Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 214 / Friday, November 5, 2010 / Notices 68317 

of Research and Analysis, Food and 

Nutrition Service/USDA, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1004, Alexandria, 

VA 22302; Fax: 703–305–2576; E-mail: 

john.endahl@fns.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Special Nutrition Program 

Operations Study. 

OMB Number: 0584–NEW. 

Expiration Date of Approval: Not yet 

determined. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: New information collection. 

Abstract: The objective of the Special 

Nutrition Program Operations Study 

(SNPOS) is to collect timely data on 

policies, administrative, and operational 

issues on the Child Nutrition Programs. 

The ultimate goal is to analyze these 

data and provide input for new 

legislation on Child Nutrition Programs 

as well as to provide pertinent technical 

assistance and training to program 

implementation staff. 

The SNPOS will help the Food and 

Nutrition Service (FNS) better 

understand and address current policy 

issues related to Special Nutrition 

Programs (SNP) operations. The policy 

and operational issues include, but are 

not limited to, the preparation of the 

program budget, development and 

implementation of program policy and 

regulations, and identification of areas 

for technical assistance and training. 

Specifically, this study will help FNS 

obtain: 

• General descriptive data on the 

Child Nutrition (CN) program 

characteristics to help FNS respond to 

questions about the nutrition programs 

in schools; 

• Data related to program 

administration for designing and 

revising program regulations, managing 

resources, and reporting requirements; 

and 

• Data related to program operations 

to help FNS develop and provide 

training and technical assistance for 

School Food Authorities (SFAs) and 

State Agencies responsible for 

administering the CN programs. 

The activities to be undertaken 

subject to this notice include: 

• Conducting a multi-modal (e.g. 

paper, Web, and telephone) survey of 

approximately 1,500 SFA Directors. 

• Conducting a paper survey of all 56 

State Agency CN Directors. 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Governments. 

Type of Respondents: 1,500 SFA 

Directors and 56 State CN Program 

Directors. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 1,556. 

Frequency of Response: Once 

annually. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 1,556. 

Estimate of Time per Respondent and 

Annual Burden: Public reporting burden 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average sixty (60) minutes 

per Self Administered Survey for the 

SFA Directors and the State Agency 

Child Nutrition Directors (this includes 

30 minutes for data gathering and 30 

minutes to respond to the 

questionnaire). Respondents in the 

SNOPS include 1,500 School Food 

Service Directors and 56 State Child 

Nutrition Program Directors. The annual 

reporting burden is estimated at 1,556 

hours (see table below). 

Data collection activity Respondents 

Estimated 

number of respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Total annual 

responses 

Average burden hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden estimate (hours) 

Self Administered/Web/ 

Telephone Survey.

School Food Authority 

(SFA) Directors.

1,500 1 1,500 1 1,500 

Self Administered/Telephone Survey.State Agency Child Nutrition Directors.56 1 56 1 56 

Total ............................. ............................................. 1,556 ........................ 1,556 1 1,556 

Dated: November 1, 2010. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28037 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Evaluation of the 

Summer Electronic Benefits for 

Children Household-Based 

Demonstrations on Food Insecurity 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), 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 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is a new collection for 

the purpose of conducting The 

Evaluation of the Impact of the Summer 

Electronic Benefits for Children 

Household-Based Demonstrations on 

Food Insecurity. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before January 4, 2011. 

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 that 

were used; (c) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be sent to: Steven 

Carlson, Director, Office of Research and 

Analysis, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be submitted via fax to the attention 

of Steven Carlson at 703–305–2576 or 

via e-mail to 

Steven.Carlson@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 responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Steven Carlson at 

703–305–2017. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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1USDA is also conducting demonstrations of 

enhancements to the existing Summer Food Service 

Program. Those demonstrations are not part of this 

Information Collection. 

2Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Women, Infants, and Children. 

3Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 

(formerly the Food Stamp Program). 

Title: Evaluation of the Impact of the 

Summer Electronic Benefits for 

Children Household-Based 

Demonstrations on Food Insecurity. 

Form Number: Not yet assigned. 

OMB Number: Not yet assigned. 

Expiration Date: Not yet assigned. 

Type of Request: New Collection of 

Information. 

Abstract: The Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 

111–80), Section 749(g), directed that 

the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry 

out demonstration projects to develop 

and test methods of providing access to 

food for children in urban and rural 

areas during the summer months when 

schools are not in regular session to 

reduce or eliminate the food insecurity 

and hunger of children and to improve 

the nutritional status of children. The 

Summer Electronic Benefits for 

Children Household-Based 

Demonstrations will carry out the 

demonstration projects Congress 

directed USDA to perform in this 

section.1 In addition, the Act directed 

the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 

for an independent evaluation of the 

demonstration projects using rigorous 

methodologies. The Evaluation of the 

Impact of the Summer Electronic 

Benefits for Children Household-Based 

Demonstrations on Food Insecurity will 

carry out these provisions of the Act. 

