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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 74, No. 168 

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 27, 2009. 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments 

regarding (a) whether the 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 burden 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 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1744–C, Advance and 

Disbursement of Funds— 

Telecommunications. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0023. 

Summary of Collection: Section 201 of 

the Rural Electrification Act (RE Act) of 

1936 authorizes the Administrator of the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make 

loans for the purpose of providing 

telephone service to the widest 

practicable number of rural subscribers. 

A borrower requesting loan advances 

must submit RUS Form 481, ‘‘Financial 

Requirement Statement’’. Along with 

the Form 481 the borrower must also 

submit a description of the advances 

and upon request copies of backup 

documentation relating to the 

transactions. The information is used to 

determine what projects the contracts 

listed on the Form relate to. 

Within a reasonable amount of time, 

funds are advanced to the borrower for 

the purposes specified in the statement 

of purposes. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Form 481 is used by RUS to record and 

control transactions in the construction 

fund. RUS will collect information and 

verify that the funds advanced are 

related directly to loan purposes. If the 

information were not collected, RUS 

would not have any control over how 

loan funds are spent or a record of the 

balance to be advanced. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 177. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,223. 

Rural Utilities Service 

Title: 7 CFR 1717 subpart Y, 

Settlement of Debt Owed by Electric 

Borrowers. 

OMB Control Number: 0572–0116. 

Summary of Collection: The Rural 

Utilities Service (RUS) makes mortgage 

loans and loan guarantees to electric 

systems to provide and improve electric 

service in rural areas pursuant to the 

Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) (RE Act). 

Only those electric borrowers that are 

unable to fully repay their debts to the 

government and who apply to RUS for 

relief will be affected by this collection 

of information. The information 

collected will be similar to that which 

any prudent lender would require to 

determine whether debt settlement is 

required and the amount of relief that is 

needed. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

RUS will collect information to 

determine the need for debt settlement; 

the amount of debt the borrower can 

repay; the future scheduling of debt 

repayment; and, the range of 

opportunities for enhancing the amount 

of debt that can be recovered. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 2,000. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21115 Filed 8–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Evaluation of the 

Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program 

(FFVP) 

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 new collection for 

the Food and Nutrition Service 

Evaluation of the Fresh Fruit and 

Vegetable Program (FFVP) to examine 

how the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable 

Program is currently being implemented 

and to estimate program impacts on 

participating students. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 2, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

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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: Steven 

Carlson, Director, Office of Research and 

Analysis, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be submitted via fax to the attention 

of Steven Carlson at 703–305–2576 or 

via e-mail to 

Steve.Carlson@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 1014, 

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 Steven Carlson at 

703–305–2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Food and Nutrition Service 

Evaluation of the Fresh Fruit and 

Vegetable Program. 

OMB Number: Not Yet Assigned. 

Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The Fresh Fruit and 

Vegetable Program (FFVP) is intended to 

fight childhood obesity and improve 

overall diet quality by teaching children 

more healthful eating habits. The FFVP 

began as a pilot project in four states 

pursuant to provisions of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–171). Schools 

selected to participate in the FFVP are 

reimbursed for providing free fresh 

fruits and vegetables to students during 

the school day, outside of normal school 

breakfast and lunch meals. Under 

section 4304 of the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110– 

246), the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act (NSLA) was amended 

to authorize the expansion of the FFVP 

to selected schools nationwide, 

including Guam, Puerto Rico, and the 

Virgin Islands. This was accomplished 

by incorporating the FFVP into its own 

section in the NSLA, section 19, 42 

U.S.C. 1770. As part of this authorizing 

legislation, the Secretary of Agriculture 

was tasked in section 19(h) with 

conducting an evaluation of the FFVP. 

The legislation states: 

‘‘(1) In General.—The Secretary shall 

conduct an evaluation of the program, 

including a determination as to whether 

children experienced, as a result of 

participating in the program— 

(A) Increased consumption of fruits 

and vegetables; 

(B) other dietary changes, such as 

decreased consumption of less 

nutritious foods; and 

(C) such other outcomes as are 

considered appropriate by the 

Secretary.’’ 

The evaluation of the FFVP has two 

main objectives: (1) To examine how the 

FFVP is currently being implemented, 

and (2) to estimate program impacts on 

participating students. To address these 

objectives, FNS has specified 36 

research questions that are grouped into 

six broad research categories for the 

evaluation: 

1. Description of participating 

schools. 

2. Description of participating 

children. 

3. Description of FFVP 

implementation. 

4. Examine impacts of FFVP on 

school environment. 

5. Examine program impacts on 

children including consumption of fresh 

fruits and vegetables, consumption of 

other foods, nutritional status and 

attitudes towards fresh fruits and 

vegetables. 

6. Examine contextual effects of 

nutrition education and delivery 

systems on FFVP. 

To evaluate program impacts on 

participating students, data will be 

collected from 6,144 students in grades 

4–6 in 256 public elementary schools in 

16 states as well as parents, teachers, 

school food service managers and 

principals. Half (128) of the sampled 

schools will participate in the FFVP and 

the other half (128) will be non-FFVP 

participating schools. To examine the 

implementation of the FFVP, data will 

be collected from an additional 448 

schools that participate in the FFVP to 

provide a random sample of all schools 

participating in the program. 

