[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 46 (Thursday, March 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 9825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04640]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 5, 2018.
    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 9, 
2018 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 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: SNAP-Ed Toolkit Submission Form (FNS-886) and Scoring Tool 
(FNS-885).
    OMB Control Number: 0584--NEW.
    Summary of Collection: The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as 
amended (The Act) Sec.  28(c)(3)(A) states that State agencies ``may 
use funds provided under this section for any evidence-based allowable 
use of funds'' including ``(i) individual and group-based nutrition 
education, health promotion, and intervention strategies''. 7 CFR 
272.2(2)(d) also states ``SNAP-Ed activities must include evidence-
based activities using one or more of these approaches: Individual or 
group-based nutrition education, health promotion, and intervention 
strategies; comprehensive, multi-level interventions at multiple 
complementary organizational and institutional levels; community and 
public health approaches to improve nutrition''. The Intervention 
Submission Form (FNS 886) and Scoring Tool (FNS 885) allows for 
interventions to be assessed to determine if they are both evidence-
based and use one of the approaches described.
    Need and Use of the Information: The Intervention Submission Form 
will be used by intervention developers (submitters) to provide 
information about the intervention they are submitting for inclusion in 
the Toolkit. Information requested includes intervention materials, how 
they have been and will be used, and the evidence base which 
illustrates their effectiveness.
    Description of Respondents: (33) Business-for-profit; (11) Not-for-
profit institutions; (83) State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 127.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once, On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 668.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-04640 Filed 3-7-18; 8:45 am]
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