The evaluation of these projects is 

intended to provide policymakers with 

clear, rigorous and timely findings to 

make decisions about potential changes 

to Federal summer feeding programs 

during the next Child Nutrition 

reauthorization cycle. Primarily, the 

evaluation of the Summer Electronic 

Benefit Transfer for Children (SEBTC) 

demonstrations will examine how the 

provision of summer food benefits to the 

households of children certified for free 

or reduced-price school meals impacts 

the prevalence of very low food security 

among children certified for free or 

reduced-price meals as well as their 

nutritional status. Nutritional status will 

be examined with relatively simple 

measures of food choices, nutritional 

behaviors and Body Mass Index (BMI). 

Other effects, such as perceptions of 

parents and changes in household food 

supply and food expenditures will also 

be considered. In addition to impact 

measures, the evaluation will document 

the process and challenges of 

implementing the SEBTC 

demonstrations and the costs of 

operating the demonstrations. The 

results will provide valuable 

information to States considering 

applying for additional demonstrations 

as well as if the demonstrations lead to 

policy changes. The evaluation will 

gather data from up to 5 demonstration 

areas in 2011. Each demonstration area 

will consist of contiguous school 

districts that, collectively, have 10,000 

children certified for free or reducedprice school meals. The evaluation will 

gather data from up to 15 demonstration 

areas in 2012. The 2012 demonstration 

areas will also consist of contiguous 

school districts that, collectively, have 

10,000 children certified for free or 

reduced-price meals. In the 

demonstration areas households with 

children certified for free or reducedprice school meals will be divided into 

treatment and control groups. 

Affected Public: Individuals/ 

Households; State, Local and Tribal 

Government; Business (for-profit). 

Respondent Type: Individual schoolaged children and their parents/ 

guardians in each demonstration area; 

Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) 

processors and retail grocery vendors 

who operate in the demonstration areas; 

agencies that administer either the 

National School Lunch and School 

Breakfast, WIC,2 or SNAP 3 programs in 

the States with a demonstration area; 

the agency that administers education 

programs in the States with a 

demonstration area; and, local school 

food authorities and schools in each 

demonstration area. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 98,565 (32,731 in 2011 

and 65,834 in 2012). Over both years 

this includes: 22,059 treatment and 

22,059 control parents/guardians; 8,823 

attempted but incomplete parent/ 

guardian interviews; 22,059 treatment 

and 22,059 control students (1 per 

interviewed household); 400 State 

agency officials from about 35 State 

agencies, 400 officials from about 35 

local school food authorities; 700 food 

retailers and 6 EBT processors. These 

sample sizes are large because the key 

outcome of interest—very low food 

security—is a relatively rare event; these 

sample sizes are needed in order to meet 

the Congressional requirement to detect 

statistically significant differences in 

very low food security between 

treatment and control households. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: there will be one interview 

per parent/guardian, one per student, 2 

per food retailer, 2 per EBT processor, 

and 3 per State or local official. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

21,313. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated average response time is 61.2 

minutes (1.02 hours). The estimated 

time of response varies from 15 to 180 

minutes depending on respondent 

group, as shown in the table below, with 

an average estimated time of 6 minutes 

for non-responders to the participant 

survey. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: The total estimated 

response time is 20,654.6 hours in 2011 

and 43,284.2 in 2012. See the table 

below for estimated total annual burden 

for each type of respondent. 

Type of respondent Respondent type Type of instrument Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Time per 

respondent 

Annual burden 

hours 

Individual/Households.Parent-Guardian interviews ...... 44,118 1 44,118 1 44,118.00 

Parent-Guardian 

(non-response 

rate).

interviews ...... 8,823 1 8,823 0 .1002 884.06 

Children .............. interviews ...... 44,118 1 44,118 0 .25 11,029.50 

State, Local, ITO State Agency Official.interviews ...... 400 3 1,200 3 3,600.00 

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Type of respondent Respondent type Type of instrument Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Estimated 

annual 

responses 

Time per 

respondent 

Annual burden 

hours 

Local School 

Food Authority.

interviews ...... 400 3 1,200 3 3,600.00 

Business ............. Food Retailer ...... interviews ...... 700 2 1,400 0 .5 700.00 

EBT Processors interviews ...... 6 2 12 1 12.00 

Total Annual Cost to Respondents ........................ 98,565 ........................ 100,871 .......................... 63,943.56 

Note: Children are included in the parents non-response rate. 

