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Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 102 / Friday, May 25, 2012 / Notices
Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of
May 2012.
Kevin Shea,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–12766 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Economic Research Service
Notice of Intent To Request Revision
and Extension of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
Economic Research Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) implementing regulations, this
notice announces the Economic
Research Service’s (ERS) intention to
request renewal of approval for an
annual information collection on
supplemental food security questions in
the Current Population Survey (CPS),
commencing with the December 2013
survey. These data will be used: to
monitor household-level food security
and food insecurity in the United States;
to assess food security and changes in
food security for population subgroups;
to assess the need for, and performance
of, domestic food assistance programs;
to improve the measurement of food
security; and to provide information to
aid in public policy decision making.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by July 24, 2012 to be assured
of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments
concerning this notice to Mark Nord,
Food Assistance Branch, Food
Economics Division, Economic Research
Service, Room 5–232, 1400
Independence Ave. SW., Mail Stop
1800, Washington, DC 20050–1800.
Submit electronic comments to
[email protected]. Comments will
also be accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Nord at the address in the
preamble. Tel. 202–694–5433.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Current Population Survey Food
Security Supplement.
OMB Number: 0536–0043.
Expiration Date of Approval:
December 31, 2012.

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Type of Request: Intent To Seek
Approval To Extend an Information
Collection for 3 Years.
Abstract: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.
L. 104–13) and OMB regulations at 5
CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29,
1995), this notice announces the ERS
intention to request renewal of approval
for an annual information collection.
The U.S. Census Bureau will
supplement the December CPS,
beginning in 2013, with questions
regarding household food shopping, use
of food and nutrition assistance
programs, food sufficiency, and
difficulties in meeting household food
needs. A similar supplement has been
appended to the CPS annually since
1995. The last collection was in
December 2011.
ERS is responsible for conducting
studies and evaluations of the Nation’s
food and nutrition assistance programs
that are administered by the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture. The
Department currently spends about
$103 billion each year to ensure access
to nutritious, healthful diets for all
Americans. The Food and Nutrition
Service administers the 15 food
assistance programs of the USDA
including the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly
called the Food Stamp Program, the
National School Lunch Program, and
the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC). These programs, which
serve 1 in 4 Americans, represent our
Nation’s commitment to the principle
that no one in our country should lack
the food needed for an active, healthy
life. They provide a safety net to people
in need. The programs’ goals are to
provide needy persons with access to a
more nutritious diet, to improve the
eating habits of the Nation’s children,
and to help America’s farmers by
providing an outlet for the distribution
of food purchased under farmer
assistance authorities.
The data collected by the food
security supplement will be used to
monitor the prevalence of food security
and the prevalence and severity of food
insecurity among the Nation’s
households. The prevalence of these
conditions as well as year-to-year trends
in their prevalence will be estimated at
the national level and for population
subgroups. The data will also be used to
monitor the amounts that households
spend for food and their use of
community food pantries and
emergency kitchens. These statistics
along with research based on the data
will be used to identify the causes and

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consequences of food insecurity, and to
assess the need for, and performance of,
domestic food assistance programs. The
data will also be used to improve the
measurement of food security and to
develop measures of additional aspects
and dimensions of food security. This
consistent measurement of the extent
and severity of food insecurity will aid
in policy decision-making.
The supplemental survey instrument
was developed in conjunction with food
security experts nationwide as well as
survey method experts within the
Census Bureau and was reviewed in
2006 by the Committee on National
Statistics of the National Research
Council. This supplemental information
will be collected by both personal visit
and telephone interviews in conjunction
with the regular monthly CPS
interviewing. Interviews will be
conducted using Computer Assisted
Personal Interview (CAPI) and
Computer Assisted Telephone Interview
(CATI) methods.
Authority: Legislative authority for the
planned data collection are 7 U.S.C. 2204(a)
and 7 U.S.C. 2026(a)(1) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008. This latter section
authorizes the Secretary to enter into
contracts with private and public institutions
to collect data to undertake research that
would improve the administration and
effectiveness of the SNAP in delivering
nutrition-related benefits.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this data collection is
estimated to average 7.7 minutes (after
rounding) for each household that
responds to the labor force portion of
the CPS. The estimate is based on the
number of households that were asked
each question in recent survey years and
typical reading and response times for
the questions.
Respondents: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Total Number of
Respondents: 53,935.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 6,927 hours. Copies of this
information collection can be obtained
from Mark Nord at the address in the
preamble.
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed
collection of information, 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

