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complete a second 24-hour dietary
recall in rounds 2 and 3); an additional
sample of 66 SNAP recipients who will
participate in focus groups (90%
response rate); 207 retailers (80%
percent will complete survey); 19 State
and local SNAP officials (89% will
complete the interview); 6 State and
local partners (83% will complete the
interview); and 9 EBT vendors/third
party processors/integrated retailers
(89% will complete the interview).
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: Data from SNAP recipients
will be collected three times, through
telephone interviews, in-person
interviews, and focus groups. A 10
percent subsample of the SNAP
recipients will complete a second 24hour dietary recall on a nonconsecutive
day. Stakeholder data will be gathered
through retailer surveys and
observations; in-person interviews will
also be conducted with State and local
officials, State and local partners, EBT
vendors, third party processors, and
integrated retailers.
Estimated
number
respondent
Respondent
SNAP recipients
Completed .....................................................................
Attempted ......................................................................
SNAP recipient focus groups
Completed .....................................................................
Attempted ......................................................................
Retailers
Completed .....................................................................
Attempted ......................................................................
Local and State SNAP Officials
Completed .....................................................................
Attempted ......................................................................
Local and State Partners
Completed .....................................................................
Attempted ......................................................................
EBT vendors/3rd party processors
Completed .....................................................................
Attempted ......................................................................
Totals .....................................................................
Dated: January 25, 2011.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
Responses
annually per
respondent
5,829
2,085
0.7672
0.0521
4,472.01
108.63
60
6
1
1
60
6
1.0000
0.0500
60.00
0.30
165
42
1
1
165
42
0.5000
0.0500
82.50
2.10
17
2
1
1
17
2
1.4118
0.0500
24.00
0.10
5
1
1
1
5
1
1.5000
0.0500
7.50
0.05
8
1
1
1
8
1
1.5000
0.0500
12.00
0.05
2,945
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8,221
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4,769.24
Agenda
topics will include, presentation of
proposed projects, evaluation of some
projects proposals, and approval and
recommendation of some projects for
Title II funding for 2011 and 2012. Some
RAC members may attend the meeting
by conference call, telephone, or
electronically. The meeting is open to
the public.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Central Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee Meeting
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ACTION:
Frank V. Guzman, Forest Supervisor
and Designated Federal Officer, at 208–
756–5111.
Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110–
343), the Salmon-Challis National
Forest’s Central Idaho Resource
Advisory Committee will conduct a
business meeting which is open to the
public.
DATES: Friday, February 25, 2011,
beginning at 10 a.m.
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Dated: January 31, 2011.
Frank V. Guzman,
Forest Supervisor, Salmon-Challis National
Forest.
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of hours per
response
3
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Total annual
responses
1,943
695
ADDRESSES:
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Estimated Total Annual Responses:
8,221.
Estimated Time per Response: About
35 minutes (0.58 hours). The estimated
time of response varies from 3 to 90
minutes depending on respondent
group, as shown in the table below.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 286,154 minutes (4769.24
hours). See the table below for estimated
total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
AGENCY:
Notice and request for
comments.
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to request revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection, the Generic
Clearance for Survey Research Studies.
Revision to burden hours may be
needed due to changes in the size of the
target population, sampling design, and/
or questionnaire length.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice must be
received by April 8, 2011 to be assured
of consideration.
DATES:
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You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0248,
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: (202) 720–6396.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: David Hancock, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph T. Reilly, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural
Statistics Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, (202) 720–4333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance to Conduct
Survey Research Studies.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0248.
Type of Request: To revise and extend
a currently approved information
collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) of the United
States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) will request approval from the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for generic clearance that will
allow NASS to rigorously develop, test,
and evaluate its survey instruments and
methodologies. The primary objectives
of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service are to prepare and issue State
and national estimates of crop
production, livestock production,
economic statistics, and environmental
statistics related to agriculture and to
conduct the Census of Agriculture. This
request is part of an on-going initiative
to improve NASS surveys, as
recommended by both its own
guidelines and those of OMB.
In the last decade, state-of-the art
techniques have been increasingly
instituted by NASS and other Federal
agencies and are now routinely used to
improve the quality and timeliness of
survey data and analyses, while
simultaneously reducing respondents’
cognitive workload and burden. The
purpose of this generic clearance is to
allow NASS to continue to adopt and
use these state-of-the-art techniques to
improve its current data collections on
agriculture. They will also be used to
aid in the development of new surveys.
NASS envisions using a variety of
survey improvement techniques, as
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appropriate to the individual project
under investigation. These include
focus groups, cognitive and usability
laboratory and field techniques,
exploratory interviews, behavior coding,
respondent debriefing, pilot surveys,
and split-panel tests.
Following standard OMB
requirements NASS will submit a
change request to OMB individually for
each survey improvement project it
undertakes under this generic clearance
and provide OMB with a copy of the
questionnaire (if one is used), and all
other materials describing the project.
These data will be collected under the
authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a).
