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operations include direct certification,
the submission of household size and
income applications for school meal/
milk benefits, record maintenance, and
public notification. The information
collection burden associated with this
revision is summarized in the chart
below. The difference in burden is
mainly due to updating the number of
participating school food authorities
and local educational agencies and the
number of households having to submit
an application. All of the reporting and
recordkeeping requirements associated
with this information collection 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,
School Food Authorities, Schools, and
Individuals/Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
5,449,186 (56 SAs, 19,822 SFAs,
5,390,000 households).
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 3.035.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
16,540,513.
Estimated Hours per Response:
0.0580889.
(b)
Estimated
number
respondents
(a)
Affected public
(c)
Estimated
number
responses per
respondent
Estimated Total Annual Reporting
Burden: 947,920.
Estimated Total Annual
Recordkeeping Burden: 5,958.
Estimated Total Annual Public
Disclosure Burden: 6,943.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
960,821.
Current OMB Inventory for Part 245:
966,023.
Difference (Burden Revisions
Requested with this renewal): ¥5,202.
Refer to the following table for
estimated annual burden per each type
of respondent:
(d)
Estimated
total annual
responses
(b × c)
(e)
Estimated
hours per
response
(f)
Estimated
total annual
burden hours
(d × e)
Reporting
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................
Individuals/Households ........................................................
Total Reporting Burden ................................................
56
19,600
5,390,000
5,409,656
5.018
557.247
1.03
3.045
281
10,922,050
5,551,000
16,473,331
0.637
0.025
0.121
0.058
179
274,741
673,000
947,920
125.772
1.056
1.398
6,792
20,692
27,484
0.249
0.206
0.217
1,691
4,267
5,958
1
2
2
54
39,644
39,698
0.100
0.175
0.17
5
6,938
6,943
Recordkeeping
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................
Total Recordkeeping Burden ........................................
54
19,600
19,654
Public Notification
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................
Total Recordkeeping Burden ........................................
54
19,822
19,876
Total Reporting, Recordkeeping and Public Disclosure
Reporting ..............................................................................
Recordkeeping .....................................................................
Public Disclosure .................................................................
5,409,656
19,654
19,876
3.045
1.398
2
16,473,331
27,484
39,698
0.058
0.217
0.17
947,920
5,958
6,943
Total Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Public Disclosure Burden ...............................................................
5,449,186
........................
16,540,513
........................
960,821
Dated: December 29, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Food and Nutrition Service
Summer Food Service Program 2016
Reimbursement Rates
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice informs the public
of the annual adjustments to the
reimbursement rates for meals served in
SUMMARY:
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the Summer Food Service Program for
Children. These adjustments address
changes in the Consumer Price Index, as
required under the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act. The 2016
reimbursement rates are presented as a
combined set of rates to highlight
simplified cost accounting procedures.
The 2016 rates are also presented
individually, as separate operating and
administrative rates of reimbursement,
to show the effect of the Consumer Price
Index adjustment on each rate.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steve Hortin, Program Monitoring and
Operational Support Division, Child
Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition
Service, United States Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
PO 00000
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Suite 628, Alexandria, Virginia 22302;
703–305–4375.
The
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
is listed in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance under No. 10.559
and is subject to the provisions of
Executive Order 12372, which requires
intergovernmental consultation with
State and local officials. (See, 2 CFR part
415 and final rule-related notice
published at 48 FR 29114, June 24,
1983.)
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501–
3518, no new recordkeeping or
reporting requirements have been
included that are subject to approval
from the Office of Management and
Budget.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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This notice is not a rule as defined by
the Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C.
601–612, and thus is exempt from the
provisions of that Act. Additionally, this
notice has been determined to be
exempt from formal review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866.
Definitions
The terms used in this notice have the
meaning ascribed to them under 7 CFR
part 225 of the SFSP regulations.
Background
This notice informs the public of the
annual adjustments to the
reimbursement rates for meals served in
SFSP. In accordance with sections 12(f)
and 13, 42 U.S.C. 1760(f) and 1761, of
the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (NSLA) and SFSP regulations
under 7 CFR part 225, the United States
Department of Agriculture announces
the adjustments in SFSP payments for
meals served to participating children
during calendar year 2016.
The 2016 reimbursement rates are
presented as a combined set of rates to
highlight simplified cost accounting
procedures. Reimbursement is based
solely on a ‘‘meals times rate’’
calculation, without comparison to
actual or budgeted costs.
Sponsors receive reimbursement that
is determined by the number of
reimbursable meals served, multiplied
by the combined rates for food service
operations and administration.
However, the combined rate is based on
separate operating and administrative
rates of reimbursement, each of which is
adjusted differently for inflation.
