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5227 

Vol. 77, No. 22 

Thursday, February 2, 2012 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Farm Service Agency 

Commodity Credit Corporation 

Information Collection Request; Debt 

Settlement Policies and Procedures 

AGENCY: Farm Service Agency and 

Commodity Credit Corporation, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Farm Service Agency (FSA) and the 

Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) 

are requesting comments from all 

interested individuals and organizations 

on an extension of a currently approved 

information collection that supports the 

FSA and CCC Debt Settlement Policies 

and Procedures regulations. 

DATES: We will consider comments that 

we receive April 2, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

comments on this notice. In your 

comments, include date, OMB control 

number, volume, and page number of 

this issue of the Federal Register. You 

may submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Thomas F. Harris II, Claims 

Program Specialist, Financial 

Management Division, Office of Budget 

and Finance, Farm Service Agency, 

USDA, STOP 0581, 355 E Street SW., 

Suite 11–181B, Washington, DC 20024. 

Comments also should be sent to the 

Desk Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Washington, DC 20503. Copies of the 

information collection may be obtained 

from Thomas F. Harris II at the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas F. Harris II, Claims Program 

Specialist, telephone (202) 772–6014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Debt Settlement Policies and 

Procedures. 

OMB Control Number: 0560–0146. 

Expiration Date of Approval: July 31, 

2012. 

Type of Request: Extension with no 

revision. 

Abstract: This information collection 

is needed to enable FSA and CCC to 

effectively administer the regulations at 

7 CFR 792 (FSA) and 7 CFR 1403 (CCC) 

on debt settlement policies and 

procedures and on the identification of 

and settlement of outstanding claims. 

Collection of outstanding debts owed to 

FSA or to CCC can be effected by 

installment payments if a debtor 

furnishes satisfactory evidence of 

inability to pay a claim in full, and if the 

debtor specifically requests an 

installment agreement. Part of the 

requirement is that the debtor furnishes 

this request in writing and with a 

financial statement or other information 

that would disclose a debtor’s assets and 

liabilities. This information is required 

in order to evaluate any proposed plan. 

Such requests for documentation 

furnished by the debtor are also used in 

the other collection tools employed by 

both FSA and CCC in managing debt 

settlement policies and procedures. If an 

installment agreement is approved, then 

a Promissory Note (CCC–279), or an 

approved alternative promissory note 

format, must be executed between the 

debtor and the FSA/CCC 

representative(s). 

During the past two years, over 

$22,425,803.74 in debt collection for 

Farm Programs and for the Commodity 

Office were facilitated by the use of this 

requested information and 149 

Promissory Notes were established 

between debtors and FSA and CCC from 

10/01/2009 to 10/01/2011. Total active 

Note amount for the past two years is 

presently 228 total Promissory Notes 

(includes beginning outstanding notes 

(227); total notes established (149); 

notes defaulted (3), notes paid off in full 

(50); notes paid, small balance loans 

(41); notes written off (45) and notes 

discharged in Bankruptcy (09) with a 

beginning outstanding amount in 2009 

of $31,131,509.78, and an ending 

outstanding amount of $22,425,803.74). 

The Debt Collection Improvement Act 

of 1996 requires the head of an agency 

to take all appropriate steps to collect 

delinquent debts before discharging 

such debts. The current information 

collection forms and formats have been 

successfully used for the past several 

years and have become familiar tools for 

both the agency employees and for the 

producer. Thus, adequate forms and 

formats already exist and are in use. 

Developing new forms and formats 

could be costly and is not required to 

meet the demands of the Debt Collection 

Improvement Act of 1996. Nonetheless, 

comment is requested on how the forms 

and process may be improved, as 

specified below. 

Estimate of burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

estimated to average 1 hour per 

response. The average travel time, 

which is included in the total burden, 

is estimated to be 1 hour per 

respondent. 

Respondents: Producers participating 

in FSA and CCC programs. 

Estimated number of Annual 

Respondents: 300. 

Estimated number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

300. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 200 hours. 

We are requesting comments on all 

aspects of this information collection 

and to help us to: 

(1) Determine whether the continued 

collection of information is still 

necessary for the proper performance of 

the functions of the FSA, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(2) Assess the accuracy of the FSA’s 

estimate of burden including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; 

(4) 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. 

All responses to this notice, including 

name and addresses when provided, 

will be summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval. All 

comments will also become a matter of 

public record. 


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5228 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 22 / Thursday, February 2, 2012 / Notices 

Signed on January 27, 2012. 

