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requirements have been included that
are subject to approval from the Office
of Management and Budget.
This notice has been determined to be
not significant and was not reviewed by
the Office of Management and Budget in
conformance with Executive Order
12866.
National School Lunch, School
Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs
are listed in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance under No. 10.555,
No. 10.553, and No. 10.556,
respectively, and are subject to the
provisions of Executive Order 12372,
which requires intergovernmental
consultation with State and local
officials.
Authority: Sections 4, 8, 11, and 17A of the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1753, 1757,
1759a, 1766a) and sections 3 and 4(b) of the
Child Nutrition Act, as amended, (42 U.S.C.
1772 and 42 U.S.C. 1773(b)).
Dated: July 13, 2017.
Jessica Shahin,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
Education (SNAP-Ed) Toolkit
Intervention Submission Form and
Scoring Tool
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 a
proposed information collection, which
will use two new forms.
The purpose of the SNAP-Ed Toolkit
Intervention Submission Form and
Scoring Tool is to provide a uniform
and transparent method for submission,
review, and scoring of nutrition
education, physical activity promotion,
and obesity prevention interventions for
possible inclusion in the SNAP-Ed
Strategies and Interventions: An Obesity
Prevention Toolkit for States (Toolkit).
The Toolkit was developed to assist
State agencies in locating evidencebased interventions for their
implementation of SNAP-Ed
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programming. The Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008, as amended (The Act)
§ 28(c)(3)(A) requires that States use
evidence-based interventions. These
forms will allow FNS to increase the
selection of interventions available in
the Toolkit, increase innovation in
service delivery using interventions
which reflect up-to-date research, and
respond to intervention developer
requests to be included in the Toolkit.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before September 26,
2017.
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 has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden hours, 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 through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Lisa Mays,
State Administration Branch, Program
Accountability and Administration
Division, Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 821,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Lisa Mays at 703–457–7762, or via
email to SNAP-Ed@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. Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 821,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval. All comments
will also be a matter of public record.
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Requests for additional information
should be directed to Lisa Mays at
SNAP-Ed@fns.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: SNAP Ed Toolkit Intervention
Scoring Tool and Submission Form.
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OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Form Numbers: FNS–885 and FNS–
886.
Expiration Date: TBD.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Abstract: SNAP-Ed State and
Implementing agencies are able to
identify and choose evidence-based
interventions using the Toolkit. The
Toolkit was developed collaboratively
by FNS National and Regional Office
SNAP-Ed staff, the National
Collaborative on Childhood Obesity
Reduction (NCCOR), and the
Association of SNAP Nutrition
Education Administrators (ASNNA).
Currently, more than 80 interventions
are available in the Toolkit (https://
snapedtoolkit.org/). This new data
collection for additional interventions to
be reviewed for inclusion in the Toolkit
is necessary to:
• Increase the selection available to
agencies to allow them to find
interventions that fit their specific
needs.
• Increase innovation in service
delivery by encouraging adoption of
interventions which reflect the most upto-date research of nutrition education,
physical activity, and obesity
prevention behavior change.
• Allow FNS to respond to requests
by intervention developers to be
included in the Toolkit with a clear and
transparent review process and criteria
for inclusion.
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
as amended (The Act) § 28(c)(3)(A)
states that State agencies ‘‘may use
funds provided under this section for
any evidence-based allowable use of
funds’’ including ‘‘(i) individual and
group-based nutrition education, health
promotion, and intervention strategies’’.
7 CFR 272.2(2)(d) also states ‘‘SNAP-Ed
activities must include evidence-based
activities using one or more of these
approaches: Individual or group-based
nutrition education, health promotion,
and intervention strategies;
comprehensive, multi-level
interventions at multiple
complementary organizational and
institutional levels; community and
public health approaches to improve
nutrition’’. The Intervention Submission
Form (FNS 886) and Scoring Tool (FNS
885) allows for interventions to be
assessed to determine if they are both
evidence-based and use one of the
approaches described.
