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Vol. 86, No. 16 

Wednesday, January 27, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 22, 2021. 

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; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 February 26, 2021 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

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: School Meals Operations Study: 

State Agency COVID–19 Child Nutrition 

Waivers Evaluation. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0607. 

Summary of Collection: This study 

was originally called the Child Nutrition 

Program Operations Study II. The Food 

and Nutrition Service (FNS) has 

changed the name of the study series to 

School Meals Operations (SMO) Study 

to better reflect the specific programs on 

which the study ordinarily collects data. 

The annual data collected from this 

study allows FNS to describe and assess 

program operations, provide input for 

legislation and regulations on the CN 

programs, and develop pertinent 

technical assistance and training for 

program staff at the State and local 

levels. This information is necessary for 

FNS to understand how recent and 

proposed legislation, regulations, 

policies, and initiatives change the child 

nutrition program operations. However, 

for the SY 2020–2021 data collection, 

FNS has repurposed the SMO Study to 

collect the data needed to meet the 

congressionally-mandated reporting 

requirements for the 21 COVID–19- 

related Child Nutrition waiver requests 

specified in section 2202 of the Families 

First Coronavirus Response Act 

(FFCRA) (Pub. L. 116–127). These 

nationwide waiver requests affected 

requirements in the National School 

Lunch Program (NSLP), the School 

Breakfast Program (SBP), the NSLP 

Seamless Summer Option (SSO), the 

School Food Service Program (SFSP), 

and the Child and Adult Care Food 

Program (CACFP). 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This mandatory study will collect data 

from the State Child Nutrition directors 

through a web-survey and an 

administrative data collection. The 

survey portion of the study will collect 

information relevant to the 

implementation of the nationwide 

waivers, and the administrative data 

collection will collect disaggregated 

administrative data from the State 

agencies. This study will help the State 

agencies fulfill their congressionallymandated reporting requirements by 

focusing on the use of COVID–19- 

related nationwide waivers and the 

administration of CN Programs that 

operated under nationwide waiver 

authority during March 2020 through 

September 2020. FNS will use the data 

to assess meal service levels to 

determine coverage within and across 

states, look for patterns and trends 

across site types, and assess how the 

waivers improved services to children 

since, in the absence of these waivers, 

meal service may not have been 

possible. The information will also 

inform FNS’s planning, policy, and 

guidance related to state and local meal 

service operations during future 

emergency situations and unanticipated 

school closures. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 67. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,173. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01795 Filed 1–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

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; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 February 26, 2021 

will be considered. Written comments 

and recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 


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publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

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. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: CCC’s Export Credit Guarantee 

Program (GSM–102). 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0004. 

Summary of Collection: The Export 

Credit Guarantee Program (GSM–102) is 

administered by the Commodity Credit 

Corporation (CCC) of the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. This 

program provides guarantees to 

exporters in order to maintain and 

increase overseas importers ability to 

purchase U.S. agricultural goods. The 

Export Credit Guarantee Program 

underwrites credit extended by U.S. 

private banks to approved foreign banks 

using dollar-denominated, irrevocable 

letters of credit. The Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS) will collect 

information from the guarantee 

application submitted by the 

participants through an electronic 

system or in writing (via fax or email) 

or mail. 

Need and Use of the Information: FAS 

will collect information from 

participating U.S. exporters in order to 

determine the exporter’s eligibility for 

program benefits. The information 

collection is necessary to enable 

exporters, U.S. banks and foreign banks 

to receive the benefits of the program 

and to allow CCC to comply with the 

Federal Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act, the Debt Collection 

Improvement Act, and non-procurement 

suspension and debarment regulations 

found at 2 CFR pars 180 and 417. If the 

information were not collected CCC 

would be unable to determine if export 

sales under the program would be 

eligible for coverage or, if coverage 

conformed to program requirements. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 47. 

Frequency of Responses: Record 

keeping, Reporting: On occasion. 

Total Burden Hours: 1,130. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: Food Donation Programs (Food 

for Progress & Section 416(b) and 

McGovern-Dole International Food for 

Education and Child Nutrition 

Program). 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0035. 

Summary of Collection: The U.S. 

Department of Agriculture’s Foreign 

Agricultural Service (FAS) provides 

U.S. agricultural commodities to feed 

millions of hungry people in needy 

countries through direct donations and 

concessional programs. USDA Food aid 

may be provided through three program 

authorities: Food for Progress 

authorized by the Food for Progress Act 

of 1985, Section 416(b); and the 

McGovern-Dole International Food for 

Education and Child Nutrition Program 

authorized by the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008 and Public Law 

480. 

Need and Use of the Information: FAS 

will collect information from recipients 

desiring to receive grants or cooperative 

agreements under the programs to 

determine their ability to carry out a 

food aid program, to establish the terms 

under which the commodities will be 

provided, to monitor the progress of 

commodity distribution (including how 

transportation is procured), to monitor 

the progress of expenditure of 

monetization funds, and to evaluate 

both the program’s success and the 

participant’s effectiveness in meeting 

the agreed upon goals. Information is 

also collected from ship owners/brokers 

shipping the commodity to its 

destination. 

Description of Respondents: Not forprofit institutions; Business or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 61. 

Frequency of Responses: 

Recordkeeping; Reporting: Semiannually; Quarterly; Monthly. 

Total Burden Hours: 88,309. 

Foreign Agricultural Service 

Title: Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust 

Fund. 

OMB Control Number: 0551–0044. 

Summary of Collection: Section 12602 

of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 

113–79) (The Act), as amended by the 

Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 

(Pub. L. 115–334), authorizes 

distributions out of the Pima 

Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund (‘‘Pima 

Cotton Trust Fund’’) in each of calendar 

years 2018 through 2023, payable to 

qualifying claimants. Eligible claimants 

are directed to submit a notarized 

affidavit, following the statutory 

procedures specified in Section 

12314(c) or (d) of the Act. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Distributions out of the Trust Fund is 

payable to (1) One or more nationally 

recognized associations established for 

the promotion of pima cotton for use in 

textile and apparel goods; (2) certain 

yarn spinners of pima cotton that 

produced ring spun cotton yarns in the 

United States from pima cotton during 

the prior calendar year; and (3) 

manufacturers who cut and sew cotton 

shirts in the United States who certify 

that they used imported cotton fabric 

during the prior calendar year. Eligible 

claimants for a distribution from the 

Pima Cotton Trust Fund are directed to 

submit a notarized affidavit. The 

Foreign Agriculture Service (FAS) will 

use the information provided in the 

affidavits to certify the claimants’ 

eligibility and to authorize payment 

from the Pima Cotton Trust Fund. If 

eligible claimants do not submit an 

affidavit with the required information 

they will not be entitled to a 

distribution from the Pima Cotton Trust 

Fund. 

Description of Respondents: Business 

or other-for-profit. 

Number of Respondents: 9. 

Frequency of Responses: Record 

keeping, Reporting: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 9. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01750 Filed 1–26–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

January 22, 2021. 

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; 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; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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 


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