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Notices Federal Register

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Vol. 82, No. 161 

Tuesday, August 22, 2017 

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

DEVELOPMENT 

Notice of Meeting of the Board for 

International Food and Agricultural 

Development 

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of 

the public meeting of the Board for 

International Food and Agricultural 

Development (BIFAD). The meeting will 

be held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT 

on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at the 

National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW., 

13th Floor, Washington, DC 20045, or 

online at http://www.aplu.org/projectsand-initiatives/international-programs/ 

bifad/bifad-meetings.html. 

This public meeting, Global Food 

Security Research Strategy: From 

Upstream Research to Development 

Impact, will be co-hosted with the Feed 

the Future Innovation Labs. The 

purpose of the meeting will be to launch 

the new Global Food Security Research 

Strategy and to highlight the 

contributions, collaborations, and 

synergies among the U.S. Government 

interagency, universities, international 

agricultural research centers, and 

private sector on food security research 

for development. The meeting will 

include panels on Cutting Edge Science 

for Development, Practical Applications 

of Research Results, Applying Research 

to Emerging Threats, Opportunities for 

More Intentional USG Intentional 

Interagency Alignment and 

Complementarity, and Opportunities for 

Leveraging Private Sector Innovation. A 

public comment period is scheduled 

from 4:00 to 4:30 EDT. 

Those wishing to participate in the 

meeting in person should arrive early as 

seating is limited. More information, 

including a detailed agenda, can be 

found on the BIFAD landing page at 

http://www.aplu.org/projects-andinitiatives/international-programs/ 

bifad/bifad-meetings.html. 

To obtain additional information 

about this public meeting or BIFAD, 

interested parties should contact Clara 

Cohen, Designated Federal Officer for 

BIFAD in the Bureau for Food Security 

at USAID. Interested persons may write 

to her in care of the U.S. Agency for 

International Development, Ronald 

Reagan Building, Bureau for Food 

Security, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20523–2110 or 

telephone her at (202) 712–0119. 

Clara Cohen, 

USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, 

Bureau for Food Security, U.S. Agency for 

International Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 17, 2017. 

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 (1) 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; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

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 September 21, 

2017 will be considered. Written 

comments should be addressed to: Desk 

Officer for Agriculture, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), New Executive Office Building, 

725—17th Street NW., Washington, DC 

20502. Commenters are encouraged to 

submit their comments to OMB via 

email to: OIRA_Submission@

OMB.EOP.GOV or fax (202) 395–5806 

and to Departmental Clearance Office, 

USDA, OCIO, Mail Stop 7602, 

Washington, DC 20250–7602. Copies of 

the submission(s) may be obtained by 

calling (202) 720–8958. 

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. 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Civil Rights 

Title: USDA Race, Ethnicity and 

Gender Data Collection. 

OMB Control Number: 0503–0019. 

Summary of Collection: Section 14006 

and 14007 of the Food, Conservation, 

and Energy Act of 2008, 7 U.S.C. 8701 

(referred to as the 2008 Farm Bill) 

establishes a requirement for the 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to 

annually compile application and 

participation rate data regarding socially 

disadvantaged farmers or ranchers by 

computing for each program of the 

USDA that serves agriculture producers 

and landowners (a) raw numbers of 

applicants and participants by race, 

ethnicity, and gender, subject to 

appropriate privacy protection, as 

determined by the Secretary; and (b) the 

application and participation rate, by 

race, ethnicity and gender as a 

percentage of the total participation rate 

of all agricultural producers and 

landowners for each county and State in 

the United States. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Data will be collected on a voluntary 

basis through a questionnaire to 

determine the race, ethnicity and gender 

of farmers and ranchers who apply for 

and who participate in USDA programs 

and services. The data will enable the 

Secretary and the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights and the 

agencies’ outreach offices in reaching 

current and prospective socially 

disadvantaged farmers or ranchers in a 

linguistically appropriate manner to 

focus resources in a particular county or 

region where low participation is 

indicated by the data to improve the 

participation of those farmers and 

ranchers in USDA programs. The data is 


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39750 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 

1The USDA FNS National Data Bank provides a 

single official repository to support the analysis and 

public release of FNS program information through 

the Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS) OMB 

Control No. 0584–0594 Expiration 6/2019, data 

from various FNS programs are extracted and 

imported into the NDB database. This number 

includes meals served through both SFSP and SSO. 

intended to be used as one indicator in 

targeting and designing outreach 

activities and in assessing compliance 

with civil rights laws in program 

delivery. The data may also be used as 

an indicator in directing compliance 

reviews to geographic areas where there 

are indications of low participation in 

USDA programs by minorities and 

women, thus serving as an ‘‘early 

warning system’’ that warrants further 

investigations. Failure to collect this 

information will have a negative impact 

on USDA’s outreach activities and could 

result in an inability of the agencies to 

equitably deliver programs and services 

to applicant and producers. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals or households. 

