Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-WIC Federal and State Agreements (Form FNS-339), 43705-43706 [2015-18063]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—WIC Federal and
State Agreements (Form FNS–339)
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
proposed information collections. The
proposed information collection is a
request for a revision of a currently
approved collection of information
relating to the reporting burden
associated with completing and
submitting form FNS–339, the Federal
and State Agreement for the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants and Children (WIC); the
WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
(FMNP); and/or the Senior Farmers’
Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP).
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before
September 21, 2015.
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 shall have 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 that
were 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 use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
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collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Julie
Brewer, Chief, Policy Branch,
Supplemental Food Programs Division,
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Room 520, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments will also be accepted
through the Federal eRulemaking 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 office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 520,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Julie Brewer at
703–305–2746.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: WIC Federal and State
Agreements.
Form Number: FNS–339.
OMB Number: 0584–0332.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2015.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Federal-State Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program
Agreement (Form FNS–339) collects
information that is used by the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC),
the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition
Program (FMNP), and the Senior
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
(SFMNP). At the Federal level, the Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
administers the WIC Program and the
FMNP under Section 17 of the Child
Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, as
amended, and the SFMNP under 7
U.S.C. 3007. The Federal-State
Agreement is the annual contract
between USDA and each State agency
seeking to operate one or more of the
following programs: (1) WIC, (2) FMNP,
and (3) SFMNP.
The agreement requires the signature
of the Chief State agency official and
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includes a certification/assurance
regarding drug free workplace, a
certification regarding lobbying, and a
disclosure of lobbying activities. The
signed agreement is the contract
between USDA and each State agency
that administers WIC, FMNP and/or
SFMNP, thereby authorizing USDA to
release funds to the State agencies for
the administration of the Program(s) in
the jurisdiction of the State in
accordance with the provisions of 7 CFR
parts 246, 248, and/or 249. The State
agency agrees to accept Federal funds
for expenditure in accordance with
applicable statutes and regulations and
to comply with all provisions of such
statutes and regulations.
The number of respondents (agencies
administering WIC, FMNP and SFMNP)
has decreased from 142 to 124,
decreasing the total annual burden from
35.5 to 31 hours.
Affected Public: State, Territorial and
Tribal Agencies.
Respondent Type: The Chief Health
Officer of the WIC State agency, or the
Chief Agency Official of the FMNP or
SFMNP State agency (e.g., a State
Commissioner of Agriculture or Agency
on Aging), if not administered by the
WIC State agency in that State.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
There will be an estimated 124
respondents. This includes an
unduplicated count of respondents that
are responsible for the operation of 90
WIC Programs, 48 FMNPs and 51
SFMNPs.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per
Respondent: 1. There is one response
per agency for the Program(s) for which
they are involved.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
124 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time of each response is 15
minutes (.25 hours).
It takes respondents approximately
7.5 minutes (.125 hours) to read and
sign the required form. Additionally,
respondents spend another 7.5 minutes
(.125 hours) making photocopies and
filing each year. Therefore, the number
of hours spent per each of the 124
reports per year is 0.25 hours totaling
the requested 31 burden hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: The total estimated
annual burden is 31 hours.
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Number of
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
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State, Territorial, and Tribal Governments ....................................................
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Total Burden .....................................
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Dated: July 16, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture
Notice of Intent To Renew a Currently
Approved Information Collection
National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA), USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB)
regulations (5 CFR 1320) that implement
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice
announces the National Institute of
Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) intention
to request approval for the renewal of a
currently approved information
collection for Children, Youth, and
Families at Risk (CYFAR).
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received by September 21, 2015
to be assured of consideration.
Comments received after that date will
be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
concerning this notice and requests for
copies of the information collection 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, eGovernment Program
Leader; Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Children, Youth, and Families
at Risk (CYFAR) Year End Report.
OMB Number: 0524–0043.
Expiration Date of Current Approval:
January 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Intent to seek
renewal of a currently approved
information collection for three years.
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Abstract: Funding for the Children,
Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR)
community project grants is authorized
under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever
Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), as amended,
and other relevant authorizing
legislation, which provides
jurisdictional basis for the establishment
and operation of Extension educational
work for the benefit of youth and
families in communities. The CYFAR
funding program supports communitybased programs serving children, youth,
and families in at-risk environments.
CYFAR funds are intended to support
the development of high quality,
effective programs based on research
and to document the impact of these
programs on intended audiences. The
CYFAR Year End Report collects
demographic and impact data from each
community site to conduct impact
evaluations of the programs on its
intended audience.
The collection of information serves
several purposes. It allows NIFA staff to
gauge if the program is reaching the
target audience and make programmatic
improvements. This collection also
allows program staff to demonstrate the
impacts and capacity that is developed
in the locales where federal assistance is
provided.
