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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: School Meals Operations
Study: Evaluation of the COVID–19
Child Nutrition Waivers and Child
Nutrition Programs
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 revision of a
currently approved collection for the
School Meals Operations (SMO) Study
(OMB control number 0584–0607,
expiration date 08/31/2022) with
updated survey instruments for school
year (SY) 2021–2022. This study will
collect data from State agencies and
public school food authorities (SFAs),
including disaggregated administrative
data and data on the continued use and
effectiveness of the CN COVID–19
waivers.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before June 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Holly Figueroa, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1320 Braddock Pl, 5th floor, Alexandria,
VA 22314. Comments may also be
submitted via fax to the attention of
Holly Figueroa at 703–305–2576 or via
email to Holly.Figueroa@usda.gov.
DATES:
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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 Holly Figueroa at
holly.figueroa@usda.gov or 703–305–
2105.
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.
Title: School Meals Operations Study:
Evaluation of the COVID–19 Child
Nutrition Waivers and Child Nutrition
Programs (formerly entitled School
Meals Operations Study: State Agency
COVID–19 Child Nutrition Waivers
Evaluation).
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584–0607.
Expiration Date: 08/31/2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: FNS administers the schoolbased Child Nutrition (CN) Programs
(i.e., the school meal programs) in
partnership with States and local SFAs.
Section 28(a) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act authorizes
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary to conduct annual national
performance assessments of the school
meal programs. FNS plans to conduct
this annual assessment through the
School Meals Operations (SMO) Study
in SY 2021–2022. FNS will also use the
SMO Study to fulfill States’ reporting
requirements on the nationwide waivers
approved by FNS pursuant to section
2202 of the Families First Coronavirus
Response Act (FFCRA) (Pub. L. 116–
127). This notice covers the second
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iteration of the SMO Study, which will
collect data from State and local
agencies on the CN COVID–19 waivers
as well as data on state and local CN
program operations during SYs 2020–
2021 and 2021–2022. Participation in
the SMO Study will fulfill States’
statutory reporting requirements for the
CN COVID–19 nationwide waivers used
in fiscal year (FY) 21 and FY 22, which
correspond roughly to SYs 2020–21 and
2021–22, respectively.
The SMO Study is a revision of the
previously approved Child Nutrition
Program Operations Study II (CN–OPS
II, OMB control number 0584–0607). It
is designed to collect timely data on
policy, administrative, and operational
issues in the school-based CN Programs,
which contributes to budget
preparation, development and
implementation of program policy and
regulations, and identification of areas
for technical assistance and training.
Because the COVID–19 pandemic
changed the way that school meal
programs operated for SY 2020–2021,
with other CN programs such as the
Child and Adult Care Food Program and
the Summer Food Service Program
being used in place of or in combination
with the National School Lunch and
School Breakfast Programs (NSLP and
SBP) to provide meals to students, the
SMO Study will collect administrative
and web survey data from States on
each of these programs. Specifically,
this study will help FNS obtain:
1. General descriptive data on the
characteristics of CN Programs to inform
the budget process and answer
questions about topics of current policy
interest;
2. Data on program operations to
identify potential topics for training and
technical assistance for SFAs and State
Agencies (SAs) responsible for
administering the CN programs;
3. Administrative data to identify
program trends and predictors;
4. Information on the use and
effectiveness of the CN COVID–19
waivers, which will be used to satisfy
States’ reporting requirements on these
waivers under FFCRA.