However, the calculations of
adjustments for both cost categories are
based on the same set of changes in the
Food Away From Home series of the
Consumer Price Index for All Urban
Consumers, published by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics of the United States
Department of Labor. They represent a
2.7 percent increase in this series for the
12-month period, from November 2014
through November 2015 (from 251.987
in November 2014 to 258.805 in
November 2015).
Calculation of Rates
Table of 2016 Reimbursement Rates
The combined rates are constructed
from individually authorized operating
and administrative reimbursements.
Simplified procedures provide
flexibility, enabling sponsors to manage
their reimbursements to pay for any
allowable cost, regardless of the cost
category. Sponsors remain responsible,
however, for ensuring proper
administration of the Program, while
providing the best possible nutrition
benefit to children.
The operating and administrative
rates are calculated separately.
Presentation of the 2016 maximum
per meal rates for meals served to
children in SFSP combines the results
from the calculations of operational and
administrative payments, which are
further explained in this notice. The
total amount of payments to State
agencies for disbursement to SFSP
sponsors will be based upon these
adjusted combined rates and the
number of meals of each type served.
These adjusted rates will be in effect
from January 1, 2016 through December
31, 2016.
SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
2016 REIMBURSEMENT RATES (COMBINED)
Per meal rates in whole or fractions of
U.S. dollars
All states except Alaska and
Hawaii
Rural or selfprep sites
Breakfast ..................................................
Lunch or Supper ......................................
Snack .......................................................
All other types
of sites
2.1325
3.7450
0.8875
Operating Rates
Alaska
Rural or selfprep sites
2.0925
3.6850
0.8650
All other types
of sites
3.4625
6.0650
1.4350
amounts set in section 13(b)(1) of the
NSLA, 42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(1). They are
rounded down to the nearest whole
The portion of the SFSP rates for
operating costs is based on payment
Hawaii
3.3975
5.9675
1.4025
Rural or selfprep sites
2.4950
4.3850
1.0325
All other types
of sites
2.4475
4.3150
1.0100
cent, as required by section
11(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the NSLA, 42 U.S.C.
1759a(a)(3)(B)(iii).
SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
OPERATING COMPONENT OF 2016 REIMBURSEMENT RATES
All states
except Alaska
and Hawaii
Operating rates in U.S. dollars, rounded down to the nearest whole cent
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Breakfast ......................................................................................................................................
Lunch or Supper ..........................................................................................................................
Snack ...........................................................................................................................................
Administrative Rates
The administrative cost component of
the reimbursement is authorized under
section 13(b)(3) of the NSLA, 42 U.S.C.
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1761(b)(3). Rates are higher for sponsors
of sites located in rural areas and for
‘‘self-prep’’ sponsors that prepare their
own meals at the SFSP site or at a
central facility instead of purchasing
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1.94
3.39
0.79
Alaska
3.15
5.49
1.28
Hawaii
2.27
3.97
0.92
them from vendors. The administrative
portion of SFSP rates are adjusted,
either up or down, to the nearest
quarter-cent.
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SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPONENT OF 2016 REIMBURSEMENT RATES
All states except Alaska and
Hawaii
Administrative rates in U.S. dollars,
adjusted, up or down, to the nearest
quarter-cent
Rural or selfprep sites
Breakfast ..................................................
Lunch or Supper ......................................
Snack .......................................................
All other types
of sites
0.1925
0.3550
0.0975
Authority: Sections 9, 13, and 14, Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act, 42
U.S.C. 1758, 1761, and 1762a, respectively.
Alaska
Rural or selfprep sites
0.1525
0.2950
0.0750
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–00506 Filed 1–12–16; 8:45 am]
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Linda Bledsoe, Project Manager, at 970–
263–5802 or via email at lbledsoe@
fs.fed.us. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
Time, Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A DEIS
analyzing effects from the enlargement
of Hunter Reservoir was issued in 2007.
In 2009, Ute Water acquired the rights
to Monument No. 1 Reservoir and
subsequently commissioned a raw water
study to be completed to analyze all of
its water rights (storage and flow), how
those rights are currently used and what
additional rights or facilities might be
needed in order for Ute Water to have
sufficient water to meet increased
municipal water demands for the next
several decades. That study identified
the need for additional high mountain
storage, especially during times of
drought. In February 2012, Ute Water
submitted a proposal for the
enlargement of Monument No. 1
Reservoir to be considered along with
the enlargement of Hunter Reservoir.
With new alternatives and additional
information brought forward, as well as
the length of time that has passed since
issuance of the DEIS in 2007, the Forest
Service has determined that a
supplemental draft environmental
impact statement (SDEIS) that included
both reservoir enlargement proposals
was appropriate (FSH 1905.18.2,
Chapter 10).
