82_FR_13624 82 FR 13576 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

82 FR 13576 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 48 (March 14, 2017)

Page Range13576-13577
FR Document2017-04971

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13576-13577]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04971]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 9, 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 (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 April 
13, 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), 
[email protected] or fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental

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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.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), State Law 
Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) Fraud Investigations.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: FNS works with State partners to establish 
State Law Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) agreements to improve program 
administration and ensure program integrity. Through SLEB agreements, 
FNS authorizes State agencies to conduct investigations into possible 
SNAP retailer/electronic benefits transfer (EBT) fraud, and to obtain 
Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) benefits for such law enforcement 
and investigative activities. These agreements provide State agencies 
with additional resources to conduct investigations, including, but not 
limited to, the authorized use of SNAP benefits to carry out covert 
investigations of retailers, as well as other retailer-related law 
enforcement techniques. FNS created a form FNS-878, titled SLEB SNAP 
Fraud Investigation Cost Reconciliation, that records costs associated 
with SLEB investigations.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS will use this information for 
accounting purposes, and to document findings that will help the agency 
to adequately allocate resources and ensure program integrity.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Bi-annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 212.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: The Loving Support Award of Excellence.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0591.
    Summary of Collection: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kid Act of 2010 
(HHFKA) (Pub. L. 111-296, Sec 231) requires the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) to implement a program to recognize exemplary 
breastfeeding support practices at Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
local agencies and clinics. The HHFKA requires the USDA to annually 
compile and publish breastfeeding performance measurements. The 
breastfeeding performance measurements will be used in the process to 
determine awardees for the top two level awards.
    Need and Use of the Information: The award application period is 
open one time, annually, and has been designed to allow local WIC 
agencies at different stages of progress in breastfeeding support 
practices to apply for an award. The information collection will meet 
the HHFKA requirement to implement a program to recognize exemplary 
breastfeeding support practices at WIC local agencies and clinics and 
the performance reporting requirements.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 453.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,161.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-04971 Filed 3-13-17; 8:45 am]
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13576 Notices Federal Register Vol. 82, No. 48 Tuesday, March 14, 2017 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER qualitative feedback we mean Organizations, State, Local or Tribal contains documents other than rules or information that provides useful Government. proposed rules that are applicable to the insights on perceptions and opinions, Average Expected Annual Number of public. Notices of hearings and investigations, but are not statistical surveys that yield Activities: 20. committee meetings, agency decisions and quantitative results that can be Respondents: 10,500. rulings, delegations of authority, filing of generalized to the population of study. Annual Responses: 1. petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are This feedback will provide insights into Frequency of Response: Once per examples of documents appearing in this customer or stakeholder perceptions, request. section. experiences and expectations, provide Average Minutes per Response: .5 an early warning of issues with service, Burden Hours: 17,505. or focus attention on areas where An agency may not conduct or DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE communication, training or changes in sponsor, and a person is not required to operations might improve delivery of respond to, a collection of information Agency Information Collection products or services. These collections unless it displays a currently valid Activities: Proposed Collection; will allow for ongoing, collaborative and Office of Management and Budget Comment Request; Generic Clearance actionable communications between the control number. for the Collection of Qualitative Agency and its customers and Feedback on Agency Service Delivery stakeholders. It will also allow feedback Ruth Brown, to contribute directly to the Departmental Information Collection AGENCY: National Institute of Food and improvement of program management. Clearance Officer. Agriculture, USDA. Feedback collected under this generic [FR Doc. 2017–04946 Filed 3–13–17; 8:45 am] ACTION: 30-Day