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samples from the post-hide/preevisceration and pre-chill locations;
following the same safety procedures
provided for employees at that
establishment which may require the
use of a harness; slowing or stopping
production lines; and acquiring needed
tools to safely collect samples.
Information on the Beef-Veal carcass
baseline can be found at the following
link https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/wcm/
connect/5d3552e7-9b81-4b2c-aa20cfaeef77f251/36-14.pdf?MOD=AJPERES.
Comment: One industry organization
asked what type of carcass sampling the
Agency will use for the carcass baseline
study.
Response: As was done during the
shakedown, FSIS is obtaining samples
following the procedures described in
the United States Department of
Agriculture Agricultural Research
Service Meat Animal Research Center
Carcass Sampling Protocol 2 available at
the following link: https://www.ars.usda.
gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/54380530/
protocols/USMARC%20Carcass%20
Sampling%20Protocol.pdf.
Comment: One consumer organization
stated that FSIS should conduct a
baseline study to estimate the
prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in beef
manufacturing trimmings and ground
beef in order to improve the confidence
in FSIS’s efforts to detect contaminated
product and effectively verify process
controls.
Response: FSIS decided to focus on
sampling carcasses for this baseline and
not trimmings and ground beef because
of resource limitations. The Beef–Veal
carcass baseline survey will provide
FSIS the necessary data on percent
positives and quantitative levels of
select foodborne bacterial pathogens
(e.g., Salmonella, STEC, and certain
indicator organisms). FSIS will use the
data from the Beef–Veal carcass baseline
survey to estimate the national
prevalence of select microorganisms in
carcasses, not trimmings and ground
beef; to develop industry performance
guidelines; to assess process control
across the industry; and to inform
additional policy considerations.
Results of this study will be used to
estimate volume-weighted prevalence
and bacterial loads immediately after
hide removal and at pre-chill. Moreover,
FSIS has made changes to both the
trimmings and ground beef verification
testing programs to be able to obtain ongoing prevalence of both E. coli
O157:H7 and Salmonella (79 FR 32437).
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Dated: April 23, 2015.
Alfred V. Almanza,
Acting Administrator.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—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 information collection. This
collection is a revision of a currently
approved collection which FNS
employs to determine public
participation in Special Milk Program
for Children.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 29, 2015.
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 shall 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: Lynn
Rodgers-Kuperman, Branch Chief,
Program Monitoring, Child Nutrition
Programs, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 636,
SUMMARY:
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Alexandria, VA 22302–1594. Comments
may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman at
703–305–2879 or via email to
lynn.rodgers@fns.usda.gov. 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 Lynn RodgersKuperman at 703–305–2595.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR part 215, Special Milk
Program for Children.
Form Number: FNS–66B.
OMB Number: 0584–0005.
Expiration Date: October 31, 2015.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
The Special Milk Program for Children
Abstract: Section 3 of the Child
Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, (42 U.S.C.
1772) authorizes the Special Milk
Program (SMP). It provides for the
appropriation of such sums as may be
necessary to enable the Secretary of
Agriculture to encourage the
consumption of fluid milk by children
in the United States in: (1) Nonprofit
schools of high school grade and under;
and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child
care centers, settlement houses, summer
camps, and similar nonprofit
institutions devoted to the care and
training of children, which do not
participate in a food service program
authorized under the CNA or the
National School Lunch Act.
Section 10 of the CNA (42 U.S.C.
1779) requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to prescribe such
regulations as deemed necessary to
carry out this Act and the National
School Lunch Act. Pursuant to that
provision, the Secretary has issued 7
CFR part 215, which sets forth policies
and procedures for the administration
and operation of the SMP. State and
local operators of the SMP are required
to meet Federal reporting and
accountability requirements. This
information collection is required to
administer and operate this program.
The Program is administered at the
State, school food authority (SFA), and
child care institution levels; and
operations include the submission of
applications and agreements,
submission and payment of claims, and
maintenance of records. The reporting
and record keeping burden associated
with this revision has decreased from
21,246 to 14,914 hours. This change is
mainly due to adjustments, such as
corrections in the number of institutions
Estimated
number of
respondents
Affected public
Frequency of
responses per
respondent
and the amount of burden per response.
All of the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements associated with the SMP
are currently approved by the Office of
Management and Budget and are in
force. This is a revision of the currently
approved information collection.
Affected Public: State agencies, Nonprofit Institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,933 (54
State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit
Institutions).
Frequency of Responses per
Respondent: 1.32.
