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22473 

Vol. 80, No. 77 

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

April 16, 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 they are 

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: FNS Generic Clearance for PreTesting, Pilot, and Field Testing 

Studies. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) is requesting 

approval from the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) to conduct pretesting of surveys using a generic 

clearance that will allow FNS to 

conduct a variety of data-gathering 

activities aimed at improving the quality 

and usability of information collection 

instruments associated with research 

and analysis activities. The procedures 

utilized to this effect include but are not 

limited to experiments with levels of 

incentives for study participants, tests of 

various types of survey operations, 

focus groups, pilot testing, exploratory 

interviews, experiments with 

questionnaire design, and usability 

testing of electronic data collection 

instruments. The authorizing statutes 

for data collections submitted under this 

generic clearance are: The Healthy, 

Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–296, Sec 305), and Section 17 (7 

U.S.C. 2026) (a)(1) of the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected will be used to 

pre-test, evaluate and improve the 

quality of surveys instruments and 

provide reassessments before they are 

conducted. This generic testing 

clearance is a helpful vehicle for 

evaluating questionnaires/assessments 

and various data collection procedures. 

It will allow FNS to take advantage of 

a variety of methods to identify 

questionnaire/assessment and 

procedural problems, suggest solutions, 

and measure the relative effectiveness of 

alternative solutions. The quality and 

timeliness of data collections will be 

improved by conducting pre-testing in 

advance of full surveys. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individual or households; Business or 

other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 1,500. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,500. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09286 Filed 4–21–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2015–0011] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

sponsoring a public meeting on June 17, 

2015. The objective of the public 

meeting is to provide information and 

receive public comments on agenda 

items and draft United States (U.S.) 

positions to be discussed at the 38th 

Session of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (CAC), taking place in 

Geneva, Switzerland, July 6–11, 2015. 

The Deputy Under Secretary for Food 

Safety recognizes the importance of 

providing interested parties the 

opportunity to obtain background 

information on the 38th Session of the 

CAC and to address items on the 

agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Wednesday, June 17, 2015 from 

1:00–4:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will 

take place at The Jamie L. Whitten 

Building, United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), 1400 Independence 

Avenue SW., Room 107–A, Washington, 

DC 20250. Documents related to the 

38th Session of the CAC will be 

accessible via the Internet at the 

following address: http://

www.codexalimentarius.org/meetingsreports/en/. 

The U.S. Delegate to the 38th Session 

of the CAC invites U.S. interested 

parties to submit their comments 

electronically to the following email 

address: Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov. 


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