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and Energy Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 8701
(referred to as the 2008 Farm Bill)
establishes a requirement for the
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
annually compile application and
participation rate data regarding socially
disadvantaged farmers or ranchers by
computing for each program of the
USDA that serves agriculture producers
and landowners (a) raw numbers of
applicants and participants by race,
ethnicity, and gender, subject to
appropriate privacy protection, as
determined by the Secretary; and (b) the
application and participation rate, by
race, ethnicity and gender as a
percentage of the total participation rate
of all agricultural producers and
landowners for each county and State in
the United States.
Need and Use of the Information:
Data will be collected on a voluntary
basis through a questionnaire to
determine the race, ethnicity and gender
of farmers and ranchers who apply for
and who participate in USDA programs
and services. The data will enable the
Secretary and the Office of Advocacy
and Outreach and the agencies’ outreach
offices in reaching current and
prospective socially disadvantaged
farmers or ranchers in a linguistically
appropriate manner to focus resources
in a particular county or region where
low participation is indicated by the
data to improve the participation of
those farmers and ranchers in USDA
programs. The data is intended to be
used as one indicator in targeting and
designing outreach activities and in
assessing compliance with civil rights
laws in program delivery. The data may
also be used as an indicator in directing
compliance reviews to geographic areas
where there are indications of low
participation in USDA programs by
minorities and women, thus serving as
an ‘‘early warning system’’ that warrants
further investigations. Failure to collect
this information will have a negative
impact on USDA’s outreach activities
and could result in an inability of the
agencies to equitably deliver programs
and services to applicant and producers.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 3,200,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Other (once).
Total Burden Hours: 106,667.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 25, 2014,
The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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), New Executive Office Building,
Washington, DC; New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to
OMB via email to: 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 by
July 31, 2014. 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
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: USDA Web Based Supply Chain
Management System (WBSCM).
OMB Control Number: 0581–0273.
Summary of Collection: Section 32 of
the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended
(Section 32 Pub. L. 74–320; 7 U.S.C.
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612c); Sections 6(a) and (e), 13, and 17
of the National School Lunch Act, as
amended, (42 U.S.C. sections 1751,
1761, and 1766) in addition to several
other acts authorize the Agricultural
Marketing Service (AMS) Procurement
Branches to prepare and issue
announcements for the purchase and
sale of perishable agricultural
commodities. AMS purchases
agricultural commodities for the Section
32 and 6a & e National School Lunch
Program/Child & Adult Care Food
Program; Nutrition Service Incentive
Program; Food Distribution Program on
Indian Reservations; Commodity
Supplemental Food Program; The
Emergency Food Assistance Program
and Disaster Feeding in addition to
providing support for commodity
markets with surplus inventory.
Need and Use of the Information:
AMS issues solicitation for offers in
order to solicit bids for commodities for
delivery to domestic nutrition assistance
programs. Vendors respond by making
electronic offers using the secure Web
Based Supply Chain Management
System (WBSCM). Vendors must be
registered, and have an ID and
password, in order to submit bids
electronically through WBSCM via the
Internet. The information will change in
response to the needs of the domestic
feeding programs and each solicitation.
Information collected has been
consolidated into three processes—a
New Vendor Application, Bid
Solicitation and Contract Delivery,
Invoice Submission and Inspection
Results. The data collected from
vendors assists AMS with making a
determination whether a business is
viable and capable of supplying product
to the Federal government.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 73.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Weekly; Monthly;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 47,698.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
June 25, 2014.
The Department of Agriculture has
submitted the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
June 25, 2014,
The Department of Agriculture will submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. 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), New
Executive Office Building, Washington, DC; New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are
encouraged to submit their comments to OMB via email to: 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 by July 31, 2014. 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 persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Agricultural Marketing Service
Title: USDA Web Based Supply Chain Management System (WBSCM).
OMB Control Number: 0581-0273.
Summary of Collection: Section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as
amended (Section 32 Pub. L. 74-320; 7 U.S.C. 612c); Sections 6(a) and
(e), 13, and 17 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended, (42
U.S.C. sections 1751, 1761, and 1766) in addition to several other acts
authorize the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Procurement Branches
to prepare and issue announcements for the purchase and sale of
perishable agricultural commodities. AMS purchases agricultural
commodities for the Section 32 and 6a & e National School Lunch
Program/Child & Adult Care Food Program; Nutrition Service Incentive
Program; Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations; Commodity
Supplemental Food Program; The Emergency Food Assistance Program and
Disaster Feeding in addition to providing support for commodity markets
with surplus inventory.
Need and Use of the Information: AMS issues solicitation for offers
in order to solicit bids for commodities for delivery to domestic
nutrition assistance programs. Vendors respond by making electronic
offers using the secure Web Based Supply Chain Management System
(WBSCM). Vendors must be registered, and have an ID and password, in
order to submit bids electronically through WBSCM via the Internet. The
information will change in response to the needs of the domestic
feeding programs and each solicitation. Information collected has been
consolidated into three processes--a New Vendor Application, Bid
Solicitation and Contract Delivery, Invoice Submission and Inspection
Results. The data collected from vendors assists AMS with making a
determination whether a business is viable and capable of supplying
product to the Federal government.
Description of Respondents: Business or other for profit; Farms.
Number of Respondents: 73.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Weekly; Monthly;
Quarterly.
Total Burden Hours: 47,698.
Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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