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Reeve T. Bull, Designated Federal
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Administrative Conference of the
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developing recommendations for the
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a report regarding whether ethics
regulations analogous to those
applicable to government employees
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comments that relate to the report on
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of the comments period.
Dated: October 13, 2010.
Paul R. Verkuil,
Chairman.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Economic Research Service
Notice of Intent To Request New
Information Collection
Economic Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to send comments
regarding any aspect of this proposed
information collection. This is a new
collection to develop a Sampling Frame
of Farm to School efforts.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before December
17, 2010 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to Katherine
Ralston, Food Economics Division,
Economic Research Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1800 M St.,
NW., Room N2163, Washington, DC
20036–5801. Comments may also be
submitted via fax to the attention of
Katherine Ralston at 202–694–5663 or
via e-mail to kralston@ers.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
Economic Research Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 1800
M St., NW., Room N2163, Washington,
DC 20036–5801.
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. Comments are invited
on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
SUMMARY:
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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 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 collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Katherine
Ralston at the address in the preamble.
Tel. 202–694–5463.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Census Survey of Farm to
School Initiatives.
OMB Number: 0536–XXXX.
Expiration Date: Three years from the
date of approval.
Type of Request: New collection.
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Abstract
The Food, Conservation, and Energy
Act of 2008, also known as the 2008
Farm Bill, amended the National School
Lunch Act to allow institutions
receiving funds through that act and the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to apply a
geographic preference to the
procurement of unprocessed locally
grown or locally raised agricultural
products. This amendment provides
local institutions more flexibility and
increases opportunities for USDA to
promote local foods in the school meal
programs. While this part of the 2008
Farm Bill has yet to be funded, USDA
has taken action to explore the issue
through the Farm to School Initiative.
USDA recognizes the growing interest
among school districts and communities
to incorporate regionally and locally
produced farm foods into school
nutrition programs supported by USDA.
USDA school nutrition programs
include the National School Lunch
Program (NSLP), the School Breakfast
Program (SBP), the Special Milk
Program (SMP), which funds milk for
students without access to other meal
programs, and the Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Program (FFVP), which funds
the purchase of fresh fruits and
vegetables provided as free snacks to
students in selected schools with the
States’ highest percentages of students
certified for free and reduced price
meals.
USDA is supporting Farm to School
efforts through a number of initiatives,
and continues to look for ways to help
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facilitate this important connection. In
late 2009, USDA established ‘‘Know
Your Farmer, Know Your Food,’’ an
initiative which focuses on the
importance of understanding where our
food comes from and how it gets to our
plates. In response to the growing
demand for Farm to School activities,
the ‘‘USDA Farm to School Team’’ was
developed out of the ‘‘Know Your
Farmer, Know Your Food’’ Initiative.
Successful Farm to School efforts
have the potential to benefit multiple
stakeholders, including the schools, the
farmers, and the children. Through
these efforts, schools are able to bring
fresh, locally grown foods to school
meal programs, while local farmers are
able to attract new business by selling
fruits and vegetables to schools in their
area. In addition, activities surrounding
Farm to School often help children
learn essential lessons about how farm
fresh produce is grown and its role in
a nutritious, healthful diet. Introducing
local farm products in both the
classroom and the cafeteria allows
children to experience the value and
appeal of a diet rich in fresh fruits and
vegetables. Many Farm to School
activities include bringing students to
farms and farmers into classrooms, as
well as creating school gardens that both
teach students about agriculture and
support the meal program.
While anecdotal evidence and case
studies suggest that Farm to School
activities improve students’ nutrition
and local economies, more
representative objective research to
measure these benefits and identify
factors associated with success and costeffectiveness are hampered by the lack
of data. Surveys of school food
authorities (SFAs) have included
questions to indicate whether the SFA
purchases locally, but the surveys have
not included questions about the nature
of the activities, and the samples of
SFAs have not been large enough to
yield a sufficient sample of SFAs
implementing Farm to School activities
for statistical analysis.
The information to be collected by the
Farm to School Census Survey is
necessary to develop a stratified
sampling frame for more detailed future
surveys. Currently, the National Farm to
School Network, through the Urban and
Environmental Policy Institute at
Occidental College, maintains the only
national database of Farm to School
initiatives. This database is created by
information entered by programs
directly on to the National Farm to
School Network’s Web site, and as a
result is not a complete representation
of Farm to School activity in the
country. The Census Survey will contact
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50 State agriculture departments, 50
State education departments, 50 State
Farm to School coordinators, and 50
State cooperative extension offices to
develop a list of school districts
involved in Farm to School activities
and their contact information. School
districts identified on this list will be
contacted to the following collect
information on key characteristics:
♦ Contact information, including
county, school district name and zip
code.
