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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Request Approval
To Establish a New Information
Collection
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations, that implement the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the National Institute
of Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA)
intention to request approval to
establish a new information collection
for the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by June 4, 2015, to be
assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be
considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
submitted by any of the following
methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov;
Fax: 202–720–0857; Mail: Office of
Information Technology (OIT), NIFA,
USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2216.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Martin, Records Officer; Email:
rmartin@nifa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) Program.
OMB Number: 0524—New.
Type of Request: Intent to request
approval to establish a new information
collection for three years.
Abstract: The Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) program at
United States Department of Agriculture
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(USDA) makes competitively awarded
grants to qualified small businesses to
support high quality, advanced concepts
research related to important scientific
problems and opportunities in
agriculture that could lead to significant
public benefit if successful.
The USDA SBIR Program Office
proposes to contact Phase II awardees to
determine their success in achieving
commercial application of a market
ready technology that was funded under
the USDA SBIR Program. The survey
would collect information from Phase II
companies that received funding during
the years of 1994 to 2014.
Data from the survey will be used to
provide information that currently does
not exist. The data will be used
internally by the USDA SBIR Office to
identify past and current activities of
Phase II grantees in the areas of
technology development,
commercialization success, product
development or services, and factors
that may have prevented the technology
from entering into the market place.
Depending on the results of the survey,
information from the survey will be
used to highlight commercialization
successes within the small business
community; improve and refine
program interactions with, and
responsiveness to, the small business
community; potentially refocus the
strategies that are used to accomplish
SBIR objectives for commercialization;
and identify areas in need of
improvement and enhancement. This
survey will not be used to formulate or
change policies. Rather, it will be used
to enable the USDA SBIR Office to be
responsive to its constituents and
document successes within the USDA
SBIR Program.
The objectives of the SBIR Program
are to: Stimulate technological
innovations in the private sector;
strengthen the role of small businesses
in meeting Federal research and
development needs; increase private
sector commercialization of innovations
derived from USDA-supported research
and development efforts; and foster and
encourage participation by womenowned and socially and economically
disadvantaged small business firms in
technological innovations.
The USDA SBIR program is carried
out in three separate phases:
1. Phase I awards to determine,
insofar as possible, the scientific and
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technical merit and feasibility of ideas
that appear to have commercial
potential.
2. Phase II awards to further develop
work from Phase I that meets particular
program needs and exhibits potential for
commercial application.
3. Phase III awards where commercial
applications of SBIR-funded Research/
Research and Development (R/R&D) are
funded by non-Federal sources of
capital; or where products, services or
further research intended for use by the
Federal Government are funded by
follow-on non-SBIR Federal Funding
Agreements.
The USDA SBIR Program is
administered by NIFA of the USDA.
NIFA exercises overall oversight for the
policies and procedures governing SBIR
grants awarded to the U.S. small
business community, representing
approximately 2.5% to 2.8% of the
USDA extramural R/R&D budget. This
represents approximately $201M in
Phase II grants awarded to the U.S.
small business community from 1994 to
2014.
Plan
A total of 499 USDA SBIR Phase II
grants were awarded to small businesses
between 1994 and 2014, and the USDA
SBIR Program plans to contact past
Phase II awardees to determine their
success in achieving commercial
application of a market ready
technology under Phase III.
The survey will be administered
through a USDA led contract where a
contractor will perform an initial web
based survey administered through a
secure Internet link with a telephone
interview and/or in person interview as
a follow-up with SBIR Phase II grantees.
Both the web based survey and
telephone/in person interviews will
consist of a series of questions that
relate to the commercial status of the
technology developed with USDA SBIR
Phase II funding as well as general
questions regarding the USDA SBIR
Program. The USDA SBIR Program
office will coordinate the initial contact
with the Phase II companies in an effort
to introduce the scope of the survey,
provide straightforward instructions and
facilitate the survey work that the
contractor will initiate and complete.
Phase II companies that do not respond
within two weeks to the initial contact
from the USDA SBIR Program Office
will be sent a second request by email
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or by phone to respond. It is envisioned
that the contractor would then conduct
the web based survey and interviews
thereafter.
Estimate of Burden: NIFA used
burden estimates administered through
contractor led web based survey to
estimate the burden for SBIR, but
anticipates the transactions for project
initiation may be reduced because grant
application information will be used to
prepopulate many fields. The total
annual burden for the SBIR Program
collection is 2500 hours.
