### 56393 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 177 / Tuesday, September 13, 2011 / Notices

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: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Improper Payment Meal Claims Assessment.

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. Summary of Collection: The Improper Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–300) requires the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), to provide estimates of erroneous payments in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and to identify and report corrective actions the agency is taking to reduce them. These measures are necessary to enhance the accuracy and integrity of Federal payments in the CACFP. The CACFP reimburses family day care home for serving nutritious meals and snacks to children, especially low-income children who receive day care services in these facilities. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), on behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture, is conducting a feasibility evaluation of the parent-recall data collection methodology for validating the number and type of meals claimed for reimbursement by family day care homes (FDCHs) in the CACFP.

Need and use of the Information: Data collection is to be conducted in sixteenstates to evaluate whether a parentrecall data collection methodology under evaluation can: (1) Validate the meal reimbursement claims submitted by FDCHs for the number of children who are CACFP eligible and present in the FDCHs during the time period(s) for which the meals/snacks were claimed. (2) Generate data required for developing an estimate of improper payments, based on the meals claimed for reimbursement by FDCHs that meet the requirements of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002. (3) Be implemented nationwide in an efficient and cost effective method. Observations conducted on-site in the homes of FDSCH providers will be used in the feasibility evaluation. Without the information no assessment of the cost, amount and type of meal claiming errors can be estimated nor can corrective action be developed and implemented.

Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Government; Individuals or households.

Number of Respondents: 1,520. Frequency of Responses: Report: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 2,439.

Food and Nutrition Service

Title: National Assistance in Farmers Markets: Understanding Current Operations.

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. Summary of Collection: The growing obesity crisis in the United States has created urgency among scientists and public health officials to develop and test sustainable programs that improve American diets. Fruits and vegetable intake has been shown to reduce the long term risk of obesity and other chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer and serves as a market for a healthy diet. However, two thirds of U.S. adults do not meet the USDA Dietary Guidelines for fruit and vegetable intake. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is conducting a new study titled ‘‘Nutrition Assistance in Farmers Markets: Understanding Current Operations.’’ The study, planned for FY 2011–2012 affirms the Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services(FNCS) priority for expanding the farmfood connection in FNS programs. The collection is authorized under paragraph 17(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026).

Need and use of the Information: The proposed study involves a national survey of Farmers Market managers and Direct Marketing (DM) farmers to understand their current operations and how those affect participation in USDA nutrition assistance programs. The information gathered in the data collection activities will be used by FNS to understand the characteristics of farmers markets and direct marketing farmers and facilitators and barriers to participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. These data will inform FNS policy decision intended to increase the number of DM farmers and farmers markets that participate as SNAP retailers, as well as improve operations for currently authorized DM farmers and farmers markets. If data is not collected, FNS will be unable to improve its understanding of the farmers’ market environment, particularly barriers to participation in nutrition assistance programs by these markets.

Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit; Individuals or households; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms.

Number of Respondents: 2,859. Frequency of Responses: Report: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 911.

Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Agricultural Research Service**

**Notice of Intent to Grant Exclusive License** 

**AGENCY :**  Agricultural Research Service, USDA.

**ACTION :**  Notice of intent.

**SUMMARY :**  Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to PMC–Biogenix of Memphis, Tennessee, an exclusive license to U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 12/ 774,347, ‘‘Process for Preparing Saturated Branched Chain Fatty Acids’’, filed on May 5, 2010.

**DATES :**  Comments must be received within thirty (30) days of the date of publication of this Notice in the Federal Register

. **ADDRESSES :**  Send comments to: USDA, ARS, Office of Technology Transfer, 5601 Sunnyside Avenue, Rm. 4–1174, Beltsville, Maryland 20705–5131.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  June Blalock of the Office of Technology Transfer at the Beltsville address given above; telephone: 301–504–5989.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  The Federal Government’s patent rights in this invention are assigned to the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture. It is in the public interest to so license this invention as PMC–Biogenix of Memphis, Tennessee has submitted a complete and sufficient application for a license. The prospective exclusive license will be royalty-bearing and will comply with the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective exclusive license may be granted unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of this published Notice, the Agricultural Research Service receives written evidence and argument which establishes that the grant of the license would not be consistent with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7.

Richard J. Brenner,
Assistant Administrator.
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