12364 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 24, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

Title: Annual Report/ACF 204 (State 

MOE)—1 collection. 

OMB No.: 0970–0248. 

Description: The Administration for 

Children and Families (ACF) is 

requesting a three-year extension of the 

ACF–204 (Annual MOE Report). The 

report is used to collect descriptive 

program characteristics information on 

the programs operated by States and 

Territories in association with their 

Temporary Assistance for Needy 

Families (TANF) programs. All State 

and Territory expenditures claimed 

toward States and Territories MOE 

requirements must be appropriate, i.e., 

meet all applicable MOE requirements. 

The Annual MOE Report provides the 

ability to learn about and to monitor the 

nature of State and Territory 

expenditures used to meet States and 

Territories MOE requirements, and it is 

an important source of information 

about the different ways that States and 

Territories are using their resources to 

help families attain and maintain selfsufficiency. In addition, the report is 

used to obtain State and Territory 

program characteristics for ACFs annual 

report to Congress, and the report serves 

as a useful resource to use in 

Congressional hearings about how 

TANF programs are evolving, in 

assessing State the Territory MOE 

expenditures, and in assessing the need 

for legislative changes. 

Respondents: The 50 States of the 

United States, the District of Columbia, 

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin 

Islands. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–204 .......................................................................................................... 54 1 118 6,372

OLDC system updates .................................................................................... 54 2 0.13 13.50 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,385.50. 

Additional Information 

Copies of the proposed collection may 

be obtained by writing to the 

Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. All requests should be 

identified by the title of the information 

collection. E-mail address: 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. 

OMB Comment 

OMB is required to make a decision 

concerning the collection of information 

between 30 and 60 days after 

publication of this document in the 

Federal Register. Therefore, a comment 

is best assured of having its full effect 

if OMB receives it within 30 days of 

publication. Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

directly to the following: Office of 

Management and Budget, Paperwork 

Reduction Project, Fax: 202–395–6974, 

Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Administration for Children and 

Families. 

Dated: March 19, 2009. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2008–N–0354] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for Office of 

Management and Budget Review; 

Comment Request; Mental Models 

Study of Farmers’ Understanding and 

Implementation of Good Agricultural 

Practices 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing 

that a proposed collection of 

information has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and clearance under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Fax written comments on the 

collection of information by April 23, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: To ensure that comments on 

the information collection are received, 

OMB recommends that written 

comments be faxed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

OMB, Attn: FDA Desk Officer, FAX: 

202–395–6974, or e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. All 

comments should be identified with the 

OMB control number 0910–NEW and 

title, ‘‘Mental Models Study of Farmers’ 

Understanding and Implementation of 

Good Agricultural Practices.’’ Also 

include the FDA docket number found 

in brackets in the heading of this 

document. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonna Capezzuto, Office of Information 

Management (HFA–710), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, 

Rockville, MD 20857, 301–796–3794. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA 

has submitted the following proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

review and clearance. 

Mental Models Study of Farmers’ 

Understanding and Implementation of 

Good Agricultural Practices 

The proposed information collection 

will help FDA protect the public from 

foodborne illness by increasing the 

agency’s understanding of how farmers 

and growers use Good Agricultural 

Practices (GAPs) to address common 

risk factors in their operations and 

thereby minimize food safety hazards 

potentially associated with fresh 

produce. Fresh fruits and vegetables are 

those that are likely to be sold to 

consumers in an unprocessed or 

minimally processed (i.e., raw) form and 

that are reasonably likely to be 

consumed raw. Under section 903(b)(2) 

of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 

Act (21 U.S.C. 393 (b)(2)), FDA is 

authorized to conduct research relating 

to foods and to conduct educational and 

public information programs relating to 

the safety of the Nation’s food supply. 

Under Title 42 of the Public Health 

Service Act (1944), FDA has authority to 

act to protect the public health. 

In 1998, FDA issued a guidance 

document entitled ‘‘Guide to Minimize 

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Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh 

Fruits and Vegetables,’’ available at 

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/ 

prodguid.html. The guidance addresses 

microbial food safety hazards and good 

agricultural and good management 

practices common to the growing, 

harvesting, washing, sorting, packing, 

and transporting of most fruits and 

vegetables sold to consumers in an 

unprocessed or minimally processed 

(raw) form. 