Dated: November 1, 2010. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28039 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Paulina Ranger District; Ochoco 

National Forest; Crook and Wheeler 

Counties, OR; Jackson Vegetation 

Management Project EIS 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service is 

proposing to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) on a proposed 

action to improve forest health and fuel 

conditions within the approximate 

55,430-acre Jackson project area. The 

project area is located approximately 60 

miles to the east of Prineville, Oregon 

and is bounded by Forest System Roads 

2630, 12, and 42 to the north, east and 

south respectively, and by the western 

watershed divide between Crazy Creek 

(east) and Porter, Looney, and Stupid 

Creeks (west). The project area 

encompasses National Forest system 

lands and private lands within these 

watersheds. 

An analysis has been initiated that 

takes a landscape approach to managing 

the vegetation to meet objectives for 

fuels and fire behavior and to create a 

more resilient forest while addressing 

and considering other resources. 

Methods that would be used to reduce 

tree density and hazardous fuels are: 

non-commercial and commercial 

thinning, and prescribed burning. The 

alternatives will include the proposed 

action, no action, and, if necessary, 

additional alternatives that respond to 

issues generated through the scoping 

process. The agency will give notice of 

the full environmental analysis and 

decision-making process so that 

interested and affected public may 

participate and contribute to the final 

decision. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 30 

days following the date that this notice 

appears in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Sandra Henning, District Ranger, 

Paulina Ranger District, Ochoco 

National Forest 3160 NE. 3rd Street, 

Prineville, OR 97754. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Roche, Environmental 

Coordinator, Ochoco National Forest, 

Paulina Ranger District, 3160 N.E. 3rd 

Street, Prineville, OR 97754, phone 

(541) 416–6436. 

Responsible Official: The responsible 

official is Jeff Walter, Forest Supervisor, 

Ochoco National Forest, 3160 NE 3rd 

Street, Prineville, OR 97754. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background. The Paulina Ranger 

District has demonstrated that there is a 

need for fuels and vegetation 

management activities in the project 

area by comparing the existing 

condition to the desired conditions 

described in the Ochoco National Forest 

Land and Resource Management Plan. 

The existing condition of the Deep 

watershed was evaluated in 2010 and 

documented in the Deep Watershed 

Analysis. 

Purpose and Need. This project is 

needed to maintain the project area in 

a healthy condition as described by the 

Ochoco National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan of 1989 as 

amended by the Revised Interim 

Management Direction Establishing 

Riparian, Ecosystem and Wildlife 

Standards for Timber Sales (Eastside 

Screens). The Watershed Analysis 

identified that there is a shortage of 

large trees, late and old structure forest; 

Stream temperatures are too high and 

there is a shortage of large woody debris 

and hardwood plant species within 

Riparian Habitat Conservation Areas; 

there is encroachment of western 

juniper into forest, grasslands and 

shrublands; there is an increasing 

presence of insects and diseases in 

forest stands; aspen clones are declining 

in vigor and contain decadent overstory 

trees and few to no seedlings, there are 

varying amounts of conifers present and 

the aspen sprout/seedling component is 

unable to grow above the browse line; 

about 42% of the watershed is in Fire 

Regime Condition Class of 2 or 3 where 

fire has been absent for more than 15 

years and there is an increasing amount 

of departure from the natural fire regime 

with areas where juniper and pine have 

encroached on shrub and grass 

communities from fire exclusion; stand 

density and forest fuels adjacent to 

arterial Forest roads do not provide 

conditions for safe ingress and egress for 

public and fire fighter access in the 

event of wildfire; the forest stands in the 

project area have the potential to 

provide wood products. 

This project is needed to maintain the 

vegetation within the project area in a 

condition as described by the Ochoco 

National Forest Land and Resource 

Management Plan of 1989 as amended 

by the Revised Interim Management 

Direction Establishing Riparian, 

Ecosystem and Wildlife Standards for 

Timber Sales (Eastside Screens). This 

project is needed to promote the 

development of large trees and old 

structure forest by reducing stand 

density; promote the development of 

large trees for eventual woody debris 

recruitment into streams by reducing 

conifer stand densities mechanically 

and by fire and promote the 

development of stream shading 

vegetation, such as willow by reducing 

conifers, mechanically and by fire, and 

increase willow and other hardwood 

vegetation by planting with Riparian 

Habitat Conservation Areas (RHCAs); 

reduce juniper encroachment into 

forest, shrub and grass communities by 

mechanical and fire treatments; restore 

and enhance aspen stands by reducing 

conifer competition and encroachment, 

fencing and planting; reduce the risk of 

bark beetles and impacts of mistletoe by 

reducing stand density and tree canopy 

layers through mechanical treatments; 

change stand structure and tree canopy 

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