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• Collect and disseminate marketing 

information to anticipate and meet 

consumer requirements, maintain farm 

income, and balance production and 

utilization. 

All proposals which fall within the 

FSMIP guidelines will be considered. 

FSMIP encourages States to submit 

proposals that address the following 

objectives: 

• Creating wealth in rural 

communities through the development 

of local and regional food systems and 

value-added agriculture. 

• Developing direct marketing 

opportunities for producers, or producer 

groups. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, the FSMIP 

information collection requirements 

were previously approved by the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) and 

were assigned OMB control number 

0581–0240. 

AMS is committed to compliance 

with the Government Paperwork 

Elimination Act (GPEA), which requires 

Government agencies in general to 

provide the public with the option of 

submitted information or transacting 

business electronically to the maximum 

extent possible. 

How To Submit Proposals and 

Applications 

Applicants have the option of 

submitting FSMIP applications 

electronically through the Federal grants 

Web site, instead of mailing hard copy 

documents. Applicants considering the 

electronic application option are 

strongly urged to familiarize themselves 

with the Federal grants Web site well 

before the application deadline and to 

begin the application process before the 

deadline. Additional details about the 

FSMIP application process for all 

applicants are available at the FSMIP 

Web site: http://www.ams.usda.gov/ 

FSMIP. 

FSMIP is listed in the ‘‘Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance’’ under 

number 10.156 and subject agencies 

must adhere to Title VI of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, which bars 

discrimination in all federally assisted 

programs. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1621–1627. 

Dated: December 16, 2010. 

David R. Shipman, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32263 Filed 12–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request–Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), 

Store Applications, Forms FNS–252, 

252–E, 252–R, 252–2, and 252–C 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is a revision of a 

currently approved collection in the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program and concerns Retail Store 

Applications (Forms FNS–252; FNS– 

252–E; and FNS–252–R). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before February 22, 2011 

to be assured of consideration. 

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 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: Ronald 

Ward, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 426, Alexandria, VA 

22302. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of 

Ronald Ward at (703) 305–1863 or via 

e-mail to: BRDHQ–WEB@fns.usda.gov. 

Comments will also be accepted through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to 

http://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 

p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 426, 

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 Ronald Ward at 

BRDHQ–WEB@fns.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP)—Store 

Applications. 

Form Number: FNS–252, 252–E, 252– 

R, 252–2, and 252–C. 

OMB Number: 0584–0008 and 0584– 

0553. 

Expiration Date: July 31, 2011. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Abstract: Section 9(a) of the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended, (the 

Act) (7 U.S.C. 2018(a)) requires that FNS 

determine the eligibility of retail food 

stores and certain food service 

organizations to accept SNAP benefits 

and to monitor them for compliance and 

continued eligibility. 

Part of FNS’ responsibility is to accept 

applications from retail food stores that 

wish to participate in SNAP, review the 

applications in order to determine 

whether or not applicants meet 

eligibility requirements, and make 

determinations whether to grant or deny 

authorization to accept SNAP benefits. 

There are currently four application 

forms designed for that purpose 

approved under the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) No. 

0584–0008—the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program 

Application for Stores, Form FNS–252 

and FNS–252–E (paper and online 

version, respectively); the Meal Service 

Application, Form FNS–252–2; and the 

Corporate Supplemental Application, 

Form FNS–252–C used for individual 

(chain) stores under a corporation.FNS 

is also responsible for reviewing retail 

food store applications at least once 

every five years to ensure that each firm 

is under the same ownership and 

continues to meet eligibility guidelines. 

In order to accomplish this regulatory 

requirement, FNS collects information 

from retail food stores using the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program Application for Stores— 

Reauthorization, Form FNS–252–R. This 

information collection is approved 

under OMB No. 0584–0553. In our 

previous submission to OMB, FNS 

received approval to merge this 

information collection with OMB No. 

0584–0008, which FNS intends to do at 

this time. 

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FNS is also enhancing Forms FNS– 

252 and FNS–252–E in order to (1) 

Clarify questions 16 and 17 regarding 

sales information; (2) expand the 

inventory stock examples provided in 

question 18; (3) re-word or re-phrase 

written instructions and on-line help 

screens; and (4) visually enhance the 

application by making design and 

formatting changes. The proposed 

revisions do not increase the hourly 

burden estimate on respondents. 