There is evidence that growers have 

not fully implemented the GAPs to 

reduce production risks, despite 

intensive GAPS training programs. FDA 

is planning to conduct a study to 

determine growers’ decision-making 

processes with regard to understanding 

and implementing GAPs on the farm, to 

more fully understand the barriers and 

constraints associated with GAPs 

implementation. 

The project will use ‘‘mental 

modeling,’’ a qualitative research 

method wherein the decision-making 

processes of a group of respondents 

(described below) concerning the 

implementation of GAPs on the farm are 

modeled and compared to a model 

based on expert knowledge and 

experience in the implementation of 

GAPs. The information will be collected 

via a telephone interview concerning 

the factors that influence the 

perceptions and motivations related to 

the implementation of GAPs. A 

comparison between expert and 

consumer models based on the collected 

information may identify 

‘‘consequential knowledge gaps’’ that 

can be redressed through information 

campaigns designed by FDA. 

Description of respondents: 

Respondents will be farmers or 

growers, GAPs trainers, and retail buyer 

and/or grower association 

representatives. 

In the Federal Register of July 1, 2008 

(73 FR 37464), FDA published a 60-day 

notice requesting public comment on 

the proposed information collection. 

FDA received one letter in response to 

the notice, containing one or more 

comments. One comment recommended 

that FDA increase the sample size and 

ensure that key subsets of the produce 

industry are surveyed. FDA responds 

that the proposed study is qualitative in 

nature. FDA does not intend the results 

of this study to be a quantitative 

estimate of the prevalence of the use of 

GAPs across the produce industry. The 

proposed sample size is sufficient to 

enable FDA to construct mental models 

of the barriers and constraints related to 

GAPs implementation. FDA agrees with 

the recommendation to ensure key 

subsets of the industry are included in 

the study. 

FDA estimates the burden of this 

collection of information as follows: 

TABLE 1.—ESTIMATED ANNUAL REPORTING BURDEN1

21 CFR Section No. of 

Respondents 

Annual 

Frequency 

per Response 

Total Annual 

Responses 

Hours per 

Response Total Hours 

Screener 80 1 80 0.02 2 

Pre-tests/ Cognitive Interviews 9 1 9 .75 6.75 

Farmers/ Growers 24 1 24 .75 18 

GAPs Trainers 24 1 24 .75 18 

Retail Buyers/ Growers Association Representatives 12 1 12 .75 9 

Total 53.75 

1There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. 

In the 60-day notice published on July 

1, 2008, FDA estimated the total burden 

hours to be 51.75. FDA has made 

changes to its burden estimate, reflected 

in table 1 of this document. FDA added 

a screener and listed the participants 

separately in the table. The new total 

burden hours are estimated to be 53.75 

and are described in the following 

paragraphs. 

Approximately 80 respondents will be 

screened. We estimate that it will take 

a respondent 1.2 minutes (0.02 hours) to 

complete the screening questions, for a 

total of 1.6 hours (rounded to 2). FDA 

will conduct 9 pretests; we estimate that 

it will take respondents 45 minutes 

(0.75 hours) to complete the pretest, for 

a total of 6.75 hours. Sixty respondents 

will complete the interview. We 

estimate that it will take respondents 45 

minutes (0.75 hours) to complete the 

entire interview, for a total of 45 hours. 

Thus, the total estimated burden is 

53.75 hours. FDA’s burden estimate is 

based on prior experience with mental 

models research that is similar to this 

proposed study. 

The study will involve approximately 

60 respondents, including 24 farmers or 

growers of fruits and vegetables, 24 

GAPs trainers, and 12 retail buyer or 

grower association representatives. FDA 

estimates that each respondent will take 

45 minutes (0.75 hours) to complete the 

interview for the study (60 respondents 

x 0.75 hours = 45 hours). 

Thus, the total annual burden for this 

one-time collection of information is 

53.75 hours (2 hours + 6.75 hours + 45 

hours = 53.75 hours). These estimates 

are based on FDA’s experience with 

consumer research. 

Dated: March 17, 2009. 

Jeffrey Shuren, 

Associate Commissioner for Policy and 

Planning. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

[Docket No. FDA–2009–N–0664] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Prescription Drug 

Marketing Act of 1987 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing an 

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