Notice2021-15679
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Summer Food Service Program
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Published
July 23, 2021
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Agriculture DepartmentFood and Nutrition Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the Agency's proposed revision to the currently approved information collection for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). FNS uses this collection to obtain account and record information from State and program operators that is necessary to effectively manage the SFSP and ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory Program requirements.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 139 (Friday, July 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38974-38976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15679]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Summer Food Service Program
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), Agriculture (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 the Agency's proposed revision to the currently approved information
collection for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). FNS uses this
collection to obtain account and record information from State and
program operators that is necessary to effectively manage the SFSP and
ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory Program requirements.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before September 21,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Megan Geiger, Community 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1aca4a6a0afefa6a4a8a6a4b381b4b2a5a0efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="45282022242b6b22202c22203705303621246b222a33">[email protected]</span></a>.
Comments will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal.
Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, 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 Megan
Geiger, Community Meals Program Monitoring Branch, Program Monitoring
and Operational Support Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at 703-605-3223 or
via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c51595b5d52125b59555b594e7c494f585d125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c61696b6d62226b69656b697e4c797f686d226b637a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the
proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the Agency's functions, including whether the
information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Agency's estimate of the proposed information collection burden,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond, including use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Title: 7 CFR part 225, Summer Food Service Program.
OMB Number: 0584-0280.
Expiration Date: December 31, 2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is authorized
under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
(NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1761). The Program is directed toward children in
low-income areas when school is not in session and is administered by
FNS in partnership with State agencies and local program sponsors.
Approved sponsors may include public or private non-profit school food
authorities (SFAs), public or private non-profit residential summer
camps, units of local, municipal, county or State governments, or other
private non-profit organizations that develop a special summer program
and provide meal service similar to that available to children during
the school year under the National School Lunch Program and the School
Breakfast Program. Collection of information is required to administer
and operate SFSP in accordance with the NSLA.
FNS will seek approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
to revise the reporting burden in the information collection for the
SFSP under OMB Control Number 0584-0280 to include two existing
monitoring requirements that were omitted in previous ICRs. Under
current regulations, sponsors are required to visit each of their sites
at least once during the first week of operation under the program (7
CFR 225.15(d)(2)), and to conduct a full review of food service
operations at each site within the first four weeks of operation ((7
CFR 225.15(d)(3)). The burden associated with these existing monitoring
requirements was overlooked in previous ICRs and has not yet been
approved under the Paperwork Reduction Act. This revision corrects
these omissions. In addition, FNS is taking this opportunity to correct
rounding errors in the total estimated burden hours currently approved
for the collection.
FNS estimates that each of the 5,524 sponsors that participate in
SFSP (3,314 local and tribal government sponsors, and 2,210 business
sponsors) complete, on average, nine first week site visit reports and
nine food service reviews annually, for a total of 99,432 responses. In
addition, FNS estimates that the average number of burden hours per
response is 30 minutes (0.50 hours) for first week site visits, and two
hours for
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food service reviews, resulting in an estimated total of 124,290
additional burden hours annually (5,524 x 9 x 2.5). As a result of
program adjustments for these two monitoring requirements, the
reporting burden associated with this collection increases from 328,870
hours and 185,884 responses to 453,160 hours and 285,316 responses.
These adjustments do not affect the currently approved recordkeeping
and public disclosure burdens.
Furthermore, in preparation for this ICR, FNS discovered erroneous
rounding errors in the burden chart submitted as part of the previous
renewal request, which resulted in an additional two hours to the total
burden estimate for the collection. During that renewal, which was
approved by OMB on December 2, 2019, the total public disclosure burden
was entered as 1,395 hours when it should have more accurately been
rounded to 1,394 hours. In addition, the total burden hours estimate
for the collection was rounded up an additional hour when it should
have been rounded down. Because of these two rounding errors, current
OMB inventory for this collection totals 338,411 hours rather than the
more accurate total of 338,409 hours.
As a result of the program adjustments subject to this notice, due
to the addition of previously omitted reporting requirements, as well
as the administrative adjustment for rounding errors, FNS estimates the
revised total burden for the collection to increase by 124,288 hours
(124,290 for the two monitoring requirements-2 to correct rounding
errors) and 99,432 responses, to a total of 462,699 hours and 391,795
responses. The adjusted average burden per response and the annual
burden hours for reporting, recordkeeping, and public disclosure are
explained below and summarized in the charts that follow. The charts
reflect the changes in reporting burden at the State/Local/Tribal
Government and Business Sponsors levels and the correction of rounding
errors in the public disclosure burden. No changes were made in the
recordkeeping burden.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Governments and Businesses
or Other For Profit, or Not for Profit. Respondent groups identified
include State Agencies and local, tribal, and business sponsors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 63,942.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.13.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 391,795.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.18.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 462,699.
Current OMB Inventory: 338,411.
Difference (Burden Revisions Requested): 124,288.
Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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Number of Total annual Est. total
Affected public Est. number of responses per responses hours per Est. total
responses respondent (records) response burden
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Reporting (addition of previously omitted requirements)
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(2) Sponsors must conduct a site visit during the first two weeks of operation
under the program for new sites, sites with operational problems, and any site where the SA deems a visit is
necessary.
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State/Local/Tribal Government 3,314 9 29,826 0.50 14,913
Level (sponsors)...............
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(3) Sponsors must conduct food service reviews for all sites within the first
month of starting operations, and thereafter maintain a reasonable level of monitoring.
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State/Local/Tribal Government 3,314 9 29,826 2 59,652
Level (sponsors)...............
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State/Local/Tribal 3,314 18 59,652 1.25 74,565
Government Level (sponsors)
Total......................
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(2) Sponsors must conduct a site visit during the first two weeks of operation
under the program for new sites, sites with operational problems, and any site where the SA deems a visit is
necessary.
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Business Sponsors Level......... 2,210 9 19,890 0.50 9,945
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(d)(3) Sponsors must conduct food service reviews for all sites within the first
month of starting operations, and thereafter maintain a reasonable level of monitoring.
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Business Sponsors Level......... 2,210 9 19,890 2 39,780
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Business Sponsors Level 2,210 18 39,780 1.25 49,725
Total......................
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Total Change in 5,524 18 99,432 1.25 124,290
Reporting Burden.......
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Public Disclosure (correction of rounding errors)
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(e) Per policy guidance, State agency can issue a media release on behalf of the
sponsor.
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State/Local/Tribal Government 53 1 53 0.25 13.25
Level..........................
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(e) Each sponsor shall annually announce in the media serving the area from which it
draws its attendance the availability of free meals.
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State/Local/Tribal Government 3,314 1 3,314 0.25 828.50
Level..........................
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State/Local/Tribal 3,367 1 3,367 0.25 841.75
Government Level Total.....
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Requirement/Activity: 225.15(e) Each sponsor shall annually announce in the media serving the area from which it
draws its attendance the availability of free meals.
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Business Sponsors Level 2,210 1 2,210 0.25 552.50
Total......................
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Estimated Public 5,577 1 5,577 0.25 1,394.25
Disclosure Burden Total
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Total Burden for SFSP
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Number of Est. total
Est. number of responses per Total annual hours per Est. total
respondents respondent responses response burden
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Reporting (with changes)........ 63,942 4.46 285,316 1.59 453,159.55
Recordkeeping (no change)....... 5,577 18.09 100,902 0.08 8,145.42
Public Disclosure (with changes) 5,577 1 5,577 0.25 1,394.25
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Total Burden for SFSP....... 63,942 6.13 391,795 1.181 462,699.22
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Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-15679 Filed 7-22-21; 8:45 am]
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