FNS also intends to revise Form FNS– 

252–R. The purposes of the revisions are 

to (1) Clarify questions 5 and 6; (2) add 

‘‘Yes/No’’ boxes in question 8; (3) 

expand the inventory stock examples 

provided in question 5; (4) revise the 

certification statement in the general 

instruction section to re-phrase and 

clarify information requested; and (5) 

add two additional questions: the 

number of check-out registers, and the 

option for retailers to provide an email 

address. In our previous submission to 

OMB, we estimated the hourly burden 

to be 7 minutes. We estimate the new 

hourly burden estimate to increase by 

10 seconds, and the new burden to be, 

on average, 7.10 minutes, on average. 

Affected Public: Business for Profit; 

Retail food stores. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 90,532. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Respondents complete 

either 1 application form at initial 

authorization or 1 reauthorization 

application, as appropriate, for a total of 

1 response each. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

68,893.80. 

Estimated Time per Response: 10.59 

minutes (0.18317 hours). The estimated 

time response varies from 1 minute to 

11 minutes depending on respondent 

group, as shown in the table below. 

Table A—Reporting Estimate of Hour 

Burden 

SUMMARY OF BURDEN—#0584–0008 

Affected public 

(a) 

Description of collection 

activity 

(b) 

Form 

Number 

(c) 

Number 

respondents 

(d) 

Number 

esponses per 

respondent 

(e) 

Total annual 

responses 

(cxd) 

(f) 

Hours per 

response 

(g) 

Total burden 

(exf) 

Reporting 

Retailers ........ Applications Received ........ 252 15,299 .83 1 .00 15,299 .83 0 .18370 2,810 .58 

Applications Received ........ 252–E 20,281 .17 1 .00 20,281 .17 0 .16700 3,386 .96 

E–Authentication ................. 252–E 20,281 .17 1 .00 20,281 .17 0 .13360 2,709 .56 

Applications Received ........ 252–2 968 1 .00 968 .00 0 .18370 177 .82 

Applications Received ........ 252–C 6,961 1 .00 6,960 .80 0 .08350 581 .23 

Store Visits .......................... ................ 25,384 1 .00 25,384 .00 0 .01670 423 .91 

Reauthorization ................... 252–R 21,638 1 .00 21,638 .00 0 .11690 2,529 .48 

Total Reporting Burden ................ 90,531 .80 0 .76099 68,893 .80 0 .18317 12,619 .54 

Number of 

respondents 

Estimate annual 

responses per 

respondent 

Estimate total 

annual 

responses 

Estimate hours 

per response 

Estimate total 

annual burden 

for this ICR 

SUMMARY OF BURDEN FOR THIS COLLECTION ........ 90,532 0 .76099 68,893 .80 0 .18317 12,619 .54 

Dated: December 16, 2010. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–32291 Filed 12–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Northern New Mexico Resource 

Advisory Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Northern New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Committee 

(NNMRAC) will meet in Albuquerque, 

New Mexico. The committee is meeting 

as authorized under the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 110– 

343) and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2 §§ 1–15, October 6, 1972, as 

amended 1976, 1980 and 1982). The 

purpose of the meeting is to elect a 

chairperson, review meeting process, 

review NNMRAC guidelines, proposal 

presentations by proponents (5 

minutes), questions from committee 

members to proponents (3 minutes), 

review and ranking of project proposals 

by Category Groups, recommendation 

for funding of projects to Designated 

Federal Official, request for budget for 

administration of NNMRAC, provide for 

public comment. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

January 13, 2011 beginning at 10 a.m. 

and ending at 5 p.m. and on January 14, 

2011 beginning at 8 a.m. and ending at 

5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Albuquerque District Office of the 

Bureau of Land Management at 435 

Montano Road NE. in the conference 

room. Written comments should be sent 

to Ignacio Peralta, Carson National 

Forest, 208 Cruz Alta Road, Taos, NM 

87571. Comments may also be sent via 

e-mail to iperalta@fs.fed.us or via 

facsimile to 575–758–6213. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at Carson 

National Forest, 208 Cruz Alta Road 

Taos, NM. Visitors are encouraged to 

call ahead to 575–758–6344 to facilitate 

entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: RAC 

Coordinator USDA, Carson National 

Forest: Ignacio Peralta, 575–758–6344, 

208 Cruz Alta Rd., Taos, NM 87571. 

E-mail: iperalta@fs.fed.us. 

RAC Coordinator, USDA, Santa Fe 

National Forest: Ruben Montes, 505– 

438–5356, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 

87508. E-mail: rmontes@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

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