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24164 

Vol. 77, No. 78 

Monday, April 23, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

April 17, 2012. 

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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: School Foodservice Indirect 

Cost Study. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Healthy 

Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–296), requires USDA to conduct a 

study to assess the extent to which 

school food authorities (SFAs) 

participating in the National School 

Lunch and Breakfast Program pay 

indirect costs. The objective of the 

School Foodservice Indirect Cost Study 

is to collect and analyze up-to-date data 

on school districts’ policies and 

procedures for reporting and recovering 

indirect costs attributable to their 

foodservice operations. The ultimate 

goal of the study is to provide USDA 

and Congress the necessary information 

to assess the extent to which school 

districts identify, treat, and charge 

indirect costs attributable to their 

foodservice operations. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

study will help the Food and Nutrition 

Service understand the extent to which 

current regulations are being followed 

and if there is a need for additional 

regulations and/or legislation to ensure 

that school districts treat indirect costs 

in the same manner across all of their 

grant programs. Without the information 

FNS will not have the data necessary to 

address the questions posed by 

Congress. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 5,118. 

Frequency of Responses: Report: 

Other (one-time). 

Total Burden Hours: 3,159. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9632 Filed 4–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Notice of Funds Availability: Inviting 

Applications for the Technical 

Assistance for Specialty Crops 

Program 

SUMMARY: The Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) announces that it is 

inviting proposals for the 2013 

Technical Assistance for Specialty 

Crops (TASC) program. The intended 

effect of this notice is to solicit 

applications from the private sector and 

from government agencies for FY 2013 

and to set out criteria for the award of 

funds in October 2012. The TASC 

program is administered by personnel of 

the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS). 

The statutory authority for TASC 

expires at the end of fiscal year 2012. 

This notice is being published at this 

time to allow awards to be made early 

in fiscal year 2013, provided that the 

program is reauthorized prior to that 

time. In the event this program is not 

reauthorized, or is substantially 

modified, FAS will publish a notice in 

the Federal Register rescinding this 

Notice of Funds Availability. 

DATES: To be considered for funding, 

applications must be received by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time, May 21, 2012. 

Any applications received after this 

time will be considered only if funds are 

still available. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Entities wishing to apply for funding 

assistance should contact the Program 

Operations Division, Office of Trade 

Programs, Foreign Agricultural Service, 

Room 6512, 1400 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20250, or by 

phone: (202) 720–4327, or by fax: (202) 

720–9361, or by email: 

podadmin@fas.usda.gov. Information is 

also available on the FAS Web site at 

http://www.fas.usda.gov/mos/tasc/ 

tasc.asp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Announcement Type: New. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.604. 

Authority: The TASC program is 

authorized by section 3205 of Public 

Law 107–171. TASC regulations appear 

at 7 CFR part 1487. 

Purpose: The TASC program is 

designed to assist U.S. organizations by 


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