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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
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 August 28, 2023
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
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displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR part 210, National School
Lunch Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0006.
Summary of Collection: 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 Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act
(NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). The
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
eligible students through subsidies to
schools. As required, the Secretary of
Agriculture issued 7 CFR part 210,
which sets forth policies and procedures
for the administration and operation of
the NSLP.
Need and Use of the Information:
This ongoing information collection is
required to administer and operate this
program in accordance with the NSLA.
The Program is administered at the State
agency and school food authority (SFA)/
local education agency (LEA) levels and
States, SFAs/LEAs, and schools under
this Act are required to keep accounts
and records as may be necessary to
enable FNS to determine whether the
program is in compliance with this Act
and the regulations. Program operations
include the submission of applications
and agreements and monthly reports of
program participation and numbers of
meals served submitted from monthly
claims for reimbursement. Records
maintained include documentation of
payment of monthly claims, annual data
from Program monitoring reviews, and
menu and food production records. In
addition to reporting and maintaining
records, the States and SFAs/LEAs have
publication notification requirements as
well. State agencies must post
summaries of the most recent
administrative review results of SFAs
on their websites. LEAs must inform the
public annually about the content and
implementation of local school wellness
policies and must conduct triennial
assessments of schools’ compliance
with the local school wellness policies
and inform the public about the
progress. FNS uses this information to
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properly monitor State agency and SFA/
LEA compliance.
Description of Respondents: State,
local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 115,935.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting; Third party
disclosure: On occasion, Quarterly,
Monthly, and Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 9,808,701.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR part 245, Determining
Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price
Meals and Free Milk in Schools.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0026.
Summary of Collection: The Richard
B. Russell National School Lunch Act
(NSLA), Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
U.S.C. 1779), and Title 7 CFR part 245,
Determining Eligibility for Free and
Reduced Price Meals and Free Milk in
Schools, set forth Program requirements
for State agencies, local education
agencies (LEAs)/school food authorities
(SFAs), and households. 7 CFR part 245
and section 9 of the NSLA require
Program participants and administrators
of the School Breakfast Program (SBP),
National School Lunch Program (NSLP),
or Special Milk Program (SMP) to
determine children’s eligibility for free
and reduced price meals and/or free
milk. Also established in 7 CFR part 245
and section 9 of the NSLA are Program
procedures and Federal requirements
that prevent physical segregation, or
other discrimination against, or overt
identification of, children unable to pay
the full price for meals or milk. All
schools and institutions opting to
participate in the SBP, NSLP, or the
SMP are required to make free or
reduced price meals or free milk
available to all eligible enrolled
children.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS
collects information for this collection,
which contains both mandatory and
required to obtain or retain benefit
requirements, from State agencies,
LEAs/SFAs, and households. The
information collected from the State
agencies and the LEAs/SFAs ensures
that eligibility determinations are made,
that applications are verified, that
eligibility and other records are
maintained, and that public notification
is provided concerning the programs.
The information collected from the
households is used to determine
eligibility for free and reduced price
meal benefits and participation in the
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Special Milk Program and to verify
eligibility determinations. FNS uses the
information to estimate and report the
burden that Program requirements have
on State and local levels, comply with
Federal requirements, understand the
administrative and operational costs
associated with Program eligibility
criteria, to monitor the number of
children directly certified and the
number participating in the school meal
programs, to monitor the number of
household applications that are
submitted, and to monitor the number
of schools operating under Provision 1,
2, or 3 or the Community Eligibility
Provision which enable schools to serve
all enrolled students free meals at no
charge. Households are required to
complete applications and respond to
verification in order to receive program
benefits.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; State, local,
or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 3,571,312.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting; Third Party
Disclosure: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 660,799.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Child and Adult Care Food
Program (CACFP) National Disqualified
List.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0584.
Summary of Collection: The Food and
Nutrition Service administers the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1771, et seq.). Section 243(c) of
Public Law 106–224, the Agricultural
Risk Protection Act of 2000, amended
section 17(d)(5) of the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1766 (d)(5)(E)(i) and (ii)) by by
requiring the Department of Agriculture
to maintain a list of institutions, day
care home providers, and individuals
that have been terminated or otherwise
disqualified from CACFP participation.