Implementation data will also be 

collected from the 128 participating 

schools in the impact study, thus 

totaling 576 schools for the 

implementation study. 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal, Individuals and Households— 

Respondent groups identified include: 

(1) State Child Nutrition (CN) Directors; 

(2) Directors of School Food Authorities 

(SFAs); (3) School Principals; (4) School 

food service managers; (5) Teachers; (6) 

Students (grades 4, 5 and 6); and (7) 

Parents of sampled students. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 18,854. This includes: 

7,680 students (80% will complete 

interview; subsample will complete a 

second 24-hour dietary recall); 7,680 

parents (80% will complete brief 

questionnaire); 768 teachers (90 percent 

will complete brief questionnaire); 256 

school food service managers (95 

percent will complete brief interview); 

816 school principals (86 percent will 

complete Web survey); 816 SFA 

directors (86 percent will complete Web 

survey), and 54 State CN Directors (90 

percent will complete Web survey), 16 

of whom will provide some additional 

administrative data for the impact study 

states. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: Two major types of data 

collection activities will be used: Web 

surveys with three respondent groups 

and in-school data collection with five 

different respondent groups. State CN 

Directors or designees will be asked to 

participate in two Web surveys, and 

those agencies in the 16 impact study 

states will provide additional detail on 

FFVP applications and reimbursements. 

SFA Directors and Principals will each 

participate in one Web survey. School 

food service managers will be 

interviewed in person two times on 

sample days for information about foods 

served in FFVP, and school meals 

(School Breakfast Program and National 

School Lunch Program) on those days. 

Teachers and parents of sampled 

students will each complete one short 

questionnaire. Sampled students will all 

participate in an individual 24-hour 

dietary recall which may be assisted by 

a one-day food diary. A subsample of 

the students will complete a second 24- 

hour dietary recall on a nonconsecutive 

day, which may be assisted by a one-day 

food diary. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

19,180. 

Estimated Time per Response: About 

30 minutes (0.48 hours). The estimated 

time of response varies from 3 to 65 

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minutes depending on respondent 

group, as shown in the table below. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 508,668 minutes (8,477.8 

hours). See the table below for estimated 

total annual burden for each type of 

respondent. The burden estimates 

assume the use of a one-day food diary 

completed by sampled students and a 

second one-day food diary completed by 

a 10% subsample of students which 

may be deemed necessary for collecting 

usual intake of foods and/or nutrients. 

If the food diaries are not included, the 

burden estimates would be lower. 

Respondent 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated 

average 

number of 

hours per 

response 

Estimated total 

hours 

Students—record-assisted dietary recalls.Completed ........... 6,144 1.00 6,144.0 1.0833 6655.8 

Attempted ............ 1,536 1.00 1536.0 0.0500 76.8 

Students—second dietary recall (10% 

subsample).

Completed ........... 614 1.00 614.0 0.5833 358.1 

Attempted ............ 154 1.00 154.0 0.0500 7.7 

Parents ............................................... Completed ........... 6,144 1.00 6,144.0 0.0833 511.8 

Attempted ............ 1,536 1.00 1,536.0 0.0500 76.8 

Teachers ............................................ Completed ........... 691 1.00 691.0 0.0833 57.6 

Attempted ............ 77 1.00 77.0 0.0500 3.9 

School Food Service Managers ........ Completed ........... 243 2.00 486.0 0.1667 81.0 

Attempted ............ 13 2.00 26.0 0.0500 1.3 

School Principals ............................... Completed ........... 704 1.00 704.0 0.3333 234.6 

Attempted ............ 112 1.00 112.0 0.0500 5.6 

State CN Directors ............................. Completed ........... 49 2.00 98.0 0.3333 32.7 

Attempted ............ 5 2.00 10.0 0.0500 0.5 

State CN Directors (Administrative 

Data).

Completed ........... 16 2.00 32.0 0.5000 16.0 

Attempted ............ 0 2.00 0.0 0.0500 0.0 

School Food Authority (SFA) Directors.Completed ........... 704 1.00 704.0 0.5000 352.0 

Attempted ............ 112 1.00 112.0 0.0500 5.6 

Totals .......................................... .............................. 18,854 ........................ 19,180.0 ........................ 8,477.8 

Dated: August 25, 2009. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–21067 Filed 8–31–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

and Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Nursery and 

Floriculture Chemical Use Survey. 

Revision to burden hours will be needed 

due to changes in the size of the target 

population, sampling design, and/or 

questionnaire length. We will also be 

discontinuing the Nursery and 

Christmas Tree Production Survey for 

this approval cycle. NASS will be able 

to use production data from the Census 

of Horticulture (0535–0236) to calculate 

weights and expansions for the 

chemical use data. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by November 2, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0244, 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–6396. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Nursery and Christmas Tree 

Production Survey and Nursery and 

Floriculture Chemical Use Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0244. 

Expiration Date of Approval: January 

31, 2010. 

Type of Request: To revise and extend 

a currently approved information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) is to prepare and issue State and 

national estimates of crop and livestock 

production, prices, and disposition, as 

well as economic statistics, 

environmental statistics related to 

agriculture and also to conduct the 

Census of Agriculture. 

This includes estimates of production 

and value of key nursery products and 

chemical use by nursery and floriculture 

production operations. 

The Nursery and Floriculture 

Chemical Use Survey, is conducted 

every 3 years; it measures chemical 

usage, related to the production of 

nursery and floriculture crops in six 

major producing States. The resulting 

publication, is part of the NASS series 

on Agricultural Chemical Usage, and it 

summarizes rates of application, total 

amount of active ingredients applied, 

and use of pest management practices. 

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