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Vol. 74, No. 156 

Friday, August 14, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Food Distribution 

Forms 

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 information collection. This 

collection is an extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection which FNS employs to 

determine public participation and the 

distribution of foods in the Food 

Distribution Programs. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 13, 2009. 

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 that 

were 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: Laura 

Castro, Branch Chief, Policy Branch, 

Food Distribution Division, Food and 

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 500, Alexandria, VA 22302–1594. 

Comments may also be submitted via 

fax to the attention of Theresa Geldard 

at 703–305–2420 or via e-mail to 

Theresa.Geldard@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 500, 

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 Laura Castro at 

703–305–2694. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Food Distribution Forms. 

Form Numbers: FNS–7, 52, 53, 57, 

152, 153, 155, 663 and 667. 

OMB Number: 0584–0293. 

Expiration Date: August 31, 2009. 

Type of Request: Extension, without 

change, of a currently approved 

collection. 

Abstract: The Food Distribution 

Programs of the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) assist American 

farmers and needy people by purchasing 

and delivering food to State agencies 

that, in turn, distribute them to 

organizations that assist those in need. 

Effective administration of Food 

Distribution Programs is dependent on 

the collection and submission of 

information from State and local 

agencies to FNS. This information 

includes, for example, the number of 

households served in the programs; the 

quantities of foods ordered, and where 

the food is to be delivered; verification 

of the receipt of a food order; and the 

amounts of USDA foods in inventory. 

FNS employs this information 

collection activity to obtain the data 

necessary to make those calculations. 

Affected Public: Respondent groups 

include: (1) Individuals and households; 

(2) businesses or other for-profit 

agencies; (3) not for profit organizations; 

and (4) State, local, and tribal 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 468,808. This includes 

457,000 individuals and households, 

500 businesses and other for-profit 

companies, 11,211 private not-for-profit 

organizations, and 97 State, local, and 

tribal governments. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: The total estimated average 

number of responses is 2.53 per 

respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1,366,928.39. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

average response time is 0.28 hours per 

response. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: See the table below for 

estimated total annual burden for each 

type of respondent. 

Affected public Est. number 

of respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Est. total hours 

per response Est. total burden 

Reporting 

State, Local, and Tribal Governments ............. 97.00 1,034.85 100,380.13 0.25 24,623.34 

Private For-Profit .............................................. 500.00 11.00 4,560.00 3.00 4,740.00 

Private Not-for-Profit ........................................ 11,211.00 6.31 70,740.26 0.41 29,128.87 

Individual .......................................................... 457,000.00 2.21 1,009,172.00 0.27 276,086.00 

Total Estimated Reporting Burden ........... 468,808.00 2.53 1,184,852.39 0.28 334,578.21 

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Affected public Est. number 

of respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Est. total hours 

per response Est. total burden 

Recordkeeping 

State, Local, and Tribal Governments ............. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 1,611.97 

Private For-Profit .............................................. 0.00 0.00 182,076.00 0.25 45,536.25 

Private Not-for-Profit ........................................ 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.89 691,974.80 

Individual .......................................................... 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 

Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden ... 0.00 ............................ 182,076.00 ............................ 739,123.02 

Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping 

Reporting .......................................................... 468,808.00 2.53 1,184,852.39 0.28 334,578.21 

Recordkeeping ................................................. 0.00 0.00 182,076.00 0.00 739,123.02 

Total .......................................................... 468,808.00 2.53 1,366,928.39 0.28 1,073,701.23 

Dated: August 11, 2009. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–19538 Filed 8–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Assessment of Fees for Dairy Import 

Licenses for the 2010 Tariff-Rate 

Import Quota Year 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a fee of 

$150 to be charged for the 2010 tariffrate quota (TRQ) year for each license 

issued to a person or firm by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

authorizing the importation of certain 

dairy articles, which are subject to tariffrate quotas set forth in the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule (HTS) of the United 

States. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 14, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jorge Martinez, Dairy Import Licensing 

Program, Import Policies and Export 

Reporting Division, STOP 1021, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–1021 or 

telephone at (202) 720–9439 or e-mail at 

jorge.martinez@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Dairy 

Tariff-Rate Import Quota Licensing 

Regulation promulgated by USDA and 

codified at 7 CFR 6.20–6.37 provides for 

the issuance of licenses to import 

certain dairy articles that are subject to 

TRQs set forth in the HTS. Those dairy 

articles may only be entered into the 

United States at the in-quota TRQ tariffrates by or for the account of a person 

or firm to whom such licenses have 

been issued and only in accordance 

with the terms and conditions of the 

regulation. 

Licenses are issued on a calendar year 

basis, and each license authorizes the 

license holder to import a specified 

quantity and type of dairy article from 

a specified country of origin. The use of 

such licenses is monitored by the Dairy 

Import Licensing Program, Import 

Policies and Export Reporting Division, 

Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA, 

and the U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security. 

The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) 

provides that a fee will be charged for 

each license issued to a person or firm 

by the Licensing Authority in order to 

defray USDA’s costs of administering 

the licensing system under this 

regulation. 

The regulation at 7 CFR 6.33(a) also 

provides that the Licensing Authority 

will announce the annual fee for each 

license and that such fee will be set out 

in a notice to be published in the 

Federal Register. Accordingly, this 

notice sets out the fee for the licenses to 

be issued for the 2010 calendar year. 

Notice: The total cost to USDA of 

administering the licensing system for 

2010 has been estimated to be $333,000, 

and the estimated number of licenses 

expected to be issued is 2,300. Of the 

total cost, $280,000 represents staff and 

supervisory costs directly related to 

administering the licensing system, and 

$53,000 represents other miscellaneous 

costs, including travel, postage, 

publications, forms, and Automated 

Data Processing system support. 

Accordingly, notice is hereby given 

that the fee for each license issued to a 

person or firm for the 2010 calendar 

year, in accordance with 7 CFR 6.33, 

will be $150 per license. 

Issued at Washington, DC, the 13th day of 

July 2009. 

Ronald Lord, 

Licensing Authority. 

[FR Doc. E9–19530 Filed 8–13–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Natural Resources Conservation 

Service 

RIN 0578–AA48 

Conservation Practice Technical 

Assistance 

AGENCY: Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, United States 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice; reopening of public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On June 12, 2009, the Natural 

Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice for the purpose of: (1) Notifying 

the public about the results of NRCS 

compliance with section 1242(h) of the 

Food Security Act of 1985, as amended; 

and (2) to solicit public comment about 

how to improve agency conservation 

practice standards. The public comment 

period closed on August 11, 2009. NRCS 

is hereby reopening the public comment 

period and amending the closing date 

September 14, 2009 to ensure the 

agency has received comments from a 

broad segment of the agriculture sector. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

September 14, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

using any of the following methods: 

• Government-wide rulemaking Web 

site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov 

and follow the instructions for sending 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Norman Widman, National 

Agronomist, Ecological Sciences 

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