The law also requires the Department to
make the list available to State agencies
for their use in reviewing applications
to participate and to sponsoring
organizations to ensure that they do not
employ as principals any persons who
are disqualified from the program. This
statutory mandate has been
incorporated into § 226.6(c)(7) of the
Program regulations.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) uses
forms FNS–843 Report of
Disqualification from Participation—
Institution and Responsible Principals/
Individuals and FNS–844 Report of
Disqualification from Participation—
Individually Disqualified Responsible
Principal/Individual or Day Care Home
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Provider to collect and maintain the
disqualification data. The State agencies
use these forms, which are accessed
through a web-based National
Disqualification List (NDL) system, to
collect the contact information and the
disqualification information and reasons
on all individuals and institutions that
have been disqualified and are therefore
ineligible to participate in CACFP. The
information is collected from State
agencies as the disqualifications occur
so that the list is kept current. By
maintaining the web-based system, the
Department ensures program integrity
by making the NDL data available to
sponsoring organizations and State
agencies so that no one who has been
disqualified can participate in CACFP.
Without this data collection, State
agencies would not be able to prevent
individuals and institutions disqualified
in other States from reapplying to
participate in CACFP.
Description of Respondents: State,
local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion; Other (as needed).
Total Burden Hours: 784.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
[Docket ID NRCS–2023–0015]
Information Collection Request;
Conservation Outreach, Education,
and Technical Assistance
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act requirement,
the Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS), Outreach and
Partnership Division (OPD) is requesting
comments from all interested
individuals and organizations on a new
information collection request
associated with Conservation Outreach,
Education, and Technical Assistance.
The approved recipients will report the
equity information to NRCS OPD on the
underserved producers and
communities who receive conservation
assistance and students who are
interested to pursue agriculture, natural
resources and related sciences careers.
SUMMARY:
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We will consider comments that
we receive by September 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. You may
submit comments, identified by Docket
ID: NRCS–2023–0015 in the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
You may also send comments to the
Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget,
Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill
Howard; by telephone: 701–214–8874;
or by email: jill.howard@usda.gov.
Individuals who require alternative
means for communication should
contact the USDA TARGET Center at
(202) 720–2600 (voice and text
telephone (TTY)) or dial 711 for
Telecommunications Relay service (both
voice and text telephone users can
initiate this call from any telephone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Conservation Outreach,
Education, and Technical Assistance.
OMB Control Number: 0578–XXXX.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: NRCS OPD is administrating
the Equity in Conservation Outreach
cooperative agreements. As the primary
goal of NRCS, in collaboration with
partners, is to expand conservation
assistance to historically underserved
producers and underserved
communities and to provide
opportunities for students to pursue
careers in agriculture, natural resources,
and related sciences.
After the cooperative agreements are
awarded, the cooperators will be
required to provide performance reports
to provide information as specified in
the general terms and conditions in the
executed cooperative agreement.
Recipients will report semi-annually. In
order to evaluate the impact and
effectiveness of the agreement via
standardized metrics, NRCS OPD is
offering a performance reporting
template as a supplement to the
required performance report.
For the following estimated total
annual burden on respondents, the
formula used to calculate the total
burden hours is the estimated average
time per responses multiplied by the
estimated total annual of responses
annually.
Estimate of Average Time To
Respond: The reporting burden for
collecting information is estimated to
average 4 hours per response, including
the time for reviewing instructions,
searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data
DATES:
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Federal Register
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings,
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 August
28, 2023 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: 7 CFR part 210, National School Lunch Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0006.
Summary of Collection: 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 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 U.S.C.
1751 et seq.). The 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
eligible students through subsidies to schools. As required, the
Secretary of Agriculture issued 7 CFR part 210, which sets forth
policies and procedures for the administration and operation of the
NSLP.
Need and Use of the Information: This ongoing information
collection is required to administer and operate this program in
accordance with the NSLA. The Program is administered at the State
agency and school food authority (SFA)/local education agency (LEA)
levels and States, SFAs/LEAs, and schools under this Act are required
to keep accounts and records as may be necessary to enable FNS to
determine whether the program is in compliance with this Act and the
regulations. Program operations include the submission of applications
and agreements and monthly reports of program participation and numbers
of meals served submitted from monthly claims for reimbursement.
