Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 8996 [2011-3443]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 8996]
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[FR Doc No: 2011-3443]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 10, 2011.
    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: Evaluation of the Impact of the Summer Electronic Benefits 
for Children Household-Based Demonstration on Food Insecurity.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: In the 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Act 
(Pub. L. 111-80), Section 749(g), Congress authorized demonstration 
projects to develop and test methods of providing access to food for 
low-income children in urban and rural areas during the summer months 
when schools are not in regular session, as well as a rigorous 
independent evaluation of the projects regarding their effectiveness. 
The data being collected under this submission are necessary to meet 
the Congressionally-mandated requirement for an independent evaluation 
of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (SEBT) for Children 
Demonstration being conducted by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 
under this authorizing legislation. The evaluation of these projects is 
intended to provide policymakers with clear, rigorous and timely 
findings to make decisions about potential changes to federal summer 
feeding programs during the next Child Nutrition reauthorization cycle.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information gathered in the 
data collection activities will be used by FNS to determine if SEBT for 
children reduces the acute prevalence of very low food security among 
children during the summer months when most children are not in school; 
and to determine the feasibility and cost of implementing SEBT for 
children on a national scale. Without the information FNS will not have 
the data necessary to estimate program impacts on participating 
children, or to examine how the demonstration sites implemented SEBT 
for children, which will be used to produce the required report to 
Congress and inform future program decisions.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or household; State, Local 
or Tribal Government; Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 15,382.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly; Annually; Biennially.
    Total Burden Hours: 15,974.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-3443 Filed 2-15-11; 8:45 am]
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