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44986 

Vol. 82, No. 186 

Wednesday, September 27, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 21, 2017. 

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 are 

requested regarding 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by October 27, 2017 

will be considered. Written comments 

should be addressed to: Desk Officer for 

Agriculture, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), New 

Executive Office Building, 725 17th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20502. 

Commenters are encouraged to submit 

their comments to OMB via email to: 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. 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. 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

Title: National Animal Health 

Monitoring System; Emergency 

Epidemiologic Investigations. 

OMB Control Number: 0579–0376. 

Summary of Collection: Collection 

and dissemination of animal health data 

and information is mandated by 7 

U.S.C. 391, the Animal Industry Act of 

1884, which established the precursor of 

the Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services, 

the Bureau of Animal Industry. Legal 

requirements for examining and 

reporting on animal disease control 

methods were further mandated by 7 

U.S.C. 8308, 8314 of the Animal Health 

Protection Act, ‘‘Detection, Control, and 

Eradication of Disease and Pests,’’ May 

13, 2002. Emergency epidemiologic 

investigations will allow Veterinary 

Services Officials to rapidly implement 

prevention and control measures, keep 

the public informed, and keep 

international markets open. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

primary objective of the National 

Animal Health Monitoring System’s 

emergency epidemiologic investigations 

are to provide for the prevention and 

control of animal disease and protect 

the U.S. livestock and poultry 

populations from the introduction and 

spread of domestic, emerging, zoonotic, 

and foreign animal disease. APHIS will 

collect information using a 

questionnaire, telephone interview, or 

direct interview. APHIS will use the 

data collected to: (1) Identify the scope 

of the problem (2) Define and describe 

the affected population and the 

susceptible population; (3) Predict or 

detect trends in disease occurrence and 

movement; (4) Understand the risk 

factors for disease; (5) Estimate the cost 

of disease control and develop 

intervention options; (6) Make 

recommendations for disease control; 

(7) Provide parameters for animal 

disease spread models; (8) Provide 

lessons learned and guidance on the 

best ways to avoid future outbreaks 

based on thorough analysis of data from 

current outbreak(s); and (9) Identify 

areas for further research e.g. 

mechanisms of disease transfer, vaccine 

technology, and diagnostic testing 

needs. 

Description of Respondents: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments; and Individuals or 

Households. 

Number of Respondents: 8,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,798. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Third National 

Survey of WIC Participants (NSWP–III) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), Department of Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

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 to 

conduct the Third National Survey of 

WIC Participants (NSWP–III). 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before November 27, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Anthony Panzera, 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 Anthony Panzera at 703–305–2576, or 

via email to Anthony.Panzera@

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 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Anthony Panzera 

at Anthony.Panzera@fns.usda.gov, or 

703–305–2309. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Third National Survey of WIC 

Participants (NSWP–III). 

Form Number: N/A. 

OMB Number: Not yet assigned. 

Expiration Date: Not yet determined. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The Third National Survey 

of WIC Participants (NSWP–III) is 

designed to provide nationally 

representative estimates of improper 

payments in the WIC program arising 

from errors in the certification or denial 

of WIC applicants, to investigate 

potential State and local agency 

characteristics that may correlate with 

these errors, and to assess WIC 

participants’ reasons for satisfaction or 

dissatisfaction with the program. The 

NSWP–III builds on three previous 

studies and reports spanning several 

decades. 

The study has two purposes. The first 

is to obtain the data necessary to 

accomplish the study objectives. To 

accomplish study objectives, the 

following data collections are planned: 

(1) A Certification Survey with up to 

2,000 recently certified WIC 

participants; (2) a Denied Applicant 

Survey with up to 240 WIC applicants 

who did not qualify for the program; (3) 

a Program Experiences Survey with up 

to 1,500 current WIC program 

participants; (4) a Former Participant 

Case Study with 520 inactive WIC 

program participants who have stopped 

redeeming WIC benefits; (5) a State 

Agency Survey with 90 agencies, 

including 50 States and the District of 

Columbia, the 34 Indian Tribal 

Organizations (ITOs), and 5 U.S. 

