE), establishment of a new BIFAD sub-committee, USAID’s revisions to the ADS 216 (policy guidance) relative to Title XII implementation, SPARE committee issues, and other actions. Late in the morning the Board will shift its attention to ‘‘Big Picture’’ thinking when it discusses ideas and plans for defining BIFAD’s Strategic Direction in 2008. Critical to this will be the role of BIFAD in supporting USAID in collaboration with the U.S. university network to address priority agricultural issues in the context of transformational development. The Board will be revisiting its earlier resolution with regard to implementing recommendations advanced in the special study conducted by former USAID Assistant Administrator Richard E. Bissell entitled: ‘‘Implementation of Title XII: Report to the BIFAD (June 2006)’’. It is expected that the Board will re-affirm its commitment to advancing the recommendations made in the Bissell Report. Following the executive luncheon, which is closed to the public, the Board VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:35 Oct 01, 2007 Jkt 214001 will continue its discussion on defining the Board’s action agenda for 2008. The Board will be entertaining comments from the audience on identification of critical priorities for international agriculture. It is the Board’s intention to formulate several key recommendations which can be presented to the USAID Administrator. Incorporated into the afternoon deliberations will be discussion on several special initiatives including: facilitation of a Conference of Deans of Agriculture; conducting a study on ‘‘Defining a Title XII Activity’’; and ideas related to formulating a new Center of Excellence for Technology Adaptation in Africa with possible links to the new U.S. military command AFRICOM. After a mid-afternoon break the Board meeting shifts to several policy oriented presentations. First, Catherine Bertini, Professor of Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse University will present a report on: ‘‘U.S. Funding for Higher Education in sub-Saharan Africa: A Case Study.’’ Then in keeping with the theme of the World Food Prize symposium, there will be two papers presented on implications of Biofuels to development in Africa. These presentations, with open public discussion, will be given by Dr. Kenneth Cassman, Professor, Agronomy & Horticulture, University of Nebraska and Dr. Youba Sokona, executive secretary, Sahara & Sahel Observatory, Tunis, Tunisia. The Board meeting is free and open to the public. Discussion and comments from the audience are especially welcome. Those wishing to attend the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should contact Dr. Ronald S. Senykoff, the Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD. Write him in care of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Ronald Reagan Building, Office of Agriculture, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2.11– 085, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or telephone him at (202) 712–0218 or fax (202) 216–3010. Ronald S. Senykoff, USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of Agriculture and Food Security, Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade, U.S. Agency for International Development. [FR Doc. E7–19396 Filed 10–1–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6116–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 56045 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request September 27, 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. Agricultural Marketing Service Title: USDA Food and Commodity Connection Web site. OMB Control Number: 0581–0224. Summary of Collection: The USDA Food and Commodity Connection Web site operates pursuant to the authority of Section 32 of Public Law 320, Section 8 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1777) and the National School Lunch Program, 7 CFR Part 210. It was developed to assist the institutional food service community across the E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1 56046 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 2, 2007 / Notices rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES United States. The Web site focuses on providing information to institutional food service professions, as well as providing a platform for processors, distributors, and brokers to post information about their processed USDA supplied commodities and other commercial food products available for institutional food service purchase. The USDA Food and Commodity Connection Website provides food related associations a location to provide information on services and materials available from the organization. The Web site is a public Web site and the information provided is considered as public information. Need and Use of the Information: The USDA Food and Commodity Connection Web site will collect all information electronically at one time upon registration. Each new user must create their individual login and password. There are five types of users; institutional food service professionals, processors, distributors, brokers and food related associations. The Food and Commodity Connection Web site is designed as a central location in which institutional food service professionals, who provide meals in institutional settings, can locate processors who manufacture foods utilizing USDA provided commodities, distributors who distribute the manufactured food, brokers who represent the processors, and food related associations. No information is collected from a user when they access the Web site as a guest. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farms. Number of Respondents: 850. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (one time). Total Burden Hours: 280. Agricultural Marketing Service Title: Domestic Origin Verification System Questionnaire. OMB Control Number: 0581–0234. Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h)) requires and directs the Department to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out voluntary inspection and grading services on a fee for service basis. The collection of information regarding the requirement for companies to ensure domestic origin of the products they deliver to the USDA Purchase Program is provided for in the ‘‘General Terms and Conditions for Procurement of Agricultural Commodities of Services,’’ (USDA–1). The Domestic Origin Verification System Program (DOVS) is a voluntary audit and verification user-fee service available to suppliers, processors, and VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:35 Oct 01, 2007 Jkt 214001 any financially interested party. It is designed to provide validation of the applicant’s domestic origin verification system prior to bidding on contracts to supply food products to the Department’s Feeding programs, and/or may be conducted after a contract is awarded. Participation in DOVS does not relieve a company of its contractual requirements to provide only domestic origin product to the USDA. Need and Use of the Information: An interested company requests a DOVS questionnaire, and once completed it contains the applicants procedures to ensure fruit, nut or vegetable components or products can be traced back to their domestic origin; use of a segregation plan to keep all nondomestic components or products separate from domestic products; for taking corrective action on nonconformities and deficiencies; for checking the adequacy of their internal system of ensuring domestic origin; instructing employees in the domestic origin requirement and for maintaining records relating to the applicant’s domestic origin verification system. These elements should be in place whether or not the applicant is on the DOVS program or providing a trace-back on every contract. DOVS assists companies to meet the domestic origin requirement for the USDA Purchase Program efficiently and eliminates the redundancy of the trace paperwork that is required for every USDA contract. Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit. Number of Respondents: 100. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually. Total Burden Hours: 100. Charlene Parker, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. E7–19437 Filed 10–1–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–02–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request September 27, 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 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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: Direct Verification Evaluation Study. OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. Summary of Collection: The Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–265) expanded authorization for local education agencies to directly verify eligibility for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) without contacting households, using data from other means-tested programs such as the Food Stamp Program, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, Medicaid, and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Direct verification is intended to reduce burden on households and Local education agencies (LEAs), improve program operations, and reduce the number of children losing NSLP benefits due to household nonresponse to verification requests. Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will collect information to understand the methods of direct verification and their effectiveness, the Direct Verification Pilot Study will systematically collect E:\FR\FM\02OCN1.SGM 02OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

