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Estimated total annual burden on
respondents: 1,219 hours. (Due to
averaging, the total annual burden hours
may not equal the product of the annual
number of responses multiplied by the
reporting burden per response.)
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.
Done in Washington, DC, this 4th day of
March 2016.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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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 the FNS–640 Administrative
Review Data Report associated with the
currently approved information
collection for the National School
Lunch Program.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before May 9, 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: Sarah
Smith-Holmes, Division Director,
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Program Monitoring and Operational
Support, 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 Sarah Smith-Holmes at 703–
305–2879 or via email to Sarah.SmithHolmes@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 Sarah SmithHolmes at the address indicated above
or by phone at 703–605–3223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR Part 210, National School
Lunch Program.
Form: FNS–640.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0006.
Expiration Date: March 31, 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. 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 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 State
agencies must conduct administrative
reviews to monitor compliance with
Program requirements. FNS collects
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Program data from State agencies on
FNS forms that have been approved by
OMB. The FNS–640 form collects
information from these administrative
reviews conducted by the State agency.
The FNS–640 Coordinated Review
Effort (CRE) Data Report is currently
approved as part of this information
collection. The title of the FNS–640
form is being changed to
‘‘Administrative Review Data Report’’
and FNS is proposing revisions to
reflect changes to the administrative
review process and revisions to
incorporate the form into an electronic
report for the Food Program Reporting
System (FPRS). Upon approval of the
proposed revisions by OMB, the
reporting burden for this form will be
merged into the FPRS information
collection, OMB control # 0584–0594,
expiration date 06/30/2017. The
reporting and recordkeeping burden
hours associated with this revision are
not changing.
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.
Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4.14573.
Total Annual Responses: 502,504.
Reporting Time per Response:
0.7038758.
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:
9,871,395.
Difference (change in burden with this
renewal): 0.
Refer to the table below for estimated
total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
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Estimated
number of
respondents
Affected public
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Estimated
average hours
per response
Estimated total
burden
(hours)
Reporting
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................
Schools ................................................................................
56
19,822
101,332
122
15
2
6,832
293,008
202,664
7.7762
0.956653
0.1
53,127
280,307
20,266
Total Estimated Reporting Burden ...............................
121,210
........................
502,504
........................
353,700
Recordkeeping
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................
Schools ................................................................................
56
19,822
101,332
1419
20
481
79,464
396,440
48,771,092
1.5913
4.5380
0.15567
126,451
1,799,045
7,592,199
Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden .......................
121,210
........................
49,246,996
........................
9,517,695
Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
Reporting ..............................................................................
Recordkeeping .....................................................................
121,210
121,210
4.14573
510.264
502,504
49,246,996
0.703875
0.184631055
353,700
9,517,695
Total ..............................................................................
........................
........................
49,749,500
........................
9,871,395
Dated: February 29, 2016.
Telora T. Dean,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–05312 Filed 3–9–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Study of WIC Food Package
Costs and Cost Containment
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 collection is a new Information
Collection for The Study of WIC Food
Package Costs and Cost Containment.
DATES: Written comments on this notice
must be received on or before May 9,
2016.
SUMMARY:
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
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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: Anna Potter, Policy Analyst,
Office of Policy Support, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 1004, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via
fax to the attention of Anna Potter at
703–305–2576 or via email to
anna.potter@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 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 Anna Potter at
703–305–2719.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Study of WIC Food Package
Costs and Cost Containment.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: Not Yet Assigned.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: The Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants,
and Children (WIC) provides
supplemental foods to safeguard the
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health of low-income pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children up
to 5 years of age who are at nutritional
risk. In an effort to ensure the best use
of available funds and to provide for
participation by eligible individuals,
WIC State agencies (SAs) are
responsible for implementing food
package and other cost containment
measures. FNS has funded this study to
gather information on the types of costcontainment practices used by the 90
WIC SAs, assess the effectiveness of
various practices, and identify those
practices that constrain the cost of WIC
foods with minimal increases to
administrative costs and no adverse
effects on WIC program outcomes such
as participant satisfaction, retention,
and consumption of WIC foods. The
findings will be used by FNS to share
with WIC SAs food item cost
containment practices that are effective
at reducing WIC food costs.
The information collection subject to
this notice includes the following:
1. Telephone interviews with WIC
directors in all 90 WIC SAs: Needed to
obtain information on cost containment
measures, reasons for implementing
certain cost containment strategies and
not others, opinions on effects on
program outcomes, and challenges of
implementing and maintaining
measures.
2. Collection of administrative costs of
practices, administrative WIC data, and
electronic benefit transfer (EBT) data in
12 WIC SAs: Administrative data are
needed to assess administrative costs
and examine participant characteristics,
food package prescriptions, indicators of
health, and income; EBT data are
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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 the FNS-640
Administrative Review Data Report associated with the currently
approved information collection for the National School Lunch Program.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 9, 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: Sarah Smith-Holmes, Division Director,
Program Monitoring and Operational Support, 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 Sarah Smith-Holmes at 703-305-2879 or via
email to Sarah.Smith-Holmes@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 Sarah
Smith-Holmes at the address indicated above or by phone at 703-605-
3223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR Part 210, National School Lunch Program.
Form: FNS-640.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0006.
Expiration Date: March 31, 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. 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 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
State agencies must conduct administrative reviews to monitor
compliance with Program requirements. FNS collects Program data from
State agencies on FNS forms that have been approved by OMB. The FNS-640
form collects information from these administrative reviews conducted
by the State agency. The FNS-640 Coordinated Review Effort (CRE) Data
Report is currently approved as part of this information collection.
The title of the FNS-640 form is being changed to ``Administrative
Review Data Report'' and FNS is proposing revisions to reflect changes
to the administrative review process and revisions to incorporate the
form into an electronic report for the Food Program Reporting System
(FPRS). Upon approval of the proposed revisions by OMB, the reporting
burden for this form will be merged into the FPRS information
collection, OMB control # 0584-0594, expiration date 06/30/2017. The
reporting and recordkeeping burden hours associated with this revision
are not changing.
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.
Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.14573.
Total Annual Responses: 502,504.
Reporting Time per Response: 0.7038758.
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: 9,871,395.
Difference (change in burden with this renewal): 0.
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
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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
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Total Estimated 121,210 .............. 49,246,996 .............. 9,517,695
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................... 121,210 510.264 49,246,996 0.184631055 9,517,695
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Total....................... .............. .............. 49,749,500 .............. 9,871,395
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Dated: February 29, 2016.
Telora T. Dean,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-05312 Filed 3-9-16; 8:45 am]
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