[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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