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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Departmental Management; Advisory
Committee on Minority Farmers
USDA.
Notice: Request for
Nominations.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Secretary of Agriculture
(Secretary) establish the Advisory
Committee on Minority Farmers
(Committee) on December 2, 2009. The
purpose of the Committee is to advise
the Secretary on methods of outreach
and assistance to socially disadvantaged
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and Outreach, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence
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FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elaine
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720–2191; E-mail: Elaine
Haun@osec.usda.gov.
As
required by Section 14008 of the Food,
Conservation and Energy Act of 2008
(P.L. 110–246), the Secretary established
the Committee to provide advice on: (1)
The implementation of section 2501 of
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 which directs the
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outreach and assistance to socially
disadvantaged farmers and ranchers (2)
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participation of minority farmers and
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as such activities relate to participants
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The law requires that the Committee
be composed of not more than 15
members including: (1) Not less than
four socially disadvantaged farmers or
ranchers (as defined in section 2501
(e)(2) of the Food, Agriculture,
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 2279 (e)(2))); (2) not less than two
representatives of nonprofit
organizations with a history of working
with minority farmers and ranchers; (3)
not less than two civil rights
professionals; (4) not less than two
representatives of institutions of higher
education with demonstrated
experience working with minority
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persons as the Secretary considers
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diverse groups served by the
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to the extent practicable, individuals
with demonstrated ability to represent
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Signed in Washington, DC, on this 7th day
of March 2010.
Robin E. Heard,
Acting Assistant Secretary for
Administration, United States Department of
Agriculture.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Evaluation of
Reaching the Underserved Elderly and
Working Poor in SNAP
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This is a new collection for the contract
Evaluation of Reaching the Underserved
Elderly and Working Poor in SNAP.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Steven
Carlson, Director, Office of Research and
Analysis, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service,
3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be
submitted via fax to the attention of
Steven Carlson at 703–305–2576 or via
e-mail to Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 1014,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Steven Carlson at
703–305–2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Evaluation of Reaching the
Underserved Elderly and Working Poor
in SNAP: FY 2009 Pilots.
Form Number: [if applicable, insert
number.]
OMB Number: [Not Yet Assigned.]
Expiration Date: [Not Yet
Determined.]
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: Less than one-third of
eligible elderly (age 60 and older)
persons and less than three-fifths of
persons in eligible households with
someone working participate in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), according to the latest
(2007) U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) estimates. These participation
rates suggest that many people in these
two groups who may need nutrition
assistance are not receiving SNAP
benefits. Without SNAP, elderly
individuals may not be able to meet
their nutritional needs or may forgo
medicine for food; working people may
not be able to adequately feed their
families, despite their work efforts.
The Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), responding to a Congressional
request, has funded six State
demonstration projects to increase
SNAP access to eligible households
with either persons over age 60 or with
adult members who are working or
looking for work. FNS is conducting an
evaluation of the demonstration
projects. By evaluating these
demonstrations, FNS will be able to
advise Federal policymakers and State
administrators on the best approaches to
increasing SNAP access for these two
populations.
The evaluation of the demonstration
projects has several objectives. The
evaluation will describe each
demonstration project and the
implementation process; assess the
impact on SNAP participation in the
target groups, application barriers, client
satisfaction, household benefits,
administrative costs, and payment
errors; and assess the sustainability and
replicability of each demonstration
project. To meet these objectives, FNS
will collect information from the pilot
and comparison sites before, during,
and after the intervention. FNS will
collect and analyze administrative data
in each demonstration State and will
conduct site visits to each
demonstration project and conduct
focus groups with SNAP applicants.
This collection notice pertains only to
the focus group with SNAP applicants.
FNS will conduct one focus group
with SNAP applicants in each of the six
demonstration States. Focus group
participants will consist of individuals
within the target population (either
elderly or working poor) who have
applied for SNAP sometime in the three
months prior to the focus group
(regardless of the outcome of their
application). Each of the six
demonstration States will provide FNS
with a list of 200 potential respondents
from which FNS will recruit
approximately 20 who agree to attend
the focus group in each State (expecting
that approximately 10 will actually
participate on the day of the group). To
assist in the recruitment effort, FNS will
offer a small financial incentive for
participation as well as funds for
transportation and childcare, as needed.
Each focus group is expected to be
approximately 90 minutes in length and
will take place at a convenient location
in the demonstration community. The
focus groups will ask participants how
they learned about SNAP, about their
experiences completing the application
process, and about their perceptions of
the process.
Affected Public: 1,200 Individuals.
