[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68576-68577]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19137]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information

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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 
September 26, 2024 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: Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0055.
    Summary of Collection: The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) authorizes the Child and Adult Care 
Program (CACFP). Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) 
(Pub. L. 111-296) requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe 
such regulations as deemed necessary to carry out the Child Nutrition 
Programs authorized under the NSLA and the CNA. The CACFP provides 
reimbursements for nutritious meals and snacks to eligible children and 
adults who are enrolled for care at participating childcare centers, 
day care homes, and adult care centers, in addition to children and 
adolescents participating in afterschool care programs. FNS published a 
final rule, ``Child Nutrition Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with 
the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans'' (RIN 0584-AE88) in the 
Federal Register on April 25, 2024 (89 FR 31962) which introduces new 
recordkeeping requirements for the CACFP. Under the CACFP, FNS is 
required to develop nutrition requirements that are consistent with the 
goals of the most recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans. In addition, 
institutions and facilities are required by regulation to comply with 
the meal requirements. This rulemaking finalizes long-term school, 
institution, and facility nutrition requirements based on the most 
recent Dietary Guidelines for Americans and feedback from Child 
Nutrition Program stakeholders. The final rule allows CACFP 
institutions and facilities that serve primarily American Indian or 
Alaska Native children to serve vegetables to meet the grains 
requirements. FNS is also accounting for start-up costs of $305,000 for 
the CACFP operators associated with menu changes because of this final 
rule.
    FNS is publishing a 30-Day Notice for this final rule submission 
because the agency changed how the requirements and burden changes were 
submitted for approval in the final rule from what was used in the 
proposed rule. Due to uncertain timing of the rules in conjunction with 
the renewal of OMB Control Number 0584-0006, FNS decided to request a 
new OMB control number for the collections related to the rule and 
later merge them into the existing information collections that are 
related to these requirements. By the time of the final rule, however, 
OMB Control Number 0584-0006 was renewed, so FNS decided to switch to 
revisions of the existing collections, rather than requesting a new OMB 
control number. OMB reviewed the proposed submission as ``filed with 
comment'' on March 21, 2023, and assigned the preliminary OMB Control 
Number 0584-0679 to the collection. However, because FNS decided to 
submit revisions to the existing information collections, this 
preliminary OMB control number was not used for the final rule 
submission.
    Need and Use of the Information: The revisions to this ongoing 
information collection are due to the final rule, ``Child Nutrition 
Programs: Meal Patterns Consistent with the 2020-2025 Dietary 
Guidelines for Americans'', which amends Program regulations and 
introduces new recordkeeping requirements into this collection. CACFP 
program operators at institutions and facilities must maintain 
documentation required by this rule. This final rule contains 
information requirements that are required to obtain or retain a 
benefit. The CACFP institutions and facilities are required to maintain 
documentation to show that they are eligible, when they are serving 
primarily American Indian or Alaska Native children, to implement the 
menu planning options to serve vegetables to meet the grains 
requirement. Maintaining these records ensures program integrity. FNS 
uses this information to ensure compliance with the final rule 
requirements.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals/Households; State, Local or 
Tribal Governments; Non-profit Business Institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 3,794,949.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping: On Occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,213,974.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-19137 Filed 8-26-24; 8:45 am]
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