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Service information on USDA 

employee’s tax information, to the 

Department of Interior information on 

USDA land data and funding to Native 

American Indians, to the USDA Risk 

Management Agency information on 

USDA data warehouse, data mining 

operation, and Comprehensive 

Information Management System, to the 

National Archives and Records 

Administration information on USDA 

records, to FSA employees personnel 

information, and to contractors 

information on working performance in 

certain USDA functions. New routine 

uses for disclosure of records to share 

FSA data as described in the system of 

records are compatible with the purpose 

of both FSA and RMA activities in using 

the information. 

All information contained in this 

system is collected and maintained in 

accordance with the Privacy Act, Title 

5, United States Code, Section 552a. The 

authorities for maintenance of the 

system are 7 U.S.C. 450j, 450k, 450l, 

1281–1393, 1421–1449, 1471–1472; 15 

U.S.C. 714–714p; 16 U.S.C. 590a–590q, 

1301–1311, 1606, 2101–2111, 2201– 

2206, 3501, 3801–3845, 4601, 26 U.S.C. 

6109; 40 U.S.C. 14101, 14505, and 43 

U.S.C. 1592. 

The Privacy Act system of records 

affects the privacy interests of 

individual producers whose information 

is contained in them. The privacy 

interests of the affected individual 

producers are more than ‘‘de minimis,’’ 

because the Privacy Act system of 

records contains detailed information 

about their farming operations and 

assets. However, USDA has determined 

that the routine uses and maintenance 

of this information are warranted. The 

privacy interests of these producers are 

balanced with: (1) The benefits that the 

producers receive as program recipients 

and (2) the need of the Government to 

detect fraud and abuse as it administers 

USDA programs. 

Records in this system of records are 

safeguarded in accordance with 

applicable rules and policies, including 

all applicable USDA automated systems 

security and access policies. Strict 

controls have been imposed to minimize 

the risk of compromising the 

information that is being stored. Access 

to the computer systems containing the 

records in this system of records is 

limited to those individuals who have a 

need to know the information for the 

performance of their official duties and 

who have appropriate clearances or 

permissions. 

Additionally, records in this system of 

records are stored electronically on 

security measure protected (for 

example, e-authentication, password, 

restricted access protocol, etc.) 

databases, electronically on e-media 

devices (computer hard drive, magnetic 

disc, tape, digital media, CD, DVD, etc.), 

and on paper copy. Record storage is 

located within secured or locked 

facilities. 

A new routine use for disclosure of 

record to share FSA data with RMA as 

described in the system of records is 

compatible with the purpose of both 

FSA and RMA activities in using the 

information. 

The information collection requests 

associated with this system were 

submitted to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for Paperwork 

Reduction Act in the following table, 

which contained each OMB control 

number with the expiration date. 

OMB Control No. Expiration date Agency and other information 

(Agency, Title, and relevant notes if any) 

0348–0046 ............................................................................... 12/31/13 OMB 

0551–0040 ............................................................................... 06/30/13 USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) 

0560–0004 ............................................................................... 01/31/12 USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA)

0560–0026 ............................................................................... 12/31/13 FSA 

0560–0082 ............................................................................... 7/31/2011 FSA 

0560–0175 ............................................................................... 01/31/14 FSA 

0560–0183 ............................................................................... 07/31/12 FSA 

0560–0185 ............................................................................... 06/30/13 FSA 

0560–0190 ............................................................................... 12/31/13 FSA 

0560–0215 ............................................................................... 10/31/11 FSA 

0560–0253 ............................................................................... 10/31/11 FSA 

0563–0053 ............................................................................... 03/31/2012 Risk Management Service (Automated System) 

0581–0093 ............................................................................... 05/31/2014 Agricultural Marketing Service 

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BILLING CODE 3410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2010–0105] 

Privacy Act Systems of Records; 

APHIS Veterinary Services User Fee 

System 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of a proposed new 

system of records; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) proposes to 

add a system of records to its inventory 

of records systems subject to the Privacy 

Act of 1974, as amended. The system of 

records being proposed is the APHIS 

Veterinary Services User Fee System. 

This notice is necessary to meet the 

requirements of the Privacy Act to 

publish in the Federal Register notice of 

the existence and character of record 

systems maintained by the agency. 

