[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72681-72683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-29479]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Generic Clearance for the Special Nutrition Programs
Quick Response Surveys (SNP QRS)
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
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this proposed information collection. This is a new collection to
conduct short quick turnaround surveys of State and local agencies
providing food, education and other services in the Child Nutrition and
Supplemental Nutrition and Safety Programs administered at the federal
level by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). These programs include
the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children, National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program,
Special Milk Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, Summer Food
Service Program, the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and the Food
Distribution Programs.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before January 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: 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.
Written comments may be sent to Janis Johnston, Ph.D., Senior
Technical Advisor, Office of Policy Support, Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Janis
Johnston at 703-305-2576 or via email to [email protected].
Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Go to http://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: To request more information on the
proposed project, contact Janis Johnston, Ph.D., Senior Technical
Advisor, Office of Policy Support, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Generic Clearance for the Special Nutrition Programs Quick
Response Surveys (SNP QRS).
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584-NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New Generic Collection.
Abstract: The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) intends to request
approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic
clearance that will allow FNS to conduct short quick turnaround surveys
of State, Local and Tribal agencies that receive food, funds and
nutrition information through the Child Nutrition and Supplemental
Nutrition and Safety Programs.
These programs include the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program
for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), National School Lunch Program
(NSLP), School Breakfast Program (SBP), Special Milk Program (SMP),
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP), Summer Food Service Program
(SFSP), the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and the Food
Distribution Programs. WIC provides Federal grants to States for
supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for
low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum
women, and to infants and children up to age five who are found to be
at nutritional risk. NSLP is a federally assisted meal program
operating in approximately 100,000 public and non[hyphen]profit private
schools and residential childcare institutions. School districts that
participate in NSLP receive cash subsidies and donated commodities from
USDA for each meal they serve. SBP is also a federally assisted meal
program operating in over 89,000 public and nonprofit private schools
and residential childcare institutions. FFVP provides free fresh fruits
and vegetables to students in participating elementary schools during
the school day. The fresh fruits and vegetables are provided separately
from the lunch or breakfast meal, in one or more areas of the school.
When school is not in session, the SFSP provides meals to all children
under 19 years of age at approved SFSP sites in areas with significant
concentrations of low-income children. CACFP subsidizes nutritious
meals and snacks served to children and adults in participating day
care facilities. Meals also are provided to children in emergency
shelters and eligible after school programs. The Food Distribution
Programs include the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), the
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), and The
Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). CSFP provides nutritious
USDA commodity foods and administrative funds to supplement the diets
of low-income seniors at least 60 years of age.\1\ FDPIR provides USDA
commodity foods to low-income households, including the elderly living
on Indian reservations, and to Native American families residing in
designated areas near reservations. TEFAP provides USDA commodity foods
and administrative funds to States, which then provide the food to
local agencies that they have selected, usually food banks, which then
distribute the food to soup kitchens and food pantries that directly
serve the public.
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\1\ CSFP originally included supplemental foods for pregnant,
breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children, but
changes in the program turned the focus towards low-income adults
age 60 and older. Women, infants and children who were certified as
of February 6, 2014, may continue receiving CSFP benefits until they
are no longer eligible under the program rules that existed in 2014.
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The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-296, Sec.
305) mandates programs under its authorization to cooperate with USDA
program research and evaluation activities. Traditionally, FNS conducts
program-specific large studies to collect information on numerous
features of each program. Such studies often take several years to
complete. The Quick Response Surveys provide a system for rapidly
collecting current information on a specific feature or issue, and,
therefore, enable FNS to administer the programs more effectively.
Following standard OMB requirements, FNS will submit a change
request to OMB for each data collection activity undertaken under this
generic clearance. The respondents will be identified at the time that
each change request is submitted to OMB. FNS will provide OMB with the
instruments and supporting materials describing the research project
and specific pre-testing activities.
Affected Public: Respondent categories of affected public and the
corresponding study participants will include: State, local and Tribal
agencies. Respondents will include: (1) State Program Directors
including WIC State agency directors, WIC State nutrition education and
breastfeeding coordinators, directors of the Child Nutrition programs
(NSLP/SBP, FFVP), directors of SFSP and CACFP, directors of State
Distributing agencies (CSFP, TEFAP) and Indian Tribal Organization
contacts for FDPIR; (2) Local-level
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program administrators including School Food Authorities, Local
Education Agencies, Schools, Local WIC Agencies and Sites, SFSP
Sponsors and Sites, TEFAP Eligible Recipient Agencies (ERAs), TEFAP
Emergency Food Organizations (EFOs), and CACFP Sponsors and Providers.
