81 FR 46887 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment for Indian Tribal Organizations
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 138 (July 19, 2016)
Food and Nutrition Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 138 (July 19, 2016)
| Page Range | 46887-46890 | |
| FR Document | 2016-17066 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 19, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 46887-46890] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-17066] [[Page 46887]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request--FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment for Indian Tribal Organizations AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) United States 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 information collection for the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations. DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before September 19, 2016. 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 Akua White, Nutritionist, Nutrition Services and Access Branch USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 508, Alexandria, VA 22302-1500. Comments may also be sent via fax to the attention of Akua White at 703-305-2964 or via email to [email protected]. 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 of public record. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans, contact Akua White, Nutritionist, Nutrition Services and Access Branch, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 508, Alexandria, VA 22301-1500. Fax: 703-305-2964; Email: [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment for Indian Tribal Organizations. Form Number: N/A. OMB Number: 0584--NEW. Expiration Date of Approval: Not yet determined. Type of Information Collection Request: New information collection. Abstract: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) as an alternative to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), providing USDA-purchased foods (i.e., USDA Foods) to income eligible households on Indian reservations and to Native American families residing in designated areas near reservations and in the State of Oklahoma. As of April 2016, 102 Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs) and three State Agencies (SAs) administer FDPIR, providing foods to approximately 276 tribes and including just under 93,000 participants. The Food Distribution Division at FNS is considering developing and delivering a nutrition paraprofessional training program for Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation staff within Indian Tribal Organizations (ITOs). The objective of the FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment for Indian Tribal Organizations is to provide FNS with information of the best way to deliver the training to staff. Specifically, the FDPIR Nutrition Paraprofessional Training Assessment for Indian Tribal Organizations will help FNS to:Assess interest in a paraprofessional training project Determine the nutrition training topics that are most valued by ITOs and FDPIR staff Determine the most effective and culturally relevant format for training Determine the motivational factors for staff that might influence their participation in nutrition training The activities to be undertaken subject to this notice include: Conducting open-ended interviews with FDPIR directors from 23 ITOs Conducting open-ended interviews with key FDPIR staff from these same 23 ITOs Conducting open-ended interviews with 15 key stakeholders considered expert representatives of FDPIR, ITOs, and/or experts in nutrition training Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments (23 selected ITOs). Type of Respondents: The total estimated number of respondents is 95. This figure includes 61 respondents and 34 non-respondents. Also included are ITOs on ``standby'' for the selected ITOs who do not respond or who elect not to participate. Standby ITOs will be contacted in the event that selected ITOs do not respond or choose not to participate. The initial sample will consist of 36 ITO Directors. Assuming that 80 percent respond to the invitation email, the resulting respondent sample will include approximately 29 ITO Directors. Of the ITO Directors accepting the invitation to participate in telephone interviews, 80 percent (approximately 23) are expected to participate. In-depth interviews will be conducted with the 23 ITO Directors (with an expected 100 percent response rate). Interviews with ITO Directors will yield a sample of 36 FDPIR Staff. Assuming that 80 percent respond to the invitation email, the resulting respondent sample will include approximately 29 FDPIR Staff. Of the FDPIR Staff accepting the invitation to participate in telephone interviews, 80 percent (approximately 23) are expected to participate. In-depth interviews will be conducted with the 23 FDPIR Staff (with an expected 100 percent response rate). The initial sample of Key Stakeholders will consist of 23 individuals. Assuming that 65 percent respond to the invitation email, the resulting sample will include approximately 19 individuals. In- depth interviews will be conducted with the 15 Key Stakeholders (with an expected response rate of 80 percent). The 34 non-respondents include 13 ITO Directors, 13 FDPIR Staff, and 8 Key Stakeholders. Estimated Number Total Annual Respondents and Non-Respondents: 95. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 251 (183 responses and 68 non- responses). Estimated Average Annual Frequency of Response (including non- response): 1.92 (183 responses/95 respondents). Estimate of Time per Response: Burden per response (including responses from respondents participating in part and in full and the non-respondents) in this data collection is an estimated grand average of 0.51 (93.9 total burden hours/183 total responses). For the respondents, the average time per response is 0.52 (95 burden hours/183 responses) This estimates ninety (90) minutes per interview including fifteen (15) minutes [[Page 46888]] for notification, scheduling, and interview instrument review; sixty (60) minutes for interviews per FDPIR director, staff member, and key stakeholder; and fifteen (15) minutes for follow-up and thank you emails. For the non-respondents, the average time per non-response is 0.05 (3.1 burden hours/68 non-responses). This estimates three (3) minutes per non-response for each data collection activity including pre-interview notification, interview and post-interview thank you emails for each category of non-respondents. Estimated Total Annual Burden (including respondents and non- respondents): 93.90 hours. [[Page 46889]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] TN19JY16.000 [[Page 46890]] Dated: July 6, 2016. Telora T. Dean, Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. [FR Doc. 2016-17066 Filed 7-18-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
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Dated: July 6, 2016. training and saw use. Sawyers covered (other than those working under
Telora T. Dean, by those policies often maintained trails interagency fire management
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition on national forests and grasslands, cooperative agreements) will include a
