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Vol. 74, No. 104 

Tuesday, June 2, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Center for Nutrition Policy and 

Promotion; Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request— 

Generic Clearance for the 

Development of Nutrition Education 

Messages and Products for the 

General Public 

AGENCY: Center for Nutrition Policy and 

Promotion, 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 a 

proposed information collection. This is 

a revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

This notice announces the Center for 

Nutrition Policy and Promotion’s 

(CNPP) intention to request the Office of 

Management and Budget’s approval of 

the information collection processes and 

instruments to be used during consumer 

research while testing nutrition 

education messages and products 

developed for the general public. The 

purpose for performing consumer 

research is to identify consumers’ 

understanding of potential nutrition 

education messages and obtain their 

reaction to prototypes of nutrition 

education products, including Internetbased tools. The information collected 

will be used to refine messages and 

improve the usefulness of products as 

well as aid consumer understanding of 

current Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans and MyPyramid-related 

materials (OMB No.: 0584–0535, 

Expiration Date 6/30/2009). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be submitted on or before August 

3, 2009. 

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 will 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 collected; 

and (d) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments may be sent to Carole 

Davis, Director, Nutrition Guidance and 

Analysis Division, Center for Nutrition 

Policy and Promotion, U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 1034, Alexandria, VA 22302. 

Comments may also be submitted via 

fax to the attention of Carole Davis at 

703–305–3300 or via e-mail to 

DG2010Comments@cnpp.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 during regular business 

hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday) at the Center for 

Nutrition Policy and Promotion’s main 

office located at 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 1034, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will also 

become a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to Carole Davis at 

703–305–7600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Generic Clearance for the 

Development of Nutrition Education 

Messages and Products for the General 

Public. 

OMB Number: 0582–0523. 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2010. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Abstract: The Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans, issued jointly by the U.S. 

Departments of Agriculture and Health 

and Human Services, are the 

cornerstone of Federal nutrition policy 

and form the basis for nutrition 

education efforts of these agencies. The 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s CNPP 

develops and promotes nutrition 

education materials to help consumers 

understand and use the Dietary 

Guidelines for Americans as well as 

MyPyramid, the tool designed to help 

consumers implement the Dietary 

Guidelines. Additional materials (hard 

copy and electronic) are used to help 

consumers understand and use the 

Dietary Guidelines, many of which may 

be geared toward various special 

population groups. Publications and 

web materials that have become 

obsolete since the release of the 2010 

Dietary Guidelines for Americans and 

MyPyramid will also need to be updated 

and replaced. With the increased 

prevalence of overweight and obesity in 

the United States, it has become 

increasingly important to communicate 

clear and useful nutrition education 

information related to the Dietary 

Guidelines on food choices, weight, and 

physical activity. The USDA has had the 

lead administrative responsibility for 

the 2010 Dietary Guidelines revision 

process from which new messages and 

materials will be developed, including a 

new consumer bulletin. 

Educational messages and products in 

support of the Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans and MyPyramid will be 

developed by the Center for Nutrition 

Policy and Promotion. They may 

include: 

1. Messages and products related to 

the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans that help consumers make 

healthier food and physical activity 

choices; 

2. Enhancement of the MyPyramid 

Web site to include additional 

components such as updated nutrition 

and physical activity personalized 

tracking and other interactive tools as 

well as consumer and professional 

support materials; 

3. Materials relaying the 2010 Dietary 

Guidelines for Americans and 

MyPyramid for special population 

groups that might be identified; and 

4. New policy, messages, materials, 

and tools that might be developed as a 

result of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for 

Americans revision process. 

The products for these initiatives will 

be tested using qualitative consumer 

research techniques, which may include 

focus groups (with general consumers, 

educators, students, etc.), interviews 

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(i.e., intercept, individual, diads, triads, 

usability testing, etc.) and Web-based 

surveys. Participants being tested will 

provide information regarding the 

clarity, understandability, and 

acceptability of the messages and 

products during the developmental 

process and during the final product 

development stage. 

Affected Public: Individuals and 

Households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

57,000. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: One. 

Estimated Time per Response: 12.63 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 12,004 hours. 