Individually identifiable data collected
under this authority are governed by
Section 1770 of the Food Security Act
of 1985, 7 U.S.C. 2276, which requires
USDA to afford strict confidentiality to
non-aggregated data provided by
respondents. This Notice is submitted in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–113)
and Office of Management and Budget
regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR
44978, August 29, 1995). NASS also
complies with OMB Implementation
Guidance, ‘‘Implementation Guidance
for Title V of the E-Government Act,
Confidential Information Protection and
Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002
(CIPSEA),’’ Federal Register, Vol. 72,
No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 33362.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for these collections of
information is estimated to average from
30 minutes to 2 hours per respondent,
dependant upon the survey and the
technique used to test for that particular
survey.
Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm
managers, farm contractors, agribusinesses, and households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
3,300.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
4,950 hours.
Copies of this information collection
and related instructions can be obtained
without charge from David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 690–
2388.
Comments: 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 will 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
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burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological or
other forms of information technology
collection methods.
All responses to this notice will
become a matter of public record and be
summarized in the request for OMB
approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, January 20,
2011.
Joseph T. Reilly,
Associate Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to request revision and
extension of a currently approved
information collection, the Organic
Production Survey. Revision to burden
hours will be needed due to changes in
the size of the target population,
sampling design, and/or questionnaire
length.
SUMMARY:
Comments on this notice must be
received by April 8, 2011 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by docket number 0535–0249,
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov.
Include docket number above in the
subject line of the message.
• Fax: (202) 720–6396.
• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD–
ROM submissions to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Room 5336
South Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2024.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand
deliver to: David Hancock, NASS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joseph T. Reilly, Associate
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision and Extension of a Currently
Approved Information Collection
AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the National Agricultural Statistics
Service (NASS) to request revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection, the Generic Clearance for Survey
Research Studies. Revision to burden hours may be needed due to changes
in the size of the target population, sampling design, and/or
questionnaire length.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by April 8, 2011 to be
assured of consideration.
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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number 0535-
0248, by any of the following methods:
E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. Include docket number
above in the subject line of the message.
Fax: (202) 720-6396.
Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD-ROM submissions to:
David Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Room 5336 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20250-2024.
Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand deliver to: David Hancock,
NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 South
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250-2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph T. Reilly, Associate
Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, (202) 720-4333.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance to Conduct Survey Research Studies.
OMB Control Number: 0535-0248.
Type of Request: To revise and extend a currently approved
information collection for a period of three years.
Abstract: The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of
the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for generic
clearance that will allow NASS to rigorously develop, test, and
evaluate its survey instruments and methodologies. The primary
objectives of the National Agricultural Statistics Service are to
prepare and issue State and national estimates of crop production,
livestock production, economic statistics, and environmental statistics
related to agriculture and to conduct the Census of Agriculture. This
request is part of an on-going initiative to improve NASS surveys, as
recommended by both its own guidelines and those of OMB.
In the last decade, state-of-the art techniques have been
increasingly instituted by NASS and other Federal agencies and are now
routinely used to improve the quality and timeliness of survey data and
analyses, while simultaneously reducing respondents' cognitive workload
and burden. The purpose of this generic clearance is to allow NASS to
continue to adopt and use these state-of-the-art techniques to improve
its current data collections on agriculture. They will also be used to
aid in the development of new surveys.
NASS envisions using a variety of survey improvement techniques, as
appropriate to the individual project under investigation. These
include focus groups, cognitive and usability laboratory and field
techniques, exploratory interviews, behavior coding, respondent
debriefing, pilot surveys, and split-panel tests.
Following standard OMB requirements NASS will submit a change
request to OMB individually for each survey improvement project it
undertakes under this generic clearance and provide OMB with a copy of
the questionnaire (if one is used), and all other materials describing
the project.
These data will be collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C.
2204(a). Individually identifiable data collected under this authority
are governed by Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985, 7 U.S.C.
2276, which requires USDA to afford strict confidentiality to non-
aggregated data provided by respondents. This Notice is submitted in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-113)
and Office of Management and Budget regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60
FR 44978, August 29, 1995). NASS also complies with OMB Implementation
Guidance, ``Implementation Guidance for Title V of the E-Government
Act, Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act
of 2002 (CIPSEA),'' Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 115, June 15, 2007,
p. 33362.
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for these collections
of information is estimated to average from 30 minutes to 2 hours per
respondent, dependant upon the survey and the technique used to test
for that particular survey.
Respondents: Farmers, ranchers, farm managers, farm contractors,
agri-businesses, and households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,300.
Frequency of Responses: On occasion.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 4,950 hours.
Copies of this information collection and related instructions can
be obtained without charge from David Hancock, NASS Clearance Officer,
at (202) 690-2388.
Comments: 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 will
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, through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, technological or other forms of information
technology collection methods.
All responses to this notice will become a matter of public record
and be summarized in the request for OMB approval.
Signed at Washington, DC, January 20, 2011.
Joseph T. Reilly,
Associate Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-2562 Filed 2-4-11; 8:45 am]
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