Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 74683 [E8-29042]

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: E8-29042]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

December 3, 2008.
    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: Evaluation of the Birth Month Breastfeeding Changes to the 
WIC Food Packages Study.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program 
for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), (42 U.S.C. 1786) provides low-
income pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and 
children up to age five with nutritious supplemental foods. An Interim 
Rule was published on December 6, 2007 revising the WIC food packages 
to align them with the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and Infant 
feeding practice guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The 
revised food packages for infants and women were designed to strengthen 
WIC's breastfeeding promotion efforts and provide additional incentives 
to assist mothers in making the decision to start and continue 
breastfeeding.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS has designed a study to 
collect and analyze data to evaluate the impacts that the regulatory 
changes to WIC food packages have on the incidence, duration, and 
intensity of breastfeeding. The overarching objective is to assess the 
effects of the WIC food package Interim Rule to be implemented by local 
WIC agencies for the first month and subsequent months postpartum. The 
collected data will cover the following: Food package choices, 
breastfeeding initiation, breastfeeding duration, breastfeeding 
intensity, local WIC agency implementation, and WIC participation.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
Individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,920.
    Frequency of Responses: Report: Other (one-time).
    Total Burden Hours: 1,024.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-29042 Filed 12-8-08; 8:45 am]
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