Respondent groups identified include:
(1) 600 elderly SNAP applicants in 3
demonstration States (200 per State) and
(2) 600 working poor SNAP applicants
in 3 other demonstration States (200 per
State).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of
respondents is 1,200.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.05.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
1,200 for the screening questions and 60
for the focus groups, for a total of 1,260.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time per response varies from
.0835 hours (5 minutes) to 1.667 hours
(100 minutes), depending on whether or
not the respondent is eligible for and
participates in the focus group (see table
below).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 195.22 hours. This
includes contacting and screening up to
200 respondents at each of the 6 sites,
for a total of 10 focus group participants
at each site. See the table below for
estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
TABLE 1—REPORTING BURDEN BY RESPONDENT TYPE
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Respondent*
Responses
annually per
respondent
Estimated number respondents
Total annual
responses
Estimated avg.
number of
hours per
response
Estimated total
hours**
Focus Group Nonparticipants
Working Poor SNAP Applicants .......
Elderly SNAP Applicants ..................
570 ...................................................
570 ...................................................
1
1
570
570
0.0835
0.0835
47.60
47.60
2
60
1.667
50.01
Focus Group Participants
Working Poor SNAP Applicants .......
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TABLE 1—REPORTING BURDEN BY RESPONDENT TYPE—Continued
Responses
annually per
respondent
Estimated avg.
number of
hours per
response
Estimated total
hours**
60
1.667
50.01
1,260
........................
195.22
Total annual
responses
Respondent*
Estimated number respondents
Elderly SNAP Applicants ..................
30 .....................................................
2
Total Reporting Burden .............
1,200 ................................................
........................
* Nonparticipants will participate in a brief screening call only. Participants will participate in the focus group.
** The total burden for the focus group participants includes an initial screening call for participants and nonparticipants, as well as a reminder
call and letter and focus group time for the participants.
Dated: April 15, 2010.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2010–9310 Filed 4–21–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Six Rivers National Forest, Mad River
Ranger District, Ruth, CA, Beaverslide
Timber Sale and Fuel Treatment
Project
AGENCY:
Forest Service, USDA.
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ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement.
SUMMARY: The Forest Service is
proposing the Beaverslide Timber Sale
and Fuel Treatment Project to provide
timber products to local economies and
to reduce hazardous fuels in
strategically located high-risk areas
around communities in the vicinity of
Ruth, California. The Beaverslide
planning area encompasses
approximately 13,236 acres; 11,757
acres are National Forest System (NFS)
lands and 1,479 acres are in private
ownership. The project would treat
approximately 5,500 acres of NFS lands
by harvesting timber through thinning
on approximately 2,800 acres, and
reducing fuels on an additional 2,700
acres.
The proposed project would take
place within the Upper Mad River
watershed on NFS lands administered
by the Mad River Ranger District in
Trinity County, California. The legal
location includes portions of the
following townships: Township 2
South, Range 7 East; Township 2 South,
Range 8 East; and Township 3 South,
Range 7 East; Township 3 South, Range
8 East, Humboldt Baseline and
Meridian, and Township 26 North,
Range 12 West; Township 27 North,
Range 12 West, Mount Diablo Baseline
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DATES: The draft supplemental
environmental impact statement is
expected to be issued by May 2010 and
the final supplemental environmental
impact statement is expected to be
issued in August 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim
C. Gumm; Mad River Ranger District;
741 State Highway 36; Bridgeville, CA
95526 or by telephone at (707)–574–
6233.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Beaverslide Timber Sale and Fuel
Treatment Project is designed to
contribute timber commodity outputs in
support of the Six Rivers Forest
National Forest Land and Resource
Management Plan (LRMP). One of the
goals of the LRMP is to provide a stable
supply of outputs and services that
contribute to local, regional, and
national social and economic needs.
The Six Rivers National Forest seeks to
provide a sustainable, predictable, longterm timber supply for local economies
(LRMP p. II–2).
The project area also occurs within
the wildland-urban interface (WUI) for
communities in the vicinity of Ruth,
California. In 2005, the Trinity County
Fire Safe Council completed a
Community Wildfire Protection Plan to
address the fire risk surrounding these
communities. There are several homes
and businesses in the area that are
within the WUI. Fuel hazards are
moderate but fire risk relative to human
safety and property is high due to the
number of people in the area. The
project is designed to reduce fire hazard
and risk to the community.
Purpose and Need for Action
Given Forest goals and environmental
conditions within the planning area, the
Purpose and Need for the proposed
action is to:
• Provide timber commodities that
contribute towards the Forest’s goal to
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provide a sustainable, predictable, longterm timber supply for local economies;
and
• Reduce fuel loading in strategic
locations to improve fire protection and
human safety around communities in
the vicinity of Ruth, California.
Within the context of meeting the
purpose and need, there would be
opportunities for fuelwood or biomass
utilization associated with proposed
activities.
Proposed Action
The proposed action is designed to
meet the project’s purpose and need
while meeting the standards and
guidelines of the LRMP. The
Beaverslide Timber Sale and Fuel
Treatment Project would treat
vegetation to provide commodities and
reduce hazardous fuel conditions.
1. Approximately 20–30 million board
feet (MMBF) of timber would be
harvested from approximately 2,800
acres within 95 treatment units.
