[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29627-29629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09710]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Information Collection 
for the National School Lunch Program

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), 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 this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision 
of a currently approved collection that FNS employs to determine public 
participation in the National School Lunch Program and to obtain, 
account for, and record information from State and program operators 
that is necessary to effectively manage the NSLP and ensure compliance 
with statutory and regulatory Program requirements.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Jennifer Otey, School 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 Jennifer 
Otey at 703-605-3223 or via email to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (a) whether the 
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper 
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the 
information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of 
information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
that were used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden 
of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including 
use of appropriate

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automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology.
    Title: 7 CFR part 210, National School Lunch Program.
    Form Number: Quarterly Report For School Food Authority 
Certification (QTR-SFA-CERT).
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0006.
    Expiration Date: July 31, 2023.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA), 
as amended, authorizes the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to 
safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's children and 
provide free or reduced-price school lunches to qualified students 
through subsidies to schools. The United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) provides States with general and special cash 
assistance and donations of foods to assist schools in serving 
nutritious lunches to children each school day. Participating schools 
must serve lunches that are nutritionally adequate and maintain menu 
and food production records to demonstrate compliance with the meal 
requirements.
    Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779) 
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe such regulations as 
deemed necessary to carry out this Act and the NSLA (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.). Pursuant to that provision, the Secretary issued 7 CFR part 210, 
which sets forth policies and procedures for the administration and 
operation of the NSLP. The Program is administered at the State and 
school food authority (SFA)/local education agency (LEA) levels, and 
operations include the submission of applications and agreements, 
submission of the number of meals served and claims to be paid, 
submission of data from required monitoring reviews conducted by the 
State agency, and maintenance of records. State and local operators of 
the NSLP are required to meet Federal reporting and accountability 
requirements and are also required to maintain records that include 
school food service accounts of revenues and expenditures.
    FNS collects program data from the State agencies on forms FNS-10 
Report of School Operations, FNS-13 Annual Report of State Revenue 
Matching, FNS-640 Administrative Review Data Report, FNS-777 Financial 
Status Report, and FNS-828 School Food Authority Paid Lunch Price 
Report. These forms are approved under OMB Control Number 0584-0594 
Food Program Reporting System (FPRS), which expires July 31, 2023. The 
reporting burden associated with these reports is covered under OMB 
Control Number 0584-0594 and is not associated with this information 
collection. However, the recordkeeping burden for these forms is still 
maintained in this collection. One form, required under 7 CFR 
210.5(d)(2), Quarterly Report for School Food Authority Certification 
(QTR-SFA-CERT), is included in this present collection but should be 
included in OMB Control Number 0584-0594. In the next renewal for 0584-
0594, this form will be included.
    For the Administrative Review, there are many tools, worksheets, 
checklists, forms, and workbooks that are used by State agencies in 
this process. State agencies utilize these as worksheets to measure 
compliance and as data collection instruments. These are included in 
this ICR.
    This information collection is required to administer and operate 
this program in accordance with the NSLA. All of the reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements associated with the NSLP are currently 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and are in force. Since 
the last renewal, FNS has adjusted the decimal conversions for the time 
estimates for some of the information requirements to keep the 
conversions consistent across its collections. This has resulted in a 
slight increase of 247 hours to the estimated burden for this 
collection, from 9,808,454 to 9,808,701 hours. FNS estimates that the 
estimated number of respondents and responses will remain unchanged 
from the previous renewal. There are no further changes to this 
collection due to the pandemic. The pandemic resulted in FNS not being 
able to collect updated data from State agencies and in FNS not being 
able to move forward with other rulemaking. Rulemaking in 2023 will 
impact this collection in the next renewal.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Government: Respondent 
groups identified include (1) State agencies; (2) school food 
authorities/local education agencies; and (3) schools.
    Estimated Number of Respondents (Reporting): 115,935 (56 State 
agencies, 19,019 school food authorities, and 96,860 schools).
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent (Reporting): 4.31.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 499,573.
    Estimated Reporting time per Response: 1.29.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 643,651.
    Estimated Number of Recordkeepers: 115,935 (56 State agencies, 
19,019 school food authorities and local educational agencies, and 
96,860 schools.).
    Estimated Number of Records per Recordkeeper: 406.
    Estimated Total Number of Records: 47,100,736.
    Estimated Recordkeeping Time per Response: 0.19.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 9,112,749.
    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government. Respondent 
groups identified include (1) State agencies and (2) local educational 
agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents (Public Notification): 19,075 (56 
State agencies and 19,019 local educational agencies).
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent (Public Notification): 
1.66.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 31,687.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.65.
    Estimated Annual Public Notification Burden: 52,301.
    Estimated Annual Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Public Notification 
Burden: 9,808,701.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 210: 9,808,454.
    Difference (change in burden with this renewal): 247.
    Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each 
type of respondent.

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                                     Estimated       Number of                       Estimated       Estimated
         Affected public             number of     responses per   Total annual    average hours   total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses     per response       (hours)
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                                                    Reporting
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State Agencies..................              56          232.34          13,011           27.08         352,358
School Food Authorities/Local             19,019          15.397         292,842           0.928         271,882
 Education Agencies.............
Schools.........................          96,860               2         193,720             0.1          19,411

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    Total Estimated Reporting            115,935            4.31         499,573            1.29         643,651
     Burden.....................
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State Agencies..................              56           1,475          82,619            1.51         124,491
School Food Authorities/Local             19,019              21         399,399            4.33       1,731,018
 Education Agencies.............
Schools.........................          96,860          481.30      46,618,718            0.16       7,257,240
    Total Estimated                      115,935             406      47,100,736            0.19       9,112,749
     Recordkeeping Burden.......
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                                               Public Notification
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State Agencies..................              56             113           6,328             .25           1,582
School Food Authorities/Local             19,019            1.33          25,359               2          50,719
 Education Agencies.............
    Total Estimated Public                19,075            1.66          31,687            1.65          52,301
     Notification Burden........
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                           Total of Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Public Notification
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Reporting.......................         115,935               4         499,573       1.2884029         643,651
Recordkeeping...................         115,935             406      47,100,736      0.19347361       9,112,749
Public Notification.............          19,075               2          31,687       1.6505507          52,301
    Total.......................         115,935          410.85      47,631,996            0.21       9,808,701
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Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-09710 Filed 5-5-23; 8:45 am]
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