The Intervention Submission Form
will be used by intervention developers
(submitters) to provide information
about the intervention they are
submitting for inclusion in the Toolkit.
Information requested includes
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intervention materials, how they have
been and will be used, and the evidence
base which illustrates their
effectiveness. Information is collected
through a combination of multiplechoice boxes and text response areas.
Submitters will be members of State
or Implementing agencies, researchers
from academic institutions and Federal
agencies, such as the Economic
Research Service (ERS), and non-profit
or private sector nutrition education and
physical activity intervention
developers.
Submitters will be able to download,
complete and submit the form at any
time, although there will be an annual
deadline for submission for the
associated year’s review. Download and
submission will be through the SNAPEd Connection Web site (https://
snaped.fns.usda.gov/). Completion is
voluntary.
Submission Forms and attachments
will be collected by FNS National Office
SNAP-Ed staff and distributed to
intervention reviewers (reviewers), who
will use the Scoring Tool to help them
determine if the intervention should be
included in the Toolkit. The Scoring
Tool rates the intervention according to
the quality of materials, usefulness for
SNAP-Ed, and effectiveness as
demonstrated by the evidence base
provided. Reviewers will be directly
emailed the Intervention Scoring Tool.
Numerical scores will be entered by
reviewers as well as qualitative
responses which clarify why an
intervention was or was not included in
the Toolkit. Information is collected
through a combination of numerical and
text entry fields.
Reviewers will be FNS National and
Regional Office SNAP-Ed staff, nutrition
program staff from other Federal
agencies, such as Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC),
researchers from academic institutions,
and SNAP-Ed State and Implementing
agency staff.
The review period will occur
annually, with reviewers completing the
Scoring Tool and discussing inclusion
in the Toolkit. Participation as a
reviewer is voluntary, with completion
of the Scoring Tool a mandatory
component of review participation.
Affected Public: 8 State Agencies
which operate the SNAP-Ed program
and 82 local program operators
(Business-for-not-for-profit) such as
universities and non-profit
organizations. Intervention developers
may be SNAP-Ed State Agencies or local
program operators, academic
institutions not associated with SNAPEd, non-profit organizations, and private
organizations who voluntarily complete
the Intervention Submission Form.
Members of FNS SNAP-Ed staff, federal
employees from agencies such as CDC
and NIH, as well as NCCOR or ASNNA
members who may be employees of
State Agencies or local program
operators may voluntarily review
interventions using the Intervention
Scoring Tool.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
90.
Estimated Average Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.24242.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
123.
Estimated Average Hours per
Response: 3.46341.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours (Reporting Only): 426.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: The estimated total
reporting burden inventory for this
collection is 400 hours. The
Intervention Submission Form is
expected to be completed once annually
by 5 State Agencies and 52 local
program operators (business-for-not-forprofit) for approximately 57 total annual
responses annually. This form takes
approximately 4 hours per respondent
to complete for a total of 228 burden
hours of reporting annually for this
form. 20 hours of this burden will be
applied to State Agencies while 208
hours will be applied to local program
operators (business-for-not-for-profit).
This burden estimate was developed by
averaging the time provided by two
pilot testers of the form, who used
interventions currently available in the
Toolkit to test the Intervention
Submission Form. The Intervention
Scoring Tool is expected to be
completed twice by a predicted 22 local
program operators (business-for-not-forprofit) and 3 State Agencies for a total
66 annual responses. This form takes 3
hours per respondent to complete, for a
total of 198 reporting hours annually. 18
hours of this burden will be applied to
State Agencies and 180 hours will be
applied to local program operators
(business-for-not-for-profit). This
burden estimate was developed by
averaging the time provided by three
pilot testers of the form, who used
information provided by the pilot testers
of the Intervention Submission form to
test the Intervention Scoring Tool.
There are no recordkeeping burden
activities for these forms.
TABLE A.12–3—SUMMARY REPORTING BURDEN
Affected public
Respondent type
Intervention Submitters
State, Local, or Tribal Agencies.
States Agency Sub-Total
Number of
responses
per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Estimated
total hours
per
response
Estimated
total
burden
5
1
5
4
20
Intervention Reviewers ..