The activities to be conducted subject
to this notice include:
• Collecting disaggregated
administrative data for FY 2021 and
FY 2022 from 67 State Agency
Directors that are currently only
reported in aggregate on forms FNS–
10, Report of School Program
Operations, FNS–418, Report of the
Summer Food Service Program for
Children, and FNS–44, Report of the
Child and Adult Care Food Program
(which are approved under OMB#
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0584–0594, Food Programs Reporting
System (FPRS), expiration date 07/31/
2023)
• Conducting two web surveys of 67
State Agency Directors to meet the
statutory reporting requirements of
the CN COVID–19 waivers separately
for SY 2020–21 and SY 2021–22
within the one-year timelines set by
the FFCRA
• Conducting one web survey of 1,266
public SFA Directors
The first year of the SMO Study,
which sought clearance for data
collection in SY 2020–2021, was cleared
by the Office of Management and
Budget on March 4, 2021 (School Meals
Operations Study: State Agency COVID–
19 Child Nutrition Waivers Evaluation,
OMB control number 0584–0607,
expiration date 08/31/2022). The Year 1
collection only included the state-level
data collection components (web survey
and administrative data collection)
because it was repurposed to meet
States’ statutory reporting requirements
for the nationwide CN COVID–19
waivers by gathering information on the
use and effectiveness of the waivers
from March–September 2020. This
notice covers the second iteration of the
SMO Study, which intends to collect
data in SY 2021–2022 from both States
and public SFAs and in SY 2022–23
from States only. The administrative
data collection components subject to
this notice will cover FY 2021 (October
2020–September 2021) and FY 2022
(October 2021–September 2022), which
correspond roughly to SYs 2020–21 and
2021–22, respectively, while the web
surveys will ask about program
operations and the use and impacts of
the CN COVID–19 waivers during SYs
2020–2021 and 2021–2022. The Statelevel surveys and administrative data
collections will be used to satisfy States’
reporting requirements on the CN
COVID–19 nationwide waivers pursuant
to the FFCRA.
Note: Personally identifiable information
(PII) will not be used to retrieve survey
records or data.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments: Respondent groups
identified include: (1) SFA Directors for
public schools, and (2) State Agency
Directors from all 50 States, 5 territories
and the District of Columbia.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of
respondents is 1,339. This includes (1)
67 State Agency Directors (in some
States, CN programs are administered by
multiple agencies); the State Agency
Directors are expected to participate in
both of the administrative data
collections (FY 21 and FY 22) and State
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Agency Director surveys subject to this
notice (3 of the 67 State Agency
Directors are also expected to
participate in the pretest, which will
only be conducted once), and (2) 1,272
SFA Directors. Six SFA Directors are
expected to participate in the pre-test of
the SFA Director web survey; these
pretest participants are unique
respondents and will not be included in
the sample for the SFA survey. An
additional 1,266 public SFA Directors
will be included in the sample for the
SFA Director web survey, of which
1,012 are expected to respond. The total
number of respondents also includes
254 non-respondents whom FNS
expects will not respond to the study
activities.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: State Agency Director
respondents will be asked to complete
an initial telephone meeting and
respond to the FNS–10, –418 and –44
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administrative data requests one time
annually (two times total, in SY 2021–
22 and SY 2022–23). SFA Director
respondents will be asked to complete
their web survey one time in SY 2021–
22, while State Agency Directors will be
asked to complete two web surveys in
SY 2021–22 (fall of 2021 and spring/
summer of 2022), each of which will
focus on different sets of CN COVID–19
nationwide waivers in order to meet the
statutory reporting timeline of one-year
for each set of waivers under the
FFCRA. In the event of non-response,
State Agency Directors may receive
reminder emails, a phone call, and a last
chance postcard until the target of 67
respondents is reached. Similarly, SFA
Directors who do not respond may
receive reminders via email, phone, or
post card until the target number of
1,012 respondents is reached. FNS
estimates that respondents will average
6.65 responses (7,211 responses/1,085
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respondents) across the entire
collection, with non-respondents
averaging 10.71 responses (2,720
responses/254 non-respondents). Across
all participants in the collection
(respondents and non-respondents) the
average number of responses is 7.42
(9,931 responses/1,339 total
respondents).
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
9,931.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time per response ranges from
3 minutes (0.0501 hours) to 6 hours
depending on the instrument, as shown
in the table below, with an average
estimated time for all participants of 20
minutes (0.34 hours) per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 3,408.40 hours. See the
table below for estimated total annual
burden for each type of respondent.
