Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 7243 [2021-01795]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 7243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01795]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

January 22, 2021.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 regarding this information collection received by February 
26, 2021 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: School Meals Operations Study: State Agency COVID-19 Child 
Nutrition Waivers Evaluation.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0607.
    Summary of Collection: This study was originally called the Child 
Nutrition Program Operations Study II. The Food and Nutrition Service 
(FNS) has changed the name of the study series to School Meals 
Operations (SMO) Study to better reflect the specific programs on which 
the study ordinarily collects data. The annual data collected from this 
study allows FNS to describe and assess program operations, provide 
input for legislation and regulations on the CN programs, and develop 
pertinent technical assistance and training for program staff at the 
State and local levels. This information is necessary for FNS to 
understand how recent and proposed legislation, regulations, policies, 
and initiatives change the child nutrition program operations. However, 
for the SY 2020-2021 data collection, FNS has repurposed the SMO Study 
to collect the data needed to meet the congressionally-mandated 
reporting requirements for the 21 COVID-19-related Child Nutrition 
waiver requests specified in section 2202 of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (Pub. L. 116-127). These nationwide 
waiver requests affected requirements in the National School Lunch 
Program (NSLP), the School Breakfast Program (SBP), the NSLP Seamless 
Summer Option (SSO), the School Food Service Program (SFSP), and the 
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
    Need and Use of the Information: This mandatory study will collect 
data from the State Child Nutrition directors through a web-survey and 
an administrative data collection. The survey portion of the study will 
collect information relevant to the implementation of the nationwide 
waivers, and the administrative data collection will collect 
disaggregated administrative data from the State agencies. This study 
will help the State agencies fulfill their congressionally-mandated 
reporting requirements by focusing on the use of COVID-19-related 
nationwide waivers and the administration of CN Programs that operated 
under nationwide waiver authority during March 2020 through September 
2020. FNS will use the data to assess meal service levels to determine 
coverage within and across states, look for patterns and trends across 
site types, and assess how the waivers improved services to children 
since, in the absence of these waivers, meal service may not have been 
possible. The information will also inform FNS's planning, policy, and 
guidance related to state and local meal service operations during 
future emergency situations and unanticipated school closures.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 67.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,173.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-01795 Filed 1-26-21; 8:45 am]
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