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of burden including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; (d) 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 should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), 

OIRA_Submission@OMB.EOP.GOV or 

fax (202) 395–5806 and to Departmental 

Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, Mail 

Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250– 

7602. Comments regarding these 

information collections are best assured 

of having their full effect if received 

within 30 days of this notification. 

Copies of the submission(s) may be 

obtained by calling (202) 720–8681. 

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. 

Rural Housing Service 

Title: Rural Rental Housing Program, 

7 CFR part 3560. 

OMB Control Number: 0575–0189. 

Summary of Collection: The programs 

covered by 7 CFR part 3560 provide 

financing to support the development of 

adequate, affordable housing and rental 

units for very low-, low-, and moderateincome households, and farm workers. 

Rural Housing Service (RHS) is 

authorized to collect the information 

needed to administer these various 

programs under Title V of the Housing 

Act of 1949, Section 515 Rural Rental 

Housing, Sections 514 and 516 Farm 

Labor Housing loans and grants, and 

Section 521 Rental Assistance. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

information collected by RHS is used to 

plan, manage, evaluate and account for 

Government resources. The reports are 

required to ensure the proper and 

judicious use of public funds. The 

purpose of the Multi-Family Housing 

programs is to provide adequate, 

affordable, decent, safe, and sanitary 

rental units for very low-, low-, and 

moderate-income households and farm 

workers in rural areas. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for profit: Individual or 

households; Farms; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government. 

Number of Respondents: 500,000. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly; 

Monthly, Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,091,785. 

Charlene Parker, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Child and Adult 

Care Food Program Improper 

Payments Meal Claims Assessment 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

invites the general public and other 

public agencies to comment on this 

proposed information collection. This is 

a new information collection that is 

designed to conduct a feasibility test of 

a parent-recall interview method, on a 

national basis, to assess the accuracy of 

meal claims submitted for 

reimbursement by family day care home 

providers for meals served to children 

who attend the Child and Adult Care 

Food Program (CACFP) day care homes. 

The assessment is tasked with 

developing nationally representative 

improper payment estimates and rates 

(percentage) of improper payments (in 

total and by meal type) due to sponsor 

reimbursement of invalid meal claims 

submitted by family day care homes 

(FDCHs) during FY 2011. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received on or before May 10, 

2011. 

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 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. 

Comments may be sent to: Steve 

Carlson, Food and Nutrition Service, 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 1014B, 

Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may 

also be submitted via fax to the attention 

of Steve Carlson at 703–305–2576 or via 

e-mail to Steve.Carlson@FNS. 

USDA.GOV. 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 written comments will be open for 

public inspection at the office of the 

Food and Nutrition Service during 

regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 

Park Center Drive, Room 1014, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302. All 

responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for 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 Fred Lesnett at 

703–605–0811. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Child and Adult Care Food 

Program Improper Payments Meal 

Claims Assessment 

OMB Number: Not Yet Assigned. 

Expiration Date: Not yet determined. 

Type of Request: New collection of 

information. 

Abstract: The Improper Payments 

Information Act of 2002 (Act) (Pub. L. 

107–300) requires the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) to identify and 

reduce significant improper over- and 

under-payments in various programs, 

including the Child and Adult Care 

Food Program (CACFP). Therefore, the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), on 

behalf of the Secretary of Agriculture, is 

conducting a feasibility evaluation of 

the parent-recall data collection 

methodology for validating the number 

and type of meals claimed for 

reimbursement by family day care 

homes (FDCHs) in the CACFP. The 

feasibility evaluation is scheduled to 

collect data covering the time period of 

September 2010 through August 2011. 

Data collection is to be conducted in 

sixteen States to evaluate whether a 

parent-recall data collection 

methodology under evaluation can: 


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• Validate the meal reimbursement 

claims submitted by FDCHs for the 

number of children who are CACFP 

eligible and present in the FDCHs 

during the time period(s) for which the 

meals/snacks were claimed. 

