81 FR 24559 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 80 (April 26, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24559-24560]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09746]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

April 21, 2016.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding (1) 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; (2) the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of 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 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 May 26, 
2016 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for

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Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or fax (202) 
395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 
7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Copies of the submission(s) may be 
obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
    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 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: 7 CFR part 245, Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced 
Price Meals and Free Milk in Schools.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0026.
    Summary of Collection: The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (NSLA), as amended, authorizes the National School Lunch Program 
(NSLP). Section 9, Paragraph 9(b) of the NSLA provides that the income 
guidelines for determining eligibility for free school meals must be 
130 percent, and reduced price school meals must be 185 percent, of the 
applicable family size income levels contained in the non-farm income 
poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget, 
as adjusted annually. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 7 
CFR part 245, Determining Eligibility for Free and Reduced Price Meals 
and Free Milk in Schools, sets forth policies and procedures for 
implementing these provisions. These federal regulations require 
schools operating the NSLP to determine children's eligibility for free 
and reduced-price meals on the basis of each child's household income 
and size, and to establish operating procedures that will prevent 
physical segregation, or other discrimination against, or overt 
identification of children unable to pay the full price for meals or 
milk. Section 104 of the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 
2004 added section 9(b)(4) to the NSLA (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(4)) to 
require school food authorities to directly certify, without further 
application, any child who is a member of a household receiving 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information to 
determine eligibility of children for free and reduced price meals and 
for free milk and to assure that there is no physical segregation of, 
or other discrimination against, or overt identification of children 
unable to pay the full price for meals or milk.
    Description of Respondents: Individuals or households; State, 
Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 5,409,878.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually; Other 
(3 per year).
    Total Burden Hours: 945,743.

Food Nutrition Service

    Title: Regional Office Administered Program (ROAP) Child Nutrition 
Payment Center (for the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and 
Special Milk Programs).
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0284.
    Summary of Collection: Section 5 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
[U.S.C. 1774] specifies that if the Secretary of Agriculture is 
administering (in whole or in part) any program authorized under this 
Act, the State in which the Secretary is administering the program may, 
upon request to the Secretary, assume administration of that program. 
If a State educational agency is not permitted by law to disburse the 
funds paid to it under this Act to any of the nonpublic schools in the 
State, the Secretary shall disburse the funds directly to such schools 
within the State for the same purposes and subject to the same 
conditions as are authorized or required with respect to the 
disbursements to public schools within the State by the State 
educational agency. In States where the FNS Regional Office administers 
the National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs 
as a Regional Office Administered Program (ROAP), school food 
authorities (SFAs) or local institutions must submit the monthly claim 
for reimbursement data to the Regional Office for processing to receive 
reimbursement.
    Need and Use of the Information: The information is collected 
electronically from school food authorities that participate in the 
National School Lunch, School Breakfast, and Special Milk Programs that 
are administered directly by the associated USDA FNS Regional Office as 
a ROAP. The ROAP system is used to collect application and meal count 
information which is used to process claims for reimbursement. The 
application information is collected annually, while the meal count 
information is collected monthly.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 60.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually; Monthly.
    Total Burden Hours: 330.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2016-09746 Filed 4-25-16; 8:45 am]
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