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Affected public

Estimated
number
respondents

Estimated
number
responses per
respondent

Estimated total
annual
responses

Estimated
hours per
response

Estimated total
annual burden
hours

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d) = (b × c)

(e)

(f) = (d × e)

Public Notification
State Agencies .....................................................................
School Food Authorities .......................................................

55
19,371

1.98
1.98

109
38,296

0.1339
0.1760

15
6,740

Total Public Notification Burden ...................................

19,426

1.98

38,405

0.1759

6,754

Total Reporting, Recordkeeping and Public Disclosure
Reporting ..............................................................................
Recordkeeping .....................................................................
Public Notification ................................................................

3,571,312
15,841
19,426

3.50
1.07
1.98

12,494,860
16,946
38,405

0.0521
0.1750
0.1759

651,084
2,965
6,754

Total Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Public Disclosure Burden ...............................................................

3,571,312

3.514

12,550,211

0.0527

660,803

Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
[FR Doc. 2023–09707 Filed 5–5–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Operational Challenges in
Child Nutrition Programs (OCCNP)
Surveys
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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 is a new collection focusing on
Operational Challenges in Child
Nutrition Programs and will utilize
survey instruments for school years (SY)
2023–2024, SY 2024–2025, and SY
2025–2026. The studies encompassed
under this information collection will
collect data from institutions
administering and operating Child
Nutrition Programs such as State
agencies, School Food Authorities
(SFAs) and Child and Adult Care Food
Program (CACFP) and Summer Food
Service Program (SFSP) Sponsors,
including information on emerging and
ongoing operational challenges facing
Child Nutrition Program operators.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Sarah Reinhardt, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

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1320 Braddock Pl., 5th floor,
Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may
also be submitted 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 Sarah Reinhardt at
[email protected], 703–305–
2532.
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: Operational Challenges in Child
Nutrition Programs (OCCNP) Surveys.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Expiration Date: Not yet determined.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Type of Request: New collection.
Abstract: FNS administers the Child
Nutrition (CN) Programs in partnership
with States, local SFAs, other program
sponsors, and local program operators.
Section 28(a) of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act authorizes
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Secretary to conduct annual national
performance assessments of the school
meal programs and requires States and
local entities participating in the
programs to cooperate with program
research and evaluations. FNS plans to
collect periodic data to obtain
information on operational challenges
facing institutions who operate or
administer child nutrition programs,
including State agencies, SFAs and
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP)
Sponsors. The Operational Challenges
in Child Nutrition Programs (OCCNP)
Surveys, are designed to collect timely
data on emerging school food service
operational challenges, including but
not limited to supply chain disruptions,
food costs, and labor shortages, and/or
related issues in SY 2023–2024, 2024–
2025, and SY 2025–2026. Access to a
timely and reliable source of data on
these topics has become particularly
important following the COVID–19
pandemic. In addition to changing the
ways that school meal programs
operated, the pandemic has contributed
to lasting supply chain issues and
substantial changes in the cost and
availability of food and labor. The
ability to collect this data will allow
FNS to provide the best possible
support to States and program sponsors
and operators facing continued food
service operations challenges and
enable FNS to respond more quickly
and effectively to potential disruptions
in the future.

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To administer the survey(s), FNS may
first contact State agencies
administering child nutrition programs
to obtain current lists of the respondent
population(s) of interest (e.g., SFAs,
SFSP Sponsors, or CACFP Sponsors). In
the case of SFAs and SFSP Sponsors,
the list will be used to conduct a census;
in the case of CACFP Sponsors, the list
will be used to generate a representative
sample of respondents. After identifying
the appropriate respondent
population(s), FNS with provide State
agencies with a template survey support
email to be distributed to the
respondent population(s) in their
respective States to provide information
regarding the survey and express
support for the data collection. If State
agencies administering child nutrition
programs and/or food distribution for
these programs will also be considered
survey respondents, these agencies will
receive additional communications from
FNS regarding their participation in the
survey. FNS will then email the survey
to respondent population(s) via the
Qualtrics Survey Software platform or a
similar software. The survey instrument
will include content tailored to each
respondent population, and will take
approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Survey administration will be similar
to the methods used for the SFA Survey
II on School Food Supply Chain
Disruption and Student Participation,
which obtained emergency clearance for
data collection in SY 2022–2023 and
was cleared by the Office of
Management and Budget on November
15, 2022 (SFA Survey II on School Food
Supply Chain Disruption and Student
Participation, OMB control number
0584–0677, expiration date 05/31/2023);
however, this proposed data collection
is different in that it is broader in scope
than the previous emergency clearance,
encompasses a broader potential
audience, and focuses on different
timeframes for collection in the future.
Under the emergency information
collection, data collection methods

