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# Notices Federal Register 

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Vol. 80, No. 202

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

**DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE**

**Economic Research Service**

**Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request** 

October 14, 2015.

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) 720–8958.

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.

Economic Research Service

Title: Food Security Supplement to the Current Population Survey.

OMB Control Number: 0536–0043. Summary of Collection: The Food Security Supplement is sponsored by USDA as research and evaluation activity authorized under 7 U.S.C. 2004(a). This outlines duties of the Secretary of Agriculture related to research and development including authorizing the collection of statistics. The data to be collected will be used to address multiple programmatic and policy development needs of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) and other Federal agencies. The U.S. Census Bureau has the right to conduct the data collection on USDA’s behalf under Title 13, Section 8(b).

Need and Use of the Information: The data collected by the food security supplement will be used to obtain reliable data from a large, representative national sample as a basis for monitoring the prevalence of food security, food insecurity, and very low food security within the U.S. population as a whole and in selected population subgroups; conducting research on causes of food insecurity and the role of Federal food and nutrition programs in ameliorating food insecurity; and continuing development and improvement of methods for measuring these conditions. Information will be collected on food spending, use of Federal and community food and nutrition assistance programs, difficulties in obtaining adequate food during the previous 12 months and 30 days due to constrained resources, and conditions that result from inadequate access to food.

Description of Respondents: Individuals or Households.

Number of Respondents: 53,657. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 6,450.

Ruth Brown, Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 2015–26510 Filed 10–19–15; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3410–18–P DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE** 

**Forest Service**

**Request for Proposals: 2016 Wood Innovations Funding Opportunity** 

**AGENCY :**  Forest Service.

**ACTION :**  Request for proposals.

**SUMMARY :**  The U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service) requests proposals to substantially expand and accelerate wood energy and wood products markets throughout the United States to support forest management needs on National Forest System and other forest lands. The grants and cooperative agreements awarded under this announcement will support the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113– 79), Rural Revitalization Technologies (7 U.S.C. 6601), and the nationwide challenge of disposing of hazardous fuels and other wood residues from the National Forest System and other forest lands in a manner that supports wood energy and wood products markets.

**DATES :**  The application deadline is Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Forest Servicewill hold an informational PreApplication Webinar on November 10, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to present this funding opportunity and answer questions. The link is: https:// www.livemeeting.com/cc/usda/join?id= TC9SFQ&role=attend&pw=tK- %287%26Dwt.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Information on application requirements, eligibility, and prerequisites are available at www.na.fs.fed.us/werc (see ‘‘Wood Innovations’’) and www.grants.gov. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 800–877– 8339 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays.

Please direct questions regarding this announcement to the appropriate Forest Service Regional Biomass Coordinator listed in the table below. If you have questions that a Coordinator is unable to assist you with, please contact Ed Cesa ( ecesa@fs.fed.us or (304) 285–1530) at the Wood Education and Resource Center in Princeton, WV.