[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31291-31292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing 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), [email protected] 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.
[FR Doc. 2012-12814 Filed 5-24-12; 8:45 am]
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