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* This includes an unduplicated count of respondents that are responsible for the operation of 89 WIC Programs, 50 FMNP Programs, and 55 SFMNP Programs: 3
State agencies solely operate the FMNP program; 20 State agencies solely operate the SFMNP program; 15 State agencies operate both the FMNP and SFMNP
programs; 54 State agencies solely operate the WIC program; 15 State agencies operate both the WIC and FMNP programs; 3 State agencies operate both the WIC
and SFMNP programs; and 17 State agencies operate the WIC, FMNP, and SFMNP programs.
Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Post-Hurricane
Research and Assessment of
Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural
Communities in the U.S. Caribbean
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice; request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments
from all interested individuals and
organizations on the renewal with
revisions of the currently approved
information collection, Post-Hurricane
Research and Assessment of
Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural
Communities in the U.S. Caribbean.
(OMB #0596–0246).
DATES: Comments concerning this
notice must be received in writing on or
before January 11, 2022 to be assured of
consideration. Comments received after
that date will be considered to the
extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this
information collection should be
addressed to Kathleen McGinley, Social
Scientist, USDA Forest Service,
International Institute of Tropical
Forestry (IITF), 1201 Calle Ceiba, Rı´o
Piedras, PR 00926. Comments also may
be submitted via facsimile to 787–766–
6302, or by email to kathleen.mcginley@
usda.gov. Please put ‘‘Comments re:
Post-Hurricane Research’’ in the subject
line.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice may be made available to the
public through relevant websites and
upon request. For this reason, please do
not include in your comments
information of a confidential nature,
such as sensitive personal information
or proprietary information. If you send
an email comment, your email address
will be automatically captured and
included as part of the comment that is
placed in the public docket and made
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available on the internet. Please note
that responses to this public comment
request containing any routine notice
about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public
comments that may be made available to
the public notwithstanding the
inclusion of the routine notice.
The public may inspect the draft
supporting statement and/or comments
received at International Institute of
Tropical Forestry (IITF), Jardı´n Bota´nico
Sur, 1201 Calle Ceiba, Rı´o Piedras, PR
00926 during normal business hours.
Visitors are encouraged to call ahead to
787–764–7790 to facilitate entry to the
building. The public may request an
electronic copy of the draft supporting
statement and/or any comments
received be sent via return email.
Requests should be emailed to
kathleen.mcginley@usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information
should be made to Kathleen McGinley,
Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service,
by electronic mail to
kathleen.mcginley@usda.gov or phone
919–600–3108. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS) at 1–800– 877–8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of
the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Post-Hurricane Research and
Assessment of Agriculture, Forestry,
and Rural Communities in the U.S.
Caribbean.
OMB Number: 0596–0246.
Expiration Date of Approval: February
28, 2022.
Type of Request: Renewal with
revisions.
Abstract: In September 2017, two
major hurricanes passed through the
Caribbean, causing catastrophic damage
to communities, infrastructure, farms,
and forests across Puerto Rico, U.S.
Virgin Islands, and many neighboring
island nations, significantly
compromising local livelihoods, food
security, and economic stability
throughout the region. Through a series
of focus groups and interviews
conducted in 2018 and 2019 under
OMB Approval #0596–0246, we
gathered extensive information about
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the wide range of effects and associated
impacts of the hurricanes on
agricultural and forest systems and the
varied states of hurricane readiness and
resilience across farm and forest sectors
throughout the U.S. Caribbean. Building
on this information and understanding
of agricultural and forest systems, USDA
Forest Service seeks a renewal with
revisions to continue to collect
information about the recovery of farms,
forests, and rural communities from the
effects and associated impacts of
hurricanes Irma and Maria and to
collect additional information about
agriculture and forest sector hurricane
vulnerabilities, mitigation, adaptation,
readiness, and resilience. Such
information is critical to the design and
implementation of ongoing recovery
work and to longer-term resilience and
sustainable development efforts in the
U.S. Caribbean and in other regions
affected by hurricanes or other major
disturbances.
The information to be collected is
essential to the Department of
Agriculture mandate to support
agriculture and natural resources that
are productive, sustainable, and provide
benefits for the American public under
the Rural Development Policy Act of
1980, and to the Forest Service mandate
to provide expert advice and conduct
research on the management of forests
outside the National Forest System
through the Cooperative Forestry
Assistance Act of 1978. Additionally,
the importance of gathering, analyzing,
and sharing this type of information is
reflected in the National Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching
Policy Act of 1977, as amended, and the
Forest and Rangeland Renewable
Resources Research Act of 1978.