Forest Service
Rocky Mountain Region; Grand Mesa,
Uncompahgre and Gunnison National
Forests; Grand Valley Ranger District;
Mesa County, Colorado; Enlargement
of Monument No. 1 and Hunter
Reservoirs
Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
supplemental draft environmental
impact statement.
AGENCY:
The Grand Mesa,
Uncompahgre and Gunnison National
Forests (GMUG) intends to prepare a
Supplement to the June 2007 Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
for the Hunter Reservoir Enlargement to
also include enlargement of the
Monument No. 1 Reservoir in the
Proposed Action. The original notice of
intent (NOI) for the Hunter Reservoir
Enlargement was published in 70 FR
61781 on October 26, 2005; and the
notice of availability (NOA) was
published in 72 FR 39808 on July 20,
2007. Both reservoirs are owned by the
Ute Water Conservancy District (Ute
Water) and are located on National
Forest System (NFS) lands in the Leon
Creek watershed in the eastern portion
of Mesa County, Colorado.
DATES: Comments concerning the
expanded scope of the analysis must be
received by February 12, 2016. The
supplemental DEIS is expected to be
released in April 2016 for comment and
the final environmental impact
statement is expected in October 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Ute Water Reservoir Enlargement
Projects, Grand Valley Ranger District,
2777 Crossroads Boulevard, Unit 1,
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SUMMARY:
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Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose and need for the Forest
Service action on the Monument No. 1
and Hunter Reservoirs enlargement
project is to respond to a request by the
Ute Water Conservancy District for
special use permits to expand the dams
for these two reservoirs, which were
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All other types
of sites
0.3125
0.5750
0.1550
Grand Junction, CO 81506. Comments
may also be sent via email to commentsrocky-mountain-gmug-grande-valley@
fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 970–263–
5819.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Hawaii
Rural or selfprep sites
0.2475
0.4775
0.1225
0.2250
0.4150
0.1125
All other types
of sites
0.1775
0.3450
0.0900
submitted under the Forest Service’s
special use regulations (36 CFR 251.54).
Ute Water has proposed these
expansions to meet the need for
projected municipal water demand.
Over the next 30 years, demand is
expected to increase by about two and
a half times the current amount of
14,300 acre-feet (AF). The Proposed
Action is one of several actions that Ute
Water has indicated it will need to meet
its future demand for municipal water
in its service area. Those actions
include, but are not limited to, acquiring
new water rights, perfecting existing
water rights, and upgrading Ute’s
Colorado River pumping capacity and
water treatment plant.
Proposed Action
Under the Proposed Action, the Forest
Service would authorize the use of NFS
lands by Ute Water to enlarge the
existing Monument No. 1 and Hunter
Reservoirs by increasing the size and
height of the dams and spillways, along
with the activities associated with those
enlargements.
The reservoirs are located in Mesa
County, Colorado, about 15 miles
southeast of Collbran, Colorado. Hunter
Reservoir is located in Section 27, T. 11
S., R. 93 W., 6th P.M. Monument No. 1
Reservoir is located in Sections 11 and
12, T. 11 S., R. 93 W., 6th P.M.
Construction associated with the
Proposed Action would likely begin
with the roads and trails, including
necessary relocations, in advance of
dam construction activities.
Both reservoirs hold irrigation water
rights and are operated as irrigation
reservoirs, meaning that the reservoirs
fill each year and are typically drained
in the summer after runoff has ended in
order to irrigate the ranches below the
forest boundary that have historically
used the water. Depending on the
amount of snowpack, the reservoirs fill
during spring and early summer; and
the water is stored in the reservoirs until
later in the summer when the water is
needed to irrigate the ranches or when
a senior water rights holder places a call
on the stream. The reservoirs are
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Summer Food Service Program 2016 Reimbursement Rates
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to
the reimbursement rates for meals served in the Summer Food Service
Program for Children. These adjustments address changes in the Consumer
Price Index, as required under the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act. The 2016 reimbursement rates are presented as a combined set
of rates to highlight simplified cost accounting procedures. The 2016
rates are also presented individually, as separate operating and
administrative rates of reimbursement, to show the effect of the
Consumer Price Index adjustment on each rate.
DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Hortin, Program Monitoring and
Operational Support Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and
Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Suite 628, Alexandria, Virginia 22302; 703-305-4375.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is
listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under No. 10.559
and is subject to the provisions of Executive Order 12372, which
requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials.
(See, 2 CFR part 415 and final rule-related notice published at 48 FR
29114, June 24, 1983.)
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3501-3518, no new recordkeeping or reporting requirements have been
included that are subject to approval from the Office of Management and
Budget.
[[Page 1604]]
This notice is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility
Act, 5 U.S.C. 601-612, and thus is exempt from the provisions of that
Act. Additionally, this notice has been determined to be exempt from
formal review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive
Order 12866.