♦ School nutrition programs available
in the SFA or school (NSLP, SBP, SMP,
and/or FFVP).
♦ When the efforts started.
♦ Types of activities:
Æ Local foods week or harvest of
the month.
Æ Use of geographic preference in
procurement.
Æ Direct local procurement for
meals and/or snacks, including snacks
supported by the Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Program.
Æ Use of commodity dollars for
locally sourced items through State
Farm to School program.
Æ Requests for local sourcing
through Department of Defense produce
procurement (DoD Fresh).
Æ School gardens for snacks, meals
or other use.
Æ Curriculum and classroom
education out of classroom activities,
farm tours.
Æ Agriscience programs.
♦ Number of schools participating.
♦ Number of children participating, if
not all.
♦ Number of farmers/distributors
supplying local product.
♦ Most common foods purchased
locally.
♦ Requirement of Good Agriculture
Practices (GAP) certification.
♦ Level of external grant funding
received specific for Farm to School
related efforts.
Information on other potential
stratification characteristics will be
obtained by matching data from the
Common Core Data to the database of
SFAs implementing Farm to School
activities and other geo-coded data.
Data collection instruments will be
kept as simple and respondent-friendly
as possible. Responses are voluntary
and will be made publicly available
only with permission of the respondent.
Affected Public: Respondent groups
include: (1) State agriculture department
officials, (2) State education department
officials, (3) State cooperative extension
officials, (4) State Farm to School
coordinators, and (5) local Farm to
School coordinators.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The estimated number of respondents
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for the sampling frame includes: (1) 50
State agriculture department
representatives, (2) 50 State department
of education representatives, (3) 50 State
cooperative extension representatives,
(4) up to 50 State Farm to School
coordinators, and (5) up to 1,000 local
Farm to School coordinators. Ninety
percent of each group is expected to
respond. Estimates of the percentages of
respondents who will agree to complete
the interview are based on previous
experience with developing the
currently available database of farm to
school initiatives.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 20 for State-level
respondents, 10 for local-level
respondents. Estimated responses per
respondent are as follows: Up to 200
State officials will be asked to identify
local school districts which participate
in Farm to School activities and provide
contact information. An average of 20
school districts per respondent will be
identified. An estimated 1,000 school
districts will be contacted to obtain
information on 10 key characteristics.
(Note: identified school districts will
overlap, so that redundant phone
information serves as validation).
Estimated Total Responses: 14,000.
Estimated Time per Response: We
estimate the time per response as 0.05
hours (3 minutes) for State-level
respondents to provide contact
information for each school district
within the state, and 0.25 hours (15
minutes) per question for local-level
respondents to provide information on
each key characteristic, on average.
These estimates of respondent burden
are based on experience with previous
data collection efforts for Farm to
School initiatives.
Estimated Total Burden on
Respondents: 2,700 hours. See the table
below for the estimated total annual
burden for each instrument.
REPORTING BURDEN
Estimated
number of
respondents
Description
Responses
per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Estimated
average
number of
hours per
response
Estimated
total annual
hours of
response
burden
Request for programs in the state .......................................
Key Characteristics ..............................................................
200
1,000
20
10
4,000
10,000
.05
.25
200
2,500
Total responding burden ...............................................
1,200
........................
14,000
........................
2,700
Dated: September 15, 2010.
Katherine R. Smith,
Administrator, Economic Research Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection; Commercial
Use of the Woodsy Owl Symbol
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the currently approved
information collection, Commercial Use
of the Woodsy Owl Symbol.
SUMMARY:
Comments must be received in
writing on or before December 17, 2010
to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
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DATES:
Comments concerning this
notice should be addressed to the Forest
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Office of the Conservation Education
Program, Program Manager National
Symbols, 1400 Independence Avenue,
SW., Mail Stop 1147, Washington, DC
20250–1147.
ADDRESSES:
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Comments also may be submitted via
e-mail to ivelez@fs.fed.us. The public
may inspect comments received at the
Office of Conservation Education
Program, Room 1C, U.S. Forest Service,
Yates Building, 201 14th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC. Visitors are urged to
call ahead to 202–205–5681 to facilitate
entrance into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Iris
Velez, Program Manager National
Symbols, Office of Conservation
Education Program, at 202–205–5681.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
877–8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Commercial Use of the Woodsy
Owl Symbol.
