[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 13963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05207]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 April 
11, 2022 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: 2023 Farm to School Census.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0646.
    Summary of Collection: Section 18 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act authorized and funded USDA to establish a 
farm to school program in order to assist eligible entities, through 
grants and technical assistance, in implementing farm to school 
programs that improve food and agriculture education as well as access 
to local foods in schools. This work is housed within the FNS Office of 
Community Food Systems (OCFS). As part of the Farm to School Program's 
authorization, OCFS collects and disseminates information on farm to 
school activity throughout the country. OCFS conducted a national 
census of farm to school activity in 2013, 2015, and 2019. The Farm to 
School Census provides the only nationally-representative data 
available on farm to school participation and activities in the United 
States.
    Need and Use of the Information: The 2023 Farm to School Census 
(Census) will collect and synthesize data from a national census of 
SFAs to better understand the characteristics of SFAs participating in 
farm to school and the scope and details of the activities they engage 
in (e.g., local food procurement, gardening, agriculture education). 
The Census will be distributed to all public and private SFAs 
(including residential child care institutions) participating in the 
National School Lunch Program (NSLP) in the 50 states, American Samoa, 
Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, and Washington, DC.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal government, 
Business or Other For Profit and Not for Profit.
    Number of Respondents: 19,056.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once, Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 18,681.

    Dated: March 8, 2022.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-05207 Filed 3-10-22; 8:45 am]
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