September 27, 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.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: USDA Food and Commodity Connection Web site.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0224.
    Summary of Collection: The USDA Food and Commodity Connection Web 
site operates pursuant to the authority of Section 32 of Public Law 
320, Section 8 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1777) and 
the National School Lunch Program, 7 CFR Part 210. It was developed to 
assist the institutional food service community across the

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United States. The Web site focuses on providing information to 
institutional food service professions, as well as providing a platform 
for processors, distributors, and brokers to post information about 
their processed USDA supplied commodities and other commercial food 
products available for institutional food service purchase. The USDA 
Food and Commodity Connection Website provides food related 
associations a location to provide information on services and 
materials available from the organization. The Web site is a public Web 
site and the information provided is considered as public information.
    Need and Use of the Information: The USDA Food and Commodity 
Connection Web site will collect all information electronically at one 
time upon registration. Each new user must create their individual 
login and password. There are five types of users; institutional food 
service professionals, processors, distributors, brokers and food 
related associations. The Food and Commodity Connection Web site is 
designed as a central location in which institutional food service 
professionals, who provide meals in institutional settings, can locate 
processors who manufacture foods utilizing USDA provided commodities, 
distributors who distribute the manufactured food, brokers who 
represent the processors, and food related associations. No information 
is collected from a user when they access the Web site as a guest.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; farms.
    Number of Respondents: 850.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Other (one time).
    Total Burden Hours: 280.

Agricultural Marketing Service

    Title: Domestic Origin Verification System Questionnaire.
    OMB Control Number: 0581-0234.
    Summary of Collection: The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 
U.S.C. 1622(h)) requires and directs the Department to promulgate rules 
and regulations to carry out voluntary inspection and grading services 
on a fee for service basis. The collection of information regarding the 
requirement for companies to ensure domestic origin of the products 
they deliver to the USDA Purchase Program is provided for in the 
``General Terms and Conditions for Procurement of Agricultural 
Commodities of Services,'' (USDA-1). The Domestic Origin Verification 
System Program (DOVS) is a voluntary audit and verification user-fee 
service available to suppliers, processors, and any financially 
interested party. It is designed to provide validation of the 
applicant's domestic origin verification system prior to bidding on 
contracts to supply food products to the Department's Feeding programs, 
and/or may be conducted after a contract is awarded. Participation in 
DOVS does not relieve a company of its contractual requirements to 
provide only domestic origin product to the USDA.
    Need and Use of the Information: An interested company requests a 
DOVS questionnaire, and once completed it contains the applicants 
procedures to ensure fruit, nut or vegetable components or products can 
be traced back to their domestic origin; use of a segregation plan to 
keep all non-domestic components or products separate from domestic 
products; for taking corrective action on nonconformities and 
deficiencies; for checking the adequacy of their internal system of 
ensuring domestic origin; instructing employees in the domestic origin 
requirement and for maintaining records relating to the applicant's 
domestic origin verification system. These elements should be in place 
whether or not the applicant is on the DOVS program or providing a 
trace-back on every contract. DOVS assists companies to meet the 
domestic origin requirement for the USDA Purchase Program efficiently 
and eliminates the redundancy of the trace paperwork that is required 
for every USDA contract.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 100.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-19437 Filed 10-1-07; 8:45 am]
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