OMB Number: 0596–0087.
Expiration Date of Approval:
04/30/2011.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Woodsy Owl-Smokey
Bear Act of 1974 established the
Woodsy Owl symbol and slogan,
authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture
to manage the use of the slogan and
symbol, authorizes the licensing of the
symbol for commercial use, and
provides for continued protection of the
symbol. Part 272 of Title 36 of the Code
of Federal Regulations authorizes the
Chief of the Forest Service to approve
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commercial use of the Woodsy Owl
symbol and to collect royalty fees.
Commercial use includes replicating
Woodsy Owl symbol or logo on items,
such as tee shirts, mugs, pins, figurines,
ornaments, stickers, and toys and using
the image and or slogan of the icon in
motion pictures, documentaries,
television magazine stories, and books,
magazines, and other for-profit paper
products.
Woodsy Owl is America’s symbol for
the conservation of the environment.
The public service campaign slogans
associated with Woodsy Owl are ‘‘Give
a Hoot, Don’t Pollute’’ and ‘‘Lend a
Hand, Care for the Land.’’ The mission
statement of the Woodsy Owl’s
conservation campaign is to help young
children discover the natural world and
join in life-long actions to care for that
world.
The USDA Forest Service National
Symbols Program Manager will use the
collected information to determine if the
applicant will receive a license or
renewal of an existing license and the
associated royalty fees. Information
collected includes, but is not limited to,
tenure of business or non-profit
organization, current or planned
products, physical location, projected
sales volume, and marketing plans.
Licensees submit quarterly reports,
which include:
1. A list of each item sold with the
Woodsy Owl symbol.
2. Projected sales of each item.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Economic Research Service
Notice of Intent To Request New Information Collection
AGENCY: Economic Research Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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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 send
comments regarding any aspect of this proposed information collection.
This is a new collection to develop a Sampling Frame of Farm to School
efforts.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before
December 17, 2010 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments concerning this notice to Katherine
Ralston, Food Economics Division, Economic Research Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1800 M St., NW., Room N2163, Washington, DC
20036-5801. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of
Katherine Ralston at 202-694-5663 or via e-mail to
kralston@ers.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 Economic Research Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 1800 M St., NW., Room
N2163, Washington, DC 20036-5801.
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. Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the
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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
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
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact
Katherine Ralston at the address in the preamble. Tel. 202-694-5463.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Census Survey of Farm to School Initiatives.
OMB Number: 0536-XXXX.
Expiration Date: Three years from the date of approval.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract
The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, also known as the
2008 Farm Bill, amended the National School Lunch Act to allow
institutions receiving funds through that act and the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 to apply a geographic preference to the procurement of
unprocessed locally grown or locally raised agricultural products. This
amendment provides local institutions more flexibility and increases
opportunities for USDA to promote local foods in the school meal
programs. While this part of the 2008 Farm Bill has yet to be funded,
USDA has taken action to explore the issue through the Farm to School
Initiative. USDA recognizes the growing interest among school districts
and communities to incorporate regionally and locally produced farm
foods into school nutrition programs supported by USDA. USDA school
nutrition programs include the National School Lunch Program (NSLP),
the School Breakfast Program (SBP), the Special Milk Program (SMP),
which funds milk for students without access to other meal programs,
and the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), which funds the
purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables provided as free snacks to
students in selected schools with the States' highest percentages of
students certified for free and reduced price meals.
USDA is supporting Farm to School efforts through a number of
initiatives, and continues to look for ways to help facilitate this
important connection. In late 2009, USDA established ``Know Your
Farmer, Know Your Food,'' an initiative which focuses on the importance
of understanding where our food comes from and how it gets to our
plates. In response to the growing demand for Farm to School
activities, the ``USDA Farm to School Team'' was developed out of the
``Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food'' Initiative.
Successful Farm to School efforts have the potential to benefit
multiple stakeholders, including the schools, the farmers, and the
children. Through these efforts, schools are able to bring fresh,
locally grown foods to school meal programs, while local farmers are
able to attract new business by selling fruits and vegetables to
schools in their area. In addition, activities surrounding Farm to
School often help children learn essential lessons about how farm fresh
produce is grown and its role in a nutritious, healthful diet.
Introducing local farm products in both the classroom and the cafeteria
allows children to experience the value and appeal of a diet rich in
fresh fruits and vegetables. Many Farm to School activities include
bringing students to farms and farmers into classrooms, as well as
creating school gardens that both teach students about agriculture and
support the meal program.
