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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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October 5, 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 and 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),
Washington, DC,
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) 720–8681.
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
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persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Total Burden Hours: 2,328.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
Forest Service
[FR Doc. 2011–26203 Filed 10–7–11; 8:45 am]
Title: Overcoming Barriers to
Wildland Fire Defensible Space.
OMB Control Number: 0596—New.
Summary of Collection: The Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources
Research Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95–307)
is the Department of Agriculture’s
primary authority to conduct research
activities. The Secretary is authorized to
conduct, support, and cooperate in
investigations, experiments, tests, and
other activities the Secretary deems
necessary to obtain, analyze, develop,
demonstrate, and disseminate scientific
information about protecting, managing,
and utilizing forest and rangeland
renewable resources in rural, suburban,
and urban areas. This study will provide
information regarding barriers to
participating in fire hazard reduction
programs in the wildland urban
interface and basic socio-demographics.
The results of this study will assist
efforts to decrease the cost to society
from wildland fires and improve the
efficiency of federal agencies in
wildland fire management.
Need and Use of the Information:
Information will be collected through a
voluntary mail survey of wild land
urban interface homeowners. The
information collected will help
wildland fire managers and researchers
(1) Identify practical steps for reducing
barriers to implementing defensible
space behaviors at an individual and
neighborhood level and (2) develop
future risk reduction programs. The
information will be used by local,
county, state, and federal wildland fire
managers in the development of
educational information regarding
defensible space and firewise
construction. If the collection is not
conducted, agencies will continue to
operate their programs under
assumptions about their effectiveness
that may not be true or scientifically
valid.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals and households.
Number of Respondents: 4.509.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
One time.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board Meeting Notice
Research, Education, and
Economics, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, the USDA announces a
meeting of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: The National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board will meet
November 7–9, 2011. The public may
file written comments before or up to
two weeks after the meeting with the
contact person.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at the Mandarin Oriental, 1330
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20024. Written comments from the
public may be sent to the Contact
Person identified in this notice at: The
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board Office, Room 3901
South Building, United States
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0321,
1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0321.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J.
Robert Burk, Executive Director or
Shirley Morgan-Jordan, Program
Support Coordinator, National
Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board; telephone: (202) 720–3684; fax:
(202) 720–6199; or e-mail:
Robert.Burk@ars.usda.gov or
Shirley.Morgan@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Honorable Secretary of Agriculture Tom
Vilsack, and the Under Secretary for
Research, Education, and Economics Dr.
Catherine Woteki have been invited to
SUMMARY:
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provide brief remarks and welcome the
new Board members during the meeting.
On Monday, November 7, 2011, an
orientation session for new members
and interested incumbent members will
be held from 1 p.m.–5:30 p.m. Specific
topics of discussion will include an
introduction to the leadership and
structure of the Agricultural Research
Service, Economic Research Service,
National Agricultural Statistics Service,
and the National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, and information on the core
functions of those agencies as it relates
to the impending budgets proposed by
Congress.
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 the
full Advisory Board will convene at 8
a.m. with introductory remarks by the
Chair of the Advisory Board. The
morning session will include: brief
introductions of new Board members,
incumbents, and guests; comments from
a variety of distinguished leaders,
experts, and departmental personnel;
and items of board business. Specific
items on the agenda will include a
discussion related to the Farm Bill and
the relevant Research, Education, and
Economics components of the Bill. The
afternoon session will also include a
discussion on the impact of National
Agricultural Statistic Service reports on
grain market volatility in 2011. The
meeting will conclude with an evening
reception that will be held from 6 p.m.–
8 p.m.
On Wednesday November 9, 2011, the
Board will reconvene at 8 a.m. to: elect
the Executive Committee of the
Advisory Board; discuss initial
recommendations resulting from the
meeting and future planning for the
Board; to organize the memberships of
the committees, sub-committees, and
working groups of the Advisory Board;
and to finalize Board business for the
meeting. The Board Meeting will
adjourn by 12 p.m. (noon).
Opportunity for public comment will
be offered each day of the meeting.
Written comments by attendees or other
interested stakeholders will be
welcomed for the public record before
and up to two weeks following the
Board meeting (by close of business
Wednesday, November 23, 2011). All
statements will become a part of the
official record of the National
Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board and will be kept on file for public
review in the Research, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board Office.
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Done at Washington, DC, this 28 day of
September 2011.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics.
[FR Doc. 2011–26129 Filed 10–7–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—People’s Garden
Initiative Evaluation of Healthy
Gardens Healthy Youth Project
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
proposed information collections. This
is a new information for the ‘‘Healthy
Gardens, Healthy Youth Study,’’ part of
the USDA’s People’s Garden program.