Although the Privacy Act requires 

only that the portion of the system that 

describes the ‘‘routine uses’’ of the 

system be published for comment, we 

invite comment on all portions of this 

notice. 

DATES: This system will be adopted 

without further notice on April 23, 2012 

unless modified to respond to 

comments received from the public and 

published in a subsequent notice. 

Comments must be received in 

writing, on or before April 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0105- 

0001. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2010–0105, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, 

Riverdale, Maryland 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http:// 

www.regulations.gov/ 

#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0105 or 

in our reading room, which is located in 

room 1141 of the USDA South Building, 


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14th Street and Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC. Normal reading 

room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. To be sure someone is there to 

help you, please call (202) 690–2817 

before coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cecilia Fuller, Project Manager, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, VS, 

APHIS, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building 

B, Fort Collins, CO 80256–8117; (970) 

494–7296. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 

U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to 

publish in the Federal Register a notice 

of new or revised systems of records 

maintained by the agency. A system of 

records is a group of any records under 

the control of any agency, from which 

information is retrieved by the name of 

an individual or by some identifying 

number, symbol, or other identifying 

particular assigned to an individual. 

The Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) of the 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) is 

proposing to add a new system of 

records, entitled APHIS Veterinary 

Services User Fee System (UFS), USDA– 

APHIS–18. It will be used to maintain 

a record of activities conducted by the 

agency pursuant to its responsibilities 

under the Debt Collection Act of 1982 

(31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), the Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996 (31 

U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), the Food, 

Agriculture, Conservation and Trade 

Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–624), and the 

Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 

8301 et seq.). 

In order to ensure that animals and 

animal products do not introduce pests 

or diseases when imported into the 

United States, the Veterinary Services 

(VS) program of APHIS performs 

services related to the importation and 

exportation of animals, animal products, 

birds, germ plasm, organisms, and 

vectors. VS incurs costs associated with 

inspections and other services, such as 

the costs of maintaining import centers 

and quarantine facilities, diagnostic 

testing, inspectors’ salaries, supplies, 

and other miscellaneous expenses. Any 

person for whom a service is provided 

related to the importation, entry, or 

exportation of an animal is required to 

pay for the expenses of such services. 

The UFS automates the tracking, 

collection, and processing of fees due to 

VS for its services provided at remote 

offices, import centers, port offices, or 

the National Veterinary Services 

Laboratories in Ames, Iowa. 

Payment of fees due to VS for its 

services must take place at the location 

of service at the time the service is 

provided. The UFS generates an invoice 

for the fees and provides a receipt for 

the user. Users may also request 

approval for an APHIS credit account. 

The UFS tracks the accuracy of 

expenditures and collections 

transactions of credit accounts. 

Information obtained in the credit 

account application is entered into the 

Foundation Financial Information 

System (FFIS), the official APHIS 

financial system. 

The UFS database contains personally 

identifiable information about VS 

customers. It contains the name; the 

social security number of an individual 

or taxpayer identification number of a 

business; the address, including city, 

county, State, and postal code; the name 

of the business or organization and its 

telephone and fax numbers; and an 

email address. The UFS also contains 

information about the user’s credit 

account, including charges and 

payments made, date(s) and type of 

service, and APHIS credit account 

information. Routine uses of records 

maintained in the system include 

categories of users and the purposes of 

such uses. 

APHIS may routinely share data in 

the UFS with certain Federal agencies, 

including the Department of the 

Treasury, to obtain assistance in 

identifying and locating individuals 

who are delinquent in their payments of 

debt owed to the Federal Government 

while receiving Federal salary or benefit 

payments, for the purpose of collecting 

debts. Data may also be shared with a 

debt collection agency or a consumer 

reporting agency when APHIS 

determines that such referral is 

appropriate for collecting the debtor’s 

account. 

Other routine uses of this information 

include releases related to investigations 

pertaining to violations of law or related 

to litigation. A complete listing of the 

routine uses for this system is included 

in the accompanying document that is 

published along with this notice. 

The proposed information collection 

requests associated with the UFS system 

have been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. 

