Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2012 / Notices 31295 

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of 

May 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12766 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Economic Research Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

and Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Economic Research Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) implementing regulations, this 

notice announces the Economic 

Research Service’s (ERS) intention to 

request renewal of approval for an 

annual information collection on 

supplemental food security questions in 

the Current Population Survey (CPS), 

commencing with the December 2013 

survey. These data will be used: to 

monitor household-level food security 

and food insecurity in the United States; 

to assess food security and changes in 

food security for population subgroups; 

to assess the need for, and performance 

of, domestic food assistance programs; 

to improve the measurement of food 

security; and to provide information to 

aid in public policy decision making. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by July 24, 2012 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning this notice to Mark Nord, 

Food Assistance Branch, Food 

Economics Division, Economic Research 

Service, Room 5–232, 1400 

Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop 

1800, Washington, DC 20050–1800. 

Submit electronic comments to 

marknord@ers.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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Nord at the address in the 

preamble. Tel. 202–694–5433. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Current Population Survey Food 

Security Supplement. 

OMB Number: 0536–0043. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2012. 

Type of Request: Intent To Seek 

Approval To Extend an Information 

Collection for 3 Years. 

Abstract: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. 

L. 104–13) and OMB regulations at 5 

CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 

1995), this notice announces the ERS 

intention to request renewal of approval 

for an annual information collection. 

The U.S. Census Bureau will 

supplement the December CPS, 

beginning in 2013, with questions 

regarding household food shopping, use 

of food and nutrition assistance 

programs, food sufficiency, and 

difficulties in meeting household food 

needs. A similar supplement has been 

appended to the CPS annually since 

1995. The last collection was in 

December 2011. 

ERS is responsible for conducting 

studies and evaluations of the Nation’s 

food and nutrition assistance programs 

that are administered by the Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. The 

Department currently spends about 

$103 billion each year to ensure access 

to nutritious, healthful diets for all 

Americans. The Food and Nutrition 

Service administers the 15 food 

assistance programs of the USDA 

including the Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly 

called the Food Stamp Program, the 

National School Lunch Program, and 

the Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants, and 

Children (WIC). These programs, which 

serve 1 in 4 Americans, represent our 

Nation’s commitment to the principle 

that no one in our country should lack 

the food needed for an active, healthy 

life. They provide a safety net to people 

in need. The programs’ goals are to 

provide needy persons with access to a 

more nutritious diet, to improve the 

eating habits of the Nation’s children, 

and to help America’s farmers by 

providing an outlet for the distribution 

of food purchased under farmer 

assistance authorities. 

The data collected by the food 

security supplement will be used to 

monitor the prevalence of food security 

and the prevalence and severity of food 

insecurity among the Nation’s 

households. The prevalence of these 

conditions as well as year-to-year trends 

in their prevalence will be estimated at 

the national level and for population 

subgroups. The data will also be used to 

monitor the amounts that households 

spend for food and their use of 

community food pantries and 

emergency kitchens. These statistics 

along with research based on the data 

will be used to identify the causes and 

consequences of food insecurity, and to 

assess the need for, and performance of, 

domestic food assistance programs. The 

data will also be used to improve the 

measurement of food security and to 

develop measures of additional aspects 

and dimensions of food security. This 

consistent measurement of the extent 

and severity of food insecurity will aid 

in policy decision-making. 

The supplemental survey instrument 

was developed in conjunction with food 

security experts nationwide as well as 

survey method experts within the 

Census Bureau and was reviewed in 

2006 by the Committee on National 

Statistics of the National Research 

Council. This supplemental information 

will be collected by both personal visit 

and telephone interviews in conjunction 

with the regular monthly CPS 

interviewing. Interviews will be 

conducted using Computer Assisted 

Personal Interview (CAPI) and 

Computer Assisted Telephone Interview 

(CATI) methods. 

Authority: Legislative authority for the 

planned data collection are 7 U.S.C. 2204(a) 

and 7 U.S.C. 2026(a)(1) of the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008. This latter section 

authorizes the Secretary to enter into 

contracts with private and public institutions 

to collect data to undertake research that 

would improve the administration and 

effectiveness of the SNAP in delivering 

nutrition-related benefits. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this data collection is 

estimated to average 7.7 minutes (after 

rounding) for each household that 

responds to the labor force portion of 

the CPS. The estimate is based on the 

number of households that were asked 

each question in recent survey years and 

typical reading and response times for 

the questions. 

