Notice2023-19631
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
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Published
September 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentFood and Nutrition Service
Abstract
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.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 62526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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:
<bullet> Preferred method: Submit information through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the online
instructions for submissions.
<bullet> Email: Send comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#074562736f66697e29546f6870626b6b477274636629606871"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eaa88f9e828b8493c4b982859d8f8686aa9f998e8bc48d859c">[email protected]</span></a> 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5c7c0d1cdc4cbdc8bd6cdcad2c0c9c9e5d0d6c1c48bc2cad3">[email protected]</a>.
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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