Notice2021-22656
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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October 15, 2021
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 197 (Friday, October 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57407-57408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22656]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
October 13, 2021.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to the Office of Management and
Budget (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 November
15, 2021 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this 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
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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: School Meals Operations Study: Evaluation of the COVID-19
Child Nutrition Waivers and Child Nutrition Programs.
Control Number: 0584-0607.
Summary of Collection: This is a revision to a currently approved
information collection for the School Meals Operations Study: State
Agency COVID-19 Child Nutrition Waivers Evaluation (which has been
renamed for this revision). This collection is necessary to provide up-
to-date information about child nutrition (CN) program operations,
including the use and impact of the COVID-19 CN nationwide waivers
required by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) (Pub.
L. 116-127). The annual data collected from this study allows the Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) to describe and assess program operations,
provide input for legislation and regulations on the CN programs,
develop pertinent technical assistance and training for program staff
at the State and School Food Authority (SFA) levels, and inform the
budget process. This information is necessary for FNS to understand how
recent and proposed legislation, regulations, policies, and initiatives
change the CN program operations. Because the COVID-19 pandemic has
changed the way that school meal programs operate, with other CN
programs such as the Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Summer
Food Service Program being used in place of or in combination with the
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs to provide meals to
students, this study will collect administrative and web survey data
from the States on each of these programs, and web survey data from
SFAs on the programs that they operate.
Need and Use of the Information: This mandatory study will collect
data from the State CN and School Food Authority (SFA) directors. The
State CN directors will complete two online surveys in 2021 and 2022
and two state-level administrative data collections covering Fiscal
Years 2021 and 2022. The SFA directors (including those of private
schools) will complete one online survey in 2021/2022. The state-level
collection activities will focus primarily on collecting the data
needed to meet the congressionally-mandated reporting requirements for
the nationwide CN COVID-19 waivers specified in section 2202 of the
FFCRA and used in Fiscal Years 2021 and 2022. The survey for the SFA
directors will focus on the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
and program operations during School Years 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. FNS
will use the data to assess meal service levels to determine coverage
within and across states, look for patterns and trends across site
types, and assess how the waivers were used and how they improved
services to children since, in the absence of these waivers, meal
service may not have been possible. The information will also inform
FNS's planning, policy, and guidance related to state and local meal
service operations during future emergency situations and unanticipated
school closures.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government and
Not-for-Profit Institutions.
Number of Respondents: 1,339.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 4,116.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2021-22656 Filed 10-14-21; 8:45 am]
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