Intervention Submission Form
(FNS 886).
Scoring Tool (FNS 885) ..........
3
2
6
3
18
........................................
..................................................
8
1.375
11
3.4545
38
Business-for-not-for-profit ........
Intervention Submitters
1
52
4
208
Intervention Reviewers ..
Intervention Submission Form
(FNS 886).
Scoring Tool (FNS 885) ..........
52
Business-for-not-for-profit ........
30
2
60
3
180
Business Sub-Total ..........
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State, Local or Tribal Agencies
Estimated
number of
respondents
Form
........................................
..................................................
82
1.365
112
3.46428
388
........................................
..................................................
90
....................
123
....................
426
Grand Total Reporting for Each Affected Public.
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Dated: July 20, 2017.
Jessica Shahin,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017–15899 Filed 7–27–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Food Distribution Program: Value of
Donated Foods From July 1, 2017
through June 30, 2018
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
national average value of donated foods
or, where applicable, cash in lieu of
donated foods, to be provided in school
year 2018 (July 1, 2017 through June 30,
2018) for each lunch served by schools
participating in the National School
Lunch Program (NSLP), and for each
lunch and supper served by institutions
participating in the Child and Adult
Care Food Program (CACFP).
DATES: Effective date: July 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Polly Fairfield, Program Analyst, Policy
Branch, Food Distribution Division,
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia
22302–1594, or telephone (703) 305–
2680.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These
programs are listed in the Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance under Nos.
10.555 and 10.558 and are subject to the
provisions of Executive Order 12372,
which requires intergovernmental
consultation with State and local
officials.
This notice imposes no new reporting
or recordkeeping provisions that are
subject to Office of Management and
Budget review in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3507). This action 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.
This notice was not reviewed by the
Office of Management and Budget under
Executive Order 12866.
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SUMMARY:
National Average Minimum Value of
Donated Foods for the Period July 1,
2017 Through June 30, 2018
This notice implements mandatory
provisions of sections 6(c) and
17(h)(1)(B) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (the Act) (42
U.S.C. 1755(c) and 1766(h)(1)(B)).
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Section 6(c)(1)(A) of the Act establishes
the national average value of donated
food assistance to be given to States for
each lunch served in the NSLP at 11.00
cents per meal. Pursuant to section
6(c)(1)(B), this amount is subject to
annual adjustments on July 1 of each
year to reflect changes in a three-month
average value of the Producer Price
Index for Foods Used in Schools and
Institutions for March, April, and May
each year (Price Index). Section
17(h)(1)(B) of the Act provides that the
same value of donated foods (or cash in
lieu of donated foods) for school
lunches shall also be established for
lunches and suppers served in the
CACFP. Notice is hereby given that the
national average minimum value of
donated foods, or cash in lieu thereof,
per lunch under the NSLP (7 CFR part
210) and per lunch and supper under
the CACFP (7 CFR part 226) shall be
23.25 cents for the period July 1, 2017
through June 30, 2018.
The Price Index is computed using
five major food components in the
Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer
Price Index (cereal and bakery products;
meats, poultry and fish; dairy; processed
fruits and vegetables; and fats and oils).
Each component is weighted using the
relative weight as determined by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. The value of
food assistance is adjusted each July 1
by the annual percentage change in a
three-month average value of the Price
Index for March, April, and May each
year. The three-month average of the
Price Index increased by 0.98 percent
from 201.77 for March, April, and May
of 2016, as previously published in the
Federal Register, to 203.76 for the same
three months in 2017. When computed
on the basis of unrounded data and
rounded to the nearest one-quarter cent,
the resulting national average for the
period July 1, 2017 through June 30,
2018 will be 23.25 cents per meal. This
is an increase of one quarter of a cent
from the school year 2017 (July 1, 2016
through June 30, 2017) rate.
Authority: Sections 6(c)(1)(A) and (B),
6(e)(1), and 17(h)(1)(B) of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1755(c)(1)(A) and (B) and (e)(1), and
1766(h)(1)(B)).