Report on New System 

A report on the new system of 

records, required by 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), as 

implemented by Office of Management 

and Budget Circular A–130, was sent to 

the Chairman, Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, 

United States Senate; the Ranking 

Member, Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, 

United States Senate; the Chairman, 

Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, House of 

Representatives; the Ranking Member, 

Committee on Oversight and 

Government Reform, House of 

Representatives; and the Administrator, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget. 

Dated: March 6, 2012. 

Thomas J. Vilsack, 

Secretary. 

USDA–APHIS–18 

SYSTEM NAME: 

APHIS Veterinary Services User Fee 

System (UFS). 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

None. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

The UFS is physically located in a 

secured room in APHIS–VS offices in 

Fort Collins, CO, and a backup of the 

system is maintained in APHIS offices 

in Riverdale, MD. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Individuals covered by the system 

include any person for whom a service 

is provided related to the importation 

and exportation of animals, animal 

products, birds, germ plasm, organisms, 

and vectors. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

The system contains information such 

as the name; the social security number 

of an individual or taxpayer 

identification number of a business; the 

address, including city, county, State, 

postal code; the name of business or 

organization and its telephone and fax 

numbers; and an email address. The 

UFS also contains information about the 

user’s credit account, including charges 

and payments made, date(s) and type of 

service, and APHIS credit account 

information. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

The UFS automates the collection and 

processing of fees due to VS for its 

services provided at remote offices, 

import centers, port offices, or the 

National Veterinary Services 

Laboratories in Ames, IA. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

The Debt Collection Act of 1982 (31 

U.S.C. 3701 et seq.), the Debt Collection 

Improvement Act of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 

3711 et seq.), the Food, Agriculture, 

Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

(Pub. L. 101–624), and the Animal 

Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et 


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seq.). Routine uses of records 

maintained in the system include 

categories of users and the purposes of 

such uses. 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, records 

maintained in the system may be 

disclosed outside USDA as follows: 

(1) To certain Federal agencies, 

including the Department of the 

Treasury, to obtain assistance in 

identifying and locating individuals 

who are delinquent in their payments of 

debt owed to the Federal Government 

while receiving Federal salary, tax 

refunds, or benefit payments, for the 

purpose of collecting debts; 

(2) To a debt collection agency when 

USDA determines that such referral is 

appropriate for collecting the debtor’s 

account as provided for in 31 U.S.C. 

3718; 

(3) To the appropriate agency, 

whether Federal, State, local, or foreign, 

charged with responsibility of 

investigating or prosecuting a violation 

of law or of enforcing, implementing, or 

complying with a statute, rule, 

regulation, or order issued pursuant 

thereto, of any record within this system 

when information available indicates a 

violation or potential violation of law, 

whether civil, criminal, or regulatory in 

nature, and either arising by general 

statute or particular program statute, or 

by rule, regulation, or court order issued 

pursuant thereto; 

(4) To the Department of Justice when 

the agency, or any component thereof, 

or any employee of the agency in his or 

her official capacity, or any employee of 

the agency in his or her individual 

capacity where the Department of 

Justice has agreed to represent the 

employee or the United States, in 

litigation, where the agency determines 

that litigation is likely to affect the 

agency or any of its components, is a 

party to litigation or has an interest in 

such litigation, and the use of such 

records by the Department of Justice is 

deemed by the agency to be relevant and 

necessary to the litigation; provided, 

however, that in each case, the agency 

determines that disclosure of the 

records to the Department of Justice is 

a use of the information contained in 

the records that is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected; 

(5) For use in a proceeding before a 

court or adjudicative body before which 

the agency is authorized to appear, 

when the agency, or any component 

thereof, or any employee of the agency 

in his or her official capacity, or any 

employee of the agency in his or her 

individual capacity where the agency 

has agreed to represent the employee or 

the United States, where the agency 

determines that litigation is likely to 

affect the agency or any of its 

components, is a party to litigation or 

has an interest in such litigation, and 

the agency determines that use of such 

records is relevant and necessary to the 

litigation; provided, however, that in 

each case, the agency determines that 

disclosure of the records to the court is 

a use of the information contained in 

the records that is compatible with the 

purpose for which the records were 

collected; 

