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eligibility threshold on: (1) The number 

of family day care homes offering meals 

through the CACFP in rural areas; (2) 

the number of family day care homes 

offering meals as a tier I entity, that 

would otherwise be defined as tier II 

family day care home under program 

regulations; (3) the geographic location 

of the family day care homes; (4) a 

description of services provided to 

eligible children; and (5) other factors 

determined by the Secretary. The 

evaluation will collect information from 

CACFP staff at the Nebraska Department 

of Education, from CACFP sponsor 

agencies in the state, from family day 

care providers, and from parents of 

children in family day care homes. Two 

surveys will be conducted: A survey of 

a random sample of family day care 

providers (Provider Survey); and a 

survey of a random sample of providers 

who drop out of the CACFP program 

after the pilot ends and reimbursement 

levels for some providers decrease (Exit 

Survey). A report of the results of the 

evaluation is due to Congress no later 

than March 31, 2008. 

Affected Public: Two respondent 

groups are identified: (1) A random 

sample of all rural family day care 

providers in Nebraska who participate 

in the CACFP at the time of the planned 

survey (Summer 2007), and (2) a 

random sample of all rural family day 

care providers in Nebraska who exit the 

CACFP program after the end of the 

pilot. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

632. The estimated number of 

respondents to the Provider Survey is 

582. The estimated number of 

respondents to the Exit Survey is 

uncertain because the number of exiting 

providers is unknown. The evaluation 

contractor will survey up to 50 

respondents as part of the Exit Survey. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: The number of responses 

per respondent is one for each of the 

two surveys. Because both surveys will 

contact random samples of the family 

day care community in rural areas of 

Nebraska, however, it is possible that 

some exiting providers who are 

contacted for the second survey may 

also have responded to the first survey. 

If the probability of exiting is equally 

distributed across the approximately 

1,350 rural providers in Nebraska, and 

if at least 50 rural providers leave the 

CACFP program after the pilot ends, the 

a priori likelihood of a provider being 

sampled for both surveys is 

approximately 1.6 percent (i.e., about a 

43 percent chance of being selected for 

the Provider Survey times about a 3.7 

percent chance of being selected for the 

Exit Survey). 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

632. 

Estimated Time per Response: 38.4 

minutes (0.64 hours). The estimated 

average time to respond to the Provider 

Survey is 40 minutes (0.67 hours), based 

on a pre-test of the draft instrument in 

December 2006 and subsequent 

revisions based on pre-test results. The 

data collection instrument for the Exit 

Survey cannot be pre-tested because the 

pilot will not end until September 30, 

2007. The Exit Survey instrument shares 

many questions with the Provider 

Survey instrument, however, and the 

pre-test results for the Provider Survey 

are used to estimate average response 

time for the Exit Survey, which is 20 

minutes (0.33 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 405 hours. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Child Nutrition Programs—Income 

Eligibility Guidelines 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces the 

Department’s annual adjustments to the 

Income Eligibility Guidelines to be used 

in determining eligibility for free and 

reduced price meals and free milk for 

the period from July 1, 2007 through 

June 30, 2008. These guidelines are used 

by schools, institutions, and facilities 

participating in the National School 

Lunch Program (and Commodity School 

Program), School Breakfast Program, 

Special Milk Program for Children, 

Child and Adult Care Food Program and 

Summer Food Service Program. The 

annual adjustments are required by 

section 9 of the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act. The 

guidelines are intended to direct 

benefits to those children most in need 

and are revised annually to account for 

changes in the Consumer Price Index. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert M. Eadie, Chief, Policy and 

Program Development Branch, Child 

Nutrition Division, FNS, USDA, 

Alexandria, Virginia 22302, or by phone 

at (703) 305–2590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

action 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. 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 

no new recordkeeping or reporting 

requirements have been included that 

are subject to approval from the Office 

of Management and Budget. 

This action is exempted from review 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget under Executive Order 12866. 

These programs are listed in the 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

under No. 10.553, No. 10.555, No. 

10.556, No. 10.558 and No. 10.559 and 

are subject to the provisions of 

Executive Order 12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials. (See 7 CFR Part 

3015, Subpart V, and the final rule 

related notice published at 48 FR 29114, 

June 24, 1983.) 