Information will be collected through
mixed methods, including interviews
with and surveys of research
participants selected purposively in line
with the research objectives. This
collection will be revised to further
explore the topics in the original
information collection and incorporate
additional lines of inquiry related to the
longer-term recovery of farms, forests,
and rural communities and associated
changes in hurricane risk,
vulnerabilities, and resilience since the
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2017 hurricanes. Revisions in this
renewal request also include the
development and use of survey tools
that incorporate multiple choice and
other closed ended questions that
permit quantitative analysis of the
topics of inquiry, in addition to open
ended questions, which produce more
detailed data for qualitative analysis.
This renewed collection and its
revisions will generate scientifically
based, up-to-date information that can
be used to inform ongoing recovery,
resilience, and sustainable development
efforts in agriculture and forest systems
in the U.S. Caribbean by USDA, Forest
Service, other Federal agencies, local
government, civil society, and the
private sector.
Affected Public: Individuals and
Households, Private Sector Businesses,
Non-Profit and Non-Governmental
Organizations, State or Local
Government.
Estimate of Annual Burden per
Response: 15 minutes for surveys, 25
minutes for interviews.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 250.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1 response/
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours on Respondents: 110 hours.
Comment Is Invited: Comment is
invited on: (1) Whether this collection
of information is necessary for the stated
purposes and the proper performance of
the functions of the Agency, including
whether the information will have
practical or scientific utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the
burden of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. USDA Forest Service will
consider the comments received and
amend the information collection as
appropriate.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
submission request toward Office of
Management and Budget approval.
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Sunshine Act Meetings
Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records
United States Commission on
Civil Rights.
AGENCY:
Notice of Commission public
business meeting.
ACTION:
Friday, November 19, 2021,
12:00 p.m. EST.
DATES:
Meeting to take place by
telephone and is open to the public by
telephone: 866–556–2513, Conference
ID #: 7517508.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angelia Rorison: 202–376–7700;
publicaffairs@usccr.gov.
In
accordance with the Government in
Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), the
Commission on Civil Rights is holding
a meeting to discuss the Commission’s
business for the month of August. This
meeting is open to the public. Computer
assisted real-time transcription (CART)
will be provided. The web link to access
CART (in English) on Friday, November
19, 2021, is https://www.streamtext.net/
player?event=USCCR. Please note that
CART is text-only translation that
occurs in real time during the meeting
and is not an exact transcript. Schedule
subject to change, for updates visit the
USCCR Twitter at www.twitter.com/
usccrgov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Agenda
I. Approval of Agenda
II. Business Meeting
A. Presentations from Advisory
Committees to the Commission on
Recent Reports/Memo Releases
B. Discussion and Vote on Advisory
Committee Appointments
C. Vote to Appoint Travis Letellier as
New Chair of South Dakota
Advisory Committee
D. Vote to Confirm USCCR
Representative to the EAC
E. Vote to Amend January 2022
Business Meeting Date
F. Discussion and Vote on Fiscal Year
2022 Concept Papers and Fiscal
Year 2023 Statutory Enforcement
Report
G. Management and Operations
• Staff Director’s Report
III. Adjourn Meeting
Alexander L. Friend,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
Dated: November 9, 2021.
Angelia Rorison,
USCCR Media and Communications Director.
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United States Commission on
Civil Rights.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, the United States
Commission on Civil Rights
(Commission) proposes to establish a
new system of records titled, ‘‘CCR/
Internal—Reasonable Accommodations
Records.’’ This system of records will
include information that the
Commission collects and maintains on
applicants for employment and
employees who request and/or receive
reasonable accommodations from the
Commission for medical or religious
reasons.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments on or before
December 13, 2021. This new system is
effective upon publication in the
Federal Register, except for the routine
uses, which are effective December 17,
2021.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written
comments through the Federal
Rulemaking Portal: https://
www.regulations.gov. All submissions
received must include the agency name
and docket number for this Federal
Register document. The general policy
for comments and other submissions
from members of the public is to make
them available for public viewing on the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov
as they are received without change,
including any personal identifiers or
contact information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions, please contact: David
Ganz, General Counsel, United States
Commission on Civil Rights at dganz@
usccr.gov or TinaLouise Martin,
Director, Office of Management, U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights at tmartin@
usccr.gov. Please put ‘‘Reasonable
Accommodations SORN’’ in the subject
line of your email.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Privacy Act of
1974, the Commission proposes to
establish a new system of records titled,
‘‘CCR/Internal—Reasonable
Accommodations Records.’’ This system
of records covers the Commission’s
collection and maintenance of records
on applicants for employment,
employees, and other individuals who
participate in Commission programs or
activities who request or receive
reasonable accommodations or other
appropriate modifications from the
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Information Collection: Post-Hurricane Research and Assessment of
Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Communities in the U.S. Caribbean
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and
organizations on the renewal with revisions of the currently approved
information collection, Post-Hurricane Research and Assessment of
Agriculture, Forestry, and Rural Communities in the U.S. Caribbean.
(OMB #0596-0246).