notice of submission of clearance will provide useful BILLING CODE 3410–09–P information collection approval from information, but it will not yield data the Office of Management and Budget that can be generalized to the overall and request for comments. population. This type of generic DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE clearance for qualitative information SUMMARY: As part of a Federal Submission for OMB Review; will not be used for quantitative Government-wide effort to streamline information collections that are Comment Request the process to seek feedback from the designed to yield reliably actionable public on service delivery, The National March 9, 2017. results, such as monitoring trends over The Department of Agriculture has Institute of Food and Agriculture has time or documenting program submitted a Generic Information submitted the following information performance. Such data uses require collection requirement(s) to OMB for Collection Request (Generic ICR): more rigorous designs that address: The ‘‘Generic Clearance for the Collection of review and clearance under the target population to which Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service generalizations will be made, the Delivery ’’ to OMB for approval under Public Law 104–13. Comments are sampling frame, the sample design requested regarding (1) whether the the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 (including stratification and clustering), U.S.C. 3501 et. seq.). collection of information is necessary the precision requirements or power for the proper performance of the DATES: Comments must be submitted calculations that justify the proposed April 13, 2017. functions of the agency, including sample size, the expected response rate, whether the information will have ADDRESSES: Written comments may be methods for assessing potential non- practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the submitted by any of the following response bias, the protocols for data agency’s estimate of burden including methods: Email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov; collection, and any testing procedures the validity of the methodology and Fax 202–720–0857; Mail: Office of that were or will be undertaken prior assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance Information Technology (OIT), NIFA, fielding the study. Depending on the the quality, utility and clarity of the USDA, STOP 2216, 1400 Independence degree of influence the results are likely information to be collected; and (4) Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250– to have, such collections may still be ways to minimize the burden of the 2216. eligible for submission for other generic collection of information on those who FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results. are to respond, including through the request additional information, please use of appropriate automated, The Agency received no comments in contact Robert Martin, Records Officer, electronic, mechanical, or other response to the 60-day notice published email: rmartin@nifa.usda.gov. in the Federal Register of October 4th, technological collection techniques or SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 2016, Vol. 81 FR 192. other forms of information technology. Title: Generic Clearance for the Comments regarding this information asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Below we provide the National Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Institute of Food and Agriculture collection received by April 13, 2017 Agency Service Delivery. projected average estimates for the next will be considered. Written comments Abstract: The information collection three years: should be addressed to: Desk Officer for activity will garner qualitative customer Current Actions: New collection of Agriculture, Office of Information and and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, information. Regulatory Affairs, Office of timely manner, in accordance with the Type of Review: New Collection. Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_ Administration’s commitment to Affected Public: Individuals and Submission@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) improving service delivery. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 48 / Tuesday, March 14, 2017 / Notices 13577 Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail exemplary breastfeeding support state, and Federal agencies, and the Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– practices at Women, Infants, and public. 7602. Copies of the submission(s) may Children (WIC) local agencies and be obtained by calling (202) 720–8958. clinics. The HHFKA requires the USDA DATES: Friday, March 24, 2017, starting An agency may not conduct or to annually compile and publish at 1:00 p.m. CST until 6:00 p.m. CST. sponsor a collection of information breastfeeding performance ADDRESSES: Aberdeen Public Safety unless the collection of information measurements. The breastfeeding Building, Community Room, 1st Floor, displays a currently valid OMB control performance measurements will be used 114 2nd Avenue SE., Aberdeen, SD number and the agency informs in the process to determine awardees for 57401. potential persons who are to respond to the top two level awards. the collection of information that such FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Need and Use of the Information: The persons are not required to respond to award application period is open one Malee Craft at mcraft@usccr.gov, or the collection of information unless it time, annually, and has been designed 303–866–1040. displays a