Background 

Pursuant to sections 9(b)(1) and 

17(c)(4) of the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

1758(b)(1) and 42 U.S.C. 1766(c)(4)), 

and sections 3(a)(6) and 4(e)(1)(A) of the 

Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

1772(a)(6) and 1773(e)(1)(A)), the 

Department annually issues the Income 

Eligibility Guidelines for free and 

reduced price meals for the National 

School Lunch Program (7 CFR Part 210), 

the Commodity School Program (7 CFR 

Part 210), School Breakfast Program (7 

CFR Part 220), Summer Food Service 

Program (7 CFR Part 225) and Child and 

Adult Care Food Program (7 CFR Part 

226) and the guidelines for free milk in 

the Special Milk Program for Children 

(7 CFR Part 215). These eligibility 

guidelines are based on the Federal 

income poverty guidelines and are 

stated by household size. The guidelines 

are used to determine eligibility for free 

and reduced price meals and free milk 

in accordance with applicable program 

rules. 

Definition of Income 

In accordance with the Department’s 

policy as provided in the Food and 

Nutrition Service publication Eligibility 

Guidance for School Meals Manual, 

‘‘income,’’ as the term is used in this 

Notice, means income before any 

deductions such as income taxes, Social 

Security taxes, insurance premiums, 

charitable contributions and bonds. It 

includes the following: (1) Monetary 

compensation for services, including 

wages, salary, commissions or fees; (2) 

net income from nonfarm selfemployment; (3) net income from farm 

self-employment; (4) Social Security; (5) 

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bonds or income from estates or trusts; 

(6) net rental income; (7) public 

assistance or welfare payments; (8) 

unemployment compensation; (9) 

government civilian employee or 

military retirement, or pensions or 

veterans payments; (10) private 

pensions or annuities; (11) alimony or 

child support payments; (12) regular 

contributions from persons not living in 

the household; (13) net royalties; and 

(14) other cash income. Other cash 

income would include cash amounts 

received or withdrawn from any source 

including savings, investments, trust 

accounts and other resources that would 

be available to pay the price of a child’s 

meal. 

‘‘Income,’’ as the term is used in this 

Notice, does not include any income or 

benefits received under any Federal 

programs that are excluded from 

consideration as income by any 

legislative prohibition. Furthermore, the 

value of meals or milk to children shall 

not be considered as income to their 

households for other benefit programs 

in accordance with the prohibitions in 

section 12(e) of the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act and section 

11(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 

(42 U.S.C. 1760(e) and 1780(b)). 

The Income Eligibility Guidelines 

The following are the Income 

Eligibility Guidelines to be effective 

from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. 

The Department’s guidelines for free 

meals and milk and reduced price meals 

were obtained by multiplying the year 

2007 Federal income poverty guidelines 

by 1.30 and 1.85, respectively, and by 

rounding the result upward to the next 

whole dollar. 

The income eligibility chart for 

School Year 2007–2008 continues the 

changes that were implemented for 

School Year 2004–2005. Prior to School 

Year 2004–2005, the Department 

displayed the monthly and weekly 

amounts for the Federal poverty 

guidelines in addition to the annual 

figures as issued by the Department of 

Health and Human Services. This 

Notice, however, only displays the 

annual figures because the monthly and 

weekly Federal poverty guidelines were 

not used to determine the Income 

Eligibility Guidelines. As detailed 

below, all calculations are based on the 

annual figures. 

In addition, the chart which details 

the free and reduced price eligibility 

criteria includes columns for income 

received twice monthly as well as 

income received every two weeks. To 

differentiate, a person paid every two 

weeks is paid 26 times per year, 

whereas a person paid twice monthly is 

paid 24 times per year. Furthermore, the 

inclusion of information about income 

received twice per month as well as 

income received every two weeks 

conforms to the format used by the 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants and 

Children (WIC) (42 U.S.C. 1786; 7 CFR 

Part 246). 

Income calculations are made based 

on the following formulas: Monthly 

income is calculated by dividing the 

annual income by 12; twice monthly 

income is computed by dividing annual 

income by 24; income received every 

two weeks is calculated by dividing 

annual income by 26; and weekly 

income is computed by dividing annual 

income by 52. All numbers are rounded 

upward to the next whole dollar. The 

numbers reflected in this notice for a 

family of four in the 48 contiguous 

states, the District of Columbia, Guam 

and the territories represent an increase 

of 3.25% over last year’s level for a 

family of the same size. 

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Authority: (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)) 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Roberto Salazar, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2007–0003] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary 

for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services, are sponsoring a 

public meeting on March 8, 2007. The 

objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

United States positions that will be 

discussed at the Thirty-ninth Session of 

the Codex Committee on Food 

Additives (CCFA) of the Codex 

Alimentarius Commission (Codex), 

which will be held in Beijing, China, on 

April 24–28, 2007. The Under Secretary 

for Food Safety and FDA recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 39th 

Session of CCFA and to address items 

on the agenda. 

DATES: The public meeting is scheduled 

for Thursday, March 8, 2007 from 3 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held in the auditorium (Room 1A003), 

Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, 

FDA, Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition, 5100 Paint Branch 

Highway, College Park, MD 20740. 