operating child nutrition programs, as
needed, and distribute a survey support
email to these respondent groups
annually (three times total, in SY 2023–
2024, SY 2024–2025, and SY 2024–
2025). The selected respondent group(s)
will be asked to complete the web
survey once per year, though
respondents operating more than one
child nutrition program (e.g., SFAs that
also serve as SFSP Sponsors) will be
required to respond to survey questions
for each program. To estimate the
associated burden, we included separate
lines in the burden estimate table to
account for additional time SFAs may
spend on surveys for SFSP or CACFP
programs, respectively. There are 2,851
SFAs that also act as SFSP Sponsors; in
the case of CACFP Sponsors, it is
assumed that half of the representative
sample of CACFP Sponsors (935 of
1,869 total) are also SFAs.
In the event of non-response, survey
respondents will receive follow-up
email correspondence and will be
provided contact information for FNS
survey support as needed. Similarly,
State Agencies who do not provide
contact information for SFAs/Sponsors
upon request may receive email
reminders until current lists have been
obtained from all regions. FNS estimates
that respondents will average 5.17
responses (111,123 responses/21,497
respondents) annually, for a total of
15.51 responses per respondent over the
three year period.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
111,123.
Estimated Time per Response: The
estimated time per response ranges from
2 minutes (0.03 hours) to 20 minutes
(.33 hours) depending on the
instrument, as shown in the table below,
with an average estimated time for all
participants of 6 minutes (0.10 hours)
per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 11,220.39 hours. See the
table below for estimated total annual
burden for each type of respondent.

consisted of a web survey of all SFAs
nationwide operating child nutrition
programs in schools during SY 2022–
2023, and was distributed to 18,843
SFAs based on contact information
collected from the 56 CN agencies that
administer CN Programs at the state
level in the 50 States, District of
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the
U.S. Virgin Islands.
Affected Public: State, Local, and
Tribal Governments: Respondent groups
identified may include: (1) State
agencies administering child nutrition
programs or food distribution for these
programs, (2) SFA Directors, (3) SFSP
Sponsors (government and private, notfor-profit), and (4) CACFP Sponsors
(private, not-for-profit) from all 50
States, 5 territories and the District of
Columbia.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The total estimated number of
respondents per year is 21,511. This
includes (1) 70 State Agency Directors
(56 administering programs and 14 food
distribution only); (2) 18,843 SFA
Directors; (3) 1,663 SFSP Sponsors
(government and non-profit private
Sponsors, not including SFAs); and (4)
935 CACFP Sponsors (based on a
representative sample of Sponsors, not
including SFAs). Consistent with past
approaches, each survey will engage
nine pretest participants representative
of the respondent population(s). For the
purpose of estimating respondent
burden, it is assumed that the pretest
reflects participation on behalf of State
Child Nutrition Directors; SFA Directors
(government and private, not-for-profit
business); SFSP Sponsors (government
and private, not-for-profit business); and
CACFP Sponsors (private, not-for-profit
business). Pretest participants will be
adjusted accordingly based on the needs
and content of each survey and SFAs
operating multiple child nutrition
programs may be prioritized.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: State Agency Director
respondents will be asked to provide a
current list of SFAs and/or Sponsors

TABLE 1—ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATE
Respondent category

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Number of
respondents

Instruments

Total
annual
responses

Frequency
of response

Hours per
response

Annual
burden
(hours)

3 Year
burden
(hours)

OCCNP Survey Support
Email.

