80 FR 43705 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-WIC Federal and State Agreements (Form FNS-339)
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 141 (July 23, 2015)
Food and Nutrition Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 141 (July 23, 2015)
| Page Range | 43705-43706 | |
| FR Document | 2015-18063 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 141 (Thursday, July 23, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 43705-43706] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-18063] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 141 / Thursday, July 23, 2015 / Notices [[Page 43705]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request--WIC Federal and State Agreements (Form FNS-339) 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 proposed information collections. The proposed information collection is a request for a revision of a currently approved collection of information relating to the reporting burden associated with completing and submitting form FNS-339, the Federal and State Agreement for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC); the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP); and/or the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before September 21, 2015. 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: Julie Brewer, Chief, Policy Branch, Supplemental Food Programs Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520, Alexandria, VA 22302. 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 at the office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 520, 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 be a matter of public record. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of this information collection should be directed to Julie Brewer at 703-305-2746. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: WIC Federal and State Agreements. Form Number: FNS-339. OMB Number: 0584-0332. Expiration Date: November 30, 2015. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Abstract: The Federal-State Special Supplemental Nutrition Program Agreement (Form FNS-339) collects information that is used by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), and the Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). At the Federal level, the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), administers the WIC Program and the FMNP under Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, as amended, and the SFMNP under 7 U.S.C. 3007. The Federal-State Agreement is the annual contract between USDA and each State agency seeking to operate one or more of the following programs: (1) WIC, (2) FMNP, and (3) SFMNP. The agreement requires the signature of the Chief State agency official and includes a certification/assurance regarding drug free workplace, a certification regarding lobbying, and a disclosure of lobbying activities. The signed agreement is the contract between USDA and each State agency that administers WIC, FMNP and/or SFMNP, thereby authorizing USDA to release funds to the State agencies for the administration of the Program(s) in the jurisdiction of the State in accordance with the provisions of 7 CFR parts 246, 248, and/or 249. The State agency agrees to accept Federal funds for expenditure in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations and to comply with all provisions of such statutes and regulations. The number of respondents (agencies administering WIC, FMNP and SFMNP) has decreased from 142 to 124, decreasing the total annual burden from 35.5 to 31 hours. Affected Public: State, Territorial and Tribal Agencies. Respondent Type: The Chief Health Officer of the WIC State agency, or the Chief Agency Official of the FMNP or SFMNP State agency (e.g., a State Commissioner of Agriculture or Agency on Aging), if not administered by the WIC State agency in that State. Estimated Number of Respondents: There will be an estimated 124 respondents. This includes an unduplicated count of respondents that are responsible for the operation of 90 WIC Programs, 48 FMNPs and 51 SFMNPs. Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 1. There is one response per agency for the Program(s) for which they are involved. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 124 responses. Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time of each response is 15 minutes (.25 hours). It takes respondents approximately 7.5 minutes (.125 hours) to read and sign the required form. Additionally, respondents spend another 7.5 minutes (.125 hours) making photocopies and filing each year. Therefore, the number of hours spent per each of the 124 reports per year is 0.25 hours totaling the requested 31 burden hours. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The total estimated annual burden is 31 hours. [[Page 43706]] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Number of Estimated Estimated Affected public Form number of responses per Total annual total hours total burden respondents respondent responses per response hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State, Territorial, and Tribal Governments.............. FNS-339 124 1 124 .25 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Burden........................................ .............. 124 1 124 .25 31 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: July 16, 2015. Audrey Rowe, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. [FR Doc. 2015-18063 Filed 7-22-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
![43706 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 141 / Thursday, July 23, 2015 / Notices
Estimated Number of Estimated total
Total annual Estimated total
Affected public Form number of responses per hours per
responses burden hours
respondents respondent response
State, Territorial, and Tribal Govern-
ments .................................................... FNS–339 124 1 124 .25 31
Total Burden ..................................... ........................ 124 1 124 .25 31
Dated: July 16, 2015. Abstract: Funding for the Children, evaluation to be conducted to determine
Audrey Rowe, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR) whether federally funded agricultural
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. community project grants is authorized research, extension, and education
[FR Doc. 2015–18063 Filed 7–22–15; 8:45 am] under section 3(d) of the Smith-Lever programs result in public goods that
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
Act (7 U.S.C. 341 et seq.), as amended, have national or multi-state
and other relevant authorizing significance.
