82 FR 34275 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 140 (July 24, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34275-34276]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15435]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

July 19, 2017.
    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 August 
23, 2017 will be considered. Written comments should be addressed to: 
Desk Officer for 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: Evaluation of the Direct Certification with Medicaid for 
Free and Reduced-Priced (DCM-F/RP) Meals Demonstration.
    OMB Control Number: 0584--New.
    Summary of Collection: Section 104 of the Child Nutrition and WIC 
Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-265) amended section 9(b) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 
1758(b)) to require all local educational agencies that participate in 
the National School Lunch Program and/or the School Breakfast Program 
to establish a system to directly certify as eligible for free school 
meals children who are members of households receiving assistance under 
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Section 103 of Public 
Law 111-296, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, amended the 
NSLA to authorize the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to 
conduct and evaluate multiyear demonstration projects beginning in July 
2012 in selected States and school districts to test the effectiveness 
of direct certification using income data available in Medicaid 
administrative records to determine eligibility for free school meals. 
In response to these mandates, FNS authorized a demonstration in School 
Year (SY) 2012-2013 for selected States and districts to directly 
certify students for free meals using income data available through 
Medicaid. In SY 2016-2017, FNS initiated a new demonstration where 
selected States will use income data from Medicaid files to identify 
students in households eligible to receive reduced-price meals and 
directly certify them at that level, in addition to directly certifying 
students for free meals. Through the Evaluation of the Direct 
Certification with Medicaid for Free and Reduced-Priced (DCM-F/RP) 
Meals Demonstration, FNS will be able to gather the data needed to 
evaluate the demonstration.
    Need and Use of the Information: This study will gather data from 
State Child Nutrition Agency, State Medicaid Agency, and other State 
Agency staffs, from local school district staffs, and from vendors. FNS 
will use the data to understand how States are implementing the 
demonstration, identify challenges encountered during the 
implementation, and examine the demonstration's effectiveness in 
improving certification and participation outcomes and the implications 
for Federal reimbursement totals and State administrative costs. The 
data will also help FNS to identify best practices that will shape 
future replication and improvement.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
Businesses or other for-profit.
    Number of Respondents: 203.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Quarterly, Semi-Annually, and 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,174.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Evaluation of the School Meal Data Collection Process.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
    Summary of Collection: FNS is conducting a study, the Evaluation of 
the School Meal Data Collection Process, to provide a description and 
evaluation of the methodologies and processes used to collect and 
report program data for the school meal programs via the FNS-10, FNS-
742, and FNS-834 forms. The key research objectives relate to assessing 
how schools/sites, SFAs, and State agencies handle the following three 
functions: Collect/aggregate data, process or validate data, and 
transmit data about the school meal programs. The ultimate objective is 
to understand the likely sources of error within each of these 
functions at each reporting level.
    Need and Use of the Information: The primary purpose of data 
collection is to provide a description and evaluation of the 
methodologies and processes used to collect and report program data via 
the FNS-10, FNS-742, and FNS-834 forms. FNS objective is to understand 
the likely sources of error within each of these functions at each 
reporting level (i.e., school/site to SFA; SFA to State agency; State 
agency to FNS). Evaluation of the processes and identification of 
potential sources of error will culminate in a set of recommended 
practices for improving the process to increase the accuracy of school 
meal program data.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local & Tribal Agencies 
Government.
    Number of Respondents: 298.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 303.

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Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Store 
Applications.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0008.
    Summary of Collection: Section 9(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008 as amended, (7 U.S.C. 2018 et seq.) requires that the Food and 
Nutrition Service (FNS) provide for the submission of applications for 
approval by retailers, wholesalers, meal service providers, certain 
types of group homes, shelters, and state-contracted restaurants that 
wish to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Program (SNAP). FNS 
is responsible for reviewing the application in order to determine 
whether or not applicants meet eligibility requirements, and make 
determinations whether to grant or deny authorization to accept and 
redeem SNAP benefits. FNS will collect information using forms FNS-252, 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Application for Store, FNS-
252-E, On line Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Application 
for Store, FNS 252-2, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for 
Meal Service Application, FNS-252-C, Corporate Supplemental 
Application, and FNS 252-R, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
for Stores Reauthorization and FNS-252FE, Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program Farmer's Market Application.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information to 
determine the eligibility of retail food stores, wholesale food 
concern, and food service organizations applying for authorization to 
accept and redeem SNAP benefits, to monitor these firms for continued 
eligibility, to sanction stores for noncompliance with the Act, and for 
Program management purposes. Without the information on the application 
or reauthorization application, the consequence to the Federal program 
is the Agency's reduced ability to effectively monitor accountability 
for program compliance and to detect fraud and abuse.
    Description of Respondents: Business or other for-profit, Not-for-
profit, Farms.
    Number of Respondents: 132,599.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: On occasion.
    Total Burden Hours: 19,383.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2017-15435 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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