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schools that are tribally operated,
operated by the Bureau of Indian
Education, and that serve primarily
American Indian or Alaska Native
children to serve vegetables to meet the
grains requirements. In addition, to
meet the goals of the Dietary Guidelines
for Americans, the final rule updates
nutrition requirements, particularly
concerning reduced sodium and
reduced added sugar content in school
meals, which means that SFAs will
need to do additional development and
editing of their menus. In addition, FNS
Food and Nutrition Service
is also accounting for total additional
Title: National School Lunch Program. start-up and maintenance costs of
OMB Control Number: 0584–0006.
$21,819,000 that will be incurred by the
Summary of Collection: The Richard
State agencies and SFAs for
B. Russell National School Lunch Act
maintenance of databases, menu
(NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.)
planning, materials, and other ruleauthorizes the National School Lunch
related costs as a result of this final rule.
Program (NSLP). Section 10 of the Child
FNS is publishing a 30-Day Notice for
Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) (Pub. L.
this final rule submission because the
111–296) requires the Secretary of
agency changed how the requirements
Agriculture to prescribe such
and burden changes were submitted for
regulations as deemed necessary to
approval in the final rule from what was
carry out Child Nutrition Programs
used in the proposed rule. Due to
authorized under the NSLA and the
uncertain timing of the rules in
CNA. The NSLA, as amended,
conjunction with the renewal of this
authorizes the NSLP; 7 CFR part 210, to collection, FNS decided to request a
safeguard the health and well-being of
new OMB control number for the
the Nation’s children and provide free
collections related to the rule and later
or reduced-price school lunches to
merge them into the existing
eligible students through subsidies to
information collections that are related
schools. FNS published a final rule,
to these requirements. By the time of the
‘‘Child Nutrition Programs: Meal
final rule, however, this collection was
Patterns Consistent with the 2020–2025
renewed, so FNS decided to switch to
Dietary Guidelines for Americans’’ (RIN revisions of the existing collections,
0584–AE88) in the Federal Register on
rather than requesting a new OMB
April 25, 2024 (89 FR 31962) which
control number. OMB reviewed the
introduces new reporting and
proposed submission as ‘‘filed with
recordkeeping requirements for the
comment’’ on March 21, 2023, and
NSLP. Under the NSLA, FNS is required assigned the preliminary OMB Control
to develop school nutrition
Number 0584–0679 to the collection.
requirements that are consistent with
However, because FNS decided to
the goals of the most recent Dietary
submit revisions to the existing
Guidelines for Americans. In addition,
information collections, this
schools are required by regulation to
preliminary OMB control number was
comply with the meal requirements.
not used for the final rule submission.
This rulemaking finalizes long-term
Need and Use of the Information: The
school nutrition requirements based on
revisions to this ongoing information
the most recent Dietary Guidelines for
collection are due to the final rule,
Americans and feedback from Child
‘‘Child Nutrition Programs: Meal
Nutrition Program stakeholders. The
Patterns Consistent with the 2020–2025
final rule strengthens the Buy American Dietary Guidelines for Americans’’,
provision which requires the purchase
which amends Program regulations and
of domestic commodities or products
introduces new reporting and
‘‘to the maximum extent practicable,’’
recordkeeping requirements into this
maintains circumstances where limited
collection. Staff at the State agencies
exceptions are permitted to those
and the SFAs must collect, provide, and
requirements and requires school food
maintain the information required by
authorities (SFAs) to include the Buy
this rule. This final rule encompasses
American provisions in procurement
both mandatory and required to obtain
procedures, solicitations, food contracts, or retain a benefit information
and awarded contracts. The final rule
requirements. The State agencies and
permits flexibilities regarding the
SFAs are responsible for maintaining
documentation and records to
standard educational criteria in the
demonstrate their compliance with the
professional standards hiring
Buy American provisions, the flexibility
requirements and allows SFAs and
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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.
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for SFAs or its schools which are
tribally operated, operated by the
Bureau of Indian Education, or serve
primarily American Indian or Alaska
Native students to serve vegetables in
place of grains, the submission and
approval of requests to hire school
nutrition program directors who do not
meet the standard education criteria,
and to develop and maintain menus that
reflect the updated nutrition
specifications in accordance with the
final rule. FNS will use this information
to ensure compliance with the final rule
requirements.
Description of Respondents: State,
Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 115,935.
Frequency of Responses:
Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion,
Annually, and Other (every 3 years).
Total Burden Hours: 10,143,277.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024–19136 Filed 8–26–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
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 September 26,
2024 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
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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.
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Agricultural Research Service
Title: Focus Groups to Understand
Insights and Experiences of Manureshed
Managers.
OMB Number: 0518–XXXX.
Summary of Collection: This is a
request, made by ARS National Program
Leader and ARS Rangeland
Management Specialist, that the OMB
approve, under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, a generic
clearance for the ARS to conduct focus
groups to understand the perspectives
and experiences of agricultural and
natural resource professionals who
facilitate collaborative ‘‘manureshed’’
management. A manureshed is the land
geographically and economically
connected to confined animal feeding
operations where manure from the
operations can be recycled to meet
social, economic, and environmental
goals.