Total Annual Responses: 5,175.
Reporting Time per Response: .25.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:
1,294.
Number of Recordkeepers: 3,933 (54
State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit
Institutions).
Number of Records per Recordkeeper:
23.87.
Estimated Total Number of Records/
Response to Keep: 93,876.
Recordkeeping time per Response:
0.15.
Total Estimated Recordkeeping
Burden: 13,620.
Total Annual Responses for
Reporting/Recordkeeping: 99,051.
Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting
Burden: 14,914.
Current OMB Inventory for Part 215:
21,246.
Difference (change in burden with this
renewal): (6,332).
Refer to the table below for estimated
total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
Total annual
responses
Hours per
response
Estimated total
burden
Reporting
State agencies .....................................................................
Non-profit Institutions ...........................................................
54
3,879
24
1
1,296
3,879
0.25
0.25
324
970
Total Estimated Reporting Burden ...............................
3,933
1.32
5,175
0.25
1,294
Recordkeeping
State agencies .....................................................................
Non-profit Institutions ...........................................................
54
3,879
965.83
10.76
52,155
41,721
0.10
0.20
5,276
8,344
Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden .......................
3,933
23.87
93,876
0.15
13,620
Estimated total
hours per
response
Estimated total
burden
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Total Reporting and Recordkeeping
Estimated
number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Reporting ..............................................................................
Recordkeeping .....................................................................
3,933
3,933
1.32
23.87
5,175
93,876
0.25
0.15
1,294
13,620
Total ..............................................................................
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99,051
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Dated: April 20, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015–09997 Filed 4–28–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Annual State
Report on Verification of Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
Participation
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 the
proposed information collection for the
Annual State Report of Verification of
SNAP Participation. This is a new
collection. The purpose of the Annual
State Report of Verification of
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) Participants is to
ensure that no person who is deceased,
or has been permanently disqualified
from SNAP, improperly received SNAP
benefits for the fiscal year preceding the
report submission. Section 4032 of the
Agriculture Act of 2014 is the basis for
this collection. Section 4032 mandates
that States will ‘‘submit to the Secretary
a report containing sufficient
information for the Secretary to
determine whether the State agency has,
for the most recently concluded fiscal
year preceding that annual date, verified
that the State agency in that fiscal
year—(1) did not issue benefits to a
deceased individual; and (2) did not
issue benefits to an individual who had
been permanently disqualified from
receiving benefits.’’ An annual email
from each State agency to the
corresponding Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) Regional SNAP Program
Director will be used as the mechanism
for State agencies to report their
compliance with section 4032 of the
Agriculture Act of 2014.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before June 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimated
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collection, 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 information collection on
those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Jane
Duffield, Branch Chief, State
Administration Branch, Program
Accountability and Administration
Division, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 818,
Alexandria, VA 22302. You may also
download an electronic version of this
notice at https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/
federal-register-documents/rules/viewall and comment via email at
SNAPSAB@fns.usda.gov or the Federal
e-Rulemaking 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 822,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All comments to this notice will be
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Clyde Thompson
at (703) 305–2461.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation.
OMB Number: 0584—NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: SNAP regulations at 7 CFR
273.16 require that State agencies
disqualify an individual who has
committed an intentional program
violation (IPV). Paragraph 7 CFR
273.16(e)(8) requires that these
individuals ‘‘be disqualified in
accordance with the disqualification
periods and procedures in paragraph (b)
of this section’’ (273.16(b)). Paragraph 7
CFR 273.16(i) requires State agencies to
report information concerning each
individual disqualified for an IPV to the
disqualified recipient database, the
electronic Disqualified Recipient
System (eDRS), and to use eDRS data to
determine the eligibility of individual
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applicants prior to certification. SNAP
regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 require that
each State agency establish a system to
verify and ensure that benefits are not
issued to individuals who are deceased,
and that data source is the Social
Security Administration’s (SSA) Death
Master File. The information required
for the Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation is
obtained by validating that the State had
the appropriate systems in place and
followed procedures currently
mandated at 7 CFR 272.14 and 7 CFR
273.16 for the preceding fiscal year.
The burdens associated with the
activity of establishing a system to
verify and ensure that benefits are not
issued to deceased individuals or those
permanently disqualified from SNAP
using both the SSA Death Master File
and eDRS are already conducted during
the SNAP eligibility benefit process and
is currently approved under OMB
burden number 0584–0064, expiration
date April 30, 2016.