James Monahan, 

Acting Administrator Farm Service Agency, 

and Executive Vice President, Commodity 

Credit Corporation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–2259 Filed 2–1–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Summer Food Service Program; 2012 

Reimbursement Rates 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public 

of the annual adjustments to the 

reimbursement rates for meals served in 

the Summer Food Service Program for 

Children. These adjustments address 

changes in the Consumer Price Index, as 

required under the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act. The 2012 

reimbursement rates are presented as a 

combined set of rates to highlight 

simplified cost accounting procedures. 

The 2012 rates are also presented 

individually, as separate operating and 

administrative rates of reimbursement, 

to show the effect of the Consumer Price 

Index adjustment on each rate. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 1, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina 

Namian, Head, CACFP and SFSP 

Section, Policy and Program 

Development Branch, Child Nutrition 

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 

United States Department of 

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 

Room 640, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, 

(703) 305–2590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Program is listed in the Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance under No. 

10.559 and is subject to the provisions 

of Executive Order 12372 which 

requires intergovernmental consultation 

with State and local officials (7 CFR part 

3015, Subpart V, and final rule-related 

notice published at 48 FR 29114, June 

24, 1983). 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501– 

3518), no new recordkeeping or 

reporting requirements have been 

included that are subject to approval 

from the Office of Management and 

Budget. 

This notice is not a rule as defined by 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601–612) and thus is exempt from the 

provisions of that Act. Additionally, this 

notice has been determined to be 

exempt from formal review by the Office 

of Management and Budget under 

Executive Order 12866. 

Definitions 

The terms used in this notice have the 

meaning ascribed to them under 7 CFR 

part 225 of the Summer Food Service 

Program regulations. 

Background 

This notice informs the public of the 

annual adjustments to the 

reimbursement rates for meals served in 

the Summer Food Service Program 

(SFSP). In accordance with sections 

12(f) (42 U.S.C. 1760(f)) and 13 (42 

U.S.C. 1761) of the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act (NSLA), and 

SFSP regulations in 7 CFR part 225, the 

United States Department of Agriculture 

(USDA) announces the adjustments in 

SFSP payments for meals served to 

participating children during calendar 

year 2012. 

The 2012 reimbursement rates are 

presented as a combined set of rates to 

highlight simplified cost accounting 

procedures. Reimbursement is based 

solely on a ‘‘meals times rates’’ 

calculation, without comparison to 

actual or budgeted costs. 

Sponsors receive reimbursement that 

is determined by the number of 

reimbursable meals served multiplied 

by the combined rates for food service 

operations and administration. 

However, the combined rate is based on 

separate operating and administrative 

rates of reimbursement, each of which is 

adjusted differently for inflation. 

Calculation of Rates 

The combined rates are constructed 

from individually authorized operating 

and administrative reimbursements. 

Simplified procedures provide 

flexibility, enabling sponsors to manage 

their reimbursements to pay for any 

allowable cost, regardless of the cost 

category. Program sponsors remain 

responsible, however, for ensuring 

proper administration of the Program, 

while providing the best possible 

nutrition benefit to children. 

The operating and administrative 

rates are calculated separately. 

However, the calculations of 

adjustments for both are based on the 

same set of changes in the Food Away 

From Home series of the Consumer 

Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 

published by the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics of the United States 

Department of Labor. They represent a 

2.87 percent increase in this series for 

the 12 month period, from November 

2010 through November 2011 (from 

227.512 in November 2010 to 234.046 in 

November 2011). 

Table of 2012 Reimbursement Rates 

Presentation of the 2012 maximum 

per meal rates for meals served to 

children in SFSP combines the results 

from the calculations of operational and 

administrative payments, which are 

further explained in this notice. The 

total amount of payments to State 

agencies for disbursement to SFSP 

sponsors will be based upon these 

adjusted combined rates and the 

number of meals of each type served. 

These adjusted rates will be in effect 

from January 1, 2012 through December 

31, 2012. 

SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM

[2012 Reimbursement rates (combined)] 

Per meal rates in whole or fractions of U.S. dollars 

All states except Alaska 

and Hawaii 

Alaska Hawaii 

Rural or 

self-prep 

sites 

All other 

types of 

sites 

Rural or 

self-prep 

sites 

All other 

types of 

sites 

Rural or 

self-prep 

sites 

All other 

types of 

sites 

Breakfast .......................................................................... 1.9350 1.8975 3.1325 3.0725 2.2650 2.2225 

Lunch or Supper .............................................................. 3.3800 3.3250 5.4900 5.4000 3.9650 3.9000 

Snack ............................................................................... 0.7975 0.7800 1.3000 1.2725 0.9325 0.9100 


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