(6) To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when the agency suspects 

or has confirmed that the security or 

confidentiality of information in the 

system of records has been 

compromised; the agency has 

determined that as a result of the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

there is a risk of harm to economic or 

property interests, a risk of identity theft 

or fraud, or a risk of harm to the security 

or integrity of this system or other 

systems or programs (whether 

maintained by the agency or another 

agency or entity) that rely upon the 

compromised information; and the 

disclosure made to such agencies, 

entities, and persons is reasonably 

necessary to assist in connection with 

the agency’s efforts to respond to the 

suspected or confirmed compromise 

and prevent, minimize, or remedy such 

harm; 

(7) To contractors and other parties 

engaged to assist in administering the 

program. Such contractors and other 

parties will be bound by the 

nondisclosure provisions of the Privacy 

Act. This routine use assists the agency 

in carrying out the program, and thus is 

compatible with the purpose for which 

the records are created and maintained; 

(8) To USDA contractors, partner 

agency employees or contractors, or 

private industry employed to identify 

patterns, trends, or anomalies indicative 

of fraud, waste, or abuse; and 

(9) To the National Archives and 

Records Administration or to the 

General Services Administration for 

records management inspections 

conducted under 44 U.S.C. 2904 and 

2906. 

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES: 

Information in the UFS may be 

disclosed to a consumer reporting 

agency when USDA determines that 

such referral is appropriate in 

accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3711(f). 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, 

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Policies and official guidelines for 

storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, 

and disposing of records are outlined in 

the APHIS Records Management 

Handbook and are summarized below. 

STORAGE: 

Records are maintained on magnetic 

tape, optical disk, and mainframe. Paper 

records are maintained in offices that 

are locked during non-business hours 

and require the presentation of 

employee identification for admittance 

at all times. Backup media is taken 

weekly to an offsite storage facility and 

stored on tape. 

RETRIEVABILITY: 

Records in the UFS database are 

retrieved by name; social security 

number; taxpayer identification number; 

address; telephone and fax numbers; 

email address; claim number; date of 

service; type of service provided; 

payments made; and APHIS credit 

account numbers. 

SAFEGUARDS: 

Numerous inherent safeguards exist to 

protect the data in the UFS system. 

These safeguards include required login 

and authentication for network access, 

data encryption in transmission, 

physical and environmental protections, 

configuration management, and rolebased access given on a need-to-know 

basis. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

Electronic data is maintained in the 

database and on the file server for 7 

years. Archived data is maintained 

indefinitely in a table with read-only 

access. Paper records are maintained for 

6 years, 3 months. 

SYSTEM MANAGERS(S) AND ADDRESS: 

The Office of the Chief Information 

Officer-Veterinary Services, Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service, 4700 

River Road Unit 58, Riverdale, MD 

20737. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

Any individual may request general 

information regarding this system of 

records or information as to whether the 

system contains records pertaining to 

him/her from the system manager at the 

address above. All inquiries pertaining 

to this system should be in writing, 

must name the system of records as set 

forth in the system notice, and must 

contain the individual’s name, 

telephone number, address, and email 

address. 


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RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Any individual may obtain 

information from a record in the system 

that pertains to him or her. Requests for 

hard copies of records should be in 

writing, and the request must contain 

the requesting individual’s name, 

address, name of the system of records, 

timeframe for the records in question, 

any other pertinent information to help 

identify the file, and a copy of his/her 

photo identification containing a 

current address for verification of 

identification. All inquiries should be 

addressed to the Freedom of 

Information and Privacy Act Staff, 

Legislative and Public Affairs, APHIS, 

4700 River Road Unit 50, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1232. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

Any individual may contest 

information contained within a record 

in the system that pertains to him/her 

by submitting a written request to the 

system manager at the address above. 

Include the reason for contesting the 

record and the proposed amendment to 

the information with supporting 

documentation to show how the record 

is inaccurate. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Information in the UFS system is 

provided by the person for whom a 

service is provided related to the 

importation and exportation of animals, 

animal products, birds, germ plasm, 

organisms, and vectors. APHIS 

employees will also enter data into the 

system. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

PRIVACY ACT SYSTEM USDA– 

APHIS–18 

System name: Veterinary Services 

User Fee System 

NARRATIVE STATEMENT 

The purpose of this new system of 

records, entitled Veterinary Services 

User Fee System (UFS), is to support 

activities and maintain records 

conducted by the agency pursuant to its 

mission and responsibilities under the 

Debt Collection Act of 1982 (31 U.S.C. 

