[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31291-31292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12814]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
May 22, 2012.
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
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
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 215--Special Milk Program for Children.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0005.
Summary of Collection: Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA)
of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-642, as amended; 42 U.S.C. 1772) authorizes the
Special Milk Program (SMP) for Children. It provides for appropriation
of such sums as may be necessary to enable the Secretary of Agriculture
under such rules and regulations as the Secretary may deem in the
public interest, to encourage consumption of fluid milk by children in
the United States in (1) nonprofit schools of high school grades and
under, and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child care centers,
settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions
devoted to the care and training of children, which do not participate
in a food service program authorized under the CNA or the National
School Lunch Act.
Need and Use of the Information: The Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) will collect information to compute the amount of Federal SMP
funds due the SA under the performance-funding formula; analyze and
evaluate the results of program operation within each state and
nationwide; respond to data requests from the Congress, OMB, and
advocacy groups and the general public; develop budget projections of
the amount of Federal funds needed to pay SMP program benefits; and
regulate the flow of Federal funds to SA. Without this information FNS
would not be able to evaluate program operations.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, and Tribal Government;
Business or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions;
Number of Respondents: 5,569.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 21,246.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: National School Lunch Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0006.
Summary of Collection: The Richard B. Russell School Lunch Act
(NSLA), as amended, authorizes the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)
to safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's children and
provide low cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students
through subsidies to schools. The United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) provides States with general and special cash
assistance and donations of foods to assist schools in serving
nutritious lunches to children each school day. Participating schools
must serve lunches that are nutritionally adequate, and maintain menu
and production records to demonstrate compliance with the meal
requirements. 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 NSLA (42
U.S.C. et seq.).
Need and Use of the Information: The information collection is
required to administer and operate the program in accordance with the
NSLA. The Program is administered at the Sate and school food authority
levels and the operations include the submission and approval of
applications, execution of agreements, submission of claims, payment of
claims, providing monitoring and technical assistance.
If the data is not collected, FNS would not be able to properly
monitor program funding and program trends.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government,
Individuals or household, Business or other for-profit, Not-for-profit
institutions, Federal Government.
Number of Respondents: 122,661.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly; Monthly; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 12,205,890.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: 7 CFR Part 220, School Breakfast Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0012.
Summary of Collection: Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA)
of 1966, as amended, authorizes the School Breakfast Program (SBP). It
provides for the appropriation of ``such sums as are necessary to
enable the Secretary to carry out a program to assist the States and
the Department of Defense through grants-in-aid and other means to
initiate, maintain, or expand nonprofit breakfast programs in all
schools which make application for assistance and agree to carry out a
nonprofit breakfast program in accordance with the Act.'' The Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS)
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administers the School Breakfast Program on behalf of the Secretary of
Agriculture so that needy children may receive their breakfasts free or
at a reduced price.
Need and Use of the Information: School food authorities provide
information to State agencies. The State agencies report to FNS. FNS
uses the information submitted to determine the amount of funds to be
reimbursed, evaluate and adjust program operations, and to develop
projections for future program operations.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 109,522.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion;
Quarterly; Monthly; Semi-annually; Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 3,924,902.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Civil Rights Title VI--Collection Reports--FNS-191 and FNS-
101.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0025.
Summary of Collection: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national
origin in programs receiving federal financial assistance. The
Department of Justice regulations, cited at Title 28 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 42.106(b), require all Federal
Departments to provide for the collection of racial/ethnic data and
information from applicants for and recipients of Federal assistance
sufficient to permit effective enforcement of Title VI. In order to
comply with the Civil Rights Act, Department of Justice regulations and
the Department's nondiscrimination policy and regulations (7 CFR part
15), the Department's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) requires State
agencies to submit data on the racial/ethnic categories of person
receiving benefits from FNS food assistance programs. FNS will collect
information using forms FNS 191 and FNS 101.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect the names,
address, telephone number, to compile a local agency directory which
serves as the primary source of data on number and location for local
agencies and number of sites operating Commodity Supplemental Food
Program (CSFP). FNS will also collect information on the number of CFSP
individuals (women, infant, children, and elderly) in each racial/
ethnic category for one month of the year. The information will be used
in the Department's annual USDA Equal Opportunity Report. If the
information is not collected FNS could not track racial/ethnic data for
program evaluation.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 2,927.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 5,854.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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