Territories; (6) and a Local WIC Agency 

Survey with 965 local WIC agency 

directors. In addition, 20 Local WIC 

Agency staff will be maintaining a 

Denied Applicants Log. 

The second purpose is to pilot a new 

methodology for the future annual 

estimates of improper payments in the 

WIC program. Under this approach, the 

data collection instruments and 

recruiting materials, developed for the 

2018 Certification Survey and Denied 

Applicants Survey, will be fielded in 

2019 and 2020 by replacing one of 10 

‘‘panels’’ from the 2018 sample with 

newly selected WIC participants (180 

per year) and denied applicants (24 per 

year); these data will be pooled with the 

extant 2018 data from the remaining 

(non-replaced) panels to update the 

estimates of improper payments in each 

year. Data collection activities in these 

2 years will include recruiting recently 

certified WIC participants to complete 

the Certification Survey and denied WIC 

applicants to complete the Denied 

Applicant Survey. 

Comments are invited on the 

following topics: (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, and/or other forms of 

information technology. 

Affected Public: This study includes 

two respondent groups: (1) State, Local, 

and Tribal Government (State WIC 

agency directors and local WIC agency 

directors); and (2) Individuals or 

Households (current WIC program 

participants, denied applicants, and 

former WIC participants). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 6,517. This figure 

includes 4,355 respondents and 2,162 

non-respondents. This study will 

include six data collection activities. 

The initial sample for the State 

Agency Survey will consist of 90 State 

WIC agency directors. Assuming that 

100 percent respond to the web-based 

survey, the resulting respondent sample 

will include approximately 90 State 

WIC agency directors. 

Local WIC agency directors will also 

complete a web-based survey, the Local 

WIC Agency Survey. The initial sample 

will include 965 local WIC agency 

directors and, assuming an 80 percent 

response rate, the final sample will 

result in 772 local WIC agency directors. 

The initial sample size for the 

Certification Survey is 2,000 current 

WIC program participants. A portion of 

the current WIC program participants in 

the sample unit may complete up to two 

surveys, the Certification Survey and 

the Program Experiences Survey. A 

sample of 1,000 current WIC program 

participants, a subset of the sample of 

2,000 WIC program participants, will be 

recruited to complete both the 

Certification Survey and the Program 

Experiences Survey interviews in 

person during the same visit. Assuming 

an 80 percent response rate for each 

survey, a total of 1,600 current WIC 

program participants will complete 

Certification Surveys, and 800 will also 

complete the Program Experiences 

Survey. 

An additional sample for the Program 

Experiences Survey will be 

administered by telephone or in person 

during a follow-up home visit. The 

initial sample size is 1,500 current WIC 

program participants, and assuming an 

80 percent response rate, the final 

sample will include 1,200 current 

program participants (750 by telephone 

and 450 in-person). 

The Denied Applicant Survey, 

administered in person, will include an 

initial sample of 240 recently denied 

WIC program applicants. Assuming an 

80 percent response rate, the final 

sample will be 192 recently denied WIC 

program applicants. 

This study includes a Former WIC 

Participant Case Study with an initial 

sample of 520 former WIC program 

participants. As a qualitative case study 

with people who are no longer 

participating in the program, the 

expected response rate is 30 percent. 

This response rate will result in 156 

respondents who will be asked 

screening questions. Assuming 20 

percent are screened out, the final 

screened sample will be 125 former 

participants. 

The Alternative Methodology Pilot 

Studies will take place in 2019 and 

2020. The initial sample size for each is 

estimated to be 180 current WIC 

program participants for the 

Certification Survey sample and 24 

recently denied WIC program applicants 

for the Denied Applicant Survey 

sample. Assuming an 80 percent 

response rate for each sample, the 

resulting respondent sample will 

include approximately 150 current WIC 

program participants and 19 recently 

denied WIC program applicants for each 

year. 

As part of the 2018 data collection 

activities, an initial sample of 20 Local 

Agency staff will maintain a Denied 

Applicants Log. FNS expects that all of 

the staff will maintain this log. 

There is pre-testing burden associated 

with this collection that was reviewed 

and approved by OMB on September 22, 

2016, under OMB #0584–0606 FNS 

Generic Clearance Pre-Testing, Pilot, 

and Field Test Studies. A total of 2,213 

responses and 102 burden hours were 

approved under the generic clearance. 

