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please inform the contact person noted
above no later than 7 days in advance
of the meeting.
Members of the public may submit
written comments on any or all of the
recommendations to either of the
addresses listed above no later than
noon, June 8, 2012. Copies of the
proposed recommendations,
accompanying research reports and
information on remote access will be
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relating to the individual proposed
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received at this stage will be available
to the full Assembly prior to their
consideration of the final
recommendations.
Dated: May 22, 2012.
David Pritzker,
Deputy General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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May 22, 2012.
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
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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: 7 CFR Part 215—Special Milk
Program for Children.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0005.
Summary of Collection: Section 3 of
the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966
(Pub. L. 89–642, as amended; 42 U.S.C.
1772) authorizes the Special Milk
Program (SMP) for Children. It provides
for appropriation of such sums as may
be necessary to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary may deem
in the public interest, to encourage
consumption of fluid milk by children
in the United States in (1) nonprofit
schools of high school grades and
under, and (2) nonprofit nursery
schools, child care centers, settlement
houses, summer camps, and similar
nonprofit institutions devoted to the
care and training of children, which do
not participate in a food service program
authorized under the CNA or the
National School Lunch Act.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) will
collect information to compute the
amount of Federal SMP funds due the
SA under the performance-funding
formula; analyze and evaluate the
results of program operation within
each state and nationwide; respond to
data requests from the Congress, OMB,
and advocacy groups and the general
public; develop budget projections of
the amount of Federal funds needed to
pay SMP program benefits; and regulate
the flow of Federal funds to SA.
Without this information FNS would
not be able to evaluate program
operations.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, and Tribal Government; Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions;
Number of Respondents: 5,569.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 21,246.
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OMB Control Number: 0584–0006.
Summary of Collection: The Richard
B. Russell School Lunch Act (NSLA), as
amended, authorizes the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP) to
safeguard the health and well-being of
the nation’s children and provide low
cost or free school lunch meals to
qualified students through subsidies to
schools. The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) provides States
with general and special cash assistance
and donations of foods to assist schools
in serving nutritious lunches to children
each school day. Participating schools
must serve lunches that are nutritionally
adequate, and maintain menu and
production records to demonstrate
compliance with the meal requirements.
Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779) requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe
such regulations as deemed necessary to
carry out this Act and the NSLA (42
U.S.C. et seq.).
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collection is required to
administer and operate the program in
accordance with the NSLA. The
Program is administered at the Sate and
school food authority levels and the
operations include the submission and
approval of applications, execution of
agreements, submission of claims,
payment of claims, providing
monitoring and technical assistance.
If the data is not collected, FNS would
not be able to properly monitor program
funding and program trends.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government,
Individuals or household, Business or
other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 122,661.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 12,205,890.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 220, School
Breakfast Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0012.
Summary of Collection: Section 4 of
the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966,
as amended, authorizes the School
Breakfast Program (SBP). It provides for
the appropriation of ‘‘such sums as are
necessary to enable the Secretary to
carry out a program to assist the States
and the Department of Defense through
grants-in-aid and other means to
initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit
breakfast programs in all schools which
make application for assistance and
agree to carry out a nonprofit breakfast
Food and Nutrition Service
program in accordance with the Act.’’
Title: National School Lunch Program. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
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administers the School Breakfast
Program on behalf of the Secretary of
Agriculture so that needy children may
receive their breakfasts free or at a
reduced price.
Need and Use of the Information:
School food authorities provide
information to State agencies. The State
agencies report to FNS. FNS uses the
information submitted to determine the
amount of funds to be reimbursed,
evaluate and adjust program operations,
and to develop projections for future
program operations.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 109,522.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly; Monthly; Semi-annually;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 3,924,902.
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Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Civil Rights Title VI—Collection
Reports—FNS–191 and FNS–101.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0025.
Summary of Collection: Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits
discrimination on the basis of race,
color, and national origin in programs
receiving federal financial assistance.
