10220 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 45 / Tuesday, March 10, 2009 / Notices 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0025. 

Summary of Collection: Title VI of the 

Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits 

discrimination on the basis of race, 

color, and national origin in programs 

receiving Federal financial assistance. 

The Department of Justice regulations, 

cited at Title 28 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR), Section 42.106(b), 

require all Federal Departments to 

provide for the collection of racial/ 

ethnic data and information from 

applicants for and recipients of Federal 

assistance sufficient to permit effective 

enforcement of Title VI. In order to 

comply with the Civil Rights Act, 

Department of Justice regulations and 

the Department’s nondiscrimination 

policy and regulations (7 CFR Part 15), 

the Department’s Food and Nutrition 

Service (FNS) requires State agencies to 

submit data on the racial/ethnic 

categories of persons receiving benefits 

from FNS food assistance programs. 

FNS will collect information using 

forms FNS 191 and FNS 101. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

will collect the names, addresses, 

telephone numbers to compile a local 

agency directory which serves as the 

primary source of data on number and 

location for local agencies and number 

of sites operating Commodity 

Supplemental Food Program (CSFP). 

FNS will also collect information on the 

number of CFSP individuals (women, 

infant, children, and elderly) in each 

racial/ethnic category for one month of 

the year. The information will be used 

in the Department’s annual USDA Equal 

Opportunity Report. If the information 

is not collected FNS could not track 

racial/ethnic data for program 

evaluation. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 2,863. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,726. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: National Survey of WIC 

Participants II. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0484. 

Summary of Collection: The Improper 

Payments Information Act (IPIA) of 

2002 (Pub. L. 107–300) requires the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), 

USDA, to provide estimates of 

erroneous payments in the Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), 

and to identify and report corrective 

actions the agency is taking to reduce 

them. These measures are necessary in 

order to enhance the accuracy and 

integrity of Federal payments in the 

WIC Program. 

Need and Use of the Information: FNS 

will use the information to identify the 

amount and source of error and to 

develop corrective measures to be taken 

to reduce the amount of error. If the 

information is not collected, no 

assessment of the amount and type of 

errors can be made nor can corrective 

actions be developed and implemented. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government; 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 5,093. 

Frequency of Responses: Report: 

Other (One time). 

Total Burden Hours: 3,361. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of the Specialty Crop 

Committee’s Stakeholder Listening 

Session 

AGENCY: Research, Education, and 

Economics, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening 

session. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App 2, the United States 

Department of Agriculture announces a 

stakeholder listening session of the 

Specialty Crop Committee, under the 

auspices of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education, and 

Economics Advisory Board. 

DATES: The Specialty Crop Committee 

will hold the stakeholder listening 

session on March 13, 2009 from 9 a.m.– 

3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The stakeholder listening 

session of the Specialty Crop Committee 

will take place at the headquarters of the 

Florida Fruit and Vegetable Growers 

Association, 800 Trafalgar Court, Suite 

200, Maitland, FL 32751. 

The public may file written comments 

before or up to two weeks after the 

listening session with the contact 

person identified in this notice at: The 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Room 344–A, Jamie L. 

Whitten Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2255. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bruce Mertz, Acting Executive Director, 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720– 

3684; fax: (202) 720–6199; or e-mail: 

bmertz@csrees.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Specialty Crop Committee was 

established in accordance with the 

Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 

2004 under Title III, Section 303 of 

Public Law 108–465, as amended under 

the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 

of 2008, under Title VII, Section 7103 of 

Public Law 110–246. This Committee is 

a permanent committee of the National 

Agricultural Research Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board (the Board). The Committee’s 

charge is to study the scope and 

effectiveness of research, extension, and 

economics programs affecting the 

specialty crop industry. The 

congressional legislation defines 

‘‘specialty crops’’ as fruits, vegetables, 

tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops 

(including floriculture). In order to carry 

out its responsibilities effectively, the 

Committee is holding a stakeholder 

listening session. The listening session 

will elicit stakeholder input from 

industry and state representatives, 

national organizations and institutions, 

local producers, and other groups about 

topics of relevance to research, 

extension or economics programs on 

which the Specialty Crop Committee is 

charged to report through the Board to 

the Secretary of Agriculture and 

Congress. Several panel sessions will be 

organized to stimulate discussion, each 

relating to one or more specific issues 

delineated in the Committee’s charge. 

Each panel will be followed with 

questions by Committee members and 

opportunity for brief presentations and 

general discussion from the floor. Also, 

written comments by attendees and 

other interested stakeholders will be 

welcomed as additional public input 

before and up to two weeks following 

the listening sessions. All statements 

will become part of the official public 

record of the Board’s Specialty Crop 

Committee. 

Done at Washington, DC this 12th day of 

February 2009. 

Katherine Smith, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research, 

Education, and Economics. 

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