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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.
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
form FSA–750 ‘‘End-Use Certificate for
Wheat’’ is used by importers of
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Canadian wheat to report entry into the
United States. The form must be
submitted by the importer within 15
workdays following the date of entry.
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.
Failure to collect the information on an
entry-by-entry basis would make it
impossible to ensure that imported grain
retains its identify preserved status and
doe not benefit from USDA or CCCassisted programs.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit.
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
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
March 5, 2009.
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
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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: 7 CFR Part 215—Special Milk
Program for Children.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0005.
Summary of Collection: Section 3 of
the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966
(Pub. L. 89–642, as amended; 42 U.S.C.
1772) authorizes the Special Milk
Program (SMP) for Children. It provides
for appropriation of such sums as may
be necessary to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary may deem
in the public interest, to encourage
consumption of fluid milk by children
in the United States in (1) nonprofit
schools of high school grades and
under, and (2) nonprofit nursery
schools, child care centers, settlement
houses, summer camps, and similar
nonprofit institutions devoted to the
care and training of children, which do
not participate in a food service program
authorized under the CAN or the
National School Lunch Act.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will
collect information to compute the
amount of Federal SMP funds due the
SA under the performance-funding
formula; analyze and evaluate the
results of program operation within
each state and nationwide; respond to
data requests from the Congress, OMB,
and advocacy groups and the general
public; develop budget projections of
the amount of Federal funds needed to
pay SMP program benefits; and regulate
the flow of Federal funds to SA.
Without this information FNS would
not be able to evaluate program
operations.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, and Tribal Government; Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 11,430.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 566,428.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Civil Rights Title VI—Collection
Reports—FNS–191 and FNS–101.
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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.
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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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bruce Mertz, Acting Executive Director,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
March 5, 2009.
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: 7 CFR Part 215--Special Milk Program for Children.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0005.
Summary of Collection: Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA)
of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-642, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 1772) authorizes the
Special Milk Program (SMP) for Children. It provides for appropriation
of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may deem in the
public interest, to encourage consumption of fluid milk by children in
the United States in (1) nonprofit schools of high school grades and
under, and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child care centers,
settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions
devoted to the care and training of children, which do not participate
in a food service program authorized under the CAN or the National
School Lunch Act.
Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) will collect information to compute the amount of Federal SMP
funds due the SA under the performance-funding formula; analyze and
evaluate the results of program operation within each state and
nationwide; respond to data requests from the Congress, OMB, and
advocacy groups and the general public; develop budget projections of
the amount of Federal funds needed to pay SMP program benefits; and
regulate the flow of Federal funds to SA. Without this information FNS
would not be able to evaluate program operations.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Government;
Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions.
Number of Respondents: 11,430.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 566,428.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Civil Rights Title VI--Collection Reports--FNS-191 and FNS-
101.
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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.
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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