Respondents: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 53,935. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6,927 hours. Copies of this 

information collection can be obtained 

from Mark Nord at the address in the 

preamble. 

Comments: 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 will 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; (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

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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 

should be sent to the address in the 

preamble. All responses to this notice 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 

Signed at Washington, DC, May 7, 2012. 

Mary Bohman, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–12770 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

WTO Agricultural Safeguard Trigger 

Levels 

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of product coverage and 

trigger levels for safeguard measures 

provided for in the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) Agreement on 

Agriculture. 

SUMMARY: This notice lists the updated 

quantity trigger levels for products 

which may be subject to additional 

import duties under the safeguard 

provisions of the WTO Agreement on 

Agriculture. This notice also includes 

the relevant period applicable for the 

trigger levels on each of the listed 

products. 

DATES: Effective Date: May 25, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and 

Export Reporting Division, Office of 

Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

Stop 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20250–1021; or by 

telephone at (202) 720–0638, or by 

email at itspd@fas.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5 

of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture 

provides that additional import duties 

may be imposed on imports of products 

subject to tariffication as a result of the 

Uruguay Round, if certain conditions 

are met. The agreement permits 

additional duties to be charged if the 

price of an individual shipment of 

imported products falls below the 

average price for similar goods imported 

during the years 1986–88 by a specified 

percentage. It also permits additional 

duties to be imposed if the volume of 

imports of an article exceeds the average 

of the most recent 3 years for which data 

are available by 5, 10, or 25 percent, 

depending on the article. These 

additional duties may not be imposed 

on quantities for which minimum or 

current access commitments were made 

during the Uruguay Round negotiations, 

and only one type of safeguard, price or 

quantity, may be applied at any given 

time to an article. 

Section 405 of the Uruguay Round 

Agreements Act requires that the 

President cause to be published in the 

Federal Register information regarding 

the price and quantity safeguards, 

including the quantity trigger levels, 

which must be updated annually based 

upon import levels during the most 

recent 3 years. The President delegated 

this duty to the Secretary of Agriculture 

in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763, 

dated December 23, 1994, 60 FR 1005 

(Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of 

Agriculture further delegated this duty, 

which lies with the Administrator of the 

Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.43 

(a)(2)). The Annex to this notice 

contains the updated quantity trigger 

levels. 

Additional information on the 

products subject to safeguards and the 

additional duties which may apply can 

be found in subchapter IV of Chapter 99 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States (2012) and in the 

Secretary of Agriculture’s Notice of 

Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard 

Trigger Levels, published in the Federal 

Register at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). 

Notice: As provided in Section 405 of the 

Uruguay Round Agreements Act, consistent 

with Article 5 of the Agreement on 

Agriculture, the safeguard quantity trigger 

levels previously notified are superceded by 

the levels indicated in the Annex to this 

notice. The definitions of these products 

were provided in the Notice of Safeguard 

Action published in the Federal Register, at 

60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995). 

Issued at Washington, DC, this 15th day of 

May 2012. 

Suzanne E. Heinen, 

Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service. 

ANNEX—QUANTITY-BASED SAFEGUARD TRIGGER

Product Trigger level Period 

Beef .............................................................................. 242,780 mt .................................................................. January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Mutton .......................................................................... 5,576 mt ...................................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Cream .......................................................................... 867,562 liters ............................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Evaporated or Condensed Milk ................................... 2,262,128 kilograms .................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Nonfat Dry Milk ............................................................ 327,518 kilograms ....................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Dried Whole Milk .......................................................... 2,135,595 kilograms .................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Dried Cream ................................................................. 21,166 kilograms ......................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Dried Whey/Buttermilk ................................................. 18,594 kilograms ......................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Butter ............................................................................ 6,188,045 kilograms .................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Butter Oil and Butter Substitutes ................................. 6,441,469 kilograms .................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Dairy Mixtures .............................................................. 30,574,663 kilograms .................................................. January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

Blue Cheese ................................................................ 4,530,512 kilograms .................................................... January 1, 2011 to December 

31, 2011. 

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