[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 230 (Monday, November 30, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76514-76515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26304]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

November 24, 2020.
    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 December 
30, 2020 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    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: WIC Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: This is a new information collection for the 
WIC Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study that will collect data 
concerning

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the nutrition assessment process used by local agencies in the 
Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 
to identify nutrition risks and apply that information to the tailoring 
of participant benefits. This study will provide the Food and Nutrition 
Service (FNS) with a comprehensive, detailed description of the WIC 
nutrition risk assessment process and explore the ways in which WIC 
clinics tailor participant benefits to address the results of the 
assessment. It will also evaluate the relationship between this process 
and participant program satisfaction. This study is an FNS priority 
resulting from policy changes from the publication in 2006 of the 
``Value Enhanced Nutrition Assessment (VENA) in WIC: The First Step in 
Quality Nutrition Services'' and the publication in October 2009 of the 
interim final rule, ``Revisions in the WIC Food Packages,'' both of 
which affected the nutrition assessment or nutrition services process. 
Section 28 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act as 
amended by the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-296, 
Section 305) provides the general statutory authority for this study.
    Need and Use of the Information: This voluntary study will collect 
data from state and local government respondents in WIC State and Local 
Agencies, and in WIC clinics; businesses and other for-profit and non-
profit institutions in the form of WIC Local Agencies and WIC clinics, 
and WIC Participants. FNS will use the information gathered from this 
study to inform program guidance and technical assistance related to 
the nutrition assessment process to support the implementation of best 
practices that meet the goals ensuring satisfaction with the program 
experience, promoting self-sufficiency, and improving the nutrition and 
health of women and children who participate in WIC. The study will 
identify specific practices or features of the nutrition services 
process associated with participant and staff satisfaction, reduced 
staff burden, and improved efficiency and will also provide FNS with a 
comprehensive, detailed description of the WIC nutrition risk 
assessment process, including how WIC staff apply the process to 
tailoring participant benefits.
    FNS published a notice on Friday, July 19, 2019, in the Federal 
Register, Volume 84, Number 139, pages 34849 to 34858, and provided a 
60-day period for public comments. This collection has not changed 
significantly since the publication of the 60-Day Notice. FNS made some 
updates to their accounting of burden to streamline the burden table. 
These changes did decrease the number of responses, but the burden 
hours only increased slightly. There was a delay to submit this 
collection due to: (1) The high number of regulations which FNS is 
trying to issue by the end of the year, each of which includes 
associated Information Collection Request (ICRs) and (2) COVID-19 rated 
Emergency ICRs and Guidance Documents which necessitate priority 
attention.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
businesses or other for-profit, non-profit institutions, and 
individuals or households.
    Number of Respondents: 1,454.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: One-time only.
    Total Burden Hours: 870.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-26304 Filed 11-27-20; 8:45 am]
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