[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45120-45121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18581]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

August 23, 2019.
    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; 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; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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 
September 27, 2019 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: 7 CFR Part 235--State Administrative Expense (SAE) Funds.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0067.
    Summary of Collection: The authority for this collection is 
provided for in Sections 7 and 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 
80 Stat. 888, 889, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1776, 1779). As required, the 
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) issued regulations in 7 CFR part 235, 
which prescribes the methods for making payments of funds to State 
agencies to use for administrative expenses incurred in supervising and 
giving technical assistance in connection with activities undertaken by 
them under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) (7 CFR part 210), 
the Special Milk Program (SMP) (7 CFR part 215), the School Breakfast 
Program (SBP) (7 CFR part 220), the Child and Adult Care Food Program 
(CACFP) (7 CFR part 226), and the Food Distribution Program (FDP) (7 
CFR part 250). The State agencies also maintain current accounting 
records of State administrative expense funds which identify fund 
authorizations, obligations, unobligated balances, assets, liabilities, 
outlays, and income.
    Need and Use of the Information: Under this mandatory information 
collection, FNS collects the information necessary for making payments 
for funds to State agencies to use for the administrative expenses 
incurred in supervising and giving technical assistance in connection 
with the activities undertaken by the State agency under NSLP, SMP, 
SBP, CACFP, and the FDP. The Federal regulations in 7 CFR part 235 SAE 
Funds require the collection of information associated with this 
collection. This information is collected through written agreements 
that cover the operation of the Program during a specified period; 
State Administrative Expense plans that outline funding and activities; 
State Administrative Expense Funds Reallocation Reports that describe 
the use of SAE funds; and annual reports containing information on 
School Food Authorities (SFAs) under agreement with the State agency to 
participate in the National School Lunch or Commodity School Programs.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 83.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly and 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 6,551.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: 7 CFR part 225, Summer Food Service Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0280.
    Summary of Collection: Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758), as amended, authorizes the 
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The SFSP is directed toward 
children in low-income areas when school is not in session and is 
operated locally by approved sponsors. Local sponsors may include 
public or private non-profit school food authorities (SFAs), public or 
private non-profit residential summer camps, units of local, municipal, 
county or State governments, or other private non-profit organizations 
that develop a special summer or other school vacation program and 
provide meal service similar to that available to children during the 
school year under the National School Lunch Program and the School 
Breakfast Program. Under the program, a sponsor receives reimbursement 
for serving nutritious, well-balanced meals to eligible children at the 
food service sites.
    Need and Use of the Information: Response to this information 
collection is required if respondents wish to obtain or retain a 
benefit. FNS uses the information to determine an organization's 
eligibility and to monitor program performance for compliance and 
reimbursement purposes.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; Business or 
other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; and State, Local, or 
Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 64,275.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting; Third Party 
Disclosure (Public Disclosure): On occasion; Monthly; Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 348,884.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: WIC Participant and Program Characteristics Study 2020 and 
2022.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0609.
    Summary of Collection: This data collection effort for the Special

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Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
Participant and Program Characteristics Study is authorized by 7 CFR 
246.25(b)(3) (2011). This legislation requires State and local agencies 
to provide information required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's 
(USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for the creation of biennial 
reports on WIC participant and program characteristics (PC). This 
information includes, at a minimum, income and nutritional risk 
characteristics of participants, information on breastfeeding incidence 
and duration, and participation in the program by category (pregnant, 
breastfeeding, and postpartum women; infants; and children) within each 
priority level (as established in 7 CFR 246.7 (e)(4)) and by migrant 
farmworker households. The study affirms FNS's seventh strategic goal 
for 2018-2022: To provide all Americans access to a safe, nutritious, 
and secure food supply.
    Need and Use of the Information: The WIC PC Study will collect 
updated program characteristics data from each of the 90 WIC State 
agencies. The data collection involves extracting data from the 
certification systems of each of the 90 WIC State agencies. The data 
files from this extraction contain two sets of data elements--the 
Minimum Data Set (MDS) and the Supplemental Data Set (SDS). All of the 
WIC State agencies are required to submit the MDS but it is optional to 
submit the SDS. FNS uses this data for general program monitoring as 
well as for managing the information needs of the program. The data is 
used to estimate budgets, submit civil rights reporting, identify needs 
for research, and review current and proposed WIC policies and 
procedures. FNS uses this data to produce the WIC PC reports which 
provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date statistics on WIC.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 360.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Biennially.
    Total Burden Hours: 629.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2019-18581 Filed 8-27-19; 8:45 am]
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