[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 247 (Thursday, December 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70930-70931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27764]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Information Collection for the Child and Adult Care
Food Program
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 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 information collection.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 24,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Andrea Farmer, Community Meals
Branch, Policy and Program Development 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 fax to the attention of Andrea Farmer at 703-305-6294 or
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 approval. All comments will
be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Andrea
Farmer, Community Meals Branch, Policy and Program Development
Division, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314.
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 automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Title: 7 CFR part 226, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
Form Number: None.
OMB Number: 0584-0055.
Expiration Date: February 29, 2020.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School
Lunch Act (NSLA), as amended, (42 U.S.C. 1766), authorizes the CACFP to
provide cash reimbursement and commodity assistance, on a per meal
basis, for food service to children in nonresidential child care
centers and family day care homes, and to eligible adults in
nonresidential adult day care centers. The USDA, through FNS, has
established application, monitoring, and reporting requirements to
manage the CACFP effectively. The purpose of this submission to OMB is
to obtain approval to continue the discussed information collection.
States and service institutions participating in the CACFP will submit
to FNS account and record information reflecting their efforts to
comply with statutory and regulatory Program requirements. Examples of
data collected and reported with this collection include, but are not
limited to: Applications and supporting documents; records of
enrollment; records supporting the free and reduced price eligibility
determinations; daily records indicating numbers of program
participants in attendance and the number of meals served by type and
category; and receipts, invoices and other records of CACFP costs and
documentation of non-profit operation of food service.
This is a revision of a currently approved information collection
(ICR). Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act, as amended (42
U.S.C. 1766), authorizes the Child and Adult Care Program (CACFP).
Under this Program, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to
provide cash reimbursement and commodity assistance, on a per meal
basis, for food service to children in nonresidential child care
centers and family or group day care homes, and to eligible adults in
nonresidential adult day care centers. This renewal revises reporting
and recordkeeping burden and adds public disclosure burden not captured
in the previous ICR.
Reporting and recordkeeping burden had to be adjusted because of
decreases in the number of sponsoring organizations and facilities, and
an increase in the number of enrolled participants who are required to
submit information. In order to ensure that the ICR adequately
represents the reporting burden associated with operating CACFP, FNS
included the requirement that State agencies must comply with policy,
instructions, guidance, and handbooks issued by USDA. Similarly, FNS
also adjusted the burden hours associated with reviewing materials to
comply with all regulations issued by USDA for institutions. In the
past, reviewing policy, instructions, guidance, and handbooks were
burden implied with implementing CACFP, however, it was not included in
the burden table. Adding the hours it would take to review materials is
important because it allows USDA to capture the burden of operating
CACFP. FNS also separated out burden associated with the serious
deficiency process for new, renewing, and participating institutions.
Finally, in this revision, FNS included the reporting burden for State
agencies and institutions associated with submitting documents of
corrective action and other records related to operating the program
such as administrative budget, notice of proposed suspension, and
notice of corrective actions.
In this renewal, FNS added public disclosure burden associated with
requirements regarding public notification about the CACFP, which have
been a part of the CACFP regulations but were not included in the
burden estimates for the currently approved information collection. FNS
also included public disclosure burden for State agencies per policy
guidance, which allows State agencies to issue media releases on behalf
of the institutions. Public disclosure burden hours for State agencies
were not captured in the past. However, through feedback from State
agencies, FNS adjusted the burden hours because FNS learned that many
State agencies issue a public notice on behalf of their institutions.
The current OMB inventory for this collection includes reporting
and recordkeeping burden that consists of 2,481,136 hours. As explained
above, due to a combination of decreased respondents and additional
public disclosure and reporting requirements, program burden increased
from 2,481,136 hours to 3,703,593 hours. The recordkeeping burden
decreased from 610,724 hours to 568,460 hours. In contrast, the
reporting burden increased
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from 1,870,412 hours to 3,132,359 hours, and the public disclosure
burden increased form zero hours to 2,773 hours. The average burden per
response and the annual burden hours for reporting and recordkeeping
are explained below and summarized in the charts that follow.
Affected Public: Respondent groups identified include: (1) 56 State
agencies, (2) 26,002 institutions, (3) 165,717 facilities (includes
96,778 family day care homes and 68,939 sponsored center facilities),
and (4) 3,240,194 households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,443,062.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.081.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 14,049,884.920.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.264 hrs.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 3,703,593.386 hrs.
Current OMB Inventory: 2,481,135.751 hrs.
Difference (Burden Revisions Requested): 1,222,457.64 hrs.
Refer to Table 1 below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
Table 1--Public Disclosure Burden
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Responses Estimated avg.
Respondent Estimated number annually per Total annual number of hours Estimated total
of respondents respondent responses per response hours
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Reporting Burden:
State agencies/Local/Tribal Governments.............. 56 568.161 31,817.000 0.134 4,248.562
Institution.......................................... 26,002 30.393 790,266.000 1.854 1,465,046.812
Businesses (Facility)................................ 165,717 12.000 1,988,604.000 0.396 787,485.000
Household............................................ 3,240,194 3.256 10,549,145.920 0.083 875,579.111
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Total Estimated Reporting Burden................. 3,431,969 3.893 13,359,832.920 0.234 3,132,359.486
Recordkeeping Burden:
State agencies/Local/Tribal Governments.............. 56 27.000 1,512.000 1.370 2,072.000
Institutions......................................... 22,130 8.147 180,296.000 0.384 69,237.650
Businesses (Facility)................................ 165,717 3.000 497,151.000 1.000 497,151.000
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Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden............. 187,903 3.613 678,959.000 0.837 568,460.650
Public Disclosure Burden:
State agencies/Local/Tribal Governments.............. 28 1.000 28.000 0.250 7.000
Institution.......................................... 11,065 1.000 11,065.000 0.250 2,766.250
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Total Estimated Public Disclosure Burden......... 11,093 1.000 11,093.000 0.250 2,773.250
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Total of Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Public Disclosure:
Total................................................ 3,443,062 4.081 14,049,884.920 0.264 3,703,593.386
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Dated: December 16, 2019.
Pamilyn Miller,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-27764 Filed 12-23-19; 8:45 am]
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