Dated: July 13, 2017.
Jessica Shahin,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
(SNAP-Ed) Toolkit Intervention Submission Form and Scoring Tool
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 a proposed information collection, which will use two new forms.
The purpose of the SNAP-Ed Toolkit Intervention Submission Form and
Scoring Tool is to provide a uniform and transparent method for
submission, review, and scoring of nutrition education, physical
activity promotion, and obesity prevention interventions for possible
inclusion in the SNAP-Ed Strategies and Interventions: An Obesity
Prevention Toolkit for States (Toolkit). The Toolkit was developed to
assist State agencies in locating evidence-based interventions for
their implementation of SNAP-Ed programming. The Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008, as amended (The Act) Sec. 28(c)(3)(A) requires that States
use evidence-based interventions. These forms will allow FNS to
increase the selection of interventions available in the Toolkit,
increase innovation in service delivery using interventions which
reflect up-to-date research, and respond to intervention developer
requests to be included in the Toolkit.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before September 26,
2017.
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 has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden hours,
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
through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical or
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments may be sent to Lisa Mays, State Administration Branch,
Program Accountability and Administration Division, Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and
Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 821, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Lisa
Mays at 703-457-7762, or via email to SNAP-Ed@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. Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 821, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All
comments will also be a matter of public record.
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Requests for additional information
should be directed to Lisa Mays at SNAP-Ed@fns.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: SNAP Ed Toolkit Intervention Scoring Tool and Submission
Form.
OMB Number: 0584-NEW.
Form Numbers: FNS-885 and FNS-886.
Expiration Date: TBD.
Type of Request: New information collection.
Abstract: SNAP-Ed State and Implementing agencies are able to
identify and choose evidence-based interventions using the Toolkit. The
Toolkit was developed collaboratively by FNS National and Regional
Office SNAP-Ed staff, the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity
Reduction (NCCOR), and the Association of SNAP Nutrition Education
Administrators (ASNNA). Currently, more than 80 interventions are
available in the Toolkit (https://snapedtoolkit.org/). This new data
collection for additional interventions to be reviewed for inclusion in
the Toolkit is necessary to:
Increase the selection available to agencies to allow them
to find interventions that fit their specific needs.
Increase innovation in service delivery by encouraging
adoption of interventions which reflect the most up-to-date research of
nutrition education, physical activity, and obesity prevention behavior
change.
Allow FNS to respond to requests by intervention
developers to be included in the Toolkit with a clear and transparent
review process and criteria for inclusion.
The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended (The Act) Sec.
28(c)(3)(A) states that State agencies ``may use funds provided under
this section for any evidence-based allowable use of funds'' including
``(i) individual and group-based nutrition education, health promotion,
and intervention strategies''. 7 CFR 272.2(2)(d) also states ``SNAP-Ed
activities must include evidence-based activities using one or more of
these approaches: Individual or group-based nutrition education, health
promotion, and intervention strategies; comprehensive, multi-level
interventions at multiple complementary organizational and
institutional levels; community and public health approaches to improve
nutrition''. The Intervention Submission Form (FNS 886) and Scoring
Tool (FNS 885) allows for interventions to be assessed to determine if
they are both evidence-based and use one of the approaches described.
The Intervention Submission Form will be used by intervention
developers (submitters) to provide information about the intervention
they are submitting for inclusion in the Toolkit. Information requested
includes
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intervention materials, how they have been and will be used, and the
evidence base which illustrates their effectiveness. Information is
collected through a combination of multiple-choice boxes and text
response areas.
Submitters will be members of State or Implementing agencies,
researchers from academic institutions and Federal agencies, such as
the Economic Research Service (ERS), and non-profit or private sector
nutrition education and physical activity intervention developers.
Submitters will be able to download, complete and submit the form
at any time, although there will be an annual deadline for submission
for the associated year's review. Download and submission will be
through the SNAP-Ed Connection Web site (https://snaped.fns.usda.gov/).
Completion is voluntary.
