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Vol. 70, No. 21

Wednesday, February 2, 2005

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 27, 2005. 

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, Pub. 

L. 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), 

Pamela_Beverly_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) 720–8681. 

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. 

Cooperative State Research, Education, 

and Extension Service 

Title: Expanded Food and Nutrition 

Education Program (EFNEP). 

OMB Control Number: 0524–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Department of Agriculture’s Cooperative 

State Research, Education, and 

Extension Service (CSREES), Expanded 

Food and Nutrition Education Program 

(EFNEP) is a unique program that began 

in 1969, designed to reach limited 

resource audiences, especially youth 

and families with young children. 

EFNEP operates in 50 states of the 

United States, American Samoa, Guam, 

Micronesia, and the Commonwealth of 

the Northern Marianas, the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 

Virgin Islands of the United States. The 

objectives of EFNEP are to assist limited 

resource families and youth in acquiring 

the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and 

changed behaviors necessary for making 

diet decisions that are nutritionally 

sound, and to contribute to their 

personal development and the 

improvement of the total family diet and 

nutritional well being. 

Need and Use of the Information:

CSREES will collect information using 

the Evaluation/Reporting System (E/RS) 

a database that was develop to capture 

the impacts of EFNEP. The system will 

provide a variety of reports that are 

useful for management purposes, 

provide diagnostic assessments of 

participants needs and export summary 

data for State and National assessment 

of the program’s impact. E/RS stores 

information in the form of records about 

the program participants, their family 

structure and their dietary practices. 

Without the information it would be 

extremely difficult for the national 

office to compare, assess, and analyze 

the effectiveness and the impact of 

EFNEP without the annual collection of 

data. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 56. 

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; reporting: annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 69,588.

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 05–1881 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–09–P

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 27, 2005. 

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), Pamela_Beverly_

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) 720–8681. 

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