Number of Respondents: 21,023 annually.
Frequency of Responses: 1.98 times per year.
Average Burden Hours per Response: 0.28 hours.
Total Annual Burden Hours: 11,597 hours. See the table below for
estimated total annual burden for each type of respondent.
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Average Average Annual
Data Number of Frequency burden Annual Number of Frequency Annual burden burden Total
Program collection Respondent respondents of Annual (hours burden non- of responses (hours hours annual
activity (annual) responses responses per hours respondents responses (non- per non- (non- burden
(annual) response) (annual) (annual) response) response) response)
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WIC............................ Contact Info WIC State Agency...... 100 1 100 1 100 0 1 0 0.017 0 100
Request.
WIC............................ Survey...... WIC State Agency...... 100 2 200 0.33 67 0 2 0 0.017 0 67
WIC............................ Survey...... Local WIC Agency...... 1275 2 2550 0.33 850 310 2 620 0.017 11 861
WIC............................ Survey...... Local WIC Site........ 2000 2 4000 0.33 1333 500 2 1000 0.017 17 1350
NSLP/SBP/FFVP.................. Contact Info Child Nutrition State 54 1 54 1 54 0 1 0 0.017 0 54
Request. Agency.
NSLP/SBP/FFVP.................. Survey...... Child Nutrition State 54 2 108 0.33 36 0 2 0 0.017 0 36
Agency.
NSLP/SBP/FFVP.................. Survey...... SFA................... 1400 2 2800 0.33 933 350 2 700 0.017 12 945
NSLP/SBP/FFVP.................. Survey...... School................ 1500 1 1500 0.33 500 375 1 375 0.017 6 506
SFSP........................... Contact Info State Agency.......... 54 1 54 1 54 0 1 0 0.017 0 54
Request.
SFSP........................... Survey...... State Agency.......... 54 2 108 0.33 36 0 2 0 0.017 0 36
SFSP........................... Survey...... Sponsors.............. 1500 2 3000 0.33 1000 375 2 750 0.017 13 1013
SFSP........................... Survey...... Sites................. 2100 2 4200 0.33 1400 525 2 1050 0.017 18 1418
CACFP.......................... Contact Info State Agency.......... 54 1 54 1.00 54 0 1 0 0.017 0 54
Request.
CACFP.......................... Survey...... State Agency.......... 54 2 108 0.33 36 0 2 0 0.017 0 36
CACFP.......................... Survey...... Sponsors.............. 1750 3 5250 0.33 1750 438 3 1314 0.017 22 1772
CACFP.......................... Survey...... Sites................. 1950 2 3900 0.33 1300 488 2 976 0.017 16 1316
TEFAP.......................... Contact Info State Agency.......... 54 1 54 1.00 54 0 1 0 0.017 0 54
Request.
TEFAP.......................... Survey...... State Agency.......... 54 2 108 0.33 36 0 2 0 0.017 0 36
TEFAP.......................... Survey...... ERAs.................. 300 2 600 0.33 200 75 2 150 0.017 3 203
TEFAP.......................... Survey...... EFOs.................. 2100 2 4200 0.33 1400 525 2 1050 0.017 18 1418
FDPIR.......................... Contact Info State Agencies/ITOs... 105 1 105 1 105 0 1 0 0.017 0 105
Request.
FDPIR.......................... Survey...... State Agencies/ITOs... 105 2 210 0.33 70 0 2 0 0.017 0 70
FDPIR.......................... Survey...... Tribes................ 276 1 276 0.33 92 69 1 69 0.017 1.15 93
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Total...................... ............ ...................... 16,993 1.97 33,539 0.51 11,460 4,030 2.00 8,054 0.017 137.15 11,597
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Assumptions:
1. Each State agency will be asked to provide contact information for their respective local agencies. This request will be annual and take 1 hour per response
2. Two QRS for each State Agency per year for each program; 20 minutes per QRS (maximum).
3. Two QRS for each ``primary'' local agency (SFA, Sponsor, etc.) per year for each program; 20 minutes per QRS (maximum).
4. One QRS for each ``secondary'' local agency (sites, schools, etc.) per year for each program; 20 minutes per QRS (maximum).
Dated: November 3, 2015.
Yvette S. Jackson,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-29479 Filed 11-19-15; 8:45 am]
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