The evaluation processes of CYFAR
are consistent with the requirements of
Congressional legislation and OMB. The
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–62),
the Federal Activities Inventory Reform
Act (FAIR) (Pub. L. 105–207), and the
Agricultural, Research, Extension and
Education Reform Act (AREERA) of
1998 (Pub. L. 105–185), together with
OMB requirements, support the
reporting requirements requested in this
information collection. One of the five
Presidential Management Agenda
initiatives, Budget and Performance
Integration, builds on GPRA and earlier
efforts to identify program goals and
performance measures, and link them to
the budget process. The FAIR Act
requires the development and
implementation of a system to monitor
and evaluate agricultural research and
extension activities in order to measure
the impact and effectiveness of research,
extension, and education programs.
AREERA requires a performance
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evaluation to be conducted to determine
whether federally funded agricultural
research, extension, and education
programs result in public goods that
have national or multi-state
significance.
The immediate need of this
information collection is to provide a
means for satisfying accountability
requirements. The long term objective is
to provide a means to enable the
evaluation and assessment of the
effectiveness of programs receiving
federal funds and to fully satisfy
requirements of performance and
accountability legislation in GPRA, the
FAIR Act, and AREERA.
Estimate of Burden: There are
currently CYFAR projects in 40 states.
Each state and territory is required to
submit an annual year end report which
includes demographic and impact data
on each of the community projects.
NIFA estimates the burden of this
collection to be 322 hours per response.
There are currently 51 respondents, thus
making the total annual burden of this
collection an estimated 12,880 hours.
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 15 day of
July, 2015.
Ann Bartuska,
Deputy Under Secretary, Research,
Education, and Economics.
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
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
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--WIC Federal and State Agreements (Form FNS-339)
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 proposed information collections. The proposed information
collection is a request for a revision of a currently approved
collection of information relating to the reporting burden associated
with completing and submitting form FNS-339, the Federal and State
Agreement for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants and Children (WIC); the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program
(FMNP); and/or the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP).
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before
September 21, 2015.
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 shall have 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 that were 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 use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Julie Brewer, Chief, Policy Branch,
Supplemental Food Programs Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking 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
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 520, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Julie
Brewer at 703-305-2746.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: WIC Federal and State Agreements.
Form Number: FNS-339.
OMB Number: 0584-0332.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2015.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Federal-State Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
Agreement (Form FNS-339) collects information that is used by the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
(WIC), the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), and the Senior
Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). At the Federal level, the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), administers the WIC Program and the FMNP under Section 17 of
the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, as amended, and the SFMNP under
7 U.S.C. 3007. The Federal-State Agreement is the annual contract
between USDA and each State agency seeking to operate one or more of
the following programs: (1) WIC, (2) FMNP, and (3) SFMNP.
The agreement requires the signature of the Chief State agency
official and includes a certification/assurance regarding drug free
workplace, a certification regarding lobbying, and a disclosure of
lobbying activities. The signed agreement is the contract between USDA
and each State agency that administers WIC, FMNP and/or SFMNP, thereby
authorizing USDA to release funds to the State agencies for the
administration of the Program(s) in the jurisdiction of the State in
accordance with the provisions of 7 CFR parts 246, 248, and/or 249. The
State agency agrees to accept Federal funds for expenditure in
accordance with applicable statutes and regulations and to comply with
all provisions of such statutes and regulations.
The number of respondents (agencies administering WIC, FMNP and
SFMNP) has decreased from 142 to 124, decreasing the total annual
burden from 35.5 to 31 hours.
Affected Public: State, Territorial and Tribal Agencies.
Respondent Type: The Chief Health Officer of the WIC State agency,
or the Chief Agency Official of the FMNP or SFMNP State agency (e.g., a
State Commissioner of Agriculture or Agency on Aging), if not
administered by the WIC State agency in that State.
Estimated Number of Respondents: There will be an estimated 124
respondents. This includes an unduplicated count of respondents that
are responsible for the operation of 90 WIC Programs, 48 FMNPs and 51
SFMNPs.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 1. There is one
response per agency for the Program(s) for which they are involved.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 124 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time of each response is
15 minutes (.25 hours).
It takes respondents approximately 7.5 minutes (.125 hours) to read
and sign the required form. Additionally, respondents spend another 7.5
minutes (.125 hours) making photocopies and filing each year.
Therefore, the number of hours spent per each of the 124 reports per
year is 0.25 hours totaling the requested 31 burden hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The total estimated
annual burden is 31 hours.
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Affected public Form number of responses per Total annual total hours total burden
respondents respondent responses per response hours
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State, Territorial, and Tribal Governments.............. FNS-339 124 1 124 .25 31
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Total Burden........................................ .............. 124 1 124 .25 31
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Dated: July 16, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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