3701 et seq.), the Debt Collection 

Improvement Act of 1996 (31 U.S.C. 

3711 et seq.), the Food, Agriculture, 

Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 

(Public Law 101–624), and the Animal 

Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8301 et 

seq.). 

Within this area of responsibility, the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service’s (APHIS) Veterinary Services 

(VS) program uses the Veterinary 

Services User Fee System to automate 

the tracking, collection, and processing 

of fees due to VS for its services 

provided at remote offices, import 

centers, port offices, or the National 

Veterinary Services Laboratories in 

Ames, IA. 

In order to ensure that animals and 

animal products do not introduce pests 

or diseases when imported into the 

United States, the VS program of APHIS 

performs services related to the 

importation and exportation of animals, 

animal products, birds, germ plasm, 

organisms, and vectors. VS incurs costs 

associated with inspections and other 

services, such as the costs of 

maintaining import centers and 

quarantine facilities, diagnostic testing, 

inspectors’ salaries, supplies, and other 

miscellaneous expenses. Any person for 

whom a service is provided related to 

the importation, entry, or exportation of 

an animal is required to pay for the 

expenses of such services. 

The UFS generates an invoice for the 

fees, provides a receipt for the user, and 

tracks the accuracy of expenditures and 

collections transactions. 

The UFS database contains personally 

identifiable information about VS 

customers. It contains name; social 

security number of an individual or 

taxpayer identification number of a 

business; address, including city, 

county, State, postal code; name of 

business or organization, telephone and 

fax numbers; and email address. The 

UFS also contains information about the 

user’s credit account, including charges 

and payments made, date(s) and type of 

service, and APHIS credit account 

information. 

The UFS is physically located in a 

secured room in APHIS–VS offices in 

Fort Collins, Colorado, and a backup of 

the system is maintained in APHIS 

offices in Riverdale, MD. 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act, records 

maintained in the system may be 

disclosed outside the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) for 9 routine uses. 

These routine uses may be described as 

functional and housekeeping uses. 

The housekeeping routine uses 

include release of information to the 

appropriate agency charged with 

investigating a violation or potential 

violation of law; to the Department of 

Justice for the purpose of defending the 

United States in litigation, for use in a 

judicial or administrative proceeding; to 

appropriate entities or parties where 

there is a suspected or confirmed breach 

of security and the release is reasonably 

necessary to protect program interests or 

the interests of members of the public to 

prevent identity theft and fraud; to 

contractors or partner agencies for the 

purpose of seeking out fraud, waste, or 

abuse; and to the National Archives and 

Records Administration or to the 

General Services Administration. 

The functional routine uses of the 

information being collected include 

release of information to contractors and 

other parties engaged to assist in 

administering the program; to certain 

Federal agencies, including the 

Department of the Treasury, to obtain 

assistance in identifying and locating 

individuals who are delinquent in their 

payments of debt owed to the Federal 

Government while receiving Federal 

salary, tax refunds, or benefit payments, 

for the purpose of collecting debts; and 

to a debt collection agency when the 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) 

determines that such referral is 

appropriate for collecting the debtor’s 

account as provided for in 31 U.S.C. 

3718. 

While these routine uses allow 

disclosures outside USDA, and so have 

some impact on privacy of individuals, 

they are either necessary for carrying the 

agency mission and minimizing waste, 

fraud and abuse, are required by law, or 

benefit the subjects of the records. On 

balance, the needs of the agency and the 

benefits to the individuals of these 

disclosures justify the minimal impact 

on privacy. 

Use of this system, as established, 

should not result in undue infringement 

on any individual’s right to privacy. VS 

personnel will use the information in 

this system to automate the tracking, 

collection, and processing of fees due to 

VS for its services. All individuals about 

whom information in this system is 

maintained will voluntarily submit the 

information for the express purpose of 

utilizing VS services associated with the 

importation, entry, or exportation of an 

animal or animal product. These 

individuals or the industry in which 

they participate will receive benefits 

equal to or greater than any potential 

impact on their privacy. 

