30042 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 120 / Wednesday, June 24, 2009 / Notices 

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: Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program—Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance for Victims of 

Disasters. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0336. 

Summary of Collection: The authority 

to operate the Disaster Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (D–SNAP) 

is found in section 5(h) of the Food and 

Nutrition Act of 2008, formerly the Food 

Stamp Act of 1977, as amended and the 

Disaster Relief Act of 1974, as amended 

by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Assistance Act of 1988 authorizes 

the Secretary of Agriculture to establish 

temporary emergency standards of 

eligibility for victims of a disaster if the 

commercial channels of food 

distribution have been disrupted, and 

subsequently restored. Section 11(e)(14) 

of the Food and Nutrition Act 

authorizes the Secretary to require State 

agencies to develop a plan of operation 

that includes procedures for informing 

the public about the D–SNAP, including 

how to apply for benefits, coordination 

with Federal and private disaster relief 

agencies and local government officials, 

developing application procedures to 

reduce hardship and inconvenience and 

deter fraud, and instruct caseworkers in 

procedures for implementing and 

operating the DFSP. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This information collection concerns 

information obtain from State welfare 

agencies seeking to operate D–SNAP. A 

State agency request to operate a D– 

SNAP must contain the following 

information: Procedures for promptly 

assessing the geographical limits of the 

areas in need of D–SNAP assistance; 

household responsibilities; a 

description of post-disaster reviews; 

procedures to inform both the general 

public and households already certified 

under the disaster program if the 

operation of the D–SNAP is extended; 

procedures to issue benefits during a 

disaster; and procedures to coordinate 

with other State agencies to obtain 

additional workers and other personnel 

if needed to supplement the State 

agency’s regular staff. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 14. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 140. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14850 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 19, 2009. 

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. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: Foreign Market Development 

Cooperator Program (FMDCP) and 

Market Access Program (MAP). 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0026. 

Summary of Collection: The basic 

authority for the Foreign Market 

Development Cooperator Program 

(FMDCP) is contained in Title VII of the 

Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, 7 U.S.C. 

5721, et seq. Program regulations appear 

at 7 CFR part 1484. Title VII directs the 

Secretary of Agriculture to ‘‘establish 

and, in cooperation with eligible trade 

organization, carry out a foreign market 

development cooperator program to 

maintain and develop foreign markets 

for United States agricultural 

commodities and products.’’ The 

primary objective of the Market Access 

Program (MAP) is to encourage the 

development, maintenance and 

expansion of commercial export markets 

for U.S. agricultural products through 

cost-share assistance to eligible trade 

organizations that implement a foreign 

market development program. The 

programs are administered by personnel 

of the Foreign Agricultural Service 

(FAS). 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

collected information will be used by 

FAS to manage, plan, evaluate, and 

account for government resources. 

Specifically, data is used to assess the 

extent to which: applicant organizations 

represent U.S. commodity interests; 

benefits derived from market 

development effort will translate back to 

the broadest possible range of 

beneficiaries; the market development 

efforts will lead to increases in 

consumption and imports of U.S. 

agricultural commodities; the applicant 

is able and willing to commit personnel 

and financial resources to assure 

adequate development, supervision and 

execution of project activities; and 

private organizations are able and 

willing to support the promotional 

program with aggressive marketing of 

the commodity in question. Without the 

collected information the program could 

not be implemented. 

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Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 71. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 91,070. 

Foreign Agricultural Agency 

Title: Emergency Relief from DutyFree Imports of Perishable Products 

Under the Andean Trade Promotion and 

Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA). 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0033. 

Summary of Collection: The Andean 

Trade Preference Act (the Act) (19 

U.S.C. 3201 et seq.) was signed into law 

on December 4, 1991 and expired 

December 4, 2001. Section 3104 of H.R. 

3009, the ‘‘Trade Act of 2002’’ amended 

section 208(b) of the Act to extend the 

termination date to December 31, 2006, 

retroactive to December 4, 2001. The 

Act authorizes the President to provide 

duty-free treatment to imports from 

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, 

except for those few products 

specifically excluded. Section 204(d) 

provides, in part, that a petition for 

emergency import relief may be filed 

with the Secretary of Agriculture at the 

same time a petition for import relief is 

filed with the United States 

International Trade Commission (ITC). 

Emergency import relief is limited to 

restoration of MFN tariffs during the 

period of the ITC’s investigation. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

Foreign Agricultural Service will collect 

the following information to be 

included in a petition: a description of 

the imported perishable product 

concerned; country of origin of imports; 

data indicating increased imports are a 

substantial cause of serious injury to the 

domestic industry producing a like or 

directly competitive product; evidence 

of serious injury; and a statement 

indicating why emergency action would 

be warranted. The information collected 

provides essential data for the Secretary 

regarding specific market conditions 

with respect to the industry requesting 

emergency relief. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit; Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 1. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 23. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: Technical Assistance for 

Specialty Crops Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0038. 

Summary of Collection: The 

Technical Assistance for Specialty 

Crops (TASC) program is authorized by 

Section 3205 of the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 

107–171). This section provides that the 

Secretary of Agriculture shall establish 

a program to address unique barriers 

that prohibit or threaten the export of 

U.S. specialty crops. The Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS) administers 

the program for the Commodity Credit 

Corporation. The TASC is designed to 

assist U.S. organizations by providing 

funding for projects that address 

sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical 

barriers that prohibit or threaten the 

export of U.S. specialty crops. 

Need and Use of the Information: FAS 

collects data for fund allocation, 

program management, planning and 

evaluation. FAS will collect information 

from applicant desiring to receive grants 

under the program to determine the 

viability of requests for funds. The 

program could not be implemented 

without the submission of project 

proposals, which provide the necessary 

information upon which funding 

decisions are based. 

Description of Respondents: Not-forprofit institutions; business or other forprofit; Federal Government; State, Local, 

or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 50. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 

annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1600. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14851 Filed 6–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

June 19, 2009. 

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. 

Farm Service Agency 

Title: Assignments of Payments and 

Joint Payment Authorization. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0183. 

Summary of Collection: When the 

recipient of a Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) or a Farm Service 

Agency (FSA) payment chooses to 

assign a payment to another party or 

have the payment made jointly with 

another party, the other party must be 

identified. This is a free service that is 

available upon request by the program 

payee. The regulations for assignment of 

payments are at 7 CFR part 1404. FSA 

will collect information using forms 

CCC–36, CCC–251, CCC–252. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected on the forms will 

be used by FSA employee to record 

payment or contract being assigned, the 

amount of the assignment, the date, and 

the name and address of the assignee 

and the assignor. This is to enable FSA 

employee to pay the proper party when 

payments become due. FSA will also 

use the information to terminate joint 

payments at the request of both the 

producer and joint payee. If the 

information is not collected, there 

would be no payment to third party at 

the request of the respondents. 

Description of Respondent: Farms. 

Number of Respondents: 70,900. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting; 

On occasion.