Notice of the Specialty Crop Committee's Stakeholder Listening Session, 10220 [E9-4983]
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OMB Control Number: 0584–0025.
Summary of Collection: Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits
discrimination on the basis of race,
color, and national origin in programs
receiving Federal financial assistance.
The Department of Justice regulations,
cited at Title 28 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), Section 42.106(b),
require all Federal Departments to
provide for the collection of racial/
ethnic data and information from
applicants for and recipients of Federal
assistance sufficient to permit effective
enforcement of Title VI. In order to
comply with the Civil Rights Act,
Department of Justice regulations and
the Department’s nondiscrimination
policy and regulations (7 CFR Part 15),
the Department’s Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) requires State agencies to
submit data on the racial/ethnic
categories of persons receiving benefits
from FNS food assistance programs.
FNS will collect information using
forms FNS 191 and FNS 101.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will collect the names, addresses,
telephone numbers to compile a local
agency directory which serves as the
primary source of data on number and
location for local agencies and number
of sites operating Commodity
Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
FNS will also collect information on the
number of CFSP individuals (women,
infant, children, and elderly) in each
racial/ethnic category for one month of
the year. The information will be used
in the Department’s annual USDA Equal
Opportunity Report. If the information
is not collected FNS could not track
racial/ethnic data for program
evaluation.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,863.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 5,726.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: National Survey of WIC
Participants II.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0484.
Summary of Collection: The Improper
Payments Information Act (IPIA) of
2002 (Pub. L. 107–300) requires the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS),
USDA, to provide estimates of
erroneous payments in the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC),
and to identify and report corrective
actions the agency is taking to reduce
them. These measures are necessary in
order to enhance the accuracy and
integrity of Federal payments in the
WIC Program.
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Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will use the information to identify the
amount and source of error and to
develop corrective measures to be taken
to reduce the amount of error. If the
information is not collected, no
assessment of the amount and type of
errors can be made nor can corrective
actions be developed and implemented.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government;
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 5,093.
Frequency of Responses: Report:
Other (One time).
Total Burden Hours: 3,361.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–5056 Filed 3–9–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the Specialty Crop
Committee’s Stakeholder Listening
Session
AGENCY: Research, Education, and
Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening
session.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, the United States
Department of Agriculture announces a
stakeholder listening session of the
Specialty Crop Committee, under the
auspices of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: The Specialty Crop Committee
will hold the stakeholder listening
session on March 13, 2009 from 9 a.m.–
3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The stakeholder listening
session of the Specialty Crop Committee
will take place at the headquarters of the
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Growers
Association, 800 Trafalgar Court, Suite
200, Maitland, FL 32751.
The public may file written comments
before or up to two weeks after the
listening session with the contact
person identified in this notice at: The
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department
of Agriculture, Room 344–A, Jamie L.
Whitten Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2255.
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720–
3684; fax: (202) 720–6199; or e-mail:
bmertz@csrees.usda.gov.
The
Specialty Crop Committee was
established in accordance with the
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of
2004 under Title III, Section 303 of
Public Law 108–465, as amended under
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
of 2008, under Title VII, Section 7103 of
Public Law 110–246. This Committee is
a permanent committee of the National
Agricultural Research Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board (the Board). The Committee’s
charge is to study the scope and
effectiveness of research, extension, and
economics programs affecting the
specialty crop industry. The
congressional legislation defines
‘‘specialty crops’’ as fruits, vegetables,
tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops
(including floriculture). In order to carry
out its responsibilities effectively, the
Committee is holding a stakeholder
listening session. The listening session
will elicit stakeholder input from
industry and state representatives,
national organizations and institutions,
local producers, and other groups about
topics of relevance to research,
extension or economics programs on
which the Specialty Crop Committee is
charged to report through the Board to
the Secretary of Agriculture and
Congress. Several panel sessions will be
organized to stimulate discussion, each
relating to one or more specific issues
delineated in the Committee’s charge.
Each panel will be followed with
questions by Committee members and
opportunity for brief presentations and
general discussion from the floor. Also,
written comments by attendees and
other interested stakeholders will be
welcomed as additional public input
before and up to two weeks following
the listening sessions. All statements
will become part of the official public
record of the Board’s Specialty Crop
Committee.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Done at Washington, DC this 12th day of
February 2009.
Katherine Smith,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research,
Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. E9–4983 Filed 3–9–09; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce Mertz, Acting Executive Director,
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[FR Doc No: E9-4983]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the Specialty Crop Committee's Stakeholder Listening
Session
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening session.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, the United States Department of Agriculture announces a
stakeholder listening session of the Specialty Crop Committee, under
the auspices of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: The Specialty Crop Committee will hold the stakeholder listening
session on March 13, 2009 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The stakeholder listening session of the Specialty Crop
Committee will take place at the headquarters of the Florida Fruit and
Vegetable Growers Association, 800 Trafalgar Court, Suite 200,
Maitland, FL 32751.
The public may file written comments before or up to two weeks
after the listening session with the contact person identified in this
notice at: The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education,
and Economics Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 344-A, Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-2255.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bruce Mertz, Acting Executive
Director, National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720-3684; fax: (202) 720-
6199; or e-mail: bmertz@csrees.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Specialty Crop Committee was established
in accordance with the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
under Title III, Section 303 of Public Law 108-465, as amended under
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, under Title VII,
Section 7103 of Public Law 110-246. This Committee is a permanent
committee of the National Agricultural Research Extension, Education,
and Economics Advisory Board (the Board). The Committee's charge is to
study the scope and effectiveness of research, extension, and economics
programs affecting the specialty crop industry. The congressional
legislation defines ``specialty crops'' as fruits, vegetables, tree
nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops (including floriculture). In order
to carry out its responsibilities effectively, the Committee is holding
a stakeholder listening session. The listening session will elicit
stakeholder input from industry and state representatives, national
organizations and institutions, local producers, and other groups about
topics of relevance to research, extension or economics programs on
which the Specialty Crop Committee is charged to report through the
Board to the Secretary of Agriculture and Congress. Several panel
sessions will be organized to stimulate discussion, each relating to
one or more specific issues delineated in the Committee's charge. Each
panel will be followed with questions by Committee members and
opportunity for brief presentations and general discussion from the
floor. Also, written comments by attendees and other interested
stakeholders will be welcomed as additional public input before and up
to two weeks following the listening sessions. All statements will
become part of the official public record of the Board's Specialty Crop
Committee.
Done at Washington, DC this 12th day of February 2009.
Katherine Smith,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. E9-4983 Filed 3-9-09; 8:45 am]
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