Estimated Frequency of Responses per 

Respondent: FNS estimates that the 

frequency of responses per respondent 

will average 5.35 responses per 


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respondent (including respondents and 

non-respondents) across the entire 

collection. State agency directors, local 

WIC agency directors, denied 

applicants, and former WIC participants 

will provide a one-time response during 

their respective survey or interview. A 

portion of the current WIC participants 

will be invited to complete two surveys, 

although most will provide responses 

on only one survey. Each respondent 

type may be contacted several times by 

telephone, mail, email, and home visits 

to encourage participation and, when 

appropriate, to remind the respondent 

of the importance of their contribution 

to this study. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

The total number of responses 

(including respondents and nonrespondents) expected across all 

respondent categories is 34,859. FNS 

estimates that 34,839 responses are 

related to the reporting burden and 20 

responses for the recordkeeping burden. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated time will vary depending on 

the respondent category and will range 

from 1.2 minutes (0.02 hours) to 3 

hours. The following table outlines the 

estimated total annual burden for each 

type of respondent. Across all study 

respondents and non-respondents, the 

average estimated time per response is 

0.14 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours on Respondents: 4,853.98 hours 

(see table below for estimated total 

annual burden hours by type of 

respondent). This includes 4,793.98 

hours for reporting and 60 hours for 

recordkeeping. 

Dated: September 12, 2017. 

Brandon Lipps, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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Respondent 

Category Respondent Type 

D .. ectors D .. ectors 

Instrument 

Table 1. Burden Estimate for Respondents and Non-Respondents 

Total Annual 

Burden Estimate Estinated Nuniler of 

Non-Respondents 

Frequency of Non -

Response 

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IndiVIdual& OorHOous:eholds 

certification sumy-ln Petson 2000 1600 1600 0.70 1120.00 400 0 Gerblicabon Survey lnvllabon Telephone Ca111 2000 362 362 018 6512 1638 Gerblicabon Survey lnvllabon Telephone Ca112 1638 296 I 296 018 5334 1342 0 Gerblicabon Survey lnvllabon Telephone Call3 1342 243 I 243 018 4369 1099 0 Cerbhcabon Survey lnvllabon I elephone Gall4 1099 101 101 018 1810 998 Gerblicabon Survey lnvllaton Telephone Call5 998 91 91 018 1644 907 0 

lnchvrdualsor CurrentWIC Program Gerblicabon Survey lnvllabon Telephone Ca116 907 83 83 018 1494 824 0 

Households Parbcrpants Gerblicabon Survey lnvllabon Telephone Ca117 824 124 I 124 018 2240 700 1 

Gerblicabon Survey In-Person lnvllabon Door Knock 1 700 300 I 300 017 5103 400 0 

TextMes'iage Remrnder for Scheduled Cerdcabon Survey 1600 880 880 002 1760 720 0 

T elephu11e Remrrder fur Sdreduled Survey 720 360 360 002 720 360 

Gerblicabon Survey lnformabon Letter fran State Agencres 2000 1600 1600 005 8000 400 

Pabcrpant Consent Form-Cerblicabon Suruey 1600 1600 I 1600 008 133.33 0 0 

:'.""'"""'""""""""0"""' '"""' """'"'"'" 1000 800 I 800 052 41600 20000 1 

ProQran ExPerlences:S lJntev-Telephone 1500 750 750 0_63 47500 750 0 Pruyrcrnr Survey lrwrli:ihu11Telephu11e SGrrfl, C,jl1 tmo 338 338 012 39.38 1162 

ProgramExpcncncesSurucylnvllnbonTclephorcScrrJi, Ci312 1162 174 174 012 2034 988 0 

Program Expenences Suruey lnvllabon Telephone Scrrli, Cal3 988 111 I 111 012 1291 877 0 Program Expenences Suruey lnvllabon Telephone Scrrli, Cal4 877 44 I 44 012 5.12 833 1 Program Expenences Suruey lnvrtabon Telephone Cal5 833 35 35 012 407 798 0 