Submission Forms and attachments will be collected by FNS National
Office SNAP-Ed staff and distributed to intervention reviewers
(reviewers), who will use the Scoring Tool to help them determine if
the intervention should be included in the Toolkit. The Scoring Tool
rates the intervention according to the quality of materials,
usefulness for SNAP-Ed, and effectiveness as demonstrated by the
evidence base provided. Reviewers will be directly emailed the
Intervention Scoring Tool. Numerical scores will be entered by
reviewers as well as qualitative responses which clarify why an
intervention was or was not included in the Toolkit. Information is
collected through a combination of numerical and text entry fields.
Reviewers will be FNS National and Regional Office SNAP-Ed staff,
nutrition program staff from other Federal agencies, such as Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), researchers from academic
institutions, and SNAP-Ed State and Implementing agency staff.
The review period will occur annually, with reviewers completing
the Scoring Tool and discussing inclusion in the Toolkit. Participation
as a reviewer is voluntary, with completion of the Scoring Tool a
mandatory component of review participation.
Affected Public: 8 State Agencies which operate the SNAP-Ed program
and 82 local program operators (Business-for-not-for-profit) such as
universities and non-profit organizations. Intervention developers may
be SNAP-Ed State Agencies or local program operators, academic
institutions not associated with SNAP-Ed, non-profit organizations, and
private organizations who voluntarily complete the Intervention
Submission Form. Members of FNS SNAP-Ed staff, federal employees from
agencies such as CDC and NIH, as well as NCCOR or ASNNA members who may
be employees of State Agencies or local program operators may
voluntarily review interventions using the Intervention Scoring Tool.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 90.
Estimated Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.24242.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 123.
Estimated Average Hours per Response: 3.46341.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (Reporting Only): 426.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The estimated total
reporting burden inventory for this collection is 400 hours. The
Intervention Submission Form is expected to be completed once annually
by 5 State Agencies and 52 local program operators (business-for-not-
for-profit) for approximately 57 total annual responses annually. This
form takes approximately 4 hours per respondent to complete for a total
of 228 burden hours of reporting annually for this form. 20 hours of
this burden will be applied to State Agencies while 208 hours will be
applied to local program operators (business-for-not-for-profit). This
burden estimate was developed by averaging the time provided by two
pilot testers of the form, who used interventions currently available
in the Toolkit to test the Intervention Submission Form. The
Intervention Scoring Tool is expected to be completed twice by a
predicted 22 local program operators (business-for-not-for-profit) and
3 State Agencies for a total 66 annual responses. This form takes 3
hours per respondent to complete, for a total of 198 reporting hours
annually. 18 hours of this burden will be applied to State Agencies and
180 hours will be applied to local program operators (business-for-not-
for-profit). This burden estimate was developed by averaging the time
provided by three pilot testers of the form, who used information
provided by the pilot testers of the Intervention Submission form to
test the Intervention Scoring Tool.
There are no recordkeeping burden activities for these forms.
Table A.12-3--Summary Reporting Burden
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Number of Estimated
Estimated responses Total total hours Estimated
Affected public Respondent type Form number of per annual per total
respondents respondent responses response burden
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State, Local or Tribal Agencies...... Intervention Submitters Intervention Submission 5 1 5 4 20
Form (FNS 886).
State, Local, or Tribal Agencies..... Intervention Reviewers. Scoring Tool (FNS 885). 3 2 6 3 18
States Agency Sub-Total.......... ....................... ....................... 8 1.375 11 3.4545 38
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Business-for-not-for-profit.......... Intervention Submitters Intervention Submission 52 1 52 4 208
Form (FNS 886).
Business-for-not-for-profit.......... Intervention Reviewers. Scoring Tool (FNS 885). 30 2 60 3 180
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Business Sub-Total............... ....................... ....................... 82 1.365 112 3.46428 388
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Grand Total Reporting for ....................... ....................... 90 ........... 123 ........... 426
Each Affected Public.
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Dated: July 20, 2017.
Jessica Shahin,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-15899 Filed 7-27-17; 8:45 am]
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