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

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 sixteen 

states 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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