Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 45 / Monday, March 9, 2015 / Notices 12431 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—WIC Participant 

and Program Characteristics Study 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

invites the general public and other 

public agencies to comment on this 

proposed information collection. This 

collection is a new collection for the 

WIC Participant and Program 

Characteristics study. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received on or before May 8, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: 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 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 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: Jinee Burdg, 

Policy Analyst, Office of Policy Support, 

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 

Jinee Burdg at 703–305–2576 or via 

email to jinee.burdg@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, VA 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 Jinee Burdg at 

703–305–2744. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 2016 & 2018 WIC Participant 

and Program Characteristics Study. 

Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Number: 0584–NEW. 

Expiration Date: Not yet determined. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The Special Supplemental 

Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 

and Children (WIC) is administered by 

the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). WIC benefits include nutritious 

supplemental foods; nutrition 

education; counseling, including 

breastfeeding promotion and support; 

and referrals to health care, social 

service, and other community providers 

for pregnant, breastfeeding, and 

postpartum women, infants, and 

children up to the age of 5 years. For 

pregnant women, WIC seeks to improve 

fetal development and reduce the 

incidence of low birth weight, short 

gestation, and anemia through 

intervention during the prenatal period. 

For infants and children, WIC seeks to 

provide nutritious foods during critical 

times of growth and development in an 

effort to prevent health problems and to 

improve the health status of these 

children. 

WIC was established in 1972 by an 

amendment to the Child Nutrition Act 

of 1966. WIC is not an entitlement 

program. To receive WIC benefits, an 

individual must be categorically 

eligible: A pregnant, breastfeeding, or 

postpartum woman; an infant up to the 

age of 1 year; or a child age 1 through 

his or her fifth birthday. In addition, 

each applicant must be found to be 

income eligible and at nutritional risk. 

Eligible applicants receive supplemental 

food, usually in the form of vouchers, 

checks, or Electronic Benefits Transfer 

(EBT) cards that allow them to obtain 

specific types of food (for example, 

milk, juice, and cereal) from 

participating retail vendors at no charge. 

Since 1988, FNS has produced 

biennial reports on participant and 

program characteristics in WIC. This 

information is used for general program 

monitoring as well as for managing the 

information needs of the program. FNS 

uses this regularly updated WIC 

information to estimate budgets, submit 

civil rights reporting, identify needs for 

research, and review current and 

proposed WIC policies and procedures. 

This study will be the 15th and 16th 

completed in the WIC Participant and 

Program Characteristics (PC) Study 

series. 

Like all biennial WIC PC reports since 

1992, the 2016 and the 2018 reports 

(PC2016 and PC2018) employ the 

prototype reporting system developed 

by FNS in consultation with the Centers 

for Disease Control and Prevention 

(CDC) and WIC State Agencies that uses 

participant information compiled from 

State WIC administrative records. The 

reports, including PC2016 and PC 2018, 

contain information on a census of WIC 

participants in April of the reporting 

year, and provide information as 

summary statistics and maps. 

The current system for reporting 

participant data is based on the 

automated transfer of an agreed-upon 

set of data elements. State WIC agencies 

download routinely collected 

information from their existing 

automated client and management 

information systems. State and local 

WIC staff use these data to certify 

applicant eligibility for WIC benefits 

and to issue food vouchers and checks. 

This set of 20 agreed-upon items is 

called the Minimum Data Set (MDS) and 

was developed by FNS working with the 

Information Committee of the National 

WIC Association (formerly the National 

Association of WIC Directors) and the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC). This minimum data 

set will be used for this study. The MDS 

consists of 20 items, and the 

Supplemental Data Set (SDS) consists of 

11 items. State agencies can provide 

supplemental data if they are available. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Type of Respondents: State WIC 

Officials. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 90. 

Frequency of Response: 8 annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

712. 

Estimated Time per Respondent and 

Annual Burden: 31 minutes (0.52 

hours). The estimated time of response 

varies from 3 minutes (0.05 hours) for 

reminders to 60 minutes (1 hour) for 

running the reports. The total estimated 

annual burden is 370 hours. 