Need and Use of the Information: The
USDA–ARS Manureshed Working
Group will use focus group results to
design research and extension activities
that address the knowledge gaps and
opportunities illuminated by
practitioners on the ground to help
develop viable strategies for cooperative
manure management
The Manureshed Working Group has
begun to define the issues and describe
potential solutions using its own
research-based and extension-based
knowledge with geospatial mapping and
modeling. The next critical step for
manureshed researchers is to engage
directly with people on the ground who
recycle manure, to incorporate their
insights into targeted, solutions-oriented
research and extension.
Respondents: Individuals/
Households; Farms. Respondent types
are animal farmers, crop farmers,
manure professionals, natural resource
management professionals, and other
stakeholders who each have a key role
in facilitating manureshed management
in Colorado, Minnesota, and New
Mexico.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
450.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 398 hours.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024–19243 Filed 8–26–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–03–P
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 September 26,
2024 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 Breakfast Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584–0012.
Summary of Collection: Section 4 of
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA)
(Pub. L. 111–296) authorizes the School
Breakfast Program (SBP) 7 CFR part 220,
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as a nutrition assistance program.
Section 10 of the CNA requires the
Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe
such regulations as deemed necessary to
carry out Child Nutrition Programs
authorized under the CNA. The CNA
authorizes payments to the States to
assist them to initiate, maintain or
expand nonprofit breakfast programs in
the schools. FNS published a final rule,
‘‘Child Nutrition Programs: Meal
Patterns Consistent with the 2020–2025
Dietary Guidelines for Americans’’ (RIN
0584–AE88) in the Federal Register on
April 25, 2024 (89 FR 31962) which
introduces new recordkeeping
requirements for the SBP. Under the
SBP and the National School Lunch
Program (NSLP), FNS is required to
develop school nutrition requirements
that are consistent with the goals of the
most recent Dietary Guidelines for
Americans. In addition, schools are
required by regulation to comply with
the meal requirements. This rulemaking
finalizes long-term school nutrition
requirements based on the most recent
Dietary Guidelines for Americans and
feedback from Child Nutrition Program
stakeholders. The final rule strengthens
the Buy American provision which
requires the purchase of domestic
commodities or products ‘‘to the
maximum extent practicable,’’
maintains circumstances where limited
exceptions to those requirements are
permitted and requires school food
authorities (SFAs) to include the Buy
American provisions in procurement
procedures, solicitations, food contracts,
and awarded contracts. The final rule
allows SFAs and schools that are
tribally operated, operated by the
Bureau of Indian Education, and that
serve primarily American Indian or
Alaska Native children to serve
vegetables to meet the grains
requirements. In addition, the final rule
updates school meal nutrition
requirements, including implementing
quantitative limits for the following
leading sources of added sugars in
school breakfast meals: breakfast
cereals, yogurts, and flavored milks. The
rulemaking will also implement a
dietary specification limiting added
sugars to less than 10 percent of calories
per week in the school breakfast
programs. This means that SFAs will
need to do additional development and
editing of their menus.
FNS is publishing a 30-Day Notice for
this final rule submission because the
agency changed how the requirements
and burden changes were submitted for
approval in the final rule from what was
used in the proposed rule. Due to
uncertain timing of the rules in
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-19243]
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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
September 26, 2024 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
[[Page 68579]]
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.
Agricultural Research Service
Title: Focus Groups to Understand Insights and Experiences of
Manureshed Managers.
OMB Number: 0518-XXXX.
Summary of Collection: This is a request, made by ARS National
Program Leader and ARS Rangeland Management Specialist, that the OMB
approve, under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a generic clearance
for the ARS to conduct focus groups to understand the perspectives and
experiences of agricultural and natural resource professionals who
facilitate collaborative ``manureshed'' management. A manureshed is the
land geographically and economically connected to confined animal
feeding operations where manure from the operations can be recycled to
meet social, economic, and environmental goals.
Need and Use of the Information: The USDA-ARS Manureshed Working
Group will use focus group results to design research and extension
activities that address the knowledge gaps and opportunities
illuminated by practitioners on the ground to help develop viable
strategies for cooperative manure management
The Manureshed Working Group has begun to define the issues and
describe potential solutions using its own research-based and
extension-based knowledge with geospatial mapping and modeling. The
next critical step for manureshed researchers is to engage directly
with people on the ground who recycle manure, to incorporate their
insights into targeted, solutions-oriented research and extension.
Respondents: Individuals/Households; Farms. Respondent types are
animal farmers, crop farmers, manure professionals, natural resource
management professionals, and other stakeholders who each have a key
role in facilitating manureshed management in Colorado, Minnesota, and
New Mexico.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 450.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 398 hours.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-19243 Filed 8-26-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-03-P