Types of respondents
Number of
respondents
Frequency of
response
Average time
per response
hours
Annual burden
hours
requested
USDA SBIR Phase II Grantees .......................................................................
500
1
5
2500
AGENCY:
Program), School Breakfast Program,
Special Milk Program for Children,
Child and Adult Care Food Program,
and Summer Food Service Program. The
annual adjustments are required by
section 9 of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act. The
guidelines are intended to direct
benefits to those children most in need
and are revised annually to account for
changes in the Consumer Price Index.
DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Vivian Lees, Branch Chief, Operational
Support Branch, Child Nutrition
Programs, Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, or by phone at (703) 305–2322.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
action is not a rule as defined by the
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.
601–612) and thus is exempt from the
provisions of that Act.
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507),
no recordkeeping or reporting
requirements have been included that
are subject to approval from the Office
of Management and Budget.
This notice has been determined to be
not significant and was reviewed by the
Office of Management and Budget in
conformance with Executive Order
12866.
The affected programs are listed in the
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
under No. 10.553, No. 10.555, No.
10.556, No. 10.558 and No. 10.559 and
are subject to the provisions of
Executive Order 12372, which requires
intergovernmental consultation with
State and local officials. (See 2 CFR
415.3–415.6).
This notice announces the
Department’s annual adjustments to the
Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used
in determining eligibility for free and
reduced price meals and free milk for
the period from July 1, 2015 through
June 30, 2016. These guidelines are used
by schools, institutions, and facilities
participating in the National School
Lunch Program (and Commodity School
Background
Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and
17(c)(4) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1758(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(4)),
and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C.
1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the
Department annually issues the Income
Eligibility Guidelines for free and
reduced price meals for the National
School Lunch Program (7 CFR part 210),
Comments: 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 will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (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.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
to OMB for approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
Obtaining a Copy of the Information
Collection: A copy of the information
collection and related instructions may
be obtained free of charge by contacting
Robert Martin as directed above.
Done at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of
March, 2015.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Child Nutrition Programs—Income
Eligibility Guidelines
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
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the Commodity School Program (7 CFR
part 210), School Breakfast Program (7
CFR part 220), Summer Food Service
Program (7 CFR part 225) and Child and
Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR part
226) and the guidelines for free milk in
the Special Milk Program for Children
(7 CFR part 215). These eligibility
guidelines are based on the Federal
income poverty guidelines and are
stated by household size. The guidelines
are used to determine eligibility for free
and reduced price meals and free milk
in accordance with applicable program
rules.
Definition of Income
In accordance with the Department’s
policy as provided in the Food and
Nutrition Service publication Eligibility
Manual for School Meals, ‘‘income,’’ as
the term is used in this notice, means
income before any deductions such as
income taxes, Social Security taxes,
insurance premiums, charitable
contributions and bonds. It includes the
following: (1) Monetary compensation
for services, including wages, salary,
commissions or fees; (2) net income
from nonfarm self-employment; (3) net
income from farm self-employment; (4)
Social Security; (5) dividends or interest
on savings or bonds or income from
estates or trusts; (6) net rental income;
(7) public assistance or welfare
payments; (8) unemployment
compensation; (9) government civilian
employee or military retirement, or
pensions or veterans payments; (10)
private pensions or annuities; (11)
alimony or child support payments; (12)
regular contributions from persons not
living in the household; (13) net
royalties; and (14) other cash income.
Other cash income would include cash
amounts received or withdrawn from
any source including savings,
investments, trust accounts and other
resources that would be available to pay
the price of a child’s meal.
‘‘Income,’’ as the term is used in this
notice, does not include any income or
benefits received under any Federal
programs that are excluded from
consideration as income by any
statutory prohibition. Furthermore, the
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delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Request Approval To Establish a New
Information Collection
AGENCY: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) regulations, that implement the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice announces the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture's (NIFA) intention to request
approval to establish a new information collection for the Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received by June 4,
2015, to be assured of consideration. Comments received after that date
will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by any of the following
methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov; Fax: 202-720-0857; Mail: Office
of Information Technology (OIT), NIFA, USDA, STOP 2216, 1400
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250-2216.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Martin, Records Officer; Email:
rmartin@nifa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program.