This study will use the network of
Cooperative Extension Educators to
collect information from children in
schools that have agreed to participate
in the study in four states: Arkansas,
Iowa, New York, and Washington. The
information collected will build on
existing knowledge by examining how
school gardens affect children’s fruit
and vegetable consumption and other
outcomes.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before December
12, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(1) 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;
(2) 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; (3) 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.
Comments may be sent to: Duke
Storen, Director, Office of Strategic,
Initiatives, Partnership and Outreach,
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
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Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Room 1441, Alexandria,
VA 22302. Comments may also be
submitted via e-mail to
Duke.Storen@fns.usda.gov. Be sure to
include the title of the notice in the
subject line of the message. 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, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, Room 1441.
All responses to this Notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval, and will become a
matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
form and instructions should be
directed to: Duke Storen, (703) 305–
1431.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Healthy Gardens, Healthy
Youth.
OMB Number: 0584–New.
Form Number: Not Yet Assigned.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The People’s Garden
Initiative Evaluation of Healthy Gardens
Healthy Youth Project is authorized
under the Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1769(g)(3))
and section 14222(b) of the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.
The Healthy Gardens, Healthy Youth
project, part of the USDA’s People’s
Garden program, was funded by FNS in
April, 2011. Prior research has
suggested that school gardens may
contribute to increased fruit and
vegetable consumption among youth.
This study will evaluate the impact of
those gardens and examine how school
gardens along with garden curricula to
link classrooms to gardens will affect
diet outcomes among youth in underresourced communities. At all
participating schools, at least 50% of
children qualify for Free or Reduced
Price Meals (FRPM). Up to seventy
schools in four states (AK, IA, NY, WA)
will be partners in this study and will
be randomly assigned to one of two
conditions: (1) A treatment group of no
more than 34 schools will receive the
garden intervention and curricula in
year 1; and (2) a waitlist control group
of approximately 34 schools will receive
gardens near the end of the project. In
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board Meeting Notice
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, the USDA announces a meeting of the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
Economics Advisory Board will meet November 7-9, 2011. The public may
file written comments before or up to two weeks after the meeting with
the contact person.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Mandarin Oriental, 1330
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024. Written comments from the
public may be sent to the Contact Person identified in this notice at:
The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board Office, Room 3901 South Building, United States
Department of Agriculture, STOP 0321, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20250-0321.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. Robert Burk, Executive Director or
Shirley Morgan-Jordan, Program Support Coordinator, National
Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory
Board; telephone: (202) 720-3684; fax: (202) 720-6199; or e-mail:
Robert.Burk@ars.usda.gov or Shirley.Morgan@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Honorable Secretary of Agriculture Tom
Vilsack, and the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics
Dr. Catherine Woteki have been invited to
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provide brief remarks and welcome the new Board members during the
meeting.
On Monday, November 7, 2011, an orientation session for new members
and interested incumbent members will be held from 1 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
Specific topics of discussion will include an introduction to the
leadership and structure of the Agricultural Research Service, Economic
Research Service, National Agricultural Statistics Service, and the
National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and information on the core
functions of those agencies as it relates to the impending budgets
proposed by Congress.
On Tuesday, November 8, 2011 the full Advisory Board will convene
at 8 a.m. with introductory remarks by the Chair of the Advisory Board.
The morning session will include: brief introductions of new Board
members, incumbents, and guests; comments from a variety of
distinguished leaders, experts, and departmental personnel; and items
of board business. Specific items on the agenda will include a
discussion related to the Farm Bill and the relevant Research,
Education, and Economics components of the Bill. The afternoon session
will also include a discussion on the impact of National Agricultural
Statistic Service reports on grain market volatility in 2011. The
meeting will conclude with an evening reception that will be held from
6 p.m.-8 p.m.
On Wednesday November 9, 2011, the Board will reconvene at 8 a.m.
to: elect the Executive Committee of the Advisory Board; discuss
initial recommendations resulting from the meeting and future planning
for the Board; to organize the memberships of the committees, sub-
committees, and working groups of the Advisory Board; and to finalize
Board business for the meeting. The Board Meeting will adjourn by 12
p.m. (noon).
Opportunity for public comment will be offered each day of the
meeting. Written comments by attendees or other interested stakeholders
will be welcomed for the public record before and up to two weeks
following the Board meeting (by close of business Wednesday, November
23, 2011). All statements will become a part of the official record of
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board and will be kept on file for public review in the
Research, Education, and Economics Advisory Board Office.
Done at Washington, DC, this 28 day of September 2011.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
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