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Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economic Development Administration
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Notice of Petitions by Firms for
Determination of Eligibility To Apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance
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Economic Development
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice and opportunity for
public comment.
AGENCY:
The Economic Development
Administration (EDA) has received
SUMMARY:
petitions for certification of eligibility to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
from the firms listed below.
Accordingly, EDA has initiated
investigations to determine whether
increased imports into the United States
of articles like or directly competitive
with those produced by each of the
firms contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of the firms’
workers, or threat thereof, and to a
decrease in sales or production of each
petitioning firm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT
ASSISTANCE
[3/20/2021 through 4/13/2021]
Firm address
The Albany Distilling Company, Inc ........
78 Montgomery Street, Albany, NY
12207.
1201 Sams Avenue, Harahan, LA 70123
3/25/2021
The firm produces alcoholic beverages.
3/30/2021
9169 River Road, Marcy, NY 13403 .......
20525 Manhattan Place, Torrance, CA
90501.
107 Hay Street, West Warwick, RI
02893.
4/2/2021
4/2/2021
The firm processes and distributes seafood.
The firm manufactures industrial tools.
The firm manufactures computer hard
drives.
The firm manufactures metal pipes and
metal pipe fittings.
Vincent Piazza, Jr. & Sons Seafood, Inc
Advanced Tool, Inc ..................................
BNL Technologies, Inc. d/b/a Micronet ...
New England Union Company, Inc .........
Any party having a substantial
interest in these proceedings may
request a public hearing on the matter.
A written request for a hearing must be
submitted to the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Division, Room 71030,
Economic Development Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230, no later than ten
(10) calendar days following publication
of this notice. These petitions are
received pursuant to section 251 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Please follow the requirements set
forth in EDA’s regulations at 13 CFR
315.8 for procedures to request a public
hearing. The Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance official number
and title for the program under which
these petitions are submitted is 11.313,
Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms.
Bryan Borlik,
Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[S–59–2021]
Foreign-Trade Zone 18—San Jose,
California; Application for Subzone
Expansion; Lam Research
Corporation; Newark, California
An application has been submitted to
the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Board by
the City of San Jose, grantee of FTZ 18,
requesting an expansion of Subzone 18F
on behalf of Lam Research Corporation
in Newark, California. The application
was submitted pursuant to the
provisions of the Foreign-Trade Zones
Act, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u),
and the regulations of the FTZ Board (15
CFR part 400). It was formally docketed
on April 14, 2021.
Subzone 18F consists of the following
sites: Site 1 (29.28 acres)—4650 Cushing
Parkway, Fremont, Alameda County;
Site 4 (14.82 acres)—1 and 101 Portola
Avenue, Livermore, Alameda County;
Site 5 (7.3 acres)—7364 Marathon Drive
and 7150 Patterson Pass Road, Unit G,
Livermore, Alameda County; Site 7
(0.91 acres)—6757 Las Positas Road,
Livermore, Alameda County; Site 8
(0.44 acres)—7888 Marathon, Drive,
Livermore, Alameda County; Site 9
(2.17 acres)—41707 Christy Street,
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Fremont, Alameda County; Site 12 (0.98
acres)—7650 Marathon Drive,
Livermore, Alameda County; Site 13
(3.49 acres)—6551 West Schulte Road,
Tracy, San Joaquin County; Site 14 (8.56
acres)—1201 Voyager Street, Livermore,
Alameda County; Site 15 (2.77 acres)—
20427 Corsair Boulevard, Hayward,
Alameda County; and Site 16 (3.62
acres)—4405 Cushing Parkway,
Fremont, Alameda County. The
applicant is now requesting authority to
expand the subzone to include an
additional site (6.2 acres) located at
6753 Mowry Avenue, Newark, Alameda
County, which would be designated as
Site 17. The expanded subzone would
be subject to the existing activation limit
of FTZ 18.
