[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 35 (Tuesday, February 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8898-8899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03788]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; State Administrative Expense Funds

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 this information collection. This collection is a revision of a 
currently approved collection for State administrative expense funds 
expended in the operation of the Child Nutrition Programs (7 CFR parts 
210, 215, 220, 226 and 250) administered under the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966. The current approval for the information collection burden 
associated with 7 CFR part 235 expires on May 31, 2016.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 25, 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.
    Comments may be sent to Steve Hortin, Chief, Operational Support 
Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 632, Alexandria, VA 22302-1594. 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, and will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of this information collection should be directed to Sarah 
Smith-Holmes at (703) 605-3223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 7 CFR part 235--State Administrative Expense Funds.
    Form Numbers: FNS-74, FNS-525.
    OMB Number: 0584-0067.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2016.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 7 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
642), 42 U.S.C. 1776, authorizes the Department to provide Federal 
funds to State agencies (SAs) for administering the Child Nutrition 
Programs (7 CFR parts 210, 215, 220, 226 and 250). State Administrative 
Expense (SAE) Funds, 7 CFR part 235, sets forth procedures and 
recordkeeping requirements for use by SAs in reporting and maintaining 
records of their need and use of SAE funds. A summary of the reporting 
and recordkeeping burden associated with this revision is presented in 
the table below. For this revision, the number of State Agencies was 
updated (decreased from 87 to 84) resulting in a decrease of 321 
recordkeeping burden hours. The burden for maintaining accounting 
records was adjusted to more accurately reflect the average frequency 
of updating records due to electronic system processing resulting in a 
decrease of 5,564 recordkeeping hours. The burden of documenting 
expenditures of funds from State sources in any fiscal year for the 
administration of CNP is already accounted for in the quarterly 
recordkeeping for the FNS-777; therefore, the burden for this 
recordkeeping requirement has been decreased by 856 hours. The burden 
associated with form FNS-777, Financial Status Report, was removed 
since the burden for this form has been approved under the information 
collection for the Food Program Reporting System (FPRS), OMB Control 
Number 0584-0594, which expires June 30, 2017, resulting in a decrease 
of 174 reporting hours. The burden associated with form FNS-525, State 
Administrative Expense Funds Reallocation Report, is proposed for 
removal and transfer to the FPRS information collection to accommodate 
electronic reporting of the data resulting in a transfer of 308 
reporting hours. These revisions result in a net decrease of 7,223 
total burden hours. Revisions to the update form FNS-74, Federal-State 
Agreement, are also being proposed. The revised FNS-74 form is included 
in the Supporting Documents to this notice on www.regulations.gov.
    Affected Public: State Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 84.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 40.297.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 3,385.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1.869.
    Estimated Total Hours Annual Reporting Burden: 315.
    Estimated Total Hours Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 6,010.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 6,325.
    Current OMB Inventory: 13,548.
    Difference (requested with this renewal): -7,223.
    Refer to the following table for estimated annual burden for each 
type of respondent:

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                                     Estimated       Number of       Estimated       Estimated       Estimated
         Affected public             number of     responses per   total annual      hours per     total annual
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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                                                    Reporting
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State Agencies..................              84           1.917             161           1.955             315
Total Estimated Reporting Burden              84  ..............             161  ..............             315
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State Agencies..................              84          38.381           3,224           1.864           6,010
Total Estimated Recordkeeping                 84  ..............           3,224  ..............           6,010
 Burden.........................
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                                      Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Reporting.......................              84           1.917             161           1.955             315
Recordkeeping...................              84           38.38           3,224           1.864           6,010
    Total.......................              84  ..............           3,385  ..............           6,325
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    Dated: February 9, 2016.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-03788 Filed 2-22-16; 8:45 am]
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