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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 

Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 104 / Tuesday, June 2, 2009 / Notices 26363 

site: http://www.ree.usda.gov/nareeeab/ 

downloads/forms/AD–755.pdf). All 

nominees will be vetted before 

selection. 

Nominations are open to all 

individuals without regard to race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, 

mental or physical handicap, marital 

status, or sexual orientation. To ensure 

that recommendations of the Advisory 

Board take into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by the 

Department, membership shall include, 

to the extent practicable, individuals 

with demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. 

Appointments to the National 

Agricultural Research, Extension, 

Education and Economics Advisory 

Board will be made by the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Done at Washington, DC this 18th day of 

May 2009. 

Katherine Smith, 

Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Research, 

Education, and Economics. 

[FR Doc. E9–12819 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–03–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) To 

Announce Funding for the 2008 

Aquaculture Grant Program, Recovery 

Act 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of proposal. 

SUMMARY: The American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery 

Act) authorizes up to $50 million to 

carry out a 2008 Aquaculture Grant 

Program (the 2008 AGP). The 2008 AGP 

is a Commodity Credit Corporation 

(CCC) funded program administered by 

the Farm Service Agency (FSA). 

Through the 2008 AGP, FSA will 

provide grants to State governments to 

assist eligible aquaculture producers 

that suffered losses associated with high 

feed input costs during the 2008 

calendar year. State grant amounts will 

be based on the amount of aquaculture 

feed used in each State during the 2007 

calendar year. Also, for the information 

to be collected for the 2008 AGP, FSA 

is requesting comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

as required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. 

DATES: We will consider comments on 

the information collection that we 

receive by August 3, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on the information collection 

that is described in the Paperwork 

Reduction Act section. In your 

comment, include the date, volume, and 

page number of this issue of the Federal 

Register. You may submit comments by 

any of the following methods: 

• Mail: Farm Service Agency, USDA, 

Attn: Dan McGlynn, Acting Director, 

Production, Emergencies and 

Compliance Division, STOP 0517, 1400 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20250. 

• E-mail: Send comment to: 

dan.mcglynn@wdc.usda.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 690–2130. 

You may also send comments to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

McGlynn, Acting Director, (202) 720– 

3463; e-mail: 

dan.mcglynn@wdc.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Notice 

This notice announces a proposal for 

the availability of Recovery Act (Pub. L. 

111–5) grant funding to State 

governments that agree to implement 

the 2008 AGP to assist eligible 

aquaculture producers for their losses 

associated with high feed input costs 

during the 2008 calendar year. 

Background 

This notice is issued under Section 

102(d) of the Recovery Act that 

authorizes up to $50 million to carry out 

the 2008 AGP. To provide assistance to 

eligible aquaculture producers, FSA is 

proposing to provide block grants to 

State governments that agree to provide 

assistance to eligible aquaculture 

producers for losses associated with 

high feed input costs during the 2008 

calendar year. 

Grant Funding Allocation 

The Recovery Act requires that USDA 

allocate 2008 AGP funding to the States 

on a pro rata basis, based on the amount 

of aquaculture feed used in each State 

during the 2007 calendar year. FSA has 

by letter notified the States that it 

proposes to calculate the amount to 

allocate to each State based on the total 

aquaculture feed delivered in each State 

in the 2007 calendar year, as reported by 

the States to FSA for the 2008 AGP. 

FSA has sent each State Department 

of Agriculture a letter that includes the 

instructions and specifies the 

information to provide to FSA before 

receiving any grant funding. The States 

that do not meet the requirements in 

this notice, the letter, and the grant 

agreement will not receive grant 

funding. 

Grant Agreements Under the Proposal 

Under the current proposal, grant 

funding to a State is contingent on the 

execution of a Grant Agreement 

(Agreement) between CCC and the State. 

Upon execution of an Agreement, the 

State would agree to: 

(1) Implement the 2008 AGP 

according to program-specific policy 

and procedure provided in the 

Agreement; 

(2) Submit a 2008 Aquaculture Grant 

Work Plan to FSA providing a summary 

of how the State will implement 2008 

AGP to provide assistance to eligible 

aquaculture producers; 

(3) Provide assistance to eligible 

aquaculture producers, not later than 60 

days after the date on which the State 

receives grant funds; 

(4) Facilitate the accountability and 

transparency objectives of the Recovery 

Act as provided in 2 CFR part 176, 

subparts A and D, specifically, the 

award terms would require; 

(a) Recipients and sub-recipients 

(first-tier that are not individuals) to 

maintain current registrations in the 

Central Contractor Registration (CCR) 

database, 

(b) Recipients to report quarterly on 

project or activity status, sub-grant and 

subcontract information, and 

(c) Proper accounting and reporting of 

Recovery Act expenditures in single 

audits; and 

(5) Submit to FSA a 2008 AGP 

Recovery Act Report, no later than 30 

days after the States have provided 

assistance to eligible producers, 

including the: 

(a) Manner in which the State 

provided assistance, 

(b) Amount of assistance provided per 

producer per species of aquaculture, 

and 

(c) Process by which the State 

determined the levels of assistance to 

eligible aquaculture producers. 

Definitions Used in the Proposal 

Under the current proposal, the 

following definitions would be 

applicable to the 2008 AGP: 

Controlled environment. An 

environment in which everything that 

can practicably be controlled with 

structures, facilities, growing media 

(including but not limited to water or 

nutrients) by the producer, is in fact 

controlled by the producer, as 

determined by industry standards. 

Farming operation. A business 

enterprise engaged in the production of