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Affected public/respondents Data collection activity 

Estimated 

number 

of respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Total annual 

responses 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden 

estimate 

(hours) 

State WIC Agency Officials 

(2016).

MDS Reports ..................................

SDS Reports ...................................

90 

86 

1 

1 

90 

86 

1 

1 

90 

86 

Advance/Follow-up Communication 90 1 90 0 .05 4 .50 

Advance/Follow-up Communication 90 1 90 0 .05 4 .50 

State WIC Agency Officials 

(2018).

MDS Reports ..................................

SDS Reports ...................................

90 

86 

1 

1 

90 

86 

1 

1 

90 

86 

Advance/Follow-up Communication 90 1 90 0 .05 4 .50 

Advance/Follow-up Communication 90 1 90 0 .05 4 .50 

Total ............ ......................................................... 90 8 712 0 .52 370 

Dated: February 24, 2015. 

Audrey Rowe, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05312 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Oklahoma Advisory Committee for a 

Meeting To Discuss and Vote Upon a 

Project Proposal Regarding the School 

to Prison Pipeline in Oklahoma 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act that 

the Oklahoma Advisory Committee 

(Committee) will hold a meeting on 

Friday, March 27, 2015, at 3 p.m. CST 

for the purpose of discussing and voting 

on a project proposal regarding the 

school to prison pipeline of Oklahoma 

girls, students of color, and students 

with disabilities. 

Members of the public can listen to 

the discussion. This meeting is available 

to the public through the following tollfree call-in number: 888–466–4462, 

conference ID: 7610695. Any interested 

member of the public may call this 

number and listen to the meeting. The 

conference call operator will ask callers 

to identify themselves, the organization 

they are affiliated with (if any), and an 

email address prior to placing callers 

into the conference room. Callers can 

expect to incur charges for calls they 

initiate over wireless lines, and the 

Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–977–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Member of the public are also entitled 

to submit written comments; the 

comments must be received in the 

regional office by April 27, 2015. 

Written comments may be mailed to the 

Midwestern Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 55 W. 

Monroe St., Suite 410, Chicago, IL 

60615. They may also be faxed to the 

Commission at (312) 353–8324, or 

emailed to Administrative Assistant, 

Carolyn Allen at callen@usccr.gov. 

Persons who desire additional 

information may contact the 

Midwestern Regional Office at (312) 

353–8311. 

Records generated from this meeting 

may be inspected and reproduced at the 

Midwestern Regional Office, as they 

become available, both before and after 

the meeting. Records of the meeting will 

be available via www.facadatabase.gov 

under the Commission on Civil Rights, 

Oklahoma Advisory Committee link. 

Persons interested in the work of this 

Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s Web site, http://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Midwestern Regional Office at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

Welcome and Introductions 

3 p.m. to 3:05 p.m. 

Vicki Limas, Chair 

Discussion of Proposal on School to 

Prison Pipeline in Oklahoma 

3:05 p.m. to 3:35 p.m. 

Oklahoma Advisory Committee 

Planning Next Steps 

3:35 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Adjournment 

4 p.m. 

Date: The meeting will be held on 

Friday, March 27, 2015, at 3 p.m. 

Public Call Information: 

Dial: 888–466–4462 

Conference ID: 7610695 

Dated March 3, 2015. 

David Mussatt, 

Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05275 Filed 3–6–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6335–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Census Bureau 

Census Advisory Committees; Notice 

of Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of the Census, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of the Census 

(Census Bureau) is giving notice of a 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other 

Populations (NAC). The NAC will 

address census policies, research and 

methodology, tests, operations, 

communications/messaging and other 

activities to ascertain needs and best 

practices to improve censuses, surveys, 

operations and programs. The NAC will 

meet in a plenary session on March 26– 

27, 2015. Last-minute changes to the 

schedule are possible, which could 

prevent giving advance public notice of 

schedule adjustments. Please visit the 

Census Advisory Committees Web site 

for the most current meeting agenda at: 

http://www.census.gov/cac/. 

DATES: March 26–27, 2015. On March 

26, the meeting will begin at 

approximately 8:30 a.m. and end at 

approximately 5:00 p.m. On March 27, 

the meeting will begin at approximately 

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