Service. helped fight wildfires, and worked in clause requiring cooperators’
[FR Doc. 2016–17066 Filed 7–18–16; 8:45 am] wilderness where crosscut saws are employees, participants, and volunteers
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P required. Forest Service and other who will use chain saws or crosscut
governmental employees, cooperators, saws on NFS lands under their
training consultants, and volunteers agreement to be trained, evaluated, and
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE who worked in more than one region certified in accordance with this final
had to comply with multiple regional directive. The clause will also provide
Forest Service policies, and certifications obtained in that cooperators will be responsible for
[0596–AD16] one region were not always honored in providing the training, evaluation, and
another. certification, unless the Forest Service
Final Directive for National Saw A national saw directive is needed to and the cooperator determine it is not in
Program standardize training, evaluation, the best interest of the partnership. In
certification, and safety procedures for these circumstances, the Forest Service,
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. sawyers operating on NFS lands. The upon request and based on availability
ACTION: Notice of final directive. final directive will allow the Forest of Agency funding and personnel, may
Service to facilitate the safe use of chain assist with developing and conducting
SUMMARY: The Forest Service is saws and crosscut saws while the training, evaluation, and
publishing a final directive revising optimizing the critical skills and certification. Cooperators may take
Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2350 to cooperative opportunities for trail Nationally Recognized Sawyer Training
establish training, evaluation, and maintenance and other projects on NFS Courses (NRSTCs) offered by the Forest
certification requirements for the use of lands. The final directive will be Service or may train, evaluate, and
chain saws and crosscut saws on codified in Forest Service Manual (FSM) certify their volunteers, participants,
National Forest System (NFS) lands. In 2358 and will supersede duplicative and employees through NRSTCs offered
addition, the Agency is revising Forest text in the Health and Safety Code by Forest Service-recommended
Service Handbook (FSH) 6709.11, Handbook, Forest Service Handbook cooperator sawyer evaluators and
section 22.48 (Safety Handbook), to (FSH) 6709.11, chapter 20, and all sawyer instructors. This clause will be
remove duplicate text. The final Forest Service Regional Supplements to included in new cooperator agreements
directive applies to the use of chain that Handbook. involving the use of chain saws or
saws and crosscut saws by Forest crosscut saws upon publication of the
Service and other governmental 2. Overview of the Final Directive
final directive. The clause will be
employees, volunteers, training The following provides an overview included in existing cooperator
consultants, and cooperators on NFS of the final directive for the Forest agreements involving the use of chain
lands. Service’s National Saw Program. saws or crosscut saws when
Training, Evaluation, and modifications to the agreements are
DATES: The final directive is effective
Certification. Under the final directive, necessary, e.g., for additional funding or
July 19, 2016.
the Forest Service will allow the use of extensions. Cooperators will not have to
ADDRESSES: The record for this final chain saws and crosscut saws on NFS
directive is available for inspection and comply with the clause for 1 year
lands by Agency and other following publication of the final
copying at the office of the Director, governmental employees, volunteers,
Recreation, Heritage, and Volunteer directive to give them time to meet the
training consultants, and cooperators new requirements.
Resources Staff, USDA, Forest Service, upon the successful completion of Scope of Certification. Sawyers will
5th Floor, Sidney R. Yates Federal sawyer training and field evaluation, the be precluded from performing saw
Building, 1400 Independence Avenue prerequisites to obtain a National activities outside the limits of their
SW., Washington, DC, during regular Sawyer Certification Card, and any certification or qualifications, except
business hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) other specified qualifications to perform during formal evaluation proceedings or
Monday through Friday, except assigned saw work safely, including under the immediate supervision of a
holidays. Those wishing to inspect these current training on first aid and higher qualified sawyer.
documents are encouraged to call ahead cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). No Guarantee of Certification.
at (202) 205–1227 to facilitate access to Sawyers will receive one or more of six Completion of classroom, field
the building. skill level certifications upon successful proficiency, and evaluation
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: completion of required sawyer training requirements does not guarantee a
Jonathan Stephens, National Trails and a field proficiency evaluation. The certification.
Program Manager, (202) 205–1701 or issuance of a National Sawyer Minimum Eligible Sawyer Age.
jstephens02@fs.fed.us. Individuals who Certification Card documents the Sawyers must comply with United
use telecommunication devices for the sawyer’s skill level certification and States Department of Labor minimum
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal qualifies the sawyer to work on NFS age requirements. Those standards, as
Information Relay Service at (800) 877– lands within the qualifications applied to sawyers performing trail
8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., indicated on the card. A Crosscut maintenance, require that sawyers using
Monday through Friday. Sawyer Trainee may occasionally use a chain saws be at least 18 years of age
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: crosscut saw, but for bucking only and that crosscut sawyers be at least 16
(bucking is sawing logs and limbs into years of age.
1. Background and Need for the Final shorter lengths) and only under the National Sawyer Database. The Forest
Directive immediate supervision of a certified Service is developing a web-based
Beginning in the 1970s, the Forest higher qualified sawyer. database to track Forest Service sawyer
Service’s nine regions developed Forest Service Cooperators. Forest certifications nationwide. The name of
regional policies related to sawyer Service agreements with cooperators the sawyer, contact information, and
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| Dates | Written comments on this notice must be received on or before September 19, 2016. | |
| Contact | To request more information on the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans, contact Akua White, Nutritionist, Nutrition Services and Access Branch, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 508, Alexandria, VA 22301-1500. Fax: 703-305-2964; Email: [email protected] | |
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