[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 139 (Friday, July 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38974-38976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15679]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Summer Food Service Program

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Agriculture (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 revision to the currently approved information 
collection for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). FNS uses this 
collection to obtain account and record information from State and 
program operators that is necessary to effectively manage the SFSP and 
ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory Program requirements.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 21, 
2021.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Megan Geiger, Community Meals 
Program Monitoring Branch, Program Monitoring and Operational Support 
Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314. 
Comments may also be submitted via email to [email protected]. 
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 Megan 
Geiger, Community Meals Program Monitoring Branch, Program Monitoring 
and Operational Support Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and 
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at 703-605-3223 or 
via email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    Title: 7 CFR part 225, Summer Food Service Program.
    OMB Number: 0584-0280.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is authorized 
under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1761). The Program is directed toward children in 
low-income areas when school is not in session and is administered by 
FNS in partnership with State agencies and local program sponsors. 
Approved 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 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. Collection of information is required to administer 
and operate SFSP in accordance with the NSLA.
    FNS will seek approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
to revise the reporting burden in the information collection for the 
SFSP under OMB Control Number 0584-0280 to include two existing 
monitoring requirements that were omitted in previous ICRs. Under 
current regulations, sponsors are required to visit each of their sites 
at least once during the first week of operation under the program (7 
CFR 225.15(d)(2)), and to conduct a full review of food service 
operations at each site within the first four weeks of operation ((7 
CFR 225.15(d)(3)). The burden associated with these existing monitoring 
requirements was overlooked in previous ICRs and has not yet been 
approved under the Paperwork Reduction Act. This revision corrects 
these omissions. In addition, FNS is taking this opportunity to correct 
rounding errors in the total estimated burden hours currently approved 
for the collection.
    FNS estimates that each of the 5,524 sponsors that participate in 
SFSP (3,314 local and tribal government sponsors, and 2,210 business 
sponsors) complete, on average, nine first week site visit reports and 
nine food service reviews annually, for a total of 99,432 responses. In 
addition, FNS estimates that the average number of burden hours per 
response is 30 minutes (0.50 hours) for first week site visits, and two 
hours for

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food service reviews, resulting in an estimated total of 124,290 
additional burden hours annually (5,524 x 9 x 2.5). As a result of 
program adjustments for these two monitoring requirements, the 
reporting burden associated with this collection increases from 328,870 
hours and 185,884 responses to 453,160 hours and 285,316 responses. 
These adjustments do not affect the currently approved recordkeeping 
and public disclosure burdens.
    Furthermore, in preparation for this ICR, FNS discovered erroneous 
rounding errors in the burden chart submitted as part of the previous 
renewal request, which resulted in an additional two hours to the total 
burden estimate for the collection. During that renewal, which was 
approved by OMB on December 2, 2019, the total public disclosure burden 
was entered as 1,395 hours when it should have more accurately been 
rounded to 1,394 hours. In addition, the total burden hours estimate 
for the collection was rounded up an additional hour when it should 
have been rounded down. Because of these two rounding errors, current 
OMB inventory for this collection totals 338,411 hours rather than the 
more accurate total of 338,409 hours.
    As a result of the program adjustments subject to this notice, due 
to the addition of previously omitted reporting requirements, as well 
as the administrative adjustment for rounding errors, FNS estimates the 
revised total burden for the collection to increase by 124,288 hours 
(124,290 for the two monitoring requirements-2 to correct rounding 
errors) and 99,432 responses, to a total of 462,699 hours and 391,795 
responses. The adjusted average burden per response and the annual 
burden hours for reporting, recordkeeping, and public disclosure are 
explained below and summarized in the charts that follow. The charts 
reflect the changes in reporting burden at the State/Local/Tribal 
Government and Business Sponsors levels and the correction of rounding 
errors in the public disclosure burden. No changes were made in the 
recordkeeping burden.
    Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments and Businesses 
or Other For Profit, or Not for Profit. Respondent groups identified 
include State Agencies and local, tribal, and business sponsors.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 63,942.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.13.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 391,795.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.18.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 462,699.
    Current OMB Inventory: 338,411.
    Difference (Burden Revisions Requested): 124,288.
    Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each 
type of respondent.

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                                                     Number of     Total annual     Est. total
         Affected public          Est. number of   responses per     responses       hours per      Est. total
                                     responses      respondent       (records)       response         burden
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                             Reporting (addition of previously omitted requirements)
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(2) Sponsors must conduct a site visit during the first two weeks of operation
 under the program for new sites, sites with operational problems, and any site where the SA deems a visit is
 necessary.
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State/Local/Tribal Government              3,314               9          29,826            0.50          14,913
 Level (sponsors)...............
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(3) Sponsors must conduct food service reviews for all sites within the first
 month of starting operations, and thereafter maintain a reasonable level of monitoring.
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State/Local/Tribal Government              3,314               9          29,826               2          59,652
 Level (sponsors)...............
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    State/Local/Tribal                     3,314              18          59,652            1.25          74,565
     Government Level (sponsors)
     Total......................
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(2) Sponsors must conduct a site visit during the first two weeks of operation
 under the program for new sites, sites with operational problems, and any site where the SA deems a visit is
 necessary.
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Business Sponsors Level.........           2,210               9          19,890            0.50           9,945
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(3) Sponsors must conduct food service reviews for all sites within the first
 month of starting operations, and thereafter maintain a reasonable level of monitoring.
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Business Sponsors Level.........           2,210               9          19,890               2          39,780
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    Business Sponsors Level                2,210              18          39,780            1.25          49,725
     Total......................
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        Total Change in                    5,524              18          99,432            1.25         124,290
         Reporting Burden.......
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                                Public Disclosure (correction of rounding errors)
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(e) Per policy guidance, State agency can issue a media release on behalf of the
 sponsor.
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State/Local/Tribal Government                 53               1              53            0.25           13.25
 Level..........................
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(e) Each sponsor shall annually announce in the media serving the area from which it
 draws its attendance the availability of free meals.
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State/Local/Tribal Government              3,314               1           3,314            0.25          828.50
 Level..........................
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    State/Local/Tribal                     3,367               1           3,367            0.25          841.75
     Government Level Total.....
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(e) Each sponsor shall annually announce in the media serving the area from which it
 draws its attendance the availability of free meals.
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    Business Sponsors Level                2,210               1           2,210            0.25          552.50
     Total......................
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        Estimated Public                   5,577               1           5,577            0.25        1,394.25
         Disclosure Burden Total
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                                              Total Burden for SFSP
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                                                     Number of                      Est. total
                                  Est. number of   responses per   Total annual      hours per      Est. total
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response         burden
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Reporting (with changes)........          63,942            4.46         285,316            1.59      453,159.55
Recordkeeping (no change).......           5,577           18.09         100,902            0.08        8,145.42
Public Disclosure (with changes)           5,577               1           5,577            0.25        1,394.25
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    Total Burden for SFSP.......          63,942            6.13         391,795           1.181      462,699.22
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Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-15679 Filed 7-22-21; 8:45 am]
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