Definitions
The terms used in this notice have the meaning ascribed to them
under 7 CFR part 225 of the SFSP regulations.
Background
This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the
reimbursement rates for meals served in SFSP. In accordance with
sections 12(f) and 13, 42 U.S.C. 1760(f) and 1761, of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) and SFSP regulations under 7
CFR part 225, the United States Department of Agriculture announces the
adjustments in SFSP payments for meals served to participating children
during calendar year 2016.
The 2016 reimbursement rates are presented as a combined set of
rates to highlight simplified cost accounting procedures. Reimbursement
is based solely on a ``meals times rate'' calculation, without
comparison to actual or budgeted costs.
Sponsors receive reimbursement that is determined by the number of
reimbursable meals served, multiplied by the combined rates for food
service operations and administration. However, the combined rate is
based on separate operating and administrative rates of reimbursement,
each of which is adjusted differently for inflation.
Calculation of Rates
The combined rates are constructed from individually authorized
operating and administrative reimbursements. Simplified procedures
provide flexibility, enabling sponsors to manage their reimbursements
to pay for any allowable cost, regardless of the cost category.
Sponsors remain responsible, however, for ensuring proper
administration of the Program, while providing the best possible
nutrition benefit to children.
The operating and administrative rates are calculated separately.
However, the calculations of adjustments for both cost categories are
based on the same set of changes in the Food Away From Home series of
the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, published by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
They represent a 2.7 percent increase in this series for the 12-month
period, from November 2014 through November 2015 (from 251.987 in
November 2014 to 258.805 in November 2015).
Table of 2016 Reimbursement Rates
Presentation of the 2016 maximum per meal rates for meals served to
children in SFSP combines the results from the calculations of
operational and administrative payments, which are further explained in
this notice. The total amount of payments to State agencies for
disbursement to SFSP sponsors will be based upon these adjusted
combined rates and the number of meals of each type served. These
adjusted rates will be in effect from January 1, 2016 through December
31, 2016.
Summer Food Service Program
2016 Reimbursement Rates (Combined)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All states except Alaska and Alaska Hawaii
Hawaii ---------------------------------------------------------------
Per meal rates in whole or fractions of U.S. dollars --------------------------------
Rural or self- All other Rural or self- All other Rural or self- All other
prep sites types of sites prep sites types of sites prep sites types of sites
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Breakfast............................................... 2.1325 2.0925 3.4625 3.3975 2.4950 2.4475
Lunch or Supper......................................... 3.7450 3.6850 6.0650 5.9675 4.3850 4.3150
Snack................................................... 0.8875 0.8650 1.4350 1.4025 1.0325 1.0100
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Operating Rates
The portion of the SFSP rates for operating costs is based on
payment amounts set in section 13(b)(1) of the NSLA, 42 U.S.C.
1761(b)(1). They are rounded down to the nearest whole cent, as
required by section 11(a)(3)(B)(iii) of the NSLA, 42 U.S.C.
1759a(a)(3)(B)(iii).
Summer Food Service Program
Operating Component of 2016 Reimbursement Rates
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All states
Operating rates in U.S. dollars, rounded down to the nearest except Alaska Alaska Hawaii
whole cent and Hawaii
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Breakfast....................................................... 1.94 3.15 2.27
Lunch or Supper................................................. 3.39 5.49 3.97
Snack........................................................... 0.79 1.28 0.92
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Administrative Rates
The administrative cost component of the reimbursement is
authorized under section 13(b)(3) of the NSLA, 42 U.S.C. 1761(b)(3).
Rates are higher for sponsors of sites located in rural areas and for
``self-prep'' sponsors that prepare their own meals at the SFSP site or
at a central facility instead of purchasing them from vendors. The
administrative portion of SFSP rates are adjusted, either up or down,
to the nearest quarter-cent.
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Summer Food Service Program
Administrative Component of 2016 Reimbursement Rates
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All states except Alaska and Alaska Hawaii
Hawaii ---------------------------------------------------------------
Administrative rates in U.S. dollars, adjusted, up or --------------------------------
down, to the nearest quarter-cent Rural or self- All other Rural or self- All other Rural or self- All other
prep sites types of sites prep sites types of sites prep sites types of sites
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Breakfast............................................... 0.1925 0.1525 0.3125 0.2475 0.2250 0.1775
Lunch or Supper......................................... 0.3550 0.2950 0.5750 0.4775 0.4150 0.3450
Snack................................................... 0.0975 0.0750 0.1550 0.1225 0.1125 0.0900
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Authority: Sections 9, 13, and 14, Richard B. Russell National
School Lunch Act, 42 U.S.C. 1758, 1761, and 1762a, respectively.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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