The Department of Justice regulations,
cited at Title 28 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), Section 42.106(b),
require all Federal Departments to
provide for the collection of racial/
ethnic data and information from
applicants for and recipients of Federal
assistance sufficient to permit effective
enforcement of Title VI. In order to
comply with the Civil Rights Act,
Department of Justice regulations and
the Department’s nondiscrimination
policy and regulations (7 CFR part 15),
the Department’s Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) requires State agencies to
submit data on the racial/ethnic
categories of person receiving benefits
from FNS food assistance programs.
FNS will collect information using
forms FNS 191 and FNS 101.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
will collect the names, address,
telephone number, to compile a local
agency directory which serves as the
primary source of data on number and
location for local agencies and number
of sites operating Commodity
Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).
FNS will also collect information on the
number of CFSP individuals (women,
infant, children, and elderly) in each
racial/ethnic category for one month of
the year. The information will be used
in the Department’s annual USDA Equal
Opportunity Report. If the information
is not collected FNS could not track
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racial/ethnic data for program
evaluation.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,927.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 5,854.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2012–0021]
Notice of Request for Extension of
Approval of an Information Collection;
National Poultry Improvement Plan
Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION: Extension of approval of an
information collection; comment
request.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service’s intention to
request an extension of approval of an
information collection associated with
regulations for the National Poultry
Improvement Plan.
DATES: We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before July 24,
2012.
SUMMARY:
You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-2012-0021-0001.
• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery:
Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2012–0021, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
Supporting documents and any
comments we receive on this docket
may be viewed at https://
www.regulations.gov/
#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2012-0021 or
in our reading room, which is located in
room 1141 of the USDA South Building,
14th Street and Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading
room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except
holidays. To be sure someone is there to
help you, please call (202) 799–7039
before coming.
ADDRESSES:
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For
information on regulations for the
National Poultry Improvement Plan,
contact Dr. Charles Roney, NPIP
Coordinator, Veterinary Services,
APHIS, 1506 Klondike Road, Suite 300,
Conyers, GA 30094; (770) 922–3496. For
copies of more detailed information on
the information collection, contact Mrs.
Celeste Sickles, APHIS’ Information
Collection Coordinator, at (301) 851–
2908.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Poultry Improvement
Plan.
OMB Number: 0579–0007.
Type of Request: Extension of
approval of an information collection.
Abstract: Under the Animal Health
Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et seq.),
the Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) of the United States
Department of Agriculture is authorized
to, among other things, administer the
National Poultry Improvement Plan
(NPIP or the Plan), the primary purpose
of which is to protect the health of the
U.S. poultry population. NPIP is a
voluntary Federal-State-industry
cooperative program for the
improvement of poultry flocks and
products through disease control
techniques. Participation in all Plan
programs is voluntary, but flocks,
hatcheries, and dealers of breeding
poultry must first qualify as ‘‘U.S.
Pullorum-Typhoid Clean’’ as a
condition for participation in the other
Plan programs. The NPIP regulations are
contained in 9 CFR parts, 56, 145, 146,
and 147.
In administering the Plan, APHIS
requires a number of information
activities and forms, including VS
Forms 1–23/1–23A, Appraisal and
Indemnity Claim for Animals Destroyed
or Materials Destroyed/Continuation
Sheet; VS Form 9–3, Report of Sales of
Hatching Eggs, Chicks, and Poults; VS
Form 9–4, Summary of Breeding, Flock,
Table-Egg Layer Flocks, Meat-Type
Chicken and Turkey Slaughter Plants
Participation; VS Form 9–5, Report of
Hatcheries, Dealers, and Independent
Flocks, Table-Egg Producers, Meat-Type
Chicken and Turkey Slaughter Plants
Participating in the NPIP; VS Form 9–
6, Report of Salmonella Isolations to
NPIP Official State Agencies; VS Form
9–7, Investigation of Salmonella
Isolations in Poultry; VS Form 9–8,
Flock Inspection and Check Testing
Report; VS Form 9–9, Hatchery
Inspection Form; VS Form 10–3,
Request for Salmonella Serotyping;
banding of sentinel birds for
identification prior to flock vaccination;
memorandums of understanding;
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
May 22, 2012.