To address privacy issues and ensure 

protection of information provided by 

employees and customers, VS has 

completed and received USDA approval 

of a privacy impact assessment (PIA), 

which has been posted on the USDA 

Privacy Policy Web site. The PIA 

provides detailed information about 

steps taken by the agency to minimize 

the risk of unauthorized access to the 

system. These steps include the use of 

required login and authentication for 

network access, data encryption in 

transmission, physical and 

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configuration management, and rolebased security and access rights. 

The following information collection 

devices associated with this system 

have been approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. They have 

been assigned control numbers, which 

are listed here with their expiration 

dates: 0579–0094 (exp. March 2012) and 

0579–0055 (exp. March 2014). 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Special Nutrition 

Program Operations Study (SNPOS) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is a revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection for the Special Nutrition 

Program Operations Study (SNPOS). 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received by May 14, 2012. 

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 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. 

Comments may be sent to: John 

Endahl, Senior Program Analyst, Office 

of Research and Analysis, Food and 

Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1004, Alexandria, 

VA 22302. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of 

John Endahl at 703–305–2576 or via 

email to john.endahl@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 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: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the data collection plans, contact John 

Endahl, Senior Program Analyst, Office 

of Research and Analysis, Food and 

Nutrition Service/USDA, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Room 1004, Alexandria, 

VA 22302; Fax: 703–305–2576; Email: 

john.endahl@fns.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Special Nutrition Program 

Operations Study (SNPOS). 

OMB Number: 0584–0562. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

09/30/2014. 

Type of Information Collection 

Request: Revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Abstract: The objective of the Special 

Nutrition Program Operations Study is 

to collect timely data on policies, 

administrative, and operational issues 

on the Child Nutrition Programs. The 

ultimate goal is to analyze these data 

and provide input for new legislation on 

Child Nutrition Programs as well as to 

provide pertinent technical assistance 

and training to program implementation 

staff. 

The Special Nutrition Program 

Operation Study (SNPOS) will help the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) better 

understand and address current policy 

issues related to Special Nutrition 

Programs (SNP) operations. The policy 

and operational issues include, but are 

not limited to, the preparation of the 

program budget, development and 

implementation of program policy and 

regulations, and identification of areas 

for technical assistance and training. 

Specifically, this study will help FNS 

obtain: 

D General descriptive data on the 

Child Nutrition (CN) program 

characteristics to help FNS respond to 

questions about the nutrition programs 

in schools; 

D Data related to program 

administration for designing and 

revising program regulations, managing 

resources, and reporting requirements; 

and 

D Data related to program operations 

to help FNS develop and provide 

training and technical assistance for 

School Food Authorities (SFAs) and 

State Agencies responsible for 

administering the CN programs. 

The activities to be undertaken 

subject to this notice include: 

D Conducting a multi-modal (e.g. 

paper, Web, and telephone) survey of 

approximately 1,500 School Food 

Authority (SFA) Directors. 

D Conducting a paper survey of all 56 

State Agency Child Nutrition Directors. 

D On-site data collection at 125 

School Food Authorities from the 

School Foodservice Managers. 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal Governments. 

Type of Respondents: 1,500 School 

Food Authority (SFA) Directors, 125 

School Foodservice Managers, and 56 

State Child Nutrition Program Directors. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 1,681. 

Frequency of Response: Once 

annually. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 1,681. 

Estimate of Time per Respondent and 

Annual Burden: Public reporting burden 

for this collection of information is 

estimated to average sixty (60) minutes 

per Self Administered Survey for the 

SFA Directors and the State Agency 

Child Nutrition Directors (this includes 

30 minutes for data gathering and 30 

minutes to respond to the 

questionnaire). Respondents in the 

SNOPS include 1,500 School Food 

Service Directors, 125 School 

Foodservice Managers involved in the 

onsite data collection, and 56 State 

Child Nutrition Program Directors. The 

annual reporting burden is estimated at 

1,681 hours (see table below). 

Data collection activity Respondents 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Total annual 

responses 

Average 

burden hours 

per response 

Total annual 

burden 

estimate 

(hours) 

Self Administered/Web/ 

Telephone Survey.

School Food Authority 

(SFA) Directors.

1,500 1 1,500 1 1,500 


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