In order to meet the reporting
requirements specified in section 4032
of the Act, States are required to confirm
via email to their FNS Regional SNAP
Program Director that in the
immediately preceding Federal fiscal
year, they had the appropriate systems
in place to meet the requirements of
regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 and
273.16(i)(4) and that they conducted the
matches required by these regulations.
States are required to submit their
section 4032 reports to the FNS
Regional SNAP Director by March 31
each year for the preceding Federal
fiscal year. The estimated annual
burden for this collection is 57.41 hours.
This estimate includes the time it takes
each State agency to confirm that they
have complied with FNS regulations for
performing mandated checks against
both eDRS and the SSA Death Master
File, send an email to their FNS
Regional Office SNAP Program Director
to provide the verification, and any
additional recordkeeping associated
with this burden. States must perform
this verification once a year and must
retain these records for 3 years.
Annual Reporting Burden Estimates
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Government Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 53 State
Agencies.
Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 53.
Reporting Time per Response: 1 Hour.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
Hours: 53.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--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 information collection. This collection is a revision of a
currently approved collection which FNS employs to determine public
participation in Special Milk Program for Children.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 29, 2015.
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 shall 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: Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman, Branch Chief,
Program Monitoring, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
636,
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Alexandria, VA 22302-1594. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman at 703-305-2879 or via email to
lynn.rodgers@fns.usda.gov. 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 Lynn
Rodgers-Kuperman at 703-305-2595.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR part 215, Special Milk Program for Children.
Form Number: FNS-66B.
OMB Number: 0584-0005.
Expiration Date: October 31, 2015.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
The Special Milk Program for Children
Abstract: Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, (42
U.S.C. 1772) authorizes the Special Milk Program (SMP). It provides for
the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to enable the
Secretary of Agriculture to encourage the consumption of fluid milk by
children in the United States in: (1) Nonprofit schools of high school
grade and under; and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child care centers,
settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions
devoted to the care and training of children, which do not participate
in a food service program authorized under the CNA or the National
School Lunch Act.
Section 10 of the CNA (42 U.S.C. 1779) requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to prescribe such regulations as deemed necessary to carry
out this Act and the National School Lunch Act. Pursuant to that
provision, the Secretary has issued 7 CFR part 215, which sets forth
policies and procedures for the administration and operation of the
SMP. State and local operators of the SMP are required to meet Federal
reporting and accountability requirements. This information collection
is required to administer and operate this program. The Program is
administered at the State, school food authority (SFA), and child care
institution levels; and operations include the submission of
applications and agreements, submission and payment of claims, and
maintenance of records. The reporting and record keeping burden
associated with this revision has decreased from 21,246 to 14,914
hours. This change is mainly due to adjustments, such as corrections in
the number of institutions and the amount of burden per response. All
of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated with the SMP
are currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget and are
in force. This is a revision of the currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: State agencies, Non-profit Institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,933 (54 State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit
Institutions).
Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 1.32.
Total Annual Responses: 5,175.
Reporting Time per Response: .25.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 1,294.
Number of Recordkeepers: 3,933 (54 State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit
Institutions).
Number of Records per Recordkeeper: 23.87.
Estimated Total Number of Records/Response to Keep: 93,876.
Recordkeeping time per Response: 0.15.
Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 13,620.
Total Annual Responses for Reporting/Recordkeeping: 99,051.
Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 14,914.
Current OMB Inventory for Part 215: 21,246.
Difference (change in burden with this renewal): (6,332).
Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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Estimated Frequency of
Affected public number of responses per Total annual Hours per Estimated
respondents respondent responses response total burden
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Reporting
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State agencies.................. 54 24 1,296 0.25 324
Non-profit Institutions......... 3,879 1 3,879 0.25 970
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Total Estimated Reporting 3,933 1.32 5,175 0.25 1,294
Burden.....................
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Recordkeeping
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State agencies.................. 54 965.83 52,155 0.10 5,276
Non-profit Institutions......... 3,879 10.76 41,721 0.20 8,344
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Total Estimated 3,933 23.87 93,876 0.15 13,620
Recordkeeping Burden.......
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Total Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Estimated Number of Total annual Estimated Estimated
number of responses per responses total hours total burden
respondents respondent per response
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Reporting....................... 3,933 1.32 5,175 0.25 1,294
Recordkeeping................... 3,933 23.87 93,876 0.15 13,620
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Total....................... .............. .............. 99,051 .............. 14,914
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Dated: April 20, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-09997 Filed 4-28-15; 8:45 am]
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