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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
should be sent to the address in the
preamble. All responses to this notice
will be summarized and included in the
request for OMB approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, May 7, 2012.
Mary Bohman,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2012–12770 Filed 5–24–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
WTO Agricultural Safeguard Trigger
Levels
Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice of product coverage and
trigger levels for safeguard measures
provided for in the World Trade
Organization (WTO) Agreement on
Agriculture.
AGENCY:

This notice lists the updated
quantity trigger levels for products
which may be subject to additional
import duties under the safeguard
provisions of the WTO Agreement on
Agriculture. This notice also includes
the relevant period applicable for the

SUMMARY:

trigger levels on each of the listed
products.
DATES: Effective Date: May 25, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Safeguard Staff, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, Office of
Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Stop 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1021; or by
telephone at (202) 720–0638, or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Article 5
of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture
provides that additional import duties
may be imposed on imports of products
subject to tariffication as a result of the
Uruguay Round, if certain conditions
are met. The agreement permits
additional duties to be charged if the
price of an individual shipment of
imported products falls below the
average price for similar goods imported
during the years 1986–88 by a specified
percentage. It also permits additional
duties to be imposed if the volume of
imports of an article exceeds the average
of the most recent 3 years for which data
are available by 5, 10, or 25 percent,
depending on the article. These
additional duties may not be imposed
on quantities for which minimum or
current access commitments were made
during the Uruguay Round negotiations,
and only one type of safeguard, price or
quantity, may be applied at any given
time to an article.
Section 405 of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act requires that the
President cause to be published in the

Federal Register information regarding
the price and quantity safeguards,
including the quantity trigger levels,
which must be updated annually based
upon import levels during the most
recent 3 years. The President delegated
this duty to the Secretary of Agriculture
in Presidential Proclamation No. 6763,
dated December 23, 1994, 60 FR 1005
(Jan. 4, 1995). The Secretary of
Agriculture further delegated this duty,
which lies with the Administrator of the
Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR 2.43
(a)(2)). The Annex to this notice
contains the updated quantity trigger
levels.
Additional information on the
products subject to safeguards and the
additional duties which may apply can
be found in subchapter IV of Chapter 99
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (2012) and in the
Secretary of Agriculture’s Notice of
Uruguay Round Agricultural Safeguard
Trigger Levels, published in the Federal
Register at 60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
Notice: As provided in Section 405 of the
Uruguay Round Agreements Act, consistent
with Article 5 of the Agreement on
Agriculture, the safeguard quantity trigger
levels previously notified are superceded by
the levels indicated in the Annex to this
notice. The definitions of these products
were provided in the Notice of Safeguard
Action published in the Federal Register, at
60 FR 427 (Jan. 4, 1995).
Issued at Washington, DC, this 15th day of
May 2012.
Suzanne E. Heinen,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

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ANNEX—QUANTITY-BASED SAFEGUARD TRIGGER
Product

Trigger level

Beef ..............................................................................

242,780 mt ..................................................................

Mutton ..........................................................................

5,576 mt ......................................................................

Cream ..........................................................................

867,562 liters ...............................................................

Evaporated or Condensed Milk ...................................

2,262,128 kilograms ....................................................

Nonfat Dry Milk ............................................................

327,518 kilograms .......................................................

Dried Whole Milk ..........................................................

2,135,595 kilograms ....................................................

Dried Cream .................................................................

21,166 kilograms .........................................................

Dried Whey/Buttermilk .................................................

18,594 kilograms .........................................................

Butter ............................................................................

6,188,045 kilograms ....................................................

Butter Oil and Butter Substitutes .................................

6,441,469 kilograms ....................................................

Dairy Mixtures ..............................................................

30,574,663 kilograms ..................................................

Blue Cheese ................................................................

4,530,512 kilograms ....................................................

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