Pruyrcrnr Survey lrwrli:ihu11Telephu11e SGrrfl, C,jl6 798 25 25 012 292 773 0 

Current WIG Program ProgramExpcncncesSurucylnvllnbonTclephorcScrrJi, Ci317 773 14 14 012 1.62 759 

Parbcrpants Program Expenences Suruey lnvllabon Telephone Scrrli, Cal8 759 10 I 10 012 117 749 0 

ProgramExpenencesSurueylnvllabonleUer 749 26 I 26 003 079 723 1 ProgramExpenencesSurueylnvrtabonEmai 975 10 10 003 0.29 965 

Pruyrcrnr Survey lrwrli:ihu11 750 34 34 002 0.63 716 

Program Expcrrcnces Surucy Thank You Letter ond Gilt Card 750 750 750 002 1500 0 0 

Progr<m Experiences$ ruvey-1 n Person 750 450 I 450 0.50 22500 300 0 

Program Experrences Suruey lnvllabon In-Person Door Krock 1 750 450 I 450 008 36.00 300 0 PabcrpantlnformaoonBrochure 750 450 450 002 900 300 0 

Denied Applir;ant5uwey-1n 240 192 192 0,05 124.00 4ll 0 Demed Applrcant Survey lnvllation Telephone Call 240 2B 2B 013 3.67 212 

lndwrdualsor Demed Applrcant Survey lnvdabon Telephone Scrrpt Cal 2 212 25 25 013 3.24 187 0 

Households 

Demed Applrcant Survey Invitation Telephone Scrrpt Cal 3 IBI '[)_ '[)_ 013 2.86 16tl 0 Demed Applrcant Survey lnvllabor1 Telephone Scrrpt Cal 4 165 7 7 013 0.96 158 

Dcmcd /\pplrcant Survey lnvllation T clephonc Cal 5 158 G G 013 082 152 0 

R.ecentlyDemedWIC Demed Applrcant Survey lnvllabon Telephone Cal 6 152 6 6 013 0.79 1<6 0 

1-'rogramAppllcanls Demed Applrcant Survey lnvdabon Telephone Scrrpt Cal 7 146 5 5 013 0.70 141 

Demed ApplrcantSurvey In-Perron lnv!Ebon, Door Knock 1 141 "' "' 011 140:.' " 0 Demed ApplrcantSurvey In-Perron lnviL:lbon, Door Knock 2 59 II II 017 1.88 48 0 

Text Message Remrnder for Scheduled Demed Applrcant Suruey 192 lOG lOG 002 2.11 06 Telephone Remnder for Scheduled Denred Applicant Su-vey 86 <3 <3 008 346 13 

nrmed Applrcilnl Sur\ley lnformmron I eller from Sm!P- AgP-ncres ?40 00? 384 4R 

Pabcrpant Consent Form-Demed Applicant Suruey 192 192 192 010 19.20 0 0 F(lnner W1C Patlelpmt Case Study Interview Guide-Telephone 520 125 125 0_50 6250 395 0 FocmerWIC rarncrpantCase Study lntervrew lnvffibon Telephone Ca111 520 65 65 015 9.75 455 FocmerWIC ParllcrpantCase Study lntervrew lnvffibon Telephone Ca112 455 34 34 015 5.12 421 

Former WIG Program Frnrer WIC Pm-ncrpilntCi!se Study lnlentrew Telephone Scrpt, Cilll3 4?1 16 16 015 ?40 405 

PartK::rpants 1-mrer WIG 1-'artJcrpantGase Study lntervrew lnvffiton I elephone Gall4 405 6 6 015 0.91 399 

Fmrer WIG ParucrpantGase Study lntervrew lnvrnton Telephone Gall5 399 4 4 015 0.60 395 

FocmerWIC rarncrpantCase StudylntervrewThankYou Letter and Glll:Cmd 125 125 125 002 250 0 0 

3117 ' 13404 02, 3174.59 1393 6 3979 5 17934 023 4193.34 2036 7 

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Category 

Individuals or 

Households 

Respondent Type Instrument 

Total 

Sample Estimated Total Annual I Estimated Burden Nunilerof