• Generate the data required for 

developing an estimate of improper 

payments, based on the meals claimed 

for reimbursement by FDCHs, that meet 

the requirements of the Improper 

Payments Information Act of 2002. 

• Be implemented nationwide in an 

efficient and cost effective method. 

A feasibility evaluation will be 

conducted of the parent-recall data 

collection methodology in validating 

meal claims submitted for 

reimbursement by FDCH providers. 

Observations conducted on-site in the 

homes of FDCH providers will be used 

in the feasibility evaluation. The 

methodology compares meal 

reimbursement claims submitted by 

FDCHs to their sponsors and data 

collected through each of the following 

two data collection methodologies: 

• Recollections of parents/guardians 

on their children’s attendance at the 

FDCHs during the days and times of the 

claims. 

• Observations made during on site 

visits to FDCHs during scheduled meal 

times. 

Based on the findings from the 

feasibility evaluation, FNS will 

determine the reliability of using parentrecall information in evaluating meal 

claims submitted by FDCH providers. If 

determined to be reliable, the parentrecall method of data collection shall be 

tested at a national level, and FNS will 

evaluate the feasibility of implementing 

it nationwide to validate the meals 

claimed for reimbursement. 

Affected Public: 1,024 Individual/ 

Households; 16 State, Local & Tribal 

Government and Business-for-profit (64 

CACFP Sponsors and 256 FDCH 

providers). 

Respondent type identified: Parent/ 

guardian of each of the sampled 

children attending a sample of FDCHs 

will be contacted by telephone. Request 

for child enrollment, sponsor agreement 

and meal claim information will be 

requested of the sampled CACFP 

sponsors and providers. In addition, 

observations will be conducted in the 

homes of the FDCH providers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The estimated number of respondents 

included in the survey of parents is 

1,024. Sixty-four sponsors in 16 States 

and 256 FDCH providers will be 

sampled and requested to provide 

supporting program information. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: The number of responses 

per set of parents/guardians for a 

sampled child attending a FDCH is one. 

The number of responses per State, 

sponsor and FDCH provider is one. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

estimated average time to respond to the 

parent/guardian survey is 10.2 minutes 

(.17/Hour). The estimated average times 

for a State, sponsor and FDCH provider 

to respond are 45 minutes (.75/Hour), 

390 minutes (6.50/Hour), and 75 

minutes (1.25/Hour) respectively. Nonresponses or attempted interviews are 

estimated to take 6 minutes (0.10/hour). 

Respondent 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated 

average number of hours 

per response 

Estimated total 

annual hours 

of response 

burden 

SFA Directors 

States: 

Completed interviews ................................................... 16 1.00 16 0.7500 12.00000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 0 1.00 0 0.1000 .00000 

Sponsors: 

Completed interviews ................................................... 64 1.00 64 6.5000 416.00000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 5 1.00 5 0.1000 0.50000 

FDCH Provider 

Completed interviews ................................................... 256 1.00 256 1.25 320.00000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 13 1.00 13 0.1000 1.30000 

Parents: 

Completed interviews ................................................... 1,024 1.00 1,024 0.1700 174.08000 

Attempted interviews .................................................... 102 1.00 102 0.1000 10.20000 

Total Responding burden ............................................. 1,480 ........................ 1,480 ........................ 934.08000 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 934.08000 hours. 

Dated: March 4, 2011. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—WIC 

Breastfeeding Peer Counseling Study 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on the 

proposed collection of data for the 

second phase of the WIC Breastfeeding 

Peer Counseling Study. The first phase 

of this study examined the 

implementation of the Loving Support 

peer counseling program in State and 

local WIC agencies across the country; 

the final report on this first phase of the 

study may be downloaded from http:// 

www.fns.usda.gov/ora/ (see ‘‘WIC 

studies’’). This second phase is a 

revision of a currently approved 

collection which will assess the impact 

of including in-person peer counseling 

as part of the Loving Support program 

on breastfeeding outcomes for WIC 

participants. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before May 10, 2011 to 

be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 


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