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63498 

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 Service 

will 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- 

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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. 

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