legislation, which provides The immediate need of this
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE jurisdictional basis for the establishment information collection is to provide a
and operation of Extension educational means for satisfying accountability
National Institute of Food and work for the benefit of youth and requirements. The long term objective is
Agriculture families in communities. The CYFAR to provide a means to enable the
funding program supports community- evaluation and assessment of the
Notice of Intent To Renew a Currently based programs serving children, youth,
Approved Information Collection effectiveness of programs receiving
and families in at-risk environments. federal funds and to fully satisfy
CYFAR funds are intended to support requirements of performance and
AGENCY: National Institute of Food and
the development of high quality, accountability legislation in GPRA, the
Agriculture (NIFA), USDA.
effective programs based on research FAIR Act, and AREERA.
ACTION: Notice and request for and to document the impact of these
comments. programs on intended audiences. The Estimate of Burden: There are
CYFAR Year End Report collects currently CYFAR projects in 40 states.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Office Each state and territory is required to
demographic and impact data from each
of Management and Budget (OMB) submit an annual year end report which
community site to conduct impact
regulations (5 CFR 1320) that implement includes demographic and impact data
evaluations of the programs on its
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 on each of the community projects.
intended audience.
(44 U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice The collection of information serves NIFA estimates the burden of this
announces the National Institute of several purposes. It allows NIFA staff to collection to be 322 hours per response.
Food and Agriculture’s (NIFA) intention gauge if the program is reaching the There are currently 51 respondents, thus
to request approval for the renewal of a target audience and make programmatic making the total annual burden of this
currently approved information improvements. This collection also collection an estimated 12,880 hours.
collection for Children, Youth, and allows program staff to demonstrate the Comments: Comments are invited on:
Families at Risk (CYFAR). impacts and capacity that is developed (a) Whether the proposed collection of
DATES: Written comments on this notice in the locales where federal assistance is information is necessary for the proper
must be received by September 21, 2015 provided. performance of the functions of the
to be assured of consideration. The evaluation processes of CYFAR Agency, including whether the
Comments received after that date will are consistent with the requirements of information will have practical utility;
be considered to the extent practicable. Congressional legislation and OMB. The (b) the accuracy of the Agency’s
ADDRESSES: Written comments Government Performance and Results estimate of the burden of the proposed
concerning this notice and requests for Act (GPRA) of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–62), collection of information; (c) ways to
copies of the information collection may the Federal Activities Inventory Reform enhance the quality, utility and clarity
be submitted by any of the following Act (FAIR) (Pub. L. 105–207), and the of the information to be collected; and
methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov; Agricultural, Research, Extension and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
Fax: 202–720–0857; Mail: Office of Education Reform Act (AREERA) of collection of information on those who
Information Technology (OIT), NIFA, 1998 (Pub. L. 105–185), together with are to respond, including through the
USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence OMB requirements, support the use of appropriate automated,
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– reporting requirements requested in this electronic, mechanical, or other
2216. information collection. One of the five technological collection techniques or
Presidential Management Agenda other forms of information technology.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
initiatives, Budget and Performance
Robert Martin, eGovernment Program All responses to this notice will be
Integration, builds on GPRA and earlier
Leader; Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov. summarized and included in the request
efforts to identify program goals and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: to OMB for approval. All comments will
performance measures, and link them to
Title: Children, Youth, and Families become a matter of public record.
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
the budget process. The FAIR Act
at Risk (CYFAR) Year End Report. requires the development and Done in Washington, DC, this 15 day of
OMB Number: 0524–0043. implementation of a system to monitor July, 2015.
Expiration Date of Current Approval: and evaluate agricultural research and Ann Bartuska,
January 31, 2016. extension activities in order to measure Deputy Under Secretary, Research,
Type of Request: Intent to seek the impact and effectiveness of research, Education, and Economics.
renewal of a currently approved extension, and education programs. [FR Doc. 2015–18104 Filed 7–22–15; 8:45 am]
information collection for three years. AREERA requires a performance BILLING CODE 3410–22–P
VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:39 Jul 22, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\23JYN1.SGM 23JYN1](https://thefederalregister.org/doc/80_FR_43846/page/2.svg)
Document Created: 2015-12-15 12:52:57
Document Modified: 2015-12-15 12:52:57
| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice. | |
| Dates | Written comments on this notice must be received on or before September 21, 2015. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information or copies of this information collection should be directed to Julie Brewer at 703-305-2746. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 43705 |
2025 Federal Register | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
USC | CFR | eCFR