In accordance with the FTZ Board’s
regulations, Qahira El-Amin of the FTZ
Staff is designated examiner to review
the application and make
recommendations to the FTZ Board.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The
closing period for their receipt is June
1, 2021. Rebuttal comments in response
to material submitted during the
foregoing period may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period to
June 15, 2021.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20654-20658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08212]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: School Meals Operations
Study: Evaluation of the COVID-19 Child Nutrition Waivers and Child
Nutrition Programs
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 proposed information collection. This collection is a revision
of a currently approved collection for the School Meals Operations
(SMO) Study (OMB control number 0584-0607, expiration date 08/31/2022)
with updated survey instruments for school year (SY) 2021-2022. This
study will collect data from State agencies and public school food
authorities (SFAs), including disaggregated administrative data and
data on the continued use and effectiveness of the CN COVID-19 waivers.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Holly Figueroa, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Pl, 5th floor,
Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Holly Figueroa at 703-305-2576 or via email to
[email protected].
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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 Holly
Figueroa at [email protected] or 703-305-2105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Title: School Meals Operations Study: Evaluation of the COVID-19
Child Nutrition Waivers and Child Nutrition Programs (formerly entitled
School Meals Operations Study: State Agency COVID-19 Child Nutrition
Waivers Evaluation).
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584-0607.
Expiration Date: 08/31/2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: FNS administers the school-based Child Nutrition (CN)
Programs (i.e., the school meal programs) in partnership with States
and local SFAs. Section 28(a) of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act authorizes the U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary to
conduct annual national performance assessments of the school meal
programs. FNS plans to conduct this annual assessment through the
School Meals Operations (SMO) Study in SY 2021-2022. FNS will also use
the SMO Study to fulfill States' reporting requirements on the
nationwide waivers approved by FNS pursuant to section 2202 of the
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (Pub. L. 116-127). This
notice covers the second iteration of the SMO Study, which will collect
data from State and local agencies on the CN COVID-19 waivers as well
as data on state and local CN program operations during SYs 2020-2021
and 2021-2022. Participation in the SMO Study will fulfill States'
statutory reporting requirements for the CN COVID-19 nationwide waivers
used in fiscal year (FY) 21 and FY 22, which correspond roughly to SYs
2020-21 and 2021-22, respectively.
The SMO Study is a revision of the previously approved Child
Nutrition Program Operations Study II (CN-OPS II, OMB control number
0584-0607). It is designed to collect timely data on policy,
administrative, and operational issues in the school-based CN Programs,
which contributes to budget preparation, development and implementation
of program policy and regulations, and identification of areas for
technical assistance and training. Because the COVID-19 pandemic
changed the way that school meal programs operated for SY 2020-2021,
with other CN programs such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program
and the Summer Food Service Program being used in place of or in
combination with the National School Lunch and School Breakfast
Programs (NSLP and SBP) to provide meals to students, the SMO Study
will collect administrative and web survey data from States on each of
these programs. Specifically, this study will help FNS obtain:
1. General descriptive data on the characteristics of CN Programs
to inform the budget process and answer questions about topics of
current policy interest;
2. Data on program operations to identify potential topics for
training and technical assistance for SFAs and State Agencies (SAs)
responsible for administering the CN programs;
3. Administrative data to identify program trends and predictors;
4. Information on the use and effectiveness of the CN COVID-19
waivers, which will be used to satisfy States' reporting requirements
on these waivers under FFCRA.
