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Summary of Collection: Under the 

Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701– 

7772), the Secretary of Agriculture is 

authorized to prohibit or restrict the 

importation, entry, or movement of 

plants and plant pests to prevent the 

introduction of plant pests into the 

United States or their dissemination 

within the United States. The Code of 

Federal Regulations, § 352.30 addresses 

the movement into or through the 

United States of untreated oranges, 

tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico 

that transit the United States en route to 

foreign countries. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) is taking action to 

provide additional protection against 

the possible introduction of fruit flies 

via untreated oranges, tangerines, and 

grapefruit from Mexico that transit the 

United States. Untreated oranges, 

tangerines, and grapefruit from Mexico 

transiting the United States for export to 

another country must be shipped in 

sealed, refrigerated container and insectproof packaging. A transportation and 

exportation permit must be issued by an 

inspector for shipments of untreated 

oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit from 

Mexico. Without the information, 

APHIS would not be able to allow the 

movement of untreated citrus to transit 

the United States to foreign countries. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individual or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 25. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 13. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program State 

Agency Options 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on the 

proposed collection. This collection is 

an extension without change for the 

State Agency Options, Standard Utility 

Allowance and Self Employment Costs, 

burden calculations for the 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP), formerly known as the 

Food Stamp Program. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before July 6, 2010. 

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; (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who respond, including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments may be sent to Angela 

Kline, Chief, Certification Policy 

Branch, Program Development Division, 

FNS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 812, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be faxed to the attention of Ms. 

Kline at (703) 305–2486. The Internet 

address is: 

Angela.Kline@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 

FNS during regular business hours (8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) 

at 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, 

Virginia, 22302, Room 800. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for OMB approval. All comments will 

be a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Ms. Kline at (703) 

305–2495. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program: State Agency 

Options. 

OMB Number: 0584–0496. 

Form Number: None. 

Expiration Date: 10/31/2010. 

Type of Request: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

information collection. 

Abstract: This collection is an 

extension without change for the State 

Agency Options, Standard Utility 

Allowance and Self Employment Costs, 

burden calculations for SNAP, formerly 

known as the Food Stamp Program. The 

program’s name was changed by the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (Pub. L. 110–246) (FCEA) on 

October 1, 2008, to reflect the fact that 

participants no longer receive stamps or 

coupons to make food purchases and to 

emphasize the nutritional aspect of the 

program. To comply with current law, 

FNS is using the new program name 

SNAP in this extension of information 

collection for OMB No. 0584–0496. It 

should be noted, however, that the 

program regulations at 7 CFR parts 271– 

285 have not yet been revised to reflect 

the new name. 

The SNAP regulations at 7 CFR part 

273 contain the requirements for the 

application, certification and continued 

eligibility for SNAP benefits. On January 

29, 2010, FNS published a final rule in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 4912), 

which codified the eligibility and 

certification provisions of the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002 (FSRIA). This notice extends the 

collection burden, which was recently 

revised and approved by OMB on March 

26, 2010, to account for changes 

required by the final FSRIA rule. 

Establishing and reviewing standard 

utility allowances. The regulations at 7 

CFR 273.9(d)(6)(iii) allow State agencies 

to establish standard utility allowances 

(SUA) in place of the actual utility costs 

incurred by a household. Once SUAs 

are established, State agencies are 

required to review and adjust SUAs 

annually to reflect changes in the costs 

of utilities. Many State agencies already 

have one or more approved standards, 

which they update annually. State 

agencies may use information already 

available from case files, quality control 

reviews or other sources and from 

utility companies. State agencies may 

make adjustments based on cost-ofliving increases. The information will be 

used to establish standards to be used in 

place of actual utility costs in the 

computation of the excess shelter 

deduction. State agencies are required to 

submit the amounts of these standards 

and methodologies used in developing 

and updating the standards to FNS 

when they are developed or changed. 

Estimates of burden: Currently 52 

State agencies have a standard that 

includes heating or cooling costs and 41 

have a standard for utility costs other 

than heating or cooling. In addition, 51 

State agencies have a telephone 

allowance standard. We estimate a 

minimum of 2.5 hours annually to make 

this review and adjustment (2.5 hours × 

52 State agencies = 130 hours). Total 

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burden for this provision is estimated to 

be 130 hours per year. 