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: 7 CFR Part 215--Special Milk Program for Children.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0005.
Summary of Collection: Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA)
of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-642, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 1772) authorizes the
Special Milk Program (SMP) for Children. It provides for appropriation
of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may deem in the
public interest, to encourage consumption of fluid milk by children in
the United States in (1) nonprofit schools of high school grades and
under, and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child care centers,
settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions
devoted to the care and training of children, which do not participate
in a food service program authorized under the CNA or the National
School Lunch Act.
Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) will collect information to compute the amount of Federal SMP
funds due the SA under the performance-funding formula; analyze and
evaluate the results of program operation within each state and
nationwide; respond to data requests from the Congress, OMB, and
advocacy groups and the general public; develop budget projections of
the amount of Federal funds needed to pay SMP program benefits; and
regulate the flow of Federal funds to SA. Without this information FNS
would not be able to evaluate program operations.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Government;
Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 5,569.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 21,246.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: National School Lunch Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0006.
Summary of Collection: The Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act
(NSLA), as amended, authorizes the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
to safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's children and
provide low cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students
through subsidies to schools. The United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) provides States with general and special cash
assistance and donations of foods to assist schools in serving
nutritious lunches to children each school day. Participating schools
must serve lunches that are nutritionally adequate, and maintain menu
and production records to demonstrate compliance with the meal
requirements. Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1779) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe such
regulations as deemed necessary to carry out this Act and the NSLA (42
U.S.C. et seq.).
Need and Use of the Information: The information collection is
required to administer and operate the program in accordance with the
NSLA. The Program is administered at the Sate and school food authority
levels and the operations include the submission and approval of
applications, execution of agreements, submission of claims, payment of
claims, providing monitoring and technical assistance.
If the data is not collected, FNS would not be able to properly
monitor program funding and program trends.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government,
Individuals or household, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 122,661.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 12,205,890.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 220, School Breakfast Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0012.
Summary of Collection: Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA)
of 1966, as amended, authorizes the School Breakfast Program (SBP). It
provides for the appropriation of ``such sums as are necessary to
enable the Secretary to carry out a program to assist the States and
the Department of Defense through grants-in-aid and other means to
initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit breakfast programs in all
schools which make application for assistance and agree to carry out a
nonprofit breakfast program in accordance with the Act.'' The Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS)
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administers the School Breakfast Program on behalf of the Secretary of
Agriculture so that needy children may receive their breakfasts free or
at a reduced price.
Need and Use of the Information: School food authorities provide
information to State agencies. The State agencies report to FNS. FNS
uses the information submitted to determine the amount of funds to be
reimbursed, evaluate and adjust program operations, and to develop
projections for future program operations.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 109,522.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly; Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 3,924,902.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Civil Rights Title VI--Collection Reports--FNS-191 and FNS-
101.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0025.
Summary of Collection: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national
origin in programs receiving federal financial assistance. The
Department of Justice regulations, cited at Title 28 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 42.106(b), require all Federal
Departments to provide for the collection of racial/ethnic data and
information from applicants for and recipients of Federal assistance
sufficient to permit effective enforcement of Title VI. In order to
comply with the Civil Rights Act, Department of Justice regulations and
the Department's nondiscrimination policy and regulations (7 CFR part
15), the Department's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) requires State
agencies to submit data on the racial/ethnic categories of person
receiving benefits from FNS food assistance programs. FNS will collect
information using forms FNS 191 and FNS 101.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect the names,
address, telephone number, to compile a local agency directory which
serves as the primary source of data on number and location for local
agencies and number of sites operating Commodity Supplemental Food
Program (CSFP). FNS will also collect information on the number of CFSP
individuals (women, infant, children, and elderly) in each racial/
ethnic category for one month of the year. The information will be used
in the Department's annual USDA Equal Opportunity Report. If the
information is not collected FNS could not track racial/ethnic data for
program evaluation.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,927.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 5,854.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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