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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 75, No. 94 

Monday, May 17, 2010 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

May 12, 2010. 

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 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: Performance Standards and 

Reporting SNAP Modernization 

Initiatives. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. 

Summary of Collection: The Food, 

Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

(Pub. L. 110–234), amended Section 11 

of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 

(7 U.S.C. 2020), to include a provision 

for the Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS) to develop standards for 

identifying major operational changes 

and for States to provide any 

information required by the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA). To 

inform USDA’s development of such 

standards, this data collection will 

gather information from all 50 States 

and the District of Columbia in order to 

better understand how States are 

assessing performance of their 

modernization initiatives. 

Need and Use of the Information: To 

obtain a broad view of the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 

performance measures, staff from State 

and local SNAP offices and partner 

organizations will be asked to respond. 

Data will be collected via surveys of 

SNAP staff, telephone and in-person 

interviews of SNAP and partner staff, 

and aggregated administrative records 

collection from SNAP and partner 

agencies. The collected information will 

help FNS understand how performance 

standards and reporting are occurring in 

the States with respect to SNAP 

modernization. Without this data 

collection, FNS would not be able to 

effectively develop, monitor or assess 

standards for identifying operational 

changes. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government; Business 

or other for-profit; Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 786. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Monthly: Other (one-time) 

Total Burden Hours: 3,473. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

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 (NAREEE). 

DATES: The Specialty Crop Committee 

will hold the stakeholder listening 

session on May 25, 2010 from 9 a.m.– 

3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The stakeholder listening 

session of the Specialty Crop Committee 

will take place at the San Antonio 

Marriott Riverwalk, 889 East Market 

Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205. 

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: 

David Kelly, Acting Executive Director, 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education, and Economics 

Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720– 

4421; fax: (202) 720–6199; or e-mail: 

David.kelly@ars.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 Committee’s charge is to 


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