DATES: Comments concerning this notice must be received in writing on
or before January 11, 2022 to be assured of consideration. Comments
received after that date will be considered to the extent practicable.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning this information collection should be
addressed to Kathleen McGinley, Social Scientist, USDA Forest Service,
International Institute of Tropical Forestry (IITF), 1201 Calle Ceiba,
R[iacute]o Piedras, PR 00926. Comments also may be submitted via
facsimile to 787-766-6302, or by email to [email protected].
Please put ``Comments re: Post-Hurricane Research'' in the subject
line.
Comments submitted in response to this notice may be made available
to the public through relevant websites and upon request. For this
reason, please do not include in your comments information of a
confidential nature, such as sensitive personal information or
proprietary information. If you send an email comment, your email
address will be automatically captured and included as part of the
comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the
internet. Please note that responses to this public comment request
containing any routine notice about the confidentiality of the
communication will be treated as public comments that may be made
available to the public notwithstanding the inclusion of the routine
notice.
The public may inspect the draft supporting statement and/or
comments received at International Institute of Tropical Forestry
(IITF), Jard[iacute]n Bot[aacute]nico Sur, 1201 Calle Ceiba, R[iacute]o
Piedras, PR 00926 during normal business hours. Visitors are encouraged
to call ahead to 787-764-7790 to facilitate entry to the building. The
public may request an electronic copy of the draft supporting statement
and/or any comments received be sent via return email. Requests should
be emailed to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be made to Kathleen McGinley, Social Scientist, USDA Forest
Service, by electronic mail to [email protected] or phone 919-
600-3108. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800- 877-8339
twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Post-Hurricane Research and Assessment of Agriculture,
Forestry, and Rural Communities in the U.S. Caribbean.
OMB Number: 0596-0246.
Expiration Date of Approval: February 28, 2022.
Type of Request: Renewal with revisions.
Abstract: In September 2017, two major hurricanes passed through
the Caribbean, causing catastrophic damage to communities,
infrastructure, farms, and forests across Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin
Islands, and many neighboring island nations, significantly
compromising local livelihoods, food security, and economic stability
throughout the region. Through a series of focus groups and interviews
conducted in 2018 and 2019 under OMB Approval #0596-0246, we gathered
extensive information about the wide range of effects and associated
impacts of the hurricanes on agricultural and forest systems and the
varied states of hurricane readiness and resilience across farm and
forest sectors throughout the U.S. Caribbean. Building on this
information and understanding of agricultural and forest systems, USDA
Forest Service seeks a renewal with revisions to continue to collect
information about the recovery of farms, forests, and rural communities
from the effects and associated impacts of hurricanes Irma and Maria
and to collect additional information about agriculture and forest
sector hurricane vulnerabilities, mitigation, adaptation, readiness,
and resilience. Such information is critical to the design and
implementation of ongoing recovery work and to longer-term resilience
and sustainable development efforts in the U.S. Caribbean and in other
regions affected by hurricanes or other major disturbances.
The information to be collected is essential to the Department of
Agriculture mandate to support agriculture and natural resources that
are productive, sustainable, and provide benefits for the American
public under the Rural Development Policy Act of 1980, and to the
Forest Service mandate to provide expert advice and conduct research on
the management of forests outside the National Forest System through
the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978. Additionally, the
importance of gathering, analyzing, and sharing this type of
information is reflected in the National Agricultural Research,
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as amended, and the Forest
and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978.
Information will be collected through mixed methods, including
interviews with and surveys of research participants selected
purposively in line with the research objectives. This collection will
be revised to further explore the topics in the original information
collection and incorporate additional lines of inquiry related to the
longer-term recovery of farms, forests, and rural communities and
associated changes in hurricane risk, vulnerabilities, and resilience
since the
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2017 hurricanes. Revisions in this renewal request also include the
development and use of survey tools that incorporate multiple choice
and other closed ended questions that permit quantitative analysis of
the topics of inquiry, in addition to open ended questions, which
produce more detailed data for qualitative analysis. This renewed
collection and its revisions will generate scientifically based, up-to-
date information that can be used to inform ongoing recovery,
resilience, and sustainable development efforts in agriculture and
forest systems in the U.S. Caribbean by USDA, Forest Service, other
Federal agencies, local government, civil society, and the private
sector.
Affected Public: Individuals and Households, Private Sector
Businesses, Non-Profit and Non-Governmental Organizations, State or
Local Government.
Estimate of Annual Burden per Response: 15 minutes for surveys, 25
minutes for interviews.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 250.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1 response/
respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours on Respondents: 110 hours.
Comment Is Invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this
collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the
proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether
the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the
accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions
used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology. USDA Forest
Service will consider the comments received and amend the information
collection as appropriate.
All comments received in response to this notice, including names
and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record.
Comments will be summarized and included in the submission request
toward Office of Management and Budget approval.
Alexander L. Friend,
Deputy Chief, Research & Development.
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