The activities to be conducted subject to this notice include:
Collecting disaggregated administrative data for FY 2021 and
FY 2022 from 67 State Agency Directors that are currently only reported
in aggregate on forms FNS-10, Report of School Program Operations, FNS-
418, Report of the Summer Food Service Program for Children, and FNS-
44, Report of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (which are approved
under OMB# 0584-0594, Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS), expiration
date 07/31/2023)
Conducting two web surveys of 67 State Agency Directors to
meet the statutory reporting requirements of the CN COVID-19 waivers
separately for SY 2020-21 and SY 2021-22 within the one-year timelines
set by the FFCRA
Conducting one web survey of 1,266 public SFA Directors
The first year of the SMO Study, which sought clearance for data
collection in SY 2020-2021, was cleared by the Office of Management and
Budget on March 4, 2021 (School Meals Operations Study: State Agency
COVID-19 Child Nutrition Waivers Evaluation, OMB control number 0584-
0607, expiration date 08/31/2022). The Year 1 collection only included
the state-level data collection components (web survey and
administrative data collection) because it was repurposed to meet
States' statutory reporting requirements for the nationwide CN COVID-19
waivers by gathering information on the use and effectiveness of the
waivers from March-September 2020. This notice covers the second
iteration of the SMO Study, which intends to collect data in SY 2021-
2022 from both States and public SFAs and in SY 2022-23 from States
only. The administrative data collection components subject to this
notice will cover FY 2021 (October 2020-September 2021) and FY 2022
(October 2021-September 2022), which correspond roughly to SYs 2020-21
and 2021-22, respectively, while the web surveys will ask about program
operations and the use and impacts of the CN COVID-19 waivers during
SYs 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. The State-level surveys and administrative
data collections will be used to satisfy States' reporting requirements
on the CN COVID-19 nationwide waivers pursuant to the FFCRA.
Note: Personally identifiable information (PII) will not be used
to retrieve survey records or data.
Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments: Respondent
groups identified include: (1) SFA Directors for public schools, and
(2) State Agency Directors from all 50 States, 5 territories and the
District of Columbia.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of
respondents is 1,339. This includes (1) 67 State Agency Directors (in
some States, CN programs are administered by multiple agencies); the
State Agency Directors are expected to participate in both of the
administrative data collections (FY 21 and FY 22) and State
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Agency Director surveys subject to this notice (3 of the 67 State
Agency Directors are also expected to participate in the pretest, which
will only be conducted once), and (2) 1,272 SFA Directors. Six SFA
Directors are expected to participate in the pre-test of the SFA
Director web survey; these pretest participants are unique respondents
and will not be included in the sample for the SFA survey. An
additional 1,266 public SFA Directors will be included in the sample
for the SFA Director web survey, of which 1,012 are expected to
respond. The total number of respondents also includes 254 non-
respondents whom FNS expects will not respond to the study activities.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: State Agency Director
respondents will be asked to complete an initial telephone meeting and
respond to the FNS-10, -418 and -44 administrative data requests one
time annually (two times total, in SY 2021-22 and SY 2022-23). SFA
Director respondents will be asked to complete their web survey one
time in SY 2021-22, while State Agency Directors will be asked to
complete two web surveys in SY 2021-22 (fall of 2021 and spring/summer
of 2022), each of which will focus on different sets of CN COVID-19
nationwide waivers in order to meet the statutory reporting timeline of
one-year for each set of waivers under the FFCRA. In the event of non-
response, State Agency Directors may receive reminder emails, a phone
call, and a last chance postcard until the target of 67 respondents is
reached. Similarly, SFA Directors who do not respond may receive
reminders via email, phone, or post card until the target number of
1,012 respondents is reached. FNS estimates that respondents will
average 6.65 responses (7,211 responses/1,085 respondents) across the
entire collection, with non-respondents averaging 10.71 responses
(2,720 responses/254 non-respondents). Across all participants in the
collection (respondents and non-respondents) the average number of
responses is 7.42 (9,931 responses/1,339 total respondents).
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 9,931.
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time per response ranges
from 3 minutes (0.0501 hours) to 6 hours depending on the instrument,
as shown in the table below, with an average estimated time for all
participants of 20 minutes (0.34 hours) per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,408.40 hours. See
the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of
respondent.
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Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-08212 Filed 4-20-21; 8:45 am]
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