currently valid OMB control to allow local WIC agencies at different Time will be set aside at the end of number. stages of progress in breastfeeding the briefing so that members of the support practices to apply for an award. public may address the Committee after Food and Nutrition Service the formal presentations have been The information collection will meet the Title: Supplemental Nutrition HHFKA requirement to implement a completed. Persons interested in the Assistance Program (SNAP), State Law program to recognize exemplary issue are also invited to submit written Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) Fraud breastfeeding support practices at WIC comments; the comments must be Investigations. local agencies and clinics and the received in the regional office by OMB Control Number: 0584–NEW. performance reporting requirements. Monday, April 24, 2017. Written Summary of Collection: FNS works Description of Respondents: State, comments may be mailed to the Rocky with State partners to establish State Local or Tribal Government. Mountain Regional Office, U.S. Law Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) Number of Respondents: 453. Commission on Civil Rights, 1961 Stout agreements to improve program Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Street, Suite 13–201, Denver, CO 80294, administration and ensure program Annually. faxed to (303) 866–1050, or emailed to integrity. Through SLEB agreements, Total Burden Hours: 1,161. Evelyn Bohor at ebohor@usccr.gov. FNS authorizes State agencies to Persons who desire additional conduct investigations into possible Ruth Brown, information may contact the Rocky SNAP retailer/electronic benefits Departmental Information Collection Mountain Regional Office at (303) 866– transfer (EBT) fraud, and to obtain Clearance Officer. 1040. Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) [FR Doc. 2017–04971 Filed 3–13–17; 8:45 am] Records and documents discussed benefits for such law enforcement and BILLING CODE 3410–30–P during the meeting will be available for investigative activities. These public viewing as they become available agreements provide State agencies with at https://database.faca.gov/committee/ additional resources to conduct COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS meetings.aspx?cid=274 and clicking on investigations, including, but not the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’ limited to, the authorized use of SNAP Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting links. Records generated from this benefits to carry out covert of the South Dakota Advisory meeting may also be inspected and investigations of retailers, as well as Committee reproduced at the Rocky Mountain other retailer-related law enforcement Regional Office, as they become techniques. FNS created a form FNS– AGENCY: Commission on Civil Rights. available, both before and after the 878, titled SLEB SNAP Fraud ACTION: Announcement of meeting. meeting. Persons interested in the work Investigation Cost Reconciliation, that of this advisory committee are advised SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, records costs associated with SLEB to go to the Commission’s Web site, pursuant to the provisions of the rules investigations. www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Rocky Need and Use of the Information: FNS and regulations of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights (Commission), and the Mountain Regional Office at the above will use this information for accounting phone number, email or street address. purposes, and to document findings that Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), that a briefing meeting of the If persons who plan to attend the will help the agency to adequately meeting require accommodations, allocate resources and ensure program South Dakota Advisory Committee to the Commission will convene at 1:00 please contact Evelyn Bohor at ebohor@ integrity. usccr.gov at the Rocky Mountain Description of Respondents: State, p.m. (CDT) on Friday, March 24, 2017, in the Community Room on the 1st Regional Office at least ten (10) working Local or Tribal Government. days before the scheduled date of the Number of Respondents: 53. Floor of the Aberdeen Public Safety Building, 114 2nd Avenue SE., meeting. Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Bi-annually. Aberdeen, SD 57401. The purpose of the Agenda Total Burden Hours: 212. briefing meeting is to hear testimony on the subtle effects of racism in South Welcome and Introductions Food and Nutrition Service Dakota. The briefing topics will include asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Richard Braunstein, Chair, South Dakota Title: The Loving Support Award of the value of the use of body-worn Advisory Committee Excellence. cameras in law enforcement, and minority policing that impacts Native Malee V. Craft, Regional Director, OMB Control Number: 0584–0591. Summary of Collection: The Healthy, Americans and immigrant communities. RMRO–USCCR, Denver, CO Hunger-Free Kid Act of 2010 (HHFKA) The South Dakota Advisory Committee Briefing, South Dakota Advisory (Pub. L. 111–296, Sec 231) requires the will hear from law enforcement, tribal Committee U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) officials, advocacy groups, community Government and Tribal Officials, to implement a program to recognize organizations, representatives of local, Advocates, Experts, Law Enforcement VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:42 Mar 13, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\14MRN1.SGM 14MRN1


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