Records maintained include documentation of payment of monthly claims,
annual data from Program monitoring reviews, and menu and food
production records. In addition to reporting and maintaining records,
the States and SFAs/LEAs have publication notification requirements as
well. State agencies must post summaries of the most recent
administrative review results of SFAs on their websites. LEAs must
inform the public annually about the content and implementation of
local school wellness policies and must conduct triennial assessments
of schools' compliance with the local school wellness policies and
inform the public about the progress. FNS uses this information to
properly monitor State agency and SFA/LEA compliance.
Description of Respondents: State, local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 115,935.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; Third party
disclosure: On occasion, Quarterly, Monthly, and Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 9,808,701.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR part 245, Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced
Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0026.
Summary of Collection: The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch
Act (NSLA), Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779), and Title 7
CFR part 245, Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals
and Free Milk in Schools, set forth Program requirements for State
agencies, local education agencies (LEAs)/school food authorities
(SFAs), and households. 7 CFR part 245 and section 9 of the NSLA
require Program participants and administrators of the School Breakfast
Program (SBP), National School Lunch Program (NSLP), or Special Milk
Program (SMP) to determine children's eligibility for free and reduced
price meals and/or free milk. Also established in 7 CFR part 245 and
section 9 of the NSLA are Program procedures and Federal requirements
that prevent physical segregation, or other discrimination against, or
overt identification of, children unable to pay the full price for
meals or milk. All schools and institutions opting to participate in
the SBP, NSLP, or the SMP are required to make free or reduced price
meals or free milk available to all eligible enrolled children.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS collects information for this
collection, which contains both mandatory and required to obtain or
retain benefit requirements, from State agencies, LEAs/SFAs, and
households. The information collected from the State agencies and the
LEAs/SFAs ensures that eligibility determinations are made, that
applications are verified, that eligibility and other records are
maintained, and that public notification is provided concerning the
programs. The information collected from the households is used to
determine eligibility for free and reduced price meal benefits and
participation in the
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Special Milk Program and to verify eligibility determinations. FNS uses
the information to estimate and report the burden that Program
requirements have on State and local levels, comply with Federal
requirements, understand the administrative and operational costs
associated with Program eligibility criteria, to monitor the number of
children directly certified and the number participating in the school
meal programs, to monitor the number of household applications that are
submitted, and to monitor the number of schools operating under
Provision 1, 2, or 3 or the Community Eligibility Provision which
enable schools to serve all enrolled students free meals at no charge.
Households are required to complete applications and respond to
verification in order to receive program benefits.
Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; State,
local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 3,571,312.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; Third Party
Disclosure: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 660,799.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) National
Disqualified List.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0584.
Summary of Collection: The Food and Nutrition Service administers
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1771, et seq.).
Section 243(c) of Public Law 106-224, the Agricultural Risk Protection
Act of 2000, amended section 17(d)(5) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766 (d)(5)(E)(i) and (ii)) by by
requiring the Department of Agriculture to maintain a list of
institutions, day care home providers, and individuals that have been
terminated or otherwise disqualified from CACFP participation. The law
also requires the Department to make the list available to State
agencies for their use in reviewing applications to participate and to
sponsoring organizations to ensure that they do not employ as
principals any persons who are disqualified from the program. This
statutory mandate has been incorporated into Sec. 226.6(c)(7) of the
Program regulations.
Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) uses forms FNS-843 Report of Disqualification from
Participation--Institution and Responsible Principals/Individuals and
FNS-844 Report of Disqualification from Participation--Individually
Disqualified Responsible Principal/Individual or Day Care Home Provider
to collect and maintain the disqualification data. The State agencies
use these forms, which are accessed through a web-based National
Disqualification List (NDL) system, to collect the contact information
and the disqualification information and reasons on all individuals and
institutions that have been disqualified and are therefore ineligible
to participate in CACFP. The information is collected from State
agencies as the disqualifications occur so that the list is kept
current. By maintaining the web-based system, the Department ensures
program integrity by making the NDL data available to sponsoring
organizations and State agencies so that no one who has been
disqualified can participate in CACFP. Without this data collection,
State agencies would not be able to prevent individuals and
institutions disqualified in other States from reapplying to
participate in CACFP.
Description of Respondents: State, local, or Tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion; Other (as needed).
Total Burden Hours: 784.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-16031 Filed 7-27-23; 8:45 am]
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