ESTIMATION OF BURDEN HOURS

(a) Affected public (b) Survey instruments (c) Number of 

respondents 

(d) Frequency 

of responses 

(e) Est. total 

annual 

responses per 

respondent 

(dxe) 

(f) Hours per 

response 

(g) Total 

burden (fxg) 

Reporting Burden 

Focus Group Screeners ..... 7,500.00 1.00 7,500.00 0.25 1,875.00 

Interview Screeners ............ 7,500.00 1.00 7,500.00 0.25 1,875.00 

Focus Group Screeners ..... 500.00 1.00 500.00 2.00 1,000.00 

Interview ............................. 500.00 1.00 500.00 1.00 500.00 

Web-based Collections ....... 20,000.00 1.00 20,000.00 0.25 5,000.00 

Individuals & Households ... Confidentiality Agreement .. 21,000.00 1.00 21,000.00 0.08 1,753.50 

Total ............................. ............................................. 57,000.00 1.00 57,000.00 32.00 12,003.50 

Dated: May 26, 2009. 

Robert C. Post, 

Acting Executive Director, Center for 

Nutrition Policy and Promotion, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

[FR Doc. E9–12748 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of Solicitation for Members of 

the National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education and Economics 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Research, Education and 

Economics, USDA. 

ACTION: Solicitation for membership. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App., the United States 

Department of Agriculture announces 

solicitation for nominations to fill 10 

vacancies on the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education and 

Economics Advisory Board. 

DATES: Deadline for Advisory Board 

member nominations is July 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The nominee’s name, 

resume, completed Form AD–755, and 

any letters of support must be sent to 

the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

National Research, Extension, 

Education, and Economics Advisory 

Board Office, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten 

Building; Washington, DC 20250–0321. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Hunter, Executive Director, 

National Agricultural Research, 

Extension, Education and Economics 

Advisory Board, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Room 321–A, Whitten 

Building, Washington, DC 20250–0321, 

telephone: 202–720–8408; fax: 202– 

720–6199; e-mail: 

Karen.hunter@ars.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

1408 of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, and Teaching 

Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123) was 

amended by the Food, Energy and 

Conservation Act of 2008 by deleting six 

members of the National Agricultural 

Research, Extension, Education and 

Economics Advisory Board, to total 25 

members. Since the inception of the 

Advisory Board by congressional 

legislation in 1996, each member has 

represented a specific category related 

to farming or ranching, food production 

and processing, forestry research, crop 

and animal science, land-grant 

institutions, non-land grant college or 

university with a historic commitment 

to research in the food and agricultural 

sciences, food retailing and marketing, 

rural economic development, and 

natural resource and consumer interest 

groups, among many others. The Board 

was first appointed by the Secretary of 

Agriculture in September 1996 and onethird of its members were appointed for 

one, two, and three-year terms, 

respectively to allow for approximately 

one-third of the Board to change each 

year. The terms for 10 members who 

represent specific categories will expire 

September 30, 2009. Nominations for 

these 10 vacant categories are sought. 

All nominees will be carefully reviewed 

for their expertise, leadership, and 

relevance to a category. Appointments 

will be made for two-or three-year terms 

to maintain the approximate one-third 

change in membership each year 

dictated by the original legislation. 

The 10 slots to be filled are: 

Category A. National Farm 

Organization. 

Category C. Food Animal Commodity 

Producer. 

Category I. National Human Health 

Association. 

Category N. NLGCA Institutions. 

Category O. Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions. 

Category Q. Transportation of Food and 

Agricultural Products to Domestic and 

Foreign Markets. 

Category R. Food Retailing and 

Marketing Interests. 

Category S. Food and Fiber Processors. 

Category X. Private Sector Organization 

Involved in International 

Development. 

Category Y. National Social Science 

Association. 

Nominations are being solicited from 

organizations, associations, societies, 

councils, federations, groups, and 

companies that represent a wide variety 

of food and agricultural interests 

throughout the country. Nominations 

for one individual who fits several of 

the categories listed above or for more 

than one person who fits one category 

will be accepted. In your nomination 

letter, please indicate the specific 

membership category for each nominee. 

Each nominee must fill out, sign, and 

return a form AD–755, ‘‘Advisory 

Committee Membership Background 

Information’’ (which can be obtained 

from the contact person below or may 

be printed out from the following Web