56

1

56

0.17

9.34

28.01

Pretest ..........................
OCCNP Survey ............
OCCNP Survey ............

1
56
14

1
1
1

1
56
14

0.83
0.33
0.33

0.83
18.48
4.62

2.50
55.44
13.86

Pretest ..........................

4

1

4

0.83

3.33

10.00

OCCNP Survey Support
Email.
OCCNP Survey (SFAs)

15,260

1

15,260

0.03

508.16

1,524.47

15,260

1

15,260

0.33

5,035.80

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TABLE 1—ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATE—Continued
Respondent category

Government .....

Type of
respondents
(optional)

Instruments

SFSP Sponsors

OCCNP Survey (SFSP)
OCCNP Survey
(CACFP).
Reminder Email ............
Thank You Email ..........
Pretest ..........................
OCCNP Survey Support
Email.
OCCNP Survey ............
Reminder Email ............
Thank You Email ..........

Number of
respondents

State and Local
Government
Subtotal.
Private, NotFor-Profit
Businesses.

Private, NotFor-Profit
Businesses.

Private, NotFor-Profit
Businesses.

Hours per
response

Annual
burden
(hours)

3 Year
burden
(hours)

2,851
935

1
1

2,851
935

0.33
0.33

940.83
308.39

2,822.49
925.16

15,260
15,260
1
255

2
1
1
1

30,520
15,260
1
255

0.03
0.03
0.83
0.03

1,016.32
508.16
0.83
8.49

3,048.95
1,524.47
2.50
25.47

255
255
255

1
2
1

255
510
255

0.33
0.03
0.03

84.15
16.98
8.49

252.45
50.95
25.47

15,571

5.23

81,493

0.10

8,473.20

25,419.59

SFA Directors ..

Pretest ..........................

1

1

1

0.83

0.83

2.50

3,583

1

3,583

0.03

119.31

357.94

SFSP Sponsors

OCCNP Survey Support
Email.
OCCNP Survey ............
Reminder Email ............
Thank You Email ..........
Pretest ..........................

3,583
3,583
3,583
1

1
2
1
1

3,583
7,166
3,583
1

0.33
0.03
0.03
0.83

1,182.39
238.63
119.31
0.83

3,547.17
715.88
357.94
2.50

1,408

1

1,408

0.03

46.89

140.66

1,408
1,408
1,408
1

1
2
1
1

1,408
2,816
1,408
1

0.33
0.03
0.03
0.83

464.64
93.77
46.89
0.83

1,393.92
281.32
140.66
2.50

CACFP Sponsors.

OCCNP Survey Support
Email.
OCCNP Survey ............
Reminder Email ............
Thank You Email ..........
Pretest ..........................

OCCNP Survey Support
Email.
OCCNP Survey ............
Reminder Email ............
Thank You Email ..........

935

1

935

0.03

31.12

93.36

935
935
935

1
2
1

935
1,869
935

0.33
0.03
0.03

308.39
62.24
31.12

925.16
186.71
93.36

Private, not-for-profit businesses
subtotal.

.......................................

5,926

5.00

29,631

0.09

2,747.19

8,241.57

Total ........................................

.......................................

21,497

5.1694

111,123

0.10

11,220.39

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Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Information Collection for
the National School Lunch Program
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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Total
annual
responses

Frequency
of response

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 collection that FNS
employs to determine public

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participation in the National School
Lunch Program and to obtain, account
for, and record information from State
and program operators that is necessary
to effectively manage the NSLP and
ensure compliance with statutory and
regulatory Program requirements.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Jennifer Otey, School Meals Program
Monitoring Branch, Program Monitoring
and Operational Support 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 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

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for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Jennifer Otey at
703–605–3223 or via email to
[email protected].
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

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