Harvesting would be accomplished by
utilizing ground-based, skyline, and
helicopter logging systems. Actions
connected with commercial timber
harvest include:
a. Treating harvest activity generated
fuel;
b. Constructing approximately 5.4
miles of new temporary road, and
re-opening/re-utilizing approximately
2.9 miles of existing non-system roads;
c. Constructing new landings and
reutilization of existing landings;
d. Hauling of commercial timber
products on County Road 504 and
Forest Service System roads within the
planning area;
e. Felling and removal, where
appropriate, of hazard trees along haul
routes; and
f. Decommissioning, maintaining, and
reconstructing roads as needed.
2. Fuel loading would be reduced on
approximately 2,700 acres within 20
fuel treatment units and 7 strategic fuel
treatment corridors.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Evaluation of Reaching the Underserved Elderly and
Working Poor in SNAP
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This is a new collection for
the contract Evaluation of Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working
Poor in SNAP.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 21, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Steven Carlson, Director, Office of
Research and Analysis, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and
Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Steven
Carlson at 703-305-2576 or via e-mail to Steve.Carlson@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions
for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1014, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Steven
Carlson at 703-305-2017.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Evaluation of Reaching the Underserved Elderly and Working
Poor in SNAP: FY 2009 Pilots.
Form Number: [if applicable, insert number.]
OMB Number: [Not Yet Assigned.]
Expiration Date: [Not Yet Determined.]
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: Less than one-third of eligible elderly (age 60 and
older) persons and less than three-fifths of persons in eligible
households with someone working participate in the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to the latest (2007)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates. These participation
rates suggest that many people in these two groups who may need
nutrition assistance are not receiving SNAP benefits. Without SNAP,
elderly individuals may not be able to meet their nutritional needs or
may forgo medicine for food; working people may not be able to
adequately feed their families, despite their work efforts.
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), responding to a Congressional
request, has funded six State demonstration projects to increase SNAP
access to eligible households with either persons over age 60 or with
adult members who are working or looking for work. FNS is conducting an
evaluation of the demonstration projects. By evaluating these
demonstrations, FNS will be able to advise Federal policymakers and
State administrators on the best approaches to increasing SNAP access
for these two populations.
The evaluation of the demonstration projects has several
objectives. The evaluation will describe each demonstration project and
the implementation process; assess the impact on SNAP participation in
the target groups, application barriers, client satisfaction, household
benefits, administrative costs, and payment errors; and assess the
sustainability and replicability of each demonstration project. To meet
these objectives, FNS will collect information from the pilot and
comparison sites before, during, and after the intervention. FNS will
collect and analyze administrative data in each demonstration State and
will conduct site visits to each demonstration project and conduct
focus groups with SNAP applicants. This collection notice pertains only
to the focus group with SNAP applicants.
FNS will conduct one focus group with SNAP applicants in each of
the six demonstration States. Focus group participants will consist of
individuals within the target population (either elderly or working
poor) who have applied for SNAP sometime in the three months prior to
the focus group (regardless of the outcome of their application). Each
of the six demonstration States will provide FNS with a list of 200
potential respondents from which FNS will recruit approximately 20 who
agree to attend the focus group in each State (expecting that
approximately 10 will actually participate on the day of the group). To
assist in the recruitment effort, FNS will offer a small financial
incentive for participation as well as funds for transportation and
childcare, as needed.
Each focus group is expected to be approximately 90 minutes in
length and will take place at a convenient location in the
demonstration community. The focus groups will ask participants how
they learned about SNAP, about their experiences completing the
application process, and about their perceptions of the process.
Affected Public: 1,200 Individuals. Respondent groups identified
include: (1) 600 elderly SNAP applicants in 3 demonstration States (200
per State) and (2) 600 working poor SNAP applicants in 3 other
demonstration States (200 per State).
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
respondents is 1,200.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.05.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1,200 for the screening questions
and 60 for the focus groups, for a total of 1,260.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time per response varies
from .0835 hours (5 minutes) to 1.667 hours (100 minutes), depending on
whether or not the respondent is eligible for and participates in the
focus group (see table below).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 195.22 hours. This
includes contacting and screening up to 200 respondents at each of the
6 sites, for a total of 10 focus group participants at each site. See
the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
Table 1--Reporting Burden by Respondent Type
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Estimated avg.
Estimated number Responses Total annual number of Estimated
Respondent* respondents annually per responses hours per total hours**
respondent response
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Focus Group Nonparticipants
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Working Poor SNAP Applicants.. 570............. 1 570 0.0835 47.60
Elderly SNAP Applicants....... 570............. 1 570 0.0835 47.60
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Focus Group Participants
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Working Poor SNAP Applicants.. 30.............. 2 60 1.667 50.01
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Elderly SNAP Applicants....... 30.............. 2 60 1.667 50.01
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Total Reporting Burden.... 1,200........... .............. 1,260 .............. 195.22
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* Nonparticipants will participate in a brief screening call only. Participants will participate in the focus
group.
** The total burden for the focus group participants includes an initial screening call for participants and
nonparticipants, as well as a reminder call and letter and focus group time for the participants.
Dated: April 15, 2010.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-9310 Filed 4-21-10; 8:45 am]
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