Documents related to the 39th Session 

of CCFA are accessible via the World 

Wide Web at the following address: 

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/ 

current.asp. 

The U.S. Delegate to the CCFA, Dr. 

Dennis Keefe, invites U.S. interested 

parties to submit their comments 

electronically to the following e-mail 

address: ccfa@fda.hhs.gov. 

Registration: Attendees may register 

electronically to the same e-mail 

address above by March 6, 2007. Early 

registration is encouraged because it 

will expedite entry into the building 

and its parking area. If you require 

parking, please include the vehicle 

make and tag number, if known, when 

you register. Because the meeting will 

be held in a Federal building, you 

should also bring a photo identification 

(ID) and plan for adequate time to pass 

through security screening systems. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE

39TH SESSION OF THE CCFA CONTACT: 

Dennis Keefe, Office of Food Additive 

Safety (HFS–205), Center for Food 

Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA, 

5100 Paint Branch Parkway, College 

Park, MD 20740. Phone (301) 436–1284, 

Fax: (301) 436–2972, e-mail 

dennis.keefe@fda.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE

PUBLIC MEETING CONTACT: Ellen Matten, 

International Issues Analyst, U.S. Codex 

Office, Food Safety and Inspection 

Service, Room 4861, South building, 

1400 Independence Ave SW., 

Washington, DC 20250. Phone (202) 

205–7760, Fax: (202) 720–3157. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Codex Alimentarius (Codex) was 

established in 1963 by two United 

Nations organizations, the Food and 

Agriculture Organization and the World 

Health Organization. Through adoption 

of food standards, codes of practice, and 

other guidelines developed by its 

committees, and by promoting their 

adoption and implementation by 

governments, Codex seeks to protect the 

health of consumers and ensure that fair 

practices are used in trade. 

The Codex Committee on Food 

Additives was formed in 2006 from the 

division of the Codex Committee on 

Food Additives and Contaminants. It 

was established to set or endorse 

maximum levels for individual food 

additives; prepare priority lists of food 

additives for risk assessment by the 

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on 

Food Additives (JECFA); assign 

functional classes to individual food 

additives; recommend specifications of 

identity and purity for food additives for 

adoption by the Commission; consider 

methods of analysis for the 

determination of additives in food; and 

consider and elaborate standards or 

codes for related subjects such as the 

labeling of food additives when sold as 

such. The Committee is hosted by the 

People’s Republic of China. 

Issues To Be Discussed at the Public 

Meeting 

The following items on the Agenda 

for the 39th Session of CCFA will be 

discussed during the public meeting: 

• Matters Referred to the Committee 

from other Codex bodies. 

• Matters of Interest arising from 

FAO/WHO. 

• Endorsement/revision of Maximum 

Levels for Food Additives and 

Processing Aids in Codex Standards. 

• Inclusion of Food Additive 

Provisions of Commodity Standards into 

the Codex General Standard for Food 

Additives (GSFA). 

• Consideration of the Codex General 

Standard for Food Additives. 

• Proposed Draft Guidelines for the 

Use of Flavourings. 

• Processing Aids. 

• International Numbering System 

(INS) for Food Additives. 

• Specifications for the Identity and 

Purity of Food Additives. 

• Priority List of Food Additives 

Proposed for Evaluation by JECFA. 

Each issue listed will be fully 

described in documents distributed, or 

to be distributed, by the Secretariat prior 

to the Meeting. Members of the public 

may access or request copies of these 

documents (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION ABOUT THE 39TH SESSION OF

THE CCFA CONTACT). 

Public Meeting 

At the March 8, 2007 public meeting, 

draft U.S. positions on the agenda items 

will be described and discussed, and 

attendees will have the opportunity to 

pose questions and offer comments. 

Written comments may be offered at the 

meeting or sent to the U.S. Delegate for 

CCFA, Dr. Dennis Keefe (see 

ADDRESSES). Written comments should 

state that they relate to activities of the 

39th Session of CCFA. 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, in an effort to 

ensure that minorities, women, and 

persons with disabilities are aware of 

this notice, FSIS will announce it online through the FSIS Web page located 

at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/regulations/ 

2007_Notices_Index/. FSIS also will 

make copies of this Federal Register 

publication available through the FSIS 

Constituent Update, which is used to 

provide information regarding FSIS 

policies, procedures, regulations, 

Federal Register notices, FSIS public 

meetings, recalls, and other types of 

information that could affect or would 

be of interest to constituents and 

stakeholders. The update is 

communicated via Listserv, a free 

electronic mail subscription service for 

industry, trade and farm groups, 

consumer interest groups, allied health 

professionals, and other individuals 


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