[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15933-15934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06341]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 19, 2014.
    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), [email protected] 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: 2014 Evaluation of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer 
for Children (SEBTC) Demonstration.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0559.
    Summary of Collection: In the 2010 Agriculture Appropriations Act 
(Public Law 111-80). Section 7499g), Congress

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authorized demonstration projects to develop and test methods of 
providing access to food for low-income children in urban and rural 
areas during the summer months when schools are not in regular 
sessions, as well as a rigorous independent evaluation of the projects 
regarding their effectiveness. The Summer Electronic Benefits for 
Children (SEBTC) Household-Based Demonstration on Food Insecurity 
carries out the demonstration projects Congress directed USDA to 
perform in this section of the Act.
    Need and Use of the Information: The 2014 evaluation of SEBTC has 
two broad objectives (1) to describe the receipt and use of the 
benefits and (2) to describe the implementation of the SEBTC in terms 
of approaches used and the challenges and lessons learned during the 
demonstrations. If this study is not conducted, the Food and Nutrition 
Service will not have the data necessary to examine how the 
demonstration sites implemented SEBTC and how the benefits were used by 
households in 2014, which will be used to produce the required report 
to Congress and inform future program decisions.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 18.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 16.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2014-06341 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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