[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 15504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-06465]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

March 16, 2016.
    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 
are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of 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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by April 
22, 2016 will be considered. Written comments 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. 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: Study of Nutrition and Activity in Child Care Settings.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: Since good nutrition is a key to proper 
childhood development and nutrition and physical activity is an 
important part of childcare, Congress directed the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a Study on Nutrition and Wellness Quality 
in Childcare Settings in Section 223 of the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids 
Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-296). The objectives set out by Congress 
encompass four broad topics: (1) Nutritional quality of foods offered, 
(2) physical activity, (3) sedentary activity, and (4) barriers to and 
facilitators of nutritional quality, physical activity, and 
participation by childcare centers and family day care homes in the 
Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
    Need and Use of the Information: This study will collect a broad 
range of data from a nationally representative sample of sponsors, 
directors, food preparers and/or provider staff of childcare centers, 
family day care home and after-school programs that participate in 
CACFP and those that do not participate in the program, and from the 
children and parents of children receiving care from CACFP childcare 
centers, family day care homes, and after-school programs during 2015-
2016. This data will be used to document the quality of meals and 
snacks offered in childcare facilities, relative to the current Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans (DGA) which are prepared by USDA and the U.S. 
Department of Health and Human Services, and the types of activities 
that might promote or inhibit healthy weight and development. The data 
will also provide insights into how nutritional quality and physical 
activity in childcare might be improved. And lastly, the study will 
collect data on the costs of childcare meals and snacks in relationship 
to CACFP reimbursements, other funding, and meal quality.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households, Businesses 
or other for-profit institutions, Not-for profit institutions, and 
State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 13,050.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 17,438.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-06465 Filed 3-22-16; 8:45 am]
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