[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30846-30847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-12275]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request: Information Collection for the Child and Adult Care 
Food Program

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 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 the Agency's proposed information collection for the Child and Adult 
Care Food Program (CACFP). This collection is a revision of a currently 
approved information collection.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 22, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's 
functions, including whether the information will have practical 
utility; (2) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the proposed 
information collection burden, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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.
    Comments may be sent to Jon Garcia, Program Analysis and Monitoring 
Branch, Child Nutrition Division, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, 
VA 22302. 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 (OMB) approval. All 
comments will also become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of this information collection should be directed to Jon Garcia, 
Program Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition Division, 3101 
Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Information Collection for the Child and Adult Care Food 
Program.
    OMB Number: 0584-0055.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2013.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (NSLA), as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1766), authorizes the CACFP to 
provide cash reimbursement and commodity assistance, on a per meal 
basis, for food service to children in nonresidential child care 
centers and family day care homes, and to eligible adults in 
nonresidential adult day care centers. The U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, through the Food and Nutrition Service, has established 
application, monitoring and reporting requirements to manage the CACFP 
effectively. The purpose of this submission to OMB is to obtain 
approval to continue the discussed information collection. States and 
service institutions participating in the CACFP will submit to FNS 
account and record information reflecting their efforts to comply with 
statutory and regulatory Program requirements. In accordance with 7 CFR 
226.7(d), State agencies must submit a monthly Report of the Child and 
Adult Care Food Program (FNS-44) in order to receive federal 
reimbursement for meals served to eligible participants. However FNS-44 
is no longer included in this revision as the information is being 
collected under separate collection (0584-0078). Examples of data 
collected and reported with this collection include, but are not 
limited to: applications and supporting documents; records of 
enrollment; records supporting the free and reduced price eligibility 
determinations; daily records indicating numbers of program 
participants in attendance and the number of meals served by type and 
category; and receipts, invoices and other records of CACFP costs and 
documentation of non-profit operation of food service.
    This is a revision of a currently approved collection. This 
revision made many program adjustments to reporting and record keeping 
burden hours. These adjustments included: Recalculation of time 
required to complete existing program tasks in light of advanced 
technology and process simplification (e.g., application and renewal 
processes now computerized and completed on line; claims processing now 
electronic; memos and regulatory updates posted on State agency Web 
sites; etc.); transfer of certain burden tasks to different collection 
(e.g., burden associated with Federal/State agreement now collected 
under State Administrative Expense Funds); reclassification as 
administrative of tasks previously deemed reporting; and corrections to 
certain burden tasks (previous burden included administrative burden by 
error) since last renewal. These changes translated to reduction of 
number of respondents and reduction in the amount of time it takes to 
complete a particular task (estimated number of hours per response) and 
resulted in overall burden change since last renewal. Current OMB 
inventory for this collection consists of 7,032,960 hours. As a result 
of program adjustments and reevaluation of existing program tasks, 
program burden was significantly reduced by 4,799,115 hours since last 
renewal. The average burden per response and the annual burden hours 
for reporting and recordkeeping are explained below and summarized in 
the charts which follow.
    Affected Public: 56 State agencies, 20,398 Institutions, 166,585 
facilities (includes 127,977, family day care homes and 38,608 
sponsored center facilities) and 2,178,065 individuals and households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2,552,143.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.138.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 5,456,645.
    Estimate Time per Response: 0.409355 hrs.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,233,706 hrs.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 226: 7,032,960 hrs.
    Difference (change in burden with this renewal): (4,799,115) hrs.
    Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden.

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                                     Estimate        Number of                    Estimate total
         Affected public             number of     responses per   Total annual      hours per    Estimate total
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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                                                    Reporting
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State Agencies..................              56      583.160714          32,657           0.196           6,405
Sponsor/Institution.............          20,398       26.740661         545,698           1.096         597,080
Facility........................         166,585              12       1,999,020           0.442         883,686
Individual/Household............       2,178,065               1       2,178,065           0.083         180,779
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    Total Estimated Reporting          2,365,104  ..............       4,755,440  ..............       1,668,951
     Burden.....................
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State Agencies..................              56               6             336        0.916667             308
Sponsor/Institution.............          20,398          9.8595         201,114        0.321668          64,692
Facility........................         166,585               3         499,755               1         499,755
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    Total Estimated                      187,039  ..............         701,205  ..............         564,755
     Recordkeeping Burden.......
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                                   Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping CACFP
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                                     Estimate        Number of                    Estimate total
                                     number of     responses per   Total annual      hours per    Estimate total
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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Reporting.......................       2,365,104            2.01       4,755,440           0.351       1,668,951
Recordkeeping...................         187,039           3.749         701,205           0.805         564,755
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    Total.......................       2,552,143        2.138064       5,456,645            .409       2,233,706
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    Dated: May 15, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-12275 Filed 5-22-13; 8:45 am]
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