Number of Respondents: 3,200,000. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Other (once). 

Total Burden Hours: 106,667. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Summer Meals 

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 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is a new collection. The 

purpose of the Summer Meals Study is 

for the Food and Nutrition Service to 

understand the facilitators and barriers 

to program implementation, perceived 

benefits and challenges for sponsor and 

site participation, nutritional quality of 

meals served, parental awareness, 

factors influencing child participation, 

and experience with the Summer Food 

Service Program and the National 

School Lunch Program’s Seamless 

Summer Option. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: 

Alice Ann Gola, Office of Policy 

Support, Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments 

may also be submitted via fax to the 

attention of Alice Ann Gola at 703–305– 

2576 or via email to AliceAnn.Gola@

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, Alexandria, Virginia 

22302. 

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: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collected 

should be directed to Alice Ann Gola at 

703–305–4347 or aliceann.gola@

fns.usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Summer Meals Study. 

Form Number: Not applicable. 

OMB Number: 0584–NEW. 

Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The Federally-funded 

Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) 

and the National School Lunch 

Program’s Seamless Summer Option 

(SSO) provide healthy meals and snacks 

to children through 18 years of age, in 

low-income areas during summer 

months when school is not in session. 

Open summer sites provide free meals 

to children in geographical areas where 

at least 50 percent of children are 

eligible for free or reduced price school 

meals (i.e., at or below 185 percent of 

the Federal poverty level). Closed 

enrolled summer sites provide free 

meals to children enrolled in an activity 

program where at least half of the 

children are individually determined 

eligible for free or reduced price meals. 

Open and enrolled sites, as well as sites 

that predominantly serve children of 

migrant workers, receive reimbursement 

from the United States Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) for the meals they 

serve to all children in attendance. The 

reimbursement rates vary depending on 

the type of meal served (i.e., breakfast, 

lunch, supper, or snack) and whether 

the site is operating SFSP or SSO. The 

SFSP and SSO sites operate at State, 

Local or Tribal locations such as public 

and private nonprofit schools, local 

government agencies, business 

organizations such as youth sports 

programs, churches, and food pantries. 

In July 2016, 5,525 sponsors managed 

48,618 sites and served 3.85 million 

summer meals to participating 

children.1 However, summer meals 

reach only a small percent of the 

children receiving free or reduced price 

meals during the school year. This study 

will help identify strategies to increase 

participation in summer meals as well 

as assess the nutritional quality of the 

meals served to children. Legislation 

requires those programs participating in 

the SFSP or SSO to cooperate with 

program research and evaluation 

(Section 305 of the Healthy Hunger Free 

Kids Act). 

The six study objectives are: (1) 

Identify reasons children and their 

caregivers participate in summer meals 

and their satisfaction levels with the 

program; (2) Assess how characteristics 

differ between participants and eligible 

nonparticipants of SFSP and SSO; (3) 

Determine the reasons eligible families 

do not participate in SFSP and SSO; (4) 

Determine the food service 

characteristics of SFSP and SSO sites; 

(5) Describe the characteristics and 

content of SFSP and SSO meals and 

snacks; and (6) Assess facilitators and 

barriers to preparing and serving SFSP 

and SSO meals and snacks. 

A nationally representative study 

with a mixed-methods research design 

will be used to address the six study 

objectives. States will be selected for the 

study using FNS administrative data on 

SFSP and SSO program size. In the 

selected States, State agencies 

administering SFSP and SSO will 

provide lists of participating sites and 

sponsors from which the sample of sites 

will be drawn. State agencies 

administering the Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in 

these States will provide SNAP caseload 

data. These data will be used in 

conjunction with postal data to identify 

children in the catchment areas of 

sampled sites. Quantitative and 

qualitative data will be collected from 

SFSP and SSO sponsors and sites, 

former sponsors, and participants and 

eligible nonparticipants. 

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 on the 

proposed collection of information, 


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