[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 194 (Friday, October 5, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 60965]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-24589]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 1, 2012.
    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: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, 
and Children Breastfeeding Policy Inventory.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 
(Pub. L. 111-296, Sec. 305) mandates programs under its authorization 
to cooperate with U.S. Department of Agriculture program research and 
evaluation activities. The mandate applies to Special Supplemental 
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) agencies. The 
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is requesting approval to conduct the 
WIC Local Agency Breastfeeding Policy and Practice Inventory. WIC 
provides supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition 
education to nutritionally at-risk, low-income pregnant women, new 
mothers, their infants, and children up to age five. Research has shown 
that there is no better food than breast milk for a baby's first year 
of life. Breastfeeding provides many health, nutritional, economic, and 
emotional benefits to both mother and baby. FNS will collect 
information using a self-administered Web-based survey of all State and 
local WIC agencies.
    Need and use of the information: The information collected from the 
survey will obtain a census of (1) all measures of breastfeeding that 
State and local WIC agencies currently collect, including their 
definitions and methods of collection, as well as the most recent 
values of those measures; (2) the data system agencies use to store and 
process breastfeeding data and the types of information they report to 
other agencies or external organizations; and (3) breastfeeding 
policies and practices at State and local WIC agencies. Without the 
information FNS will not have a comprehensive assessment of the types 
of breastfeeding measures that State and local WIC agencies collect, 
the range of breastfeeding policies and practices agencies offer, and 
the type of data systems and reporting that agencies use for 
breastfeeding data storage and processing.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
Not-for-profit institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 2,090.
    Frequency of Responses: Report: Other (one time).
    Total Burden Hours: 4,178.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-24589 Filed 10-4-12; 8:45 am]
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