Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 64070 [2011-26817]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 200 (Monday, October 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 64070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26817]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


 Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 12, 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: Food Distribution Forms.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0293.
    Summary of Collection: The Food Distribution Programs of the 
Department of Agriculture assist American farmers and needy people by 
purchasing commodities and delivering them to State agencies that in 
turn, distribute them to organizations for use in providing food 
assistance to those in need. The commodities help to meet the 
nutritional needs of: (a) Children from preschool age through high 
school USDA Child Nutrition Programs and in nonprofit summer camps, (b) 
needy person in households on Indian reservations, (c) needy household 
in the nuclear affected islands, (d) needy persons served by charitable 
institutions, (e) pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants, and 
children, and elderly persons, (f) low-income, unemployed or homeless 
people provided foods through household distributions or meals through 
soup kitchens, (g) pre-school, school-age children, elderly and 
functionally impaired adults enrolled in child and adult day care 
centers, (h) victims of Presidential-declared disasters and other 
situation of distress. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will 
collect information from state and local agencies using several FNS 
forms.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect the following 
information from state and local agencies: (a) Number of households or 
meals served in the programs, (b) the kinds of commodities most 
acceptable to recipients, (c) the quantities of foods ordered and where 
the food is to be delivered, (d) verification of the receipt of a food 
order, and (e) the amounts of commodities in inventory.
    Description of Respondents: Not-for-profit institutions; Individual 
or households; Business or other for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 469,041.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Quarterly; Semi-annually; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,079,173.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-26817 Filed 10-14-11; 8:45 am]
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