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• Internet: https://
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• Mail: Comments may be submitted
by mail to: Darryl Earnest, Deputy
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Universal Cotton Standards and to
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At the Universal Cotton Standards
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and changing the frequency of Universal
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The Universal Cotton Standards
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overseas cotton associations of
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Adoption of the frequency of Universal
Cotton Standards Conferences to be held
once every four years will provide
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Rex A. Barnes,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Form FNS–245,
Negative QC Review Schedule
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), 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 the
proposed collection.
Form FNS–245, is currently used in
the Quality Control process for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program and concerns the Negative QC
Review Schedule.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: 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 has 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, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments may be sent to: Patrick
Lucrezio, Chief, Quality Control Branch,
Program Accountability and
Administration Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 822, Alexandria, VA 22302. You
may also download an electronic
version of this notice at https://
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www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/rules/regulations/
default.htm and comment via email at
SNAPHQ-Web@fns.usda.gov or use the
Federal e-Rulemaking 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 FNS office
located at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
822, Alexandria, VA 22302, during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday). All
responses to this notice will be included
in the request for Office of Management
and Budget approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information,
copies or to view a draft version of the
information collection form and
instructions should be directed to SNAP
QC at SNAPHQ-QCIC@fns.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Negative Quality Control
Review Schedule.
OMB Number: 0584–0034.
Form Number: FNS–245.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Form FNS–245, Negative Case Action
Review Schedule:
Abstract: Form FNS–245, Negative
Case Action Review Schedule, is
designed to collect quality control (QC)
data and serve as the data entry form for
Negative case action QC reviews in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP). New QC procedures
for Negative cases (now referred to as
Case and Procedural cases) went into
effect for the 2012 QC review year. State
agencies complete form FNS–245 for
each Negative Case in their QC sample.
SNAP has determined the form
associated with the reporting of these
cases needs to be updated to reflect the
new name and reorganized in order to
not only streamline the data elements
being reported, but to also add nine data
elements to more effectively and
efficiently record what is now being
reviewed. By streamlining the form’s
elements to make it more efficient, the
additional elements are not expected to
increase the collection’s burden on State
Agencies using the form. We are also
requesting to rename this information
collection from ‘‘Negative QC Review
Schedule’’ to ‘‘Case and Procedural
Quality Control Review Schedule’’.
The reporting and recordkeeping
burden associated with the completion
of form FNS–245, has decreased from
approximately 177,351 hours to
121,784.1602 hours. The decrease in
total burden is largely a result of the
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decrease in total SNAP Negative case
selection from 59,831 cases in FY2010
to 41,085 Case and Procedural cases in
FY 2012.
Affected Public: State, Local & Tribal
Governments.
Number of Respondents: 53 State
Agencies.
Affected public
Number of Responses per
Respondent: 775.1887 Records.
Total Annual Responses: 41,085.
Reporting Time per Response: 2.9406
Hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:
120,814.5542 Hours.
Number of Record Keepers: 53.
Number of Records per Record
Keeper: 775.1887 Records.
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Estimated
number of
respondents
Instrument
Estimated Number of Records to
Keep: 41,085 Records.
Recordkeeping Time per Response:
.0236 Hours.
Total Estimated Recordkeeping:
969.6060 Hours.
Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting
Burden: 121,784.1602 Hours.
Total
annual
responses
Hours per
response
Annual burden
hours
Reporting Burden
State agencies ........................
FNS–245, Case and Procedural QC Review Schedule.
53.00
775.1887
41,085
2.9406
120,814.5542
Reporting Totals ..............
.................................................
53.00
........................
41,085
....................
120,814.5542
Recordkeeping Burden
State agencies ........................
Total Recordkeeping and
Reporting Burden.
Maintain Records ...................
53.00
775.1887
41,085
0.0236
969.6060
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53.00
........................
82,170
2.9642
121,784.1602
Dated: January 9, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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scheduled date of the meeting.
Dated: January 13, 2014.
Marlene Sallo,
Staff Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: South Pacific Tuna Act.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0218.
Form Number(s): NA.
Type of Request: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Number of Respondents: 41.
Average Hours per Response:
Expressions of interest in the fishery:
initial, 2 hours; renewal, 15 minutes;
license applications, 1 hour; vessel
monitoring system (VMS) registration,
45 minutes; catch report forms, 1 hour;
unloading logsheets, 30 minutes.
