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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Information
Collection for the National School
Lunch Program
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 is a
revision of a currently approved
collection which FNS employs to
determine public participation in the
National School Lunch Program.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 19, 2016.
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
Division, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA
22302–1594. Comments may also be
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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, 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 the address indicated
above or by phone at 703–305–2595.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR part 210, National School
Lunch Program.
Forms: FNS–640, FNS–66, FNS–66A,
and FNS–828.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0006.
Expiration Date: February 29, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (NSLA), as
amended, authorizes the National
School Lunch Program (NSLP) to
safeguard the health and well-being of
the nation’s children and provide free or
reduced price school lunches to
qualified students through subsidies to
schools. The United States Department
of Agriculture (USDA) provides States
with general and special cash assistance
and donations of foods to assist schools
in serving nutritious lunches to children
each school day. Participating schools
must serve lunches that are nutritionally
adequate and maintain menu and food
production records and the latest
nutritional analysis to demonstrate
compliance with the meal requirements.
Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779) requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe
such regulations as deemed necessary to
carry out this Act and the NSLA (42
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). Pursuant to that
provision, the Secretary has issued 7
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CFR part 210, which sets forth policies
and procedures for the administration
and operation of the NSLP. The Program
is administered at the State and school
food authority (SFA) levels and
operations include the submission of
applications and agreements,
submission of the number of meals
served and payment of claims,
submission of data from required
monitoring reviews conducted by the
State agency, and maintenance of
records. State and local operators of the
NSLP are required to meet Federal
reporting and accountability
requirements and are also required to
maintain records that include school
food service accounts of revenues and
expenditures.
In addition, FNS collects program
data from the State agencies on Forms
FNS–10, Report of School Operations;
FNS–13, Annual Report of State
Revenue Matching; and FNS–777,
Financial Status Report. These forms are
approved under OMB Control # 0584–
0594, Food Program Reporting System
(FPRS), which expires June 30, 2017.
The reporting burden associated with
these reports is covered under #0584–
0594 and is not associated with this
information collection. However, the
recordkeeping burden is still
maintained in this collection.
The reporting and recordkeeping
burden associated with this revision is
decreased from 11,337,788 to 9,871,395
hours. This change is mainly due to
adjustments, the majority of which is
the removal of duplicate burden,
removal of burden that occurs only
once, burden changes for an increase in
schools participating in the Program and
a decrease in number of School Food
Authorities operating the Program, and
other program changes.
This information collection is
required to administer and operate this
program in accordance with the NSLA.
All of the reporting and recordkeeping
requirements associated with the NSLP
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: (1) State agencies; (2)
School Food Authorities; and (3)
schools.
Number of Respondents: 121,210 (56
State agencies (SAs), 19,822 school food
authorities (SFAs), and 101,332
schools).
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Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.14573.
Total Annual Responses: 502,504.
Reporting Time per Response:
0.703875.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:
353,700.
Number of Recordkeepers: 121,210
(56 SAs, 19,822 SFAs, 101,332 schools).
Number of Records per Record
Keeper: 406.294827.
Estimated Total Number of Records:
49,246,996.
Recordkeeping Time per Response:
0.19326446.
Total Estimated Recordkeeping
Burden: 9,517,694.
Estimated
number of
respondents
Affected public
Number of
responses per
respondent
72041
Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting
Burden: 9,871,395.
Current OMB Inventory for Part 210:
11,337,788.
Difference (change in burden with this
renewal): (1,466,393).
Refer to the table below for estimated
total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
Estimated
average hours
per response
Estimated total
burden (hours)
6,832
293,008
202,664
502,504
7.7762
0.956653
0.1
........................
53,127
280,307
20,266
353,700
79,464
396,440
48,771,092
49,246,996
1.5913
4.5380
0.15567
........................
126,451
1,799,045
7,592,199
9,517,694
502,504
49,246,996
49,749,500
0.703875
0.19326446
........................
353,700
9,517,694
9,871,395
Total annual
responses
Reporting
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................
Schools ................................................................................
Total Estimated Reporting Burden ...............................
56
19,822
101,332
121,210
122
15
2
........................
Recordkeeping
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................
Schools ................................................................................
Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden .......................
56
19,822
101,332
121,210
1419
20
481
........................
Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
Reporting ..............................................................................
Recordkeeping .....................................................................
Total ..............................................................................
Dated: November 9, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comments Request—Erroneous
Payments in Child Care Centers Study
(EPICCS)
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 proposed information collection.
This is a new collection for the
Erroneous Payments in Child Care
Centers Study (EPICCS).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
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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.
Written comments may be sent to:
Chan Chanhatasilpa, Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1000, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via
fax to the attention of Chan
Chanhatasilpa at 703–305–2576 or via
email to Chanchalat.chanhatasilpa@
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 5:00
p.m. EST, Monday through Friday) at
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3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1100,
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
should be directed to Chan
Chanhatasilpa at 703–305–2115.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Erroneous Payments in Child
Care Centers Study (EPICCS).