While anecdotal evidence and case studies suggest that Farm to
School activities improve students' nutrition and local economies, more
representative objective research to measure these benefits and
identify factors associated with success and cost-effectiveness are
hampered by the lack of data. Surveys of school food authorities (SFAs)
have included questions to indicate whether the SFA purchases locally,
but the surveys have not included questions about the nature of the
activities, and the samples of SFAs have not been large enough to yield
a sufficient sample of SFAs implementing Farm to School activities for
statistical analysis.
The information to be collected by the Farm to School Census Survey
is necessary to develop a stratified sampling frame for more detailed
future surveys. Currently, the National Farm to School Network, through
the Urban and Environmental Policy Institute at Occidental College,
maintains the only national database of Farm to School initiatives.
This database is created by information entered by programs directly on
to the National Farm to School Network's Web site, and as a result is
not a complete representation of Farm to School activity in the
country. The Census Survey will contact 50 State agriculture
departments, 50 State education departments, 50 State Farm to School
coordinators, and 50 State cooperative extension offices to develop a
list of school districts involved in Farm to School activities and
their contact information. School districts identified on this list
will be contacted to the following collect information on key
characteristics:
[diams] Contact information, including county, school district name
and zip code.
[diams] School nutrition programs available in the SFA or school
(NSLP, SBP, SMP, and/or FFVP).
[diams] When the efforts started.
[diams] Types of activities:
[cir] Local foods week or harvest of the month.
[cir] Use of geographic preference in procurement.
[cir] Direct local procurement for meals and/or snacks, including
snacks supported by the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program.
[cir] Use of commodity dollars for locally sourced items through
State Farm to School program.
[cir] Requests for local sourcing through Department of Defense
produce procurement (DoD Fresh).
[cir] School gardens for snacks, meals or other use.
[cir] Curriculum and classroom education out of classroom
activities, farm tours.
[cir] Agriscience programs.
[diams] Number of schools participating.
[diams] Number of children participating, if not all.
[diams] Number of farmers/distributors supplying local product.
[diams] Most common foods purchased locally.
[diams] Requirement of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP)
certification.
[diams] Level of external grant funding received specific for Farm
to School related efforts.
Information on other potential stratification characteristics will
be obtained by matching data from the Common Core Data to the database
of SFAs implementing Farm to School activities and other geo-coded
data.
Data collection instruments will be kept as simple and respondent-
friendly as possible. Responses are voluntary and will be made publicly
available only with permission of the respondent.
Affected Public: Respondent groups include: (1) State agriculture
department officials, (2) State education department officials, (3)
State cooperative extension officials, (4) State Farm to School
coordinators, and (5) local Farm to School coordinators.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated number of
respondents
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for the sampling frame includes: (1) 50 State agriculture department
representatives, (2) 50 State department of education representatives,
(3) 50 State cooperative extension representatives, (4) up to 50 State
Farm to School coordinators, and (5) up to 1,000 local Farm to School
coordinators. Ninety percent of each group is expected to respond.
Estimates of the percentages of respondents who will agree to complete
the interview are based on previous experience with developing the
currently available database of farm to school initiatives.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 20 for State-level
respondents, 10 for local-level respondents. Estimated responses per
respondent are as follows: Up to 200 State officials will be asked to
identify local school districts which participate in Farm to School
activities and provide contact information. An average of 20 school
districts per respondent will be identified. An estimated 1,000 school
districts will be contacted to obtain information on 10 key
characteristics. (Note: identified school districts will overlap, so
that redundant phone information serves as validation).
Estimated Total Responses: 14,000.
Estimated Time per Response: We estimate the time per response as
0.05 hours (3 minutes) for State-level respondents to provide contact
information for each school district within the state, and 0.25 hours
(15 minutes) per question for local-level respondents to provide
information on each key characteristic, on average. These estimates of
respondent burden are based on experience with previous data collection
efforts for Farm to School initiatives.
Estimated Total Burden on Respondents: 2,700 hours. See the table
below for the estimated total annual burden for each instrument.
Reporting Burden
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Estimated
Estimated Estimated total annual
Description number of Responses per Total annual average number hours of
respondents respondent responses of hours per response
response burden
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Request for programs in the 200 20 4,000 .05 200
state..........................
Key Characteristics............. 1,000 10 10,000 .25 2,500
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Total responding burden..... 1,200 .............. 14,000 .............. 2,700
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Dated: September 15, 2010.
Katherine R. Smith,
Administrator, Economic Research Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-26083 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-18-P
