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Dated: December 10, 2012.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–30549 Filed 12–18–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Existing Collection;
Comment Request—Forms FNS–806–
A, Claim for Reimbursement (National
School Lunch and School Breakfast
Programs), and FNS–806–B, Claim for
Reimbursement (Special Milk Program
for Children)
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this existing information collection.
This collection is a renewal of a
currently approved collection for
reporting school programs data on a
monthly basis for the National School
Lunch Program, the School Breakfast
Program, and the Special Milk Program.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before February 19, 2013.
ADDRESSES: 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 that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
SUMMARY:
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to Jon Garcia,
Acting Branch Chief, Program Analysis
and Monitoring Branch, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 640, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments will also be accepted through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service during
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 640,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Jon Garcia at (703)
305–2600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR Part 210 National School
Lunch Program, Part 220 School
Breakfast Program, and Part 215 Special
Milk Program.
Form Number: FNS–806–A and FNS–
806–B.
OMB Number: 0584–0284.
Expiration Date: 03/31/2013.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The National School Lunch
Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast
Program (SBP), and School Milk
Program (SMP) Claim for
Reimbursement, Forms FNS–806–A and
FNS–806–B, respectively, are used to
collect meal and milk data from school
food authorities whose participation in
these programs are administered
directly by the Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) Regional Offices
(Regional Office Administered
Programs, or ROAP). The FNS Regional
(b)
Form
number
Affected public
(c)
Number of
respondents
(d)
Number
responses
per
respondent
Office directly administers the NSLP,
SMP, and/or SBP programs in Virginia,
Georgia, and Colorado. In order to
determine the amount of reimbursement
for meals and milk served, the school
food authorities are required to
complete these forms. The completed
forms are either sent to the Child
Nutrition Payments Center at the FNS
Mid-Atlantic Regional Office where they
are entered into a computerized
payment system or submitted
electronically via the Internet directly
into the Child Nutrition Payments
Center. The payment system computes
earned reimbursement. Earned
reimbursement in the NSLP, SBP and
SMP is based on performance that is
measured as an assigned rate per meal
or half pint of milk served. To fulfill the
earned reimbursement requirements set
forth in NSLP, SBP and SMP regulations
issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (7
CFR 210.8 and 220.11; and 215.10), the
meal and milk data must be collected on
Forms FNS–806–A and FNS–806–B,
respectively. These forms are an
intrinsic part of the accounting system
currently being used by the subject
programs to ensure proper
reimbursement. The burden hours have
decreased from the previously approved
burden (1,398) due to a reduction in the
number of respondents, School Food
Authorities, from 233 to 210.
Affected Public: State and local
governments participating in the NSLP,
SBP, and SMP under the auspices of the
FNS ROAP.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
210 School Food Authorities.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 12 (Each State agency will
submit a 30-day report.)
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
2,520.
Reporting Time per Response: .5
hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:
1,260 hours.
See the table below for estimated total
annual burden for each type of
respondent.
(e)
Estimated total
annual
responses
(cxd)
(g)
Total
burden
(exf)
(f)
Hours per
response
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Total Annual Burden Estimates ........
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[FR Doc. 2012–30556 Filed 12–18–12; 8:45 a.m.]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Federal Claims
Collection Methods for Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
Recipient Claims
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
Notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
proposed information collections. This
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection announces the intent of the
Food and Nutrition Service to revise
and extend the information collection
requirements associated with initiating
and conducting Federal collection
actions against households with
delinquent Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient
debts.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before February 19,
2013 to be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: 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; and (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.
Send comments to Jane Duffield,
Chief, State Administration Branch,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
818, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via
fax to the attention of Jane Duffield at
703–605–0795. Comments will also be
accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and follow the
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online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for
public inspection at the office of the
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, Room 818.
All comments will be summarized
and included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection. All comments
will become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Debra Utting at (703) 305–2439.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Claims Collection
Methods for Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Recipient Claims
OMB Number: 0584–0446
Form Number: None
Expiration Date: January 31, 2013
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 13(b) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (7
U.S.C. 2022(b)), and Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
regulations at 7 CFR 273.18 require
State agencies to refer delinquent
debtors for SNAP benefit over-issuance
to the U.S. Department of the Treasury
for collection. The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996, 31 U.S.C.
3701, et seq., requires these debts to be
referred to Treasury for collection when
they are 180 days or more delinquent.
Through the Treasury Offset Program
(TOP), 31 CFR part 285, payments such
as Federal income tax refunds, Federal
salaries and other Federal payments
payable to these delinquent debtors will
be offset and the amount applied to the
delinquent debt. TOP places a burden
on States agencies and/or former SNAP
recipients who owe delinquent debts in
three areas: 60-day notices from State
agencies to debtors that their debt will
be referred to TOP; State-level
submissions; and automated data
processing (ADP).
