Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 14114 [2023-04605]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 14114]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04605]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 regarding this information collection received by April 6, 
2023 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for the 
proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days of 
the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this information collection by 
selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' 
or by using the search function.
    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.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education and 
Obesity Prevention Grant (SNAP-Ed) National Program Evaluation and 
Reporting System (N-PEARS).
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: This is a new information collection 
request. This information collection addresses existing reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements associated with newly developed State Plan 
and Annual Report systems under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program Education and Obesity Prevention Grant Program (SNAP-Ed), a 
program established by Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2036a) and administered by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS).
    Need and Use of the Information: As required in the statute, to 
gain Federally allocated SNAP-Ed grants to conduct SNAP-Ed activities 
every year, such as nutrition education and obesity prevention 
services, States must submit a SNAP-Ed State Plan (FNS 925B) and a 
SNAP-Ed Annual Report (FNS 925A). The SNAP-Ed State Plan must be 
created based on SNAP-Ed Plan Guidance and then reviewed and approved 
by FNS Regional Offices before SNAP-Ed funding can be utilized.
    The information contained in SNAP-Ed State Plans and Annual Reports 
is used by FNS to determine whether SNAP-Ed Program resources are being 
maximized, and whether State SNAP agencies have produced a persuasive 
and data-driven needs evaluation of nutrition, physical activity, and 
obesity prevention needs of the target population and their barriers to 
obtaining healthy foods and physical activity in the State SNAP-Ed 
Plan. Furthermore, the information is necessary to ensure integrity of 
SNAP-Ed funds, demonstrate program effectiveness, and track SNAP-Ed 
outcomes and impacts.
    Description of Respondents: (1) 53 State Agencies that administer 
the SNAP-Ed Program in their State; (2) 112 State, Local, and Tribal 
Implementing Agencies (96 State Implementing Agencies, 7 Local 
Implementing Agencies, and 9 Tribal Implementing Agencies); (3) 53 Not-
For-Profit Implementing Agencies; (4) 21 employees at State Agencies 
that administer the SNAP-Ed Program in their State; (5) 83 employees at 
State, Local, and Tribal Implementing Agencies (69 employees at State 
Implementing Agencies, 6 employees at Local Implementing Agencies, and 
8 employees at Tribal Implementing Agencies); and (6) 42 employees at 
Not-For-Profit Implementing Agencies.
    Number of Respondents: 364.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 393,209.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-04605 Filed 3-6-23; 8:45 am]
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