Self-employment costs. The 

regulations at 7 CFR 273.11(b) allow 

self-employment gross income to be 

reduced by the cost of producing such 

income. The regulations allow the State 

agencies, with approval from FNS, to 

establish the methodology for offsetting 

the costs of producing self-employment 

income, as long as the procedure does 

not increase program costs. State 

agencies may submit a request to FNS 

to use a method of producing a 

reasonable estimate of the costs of 

producing self-employment income in 

lieu of calculating the actual costs for 

each household with such income. 

Different methods may be proposed for 

different types of self-employment. The 

proposal shall include a description of 

the proposed method, the number and 

type of households and percent of the 

caseload affected, and documentation 

indicating that the proposed procedure 

will not increase program costs. State 

agencies may collect this data from 

household case records or other sources 

that may be available. 

Estimates of burden: We estimate that 

10 State agencies will submit a request 

of this type each year for the next three 

years. It is estimated that these States 

will incur a one-time burden of at least 

10 working hours gathering and 

analyzing data, developing the 

methodology, determining the cost 

implication, and submitting a request to 

FNS for a total burden of 100 hours 

annually (10 State agencies × 10 

working hours = 100 burden hours). 

State agencies are not required to 

periodically review their approved 

methodologies. We do not anticipate 

that State agencies will voluntarily 

review their methodologies for change 

on a regular basis, thus burden is not 

being assessed for this purpose. 

Recordkeeping burden only: Each 

State agency would be required to keep 

a record of the information gathered and 

submitted to FNS for the SUA and selfemployment costs. We estimate this to 

be 7 minutes or .1169 hours per year for 

the 53 State agencies to equal a total of 

6 burden hours annually (53 State 

agencies × .1169 hours = 6 hours annual 

burden). 

Summary of burden hours: 

Affected Public: State agencies and 

local governments administering the 

SNAP. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Estimated Number of Responses Per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 115. 

Estimated Hours per Response: 12.6. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 236. 

OMB # 

0584–0496 Requirement 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Response 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Hours per 

response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Affected Public 

State Agency 

Reporting Burden ................ Standard Utility Allowance .. 52 1 52 2.5 130 

Self-employment costs ....... 10 1 10 10 100 

Reporting Totals ................. 52 ........................ 62 ........................ 230 

Recordkeeping Burden ....... Recordkeeping .................... 53 1 53 .1169 6 

Recordkeeping Totals ......... 53 ........................ 53 ........................ 6 

Total Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Burden.

53 ........................ 115 ........................ 236 

Total Number of Record 

Keepers.

53 ........................ ........................ ........................ ........................

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Huron-Manistee National Forests, 

White Pines Wind Farm Project, Mason 

County, MI 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Cancellation Notice of notice of 

intent to prepare an environmental 

impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service proposed 

to prepare an environmental impact 

statement for the White Pines Wind 

Farm Project on National Forest System 

(NFS) lands managed by the HuronManistee National Forests. This project 

has been cancelled. This cancellation 

notice terminates the environmental 

analysis process for the White Pines 

Wind Farm Project. 

DATES: The Notice of Intent to prepare 

the White Pines Wind Farm Project 

environmental impact statement was 

published in the Federal Register on 

September 12, 2008, Vol. 73, No. 178, 

page 52945. The draft environmental 

impact statement was expected May 

2009 and the final environmental 

impact statement was expected 

December 2009. This project has been 

cancelled. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia O’Connell, Cadillac-Manistee 

Ranger District, Huron-Manistee 

National Forests; Manistee Ranger 

Stations, 412 Red Apple Road, 

Manistee, MI 49660; telephone: 231– 

723–2211, ext. 3119; fax: 231–723–8642; 

e-mail: poconnell@fs.fed.us. Information 

updating the status of this project can be 

found on the Forest’s Web site at: 

http://fs.usda.gov/Internet/ 

FSE_DOCUMENTS/ 

stelprdb5150088.pdf. 

Responsible Official 

Barry Paulson, Forest Supervisor, 

Huron-Manistee National Forests, 1755 

S. Mitchell Street, Cadillac, MI 49601. 

Dated: April 26, 2010. 

Barry Paulson, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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