[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 62526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19631]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request: Additional Information To Be Collected From Sub-
Grantees Under Uniform Grant Application Package for Discretionary 
Grant Programs

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Cooperative agreement recipients of the United States 
Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 
plan to collect additional information from sub-grantee applicants 
associated with the Healthy Meals Incentive Initiative (HMI 2) related 
to School Food System Transformation. FNS already has approval from the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the collection of information 
associated with the original cooperative agreement under the Uniform 
Grant Application for Non-Entitlement Discretionary Grants, as approved 
under OMB Control Number: 0584-0512 (Expiration Date: July 31, 2025). 
This notice solicits public comment on the additional information 
proposed for collection.

DATES: To be assured of consideration, written comments must be 
submitted or postmarked on or before October 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES: 
    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.
    Comments must be submitted through one of the following methods:
     Preferred method: Submit information through the Federal 
eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 
instructions for submissions.
     Email: Send comments to [email protected] with a 
subject line ``Sub-grantee information collection under OMB Control No. 
0584-0512''

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bethany Showell of Food and Nutrition 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 703-457-6783, or email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Four cooperative agreement recipients of the 
United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food and Nutrition 
Service (FNS) will be soliciting requests for funding applications in 
the Fall of 2023 for sub-grantee proposals associated with the Healthy 
Meals Incentives Initiative (HMI 2) related to School Food System 
Transformation.
    The Healthy Meals Incentives Initiative (HMI) is already addressed 
under OMB Approval No. 0584-0512 as the Child Nutrition Healthy Meals 
Incentive. FNS submitted a non-substantive change request to the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) to provide coverage under the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (PRA) for the request for proposals from sub-grantees. 
Out of an abundance of caution and to ensure the public is fully aware 
upfront of the proposed sub-grantee submittals, FNS is also 
simultaneously issuing this 30-day Federal Register Notice, as 
explicitly allowed under OMB Control No. 0584-0512.
    Four FNS cooperative agreement recipients will ask for sub-grantee 
applications beyond the uniform grant application package discussed in 
OMB control 0584-0512. The sub-grantee proposals to be submitted will, 
in general, address projects that support the development of innovative 
solutions for K-12 food service transformation. The projects will 
support collaborative partnerships between non-governmental entities, 
school food authorities, and the school food industry to encourage new 
approaches for the improvement of the K-12 food system and to develop 
creative solutions to provide nutritious foods for school meals. The 
projects will balance a regional and national focus.
    The burden hours associated with the request for applications from 
sub-grantees and the submittal of proposals, which we're referring to 
as HMI 2, are delineated in this Federal Register Notice and already 
covered under the ``miscellaneous'' grants portion of the existing OMB-
approved information collection. That miscellaneous grants section is 
intended to encompass grants that FNS could not foresee when FNS 
submitted information collection request 0584-0512 to OMB.
    There are burden hours associated with the cooperative agreement 
recipients' future drafting and posting of a request for applications 
from sub-grantees on each cooperator's website and associated 
communication efforts. The estimate is 10 hours for each of the four 
cooperators, for a total of 40 hours. These 40 hours would be taken 
from the existing competitive pre-award burden hours of approximately 
4,823 already set aside for miscellaneous grants not explicitly 
identified in OMB approval number 0584-0512.
    There are burden hours associated with the potential for up to 250 
sub-grantee applicants to submit one proposal each. The associated 
burden would be 250 times 4 hours equals 1,000 hours. These 1,000 hours 
would be taken from the existing competitive pre-award total of 4,823 
burden hours set aside for miscellaneous competitive grants in OMB 
approval number 0584-0512.
    There are burden hours for sub-grantees' submittal of a progress 
report; there is a potential for up to 150 sub-grantees to submit a 
progress report which is equivalent to up to 150 sub-grantees times 3 
hours or 450 reporting hours. These 450 hours would be taken from the 
post-award total of 770 hours set aside for miscellaneous competitive 
grants in OMB approval number 0584-0512.
    FNS' cooperative agreement recipients who will be requesting 
project proposals from sub-grantees will utilize comments to be 
submitted to adjust the collection of additional information as 
necessary.

Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-19631 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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