[Federal Register: November 29, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 228)]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

 
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 23, 2005.

    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, 

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) 720-8681.
    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.

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

    Title: Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP).
    OMB Control Number: 0524-0044.
    Summary of Collection: The Department of Agriculture's Cooperative 
State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), Expanded 
Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is a unique program that 
began in 1969, designed to reach limited resource audiences, especially 
youth and families with young children. EFNEP operates in 50 states of 
the United States, American Samoa, Guam, Micronesia, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The objectives of EFNEP 
are to assist limited resource families and youth in acquiring the 
knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behaviors necessary for 
making diet decisions that are nutritionally sound, and to contribute 
to their personal development and the improvement of the total family 
diet and nutritional well being.
    Need and Use of the Information: CSREES will collect information 
using the Evaluation/Reporting System (E/RS) a database that was 
develop to capture the impacts of EFNEP. The system will provide a 
variety of reports that are useful for management purposes, provide 
diagnostic assessments of participants needs and export summary data 
for State and National assessment of the program's impact. E/RS stores 
information in the form of records about the program participants, 
their family structure and their dietary practices. Without the 
information it would be extremely difficult for the national office to 
compare, assess, and analyze the effectiveness and the impact of EFNEP 
without the annual collection of data.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 56.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 69,588.

Charlene Parker,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
 [FR Doc. E5-6665 Filed 11-28-05; 8:45 am]

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