TOP 60-Day Notice Burden
The burden associated with the
information collection involves both the
debtors and the State agencies. The TOP
60-day notice notifies the debtor of the
proposed referral to TOP and provides
the right for review and appeal. The
State agency prepares and mails the
notices as well as responds to inquiries
and appeals. The debtor, in turn,
receives and reads the notice and may
make an inquiry or appeal the
impending action. Based on an average
of the number of records for claims the
States sent to TOP for calendar years
2009, 2010 and 2011, we estimate that
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State agencies will produce and send
and that debtors will read 240,901 60day notices. We estimate that the
debtors will submit and State agencies
will respond to about 16,863 phone and
informal inquiries. Debtors will file and
the States will respond to an estimated
1,445 appeals each. An additional 3,000
notices will be sent directly from FNS
to Federal employees concerning the
potential offset of their Federal salary.
Historically, 30% of these notices will
result in a phone inquiry from a debtor;
and approximately 20 will result in a
formal appeal to FNS requiring
documentation from the State. Thus, the
total number of responses for the 60-day
notice and debtor inquiry is 522,358
responses (263,129 household responses
+ 259,229 State Agency responses) per
year resulting in an annual reporting
burden of 34,510.28 hours. The existing
burden for activity relating to the 60-day
notice is 36,313.83 hours. The net
decrease of 1,803.55 hours is due to a
decrease in the number of 60-day
notices sent to debtors by State agencies.
TOP State-Level Submissions
Treasury prescribes specific processes
and file formats for FNS to use to send
debts to TOP. FNS provides guidance
and file formats to State agencies and
monitors their compliance with such.
State agencies must submit specified
documents and/or information to FNS
and FNS sends required information to
Treasury. The first document is an
annual letter to FNS certifying that all
of the debts submitted in the past and
all debts to be submitted in the
upcoming calendar year by the State
agency to TOP are valid and legally
enforceable in the amount stated.
Secondly, State agencies report TOP
collections on the FNS–209 Status of
Claims Against Households report. (The
burden for the remainder of the FNS–
209 report is already covered under
OMB burden number 0584–0069.) FNS
estimates that it will take State agencies
a total of 26.5 hours per year for these
State submissions. This burden has not
changed.
TOP ADP Burden
The burden for ADP includes weekly
file processing, monthly address
requests and system maintenance.
Weekly and monthly file processing
includes requesting addresses to use to
send out 60-day notices, adding and
maintaining debts in TOP, correcting
errors on unprocessable records, and
posting weekly collection files. Much of
this activity is completed using
automation and involves an estimated
1.4 million records annually. FNS
estimates that this activity takes
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection;
Comment Request--Forms FNS-806-A, Claim for Reimbursement (National
School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs), and FNS-806-B, Claim for
Reimbursement (Special Milk Program for Children)
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this existing information collection. This collection is a renewal
of a currently approved collection for reporting school programs data
on a monthly basis for the National School Lunch Program, the School
Breakfast Program, and the Special Milk Program.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 19,
2013.
ADDRESSES: 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 that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Jon Garcia, Acting Branch Chief, Program
Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 640,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All written comments will be open for public inspection at the
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 640, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Jon Garcia
at (703) 305-2600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR Part 210 National School Lunch Program, Part 220
School Breakfast Program, and Part 215 Special Milk Program.
Form Number: FNS-806-A and FNS-806-B.
OMB Number: 0584-0284.
Expiration Date: 03/31/2013.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School
Breakfast Program (SBP), and School Milk Program (SMP) Claim for
Reimbursement, Forms FNS-806-A and FNS-806-B, respectively, are used to
collect meal and milk data from school food authorities whose
participation in these programs are administered directly by the Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional Offices (Regional Office
Administered Programs, or ROAP). The FNS Regional Office directly
administers the NSLP, SMP, and/or SBP programs in Virginia, Georgia,
and Colorado. In order to determine the amount of reimbursement for
meals and milk served, the school food authorities are required to
complete these forms. The completed forms are either sent to the Child
Nutrition Payments Center at the FNS Mid-Atlantic Regional Office where
they are entered into a computerized payment system or submitted
electronically via the Internet directly into the Child Nutrition
Payments Center. The payment system computes earned reimbursement.
Earned reimbursement in the NSLP, SBP and SMP is based on performance
that is measured as an assigned rate per meal or half pint of milk
served. To fulfill the earned reimbursement requirements set forth in
NSLP, SBP and SMP regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (7
CFR 210.8 and 220.11; and 215.10), the meal and milk data must be
collected on Forms FNS-806-A and FNS-806-B, respectively. These forms
are an intrinsic part of the accounting system currently being used by
the subject programs to ensure proper reimbursement. The burden hours
have decreased from the previously approved burden (1,398) due to a
reduction in the number of respondents, School Food Authorities, from
233 to 210.
Affected Public: State and local governments participating in the
NSLP, SBP, and SMP under the auspices of the FNS ROAP.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 210 School Food Authorities.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12 (Each State agency
will submit a 30-day report.)
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2,520.
Reporting Time per Response: .5 hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 1,260 hours.
See the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type
of respondent.
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(e) Estimated
(b) Form (c) Number of (d) Number total annual (f) Hours per (g) Total
Affected public number respondents responses per responses response burden (exf)
respondent (cxd)
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School Food Authority................................... FNS 806A 133 12 1596 .5 798
School Food Authority................................... FNS 806B 77 12 924 .5 462
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Total Annual Burden Estimates....................... .............. 210 12 2,520 .5 1,260
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Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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