Burden Hours: 402.
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Needs and Uses: This request is for
extension of a current information
collection.
The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
collects vessel license, vessel
registration, catch, and unloading
information from operators of United
States (U.S.) purse seine vessels fishing
within a large region of the western and
central Pacific Ocean, which is
governed by the Treaty on Fisheries
between the Governments of Certain
Pacific Island States and the
Government of the United States of
America. The Treaty, along with its
annexes, schedules and implementing
agreements, was signed in Port Moresby,
Papua New Guinea, in 1987. This
collection of information is required to
meet U.S. obligations under the Treaty.
The Treaty authorizes United States
(U.S.) tuna vessels to fish within fishing
zones of a large region of the Pacific
Ocean. The South Pacific Tuna Act of
1988 (16 U.S.C. 973–973r) and U.S.
implementing regulations (50 CFR Part
300, Subpart D) authorize the collection
of information from participants in the
Treaty fishery. Vessel operators who
wish to participate in the Treaty Fishery
must submit annual vessel license and
registration (including registration of
VMS) units) applications and periodic
written reports of catch and unloading
of fish from licensed vessels. They are
also required to ensure the continued
operation of VMS units on board
licensed vessels, which is expected to
require periodic maintenance of the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Form FNS-245, Negative QC Review Schedule
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on the proposed collection.
Form FNS-245, is currently used in the Quality Control process for
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program and concerns the Negative QC Review Schedule.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 17, 2014.
ADDRESSES: 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 has 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, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Patrick Lucrezio, Chief, Quality Control
Branch, Program Accountability and Administration Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 822, Alexandria, VA 22302. You may also download an
electronic version of this notice at https://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/rules/regulations/default.htm and comment via email at SNAPHQ-Web@fns.usda.gov or use the Federal e-Rulemaking 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 FNS
office located at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 822, Alexandria, VA
22302, during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday). All responses to this notice will be included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information,
copies or to view a draft version of the information collection form
and instructions should be directed to SNAP QC at SNAPHQ-QCIC@fns.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Negative Quality Control Review Schedule.
OMB Number: 0584-0034.
Form Number: FNS-245.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Form FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule:
Abstract: Form FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule, is
designed to collect quality control (QC) data and serve as the data
entry form for Negative case action QC reviews in the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). New QC procedures for Negative
cases (now referred to as Case and Procedural cases) went into effect
for the 2012 QC review year. State agencies complete form FNS-245 for
each Negative Case in their QC sample. SNAP has determined the form
associated with the reporting of these cases needs to be updated to
reflect the new name and reorganized in order to not only streamline
the data elements being reported, but to also add nine data elements to
more effectively and efficiently record what is now being reviewed. By
streamlining the form's elements to make it more efficient, the
additional elements are not expected to increase the collection's
burden on State Agencies using the form. We are also requesting to
rename this information collection from ``Negative QC Review Schedule''
to ``Case and Procedural Quality Control Review Schedule''.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with the
completion of form FNS-245, has decreased from approximately 177,351
hours to 121,784.1602 hours. The decrease in total burden is largely a
result of the
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decrease in total SNAP Negative case selection from 59,831 cases in
FY2010 to 41,085 Case and Procedural cases in FY 2012.
Affected Public: State, Local & Tribal Governments.
Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
Number of Responses per Respondent: 775.1887 Records.
Total Annual Responses: 41,085.
Reporting Time per Response: 2.9406 Hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 120,814.5542 Hours.
Number of Record Keepers: 53.
Number of Records per Record Keeper: 775.1887 Records.
Estimated Number of Records to Keep: 41,085 Records.
Recordkeeping Time per Response: .0236 Hours.
Total Estimated Recordkeeping: 969.6060 Hours.
Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 121,784.1602 Hours.
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Estimated Number of Total
Affected public Instrument number of responses per annual Hours per Annual burden
respondents respondent responses response hours
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Reporting Burden
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State agencies............................... FNS-245, Case and Procedural QC 53.00 775.1887 41,085 2.9406 120,814.5542
Review Schedule.
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Reporting Totals......................... ............................... 53.00 .............. 41,085 ........... 120,814.5542
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Recordkeeping Burden
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State agencies............................... Maintain Records............... 53.00 775.1887 41,085 0.0236 969.6060
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Total Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden. ............................... 53.00 .............. 82,170 2.9642 121,784.1602
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Dated: January 9, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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