OMB Number: 0524--New.
Type of Request: Intent to request approval to establish a new
information collection for three years.
Abstract: The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program at
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) makes competitively
awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality,
advanced concepts research related to important scientific problems and
opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public
benefit if successful.
The USDA SBIR Program Office proposes to contact Phase II awardees
to determine their success in achieving commercial application of a
market ready technology that was funded under the USDA SBIR Program.
The survey would collect information from Phase II companies that
received funding during the years of 1994 to 2014.
Data from the survey will be used to provide information that
currently does not exist. The data will be used internally by the USDA
SBIR Office to identify past and current activities of Phase II
grantees in the areas of technology development, commercialization
success, product development or services, and factors that may have
prevented the technology from entering into the market place. Depending
on the results of the survey, information from the survey will be used
to highlight commercialization successes within the small business
community; improve and refine program interactions with, and
responsiveness to, the small business community; potentially refocus
the strategies that are used to accomplish SBIR objectives for
commercialization; and identify areas in need of improvement and
enhancement. This survey will not be used to formulate or change
policies. Rather, it will be used to enable the USDA SBIR Office to be
responsive to its constituents and document successes within the USDA
SBIR Program.
The objectives of the SBIR Program are to: Stimulate technological
innovations in the private sector; strengthen the role of small
businesses in meeting Federal research and development needs; increase
private sector commercialization of innovations derived from USDA-
supported research and development efforts; and foster and encourage
participation by women-owned and socially and economically
disadvantaged small business firms in technological innovations.
The USDA SBIR program is carried out in three separate phases:
1. Phase I awards to determine, insofar as possible, the scientific
and technical merit and feasibility of ideas that appear to have
commercial potential.
2. Phase II awards to further develop work from Phase I that meets
particular program needs and exhibits potential for commercial
application.
3. Phase III awards where commercial applications of SBIR-funded
Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) are funded by non-Federal
sources of capital; or where products, services or further research
intended for use by the Federal Government are funded by follow-on non-
SBIR Federal Funding Agreements.
The USDA SBIR Program is administered by NIFA of the USDA. NIFA
exercises overall oversight for the policies and procedures governing
SBIR grants awarded to the U.S. small business community, representing
approximately 2.5% to 2.8% of the USDA extramural R/R&D budget. This
represents approximately $201M in Phase II grants awarded to the U.S.
small business community from 1994 to 2014.
Plan
A total of 499 USDA SBIR Phase II grants were awarded to small
businesses between 1994 and 2014, and the USDA SBIR Program plans to
contact past Phase II awardees to determine their success in achieving
commercial application of a market ready technology under Phase III.
The survey will be administered through a USDA led contract where a
contractor will perform an initial web based survey administered
through a secure Internet link with a telephone interview and/or in
person interview as a follow-up with SBIR Phase II grantees. Both the
web based survey and telephone/in person interviews will consist of a
series of questions that relate to the commercial status of the
technology developed with USDA SBIR Phase II funding as well as general
questions regarding the USDA SBIR Program. The USDA SBIR Program office
will coordinate the initial contact with the Phase II companies in an
effort to introduce the scope of the survey, provide straightforward
instructions and facilitate the survey work that the contractor will
initiate and complete. Phase II companies that do not respond within
two weeks to the initial contact from the USDA SBIR Program Office will
be sent a second request by email
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or by phone to respond. It is envisioned that the contractor would then
conduct the web based survey and interviews thereafter.
Estimate of Burden: NIFA used burden estimates administered through
contractor led web based survey to estimate the burden for SBIR, but
anticipates the transactions for project initiation may be reduced
because grant application information will be used to prepopulate many
fields. The total annual burden for the SBIR Program collection is 2500
hours.
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Average time
Types of respondents Number of Frequency of per response Annual burden
respondents response hours hours requested
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USDA SBIR Phase II Grantees................. 500 1 5 2500
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Comments: 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 will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of
the burden of the proposed collection of information; (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.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request to OMB for approval. All comments will become a matter of
public record.
Obtaining a Copy of the Information Collection: A copy of the
information collection and related instructions may be obtained free of
charge by contacting Robert Martin as directed above.
Done at Washington, DC, this 23rd day of March, 2015.
Catherine E. Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics.
[FR Doc. 2015-07373 Filed 3-30-15; 8:45 am]
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