Form Number: Not applicable.
OMB Number: 0584—NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The Improper Payments
Information Act of 2002, Public Law
107–300, requires the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
identify and reduce erroneous payments
in various programs, including the
Child and Adult Care Food Program
(CACFP). The passage of the Improper
Payments Elimination and Recovery Act
(IPERA) in 2010, Public Law 111–204
amended and enhanced requirements
for not only addressing improper
payments but also prompting efforts at
recovery by requiring annual risk
assessments and measurement of
improper payments. To comply with
IPERA 2010, USDA needs a reliable
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Information Collection for the National School Lunch
Program
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 is a revision of a currently
approved collection which FNS employs to determine public participation
in the National School Lunch Program.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 19, 2016.
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 Division, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
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,
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 the address indicated above or by phone at 703-305-
2595.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR part 210, National School Lunch Program.
Forms: FNS-640, FNS-66, FNS-66A, and FNS-828.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0006.
Expiration Date: February 29, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA),
as amended, authorizes the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to
safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's children and
provide free or reduced price school lunches to qualified students
through subsidies to schools. The United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) provides States with general and special cash
assistance and donations of foods to assist schools in serving
nutritious lunches to children each school day. Participating schools
must serve lunches that are nutritionally adequate and maintain menu
and food production records and the latest nutritional analysis to
demonstrate compliance with the meal requirements.
Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779)
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe such regulations as
deemed necessary to carry out this Act and the NSLA (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
seq.). Pursuant to that provision, the Secretary has issued 7 CFR part
210, which sets forth policies and procedures for the administration
and operation of the NSLP. The Program is administered at the State and
school food authority (SFA) levels and operations include the
submission of applications and agreements, submission of the number of
meals served and payment of claims, submission of data from required
monitoring reviews conducted by the State agency, and maintenance of
records. State and local operators of the NSLP are required to meet
Federal reporting and accountability requirements and are also required
to maintain records that include school food service accounts of
revenues and expenditures.
In addition, FNS collects program data from the State agencies on
Forms FNS-10, Report of School Operations; FNS-13, Annual Report of
State Revenue Matching; and FNS-777, Financial Status Report. These
forms are approved under OMB Control # 0584-0594, Food Program
Reporting System (FPRS), which expires June 30, 2017. The reporting
burden associated with these reports is covered under #0584-0594 and is
not associated with this information collection. However, the
recordkeeping burden is still maintained in this collection.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with this
revision is decreased from 11,337,788 to 9,871,395 hours. This change
is mainly due to adjustments, the majority of which is the removal of
duplicate burden, removal of burden that occurs only once, burden
changes for an increase in schools participating in the Program and a
decrease in number of School Food Authorities operating the Program,
and other program changes.
This information collection is required to administer and operate
this program in accordance with the NSLA. All of the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements associated with the NSLP 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: (1) State agencies; (2) School Food Authorities;
and (3) schools.
Number of Respondents: 121,210 (56 State agencies (SAs), 19,822
school food authorities (SFAs), and 101,332 schools).
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Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.14573.
Total Annual Responses: 502,504.
Reporting Time per Response: 0.703875.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 353,700.
Number of Recordkeepers: 121,210 (56 SAs, 19,822 SFAs, 101,332
schools).
Number of Records per Record Keeper: 406.294827.
Estimated Total Number of Records: 49,246,996.
Recordkeeping Time per Response: 0.19326446.
Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 9,517,694.
Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 9,871,395.
Current OMB Inventory for Part 210: 11,337,788.
Difference (change in burden with this renewal): (1,466,393).
Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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Estimated Number of Estimated Estimated
Affected public number of responses per Total annual average hours total burden
respondents respondent responses per response (hours)
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Reporting
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State Agencies.................. 56 122 6,832 7.7762 53,127
School Food Authorities......... 19,822 15 293,008 0.956653 280,307
Schools......................... 101,332 2 202,664 0.1 20,266
Total Estimated Reporting 121,210 .............. 502,504 .............. 353,700
Burden.....................
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Recordkeeping
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State Agencies.................. 56 1419 79,464 1.5913 126,451
School Food Authorities......... 19,822 20 396,440 4.5380 1,799,045
Schools......................... 101,332 481 48,771,092 0.15567 7,592,199
Total Estimated 121,210 .............. 49,246,996 .............. 9,517,694
Recordkeeping Burden.......
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Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Reporting....................... 121,210 4.14573 502,504 0.703875 353,700
Recordkeeping................... 121,210 406.294827 49,246,996 0.19326446 9,517,694
Total....................... .............. .............. 49,749,500 .............. 9,871,395
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Dated: November 9, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-29390 Filed 11-17-15; 8:45 am]
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