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Vol. 82, No. 187 

Thursday, September 28, 2017 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

September 22, 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 October 30, 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), 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. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Study of Non-Response to the 

School Meals Application Verification 

Process. 

OMB Control Number: 0584–New. 

Summary of Collection: The National 

School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the 

School Breakfast Program (SBP) provide 

subsidized lunches and breakfasts to 

millions of students each school day. 

Students are certified eligible to receive 

free or reduced-price (F/RP) meals 

through application or direct 

certification. When eligibility is 

determined using an application 

process, school districts must annually 

verify eligibility of children from a 

sample of household applications for 

that school year, unless the State agency 

assumes responsibility for verification. 

This study will examine the accuracy of 

district verification procedures. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

Collecting this data will help FNS to 

understand the approaches districts take 

to verification, understand the accuracy 

of the verification process and the 

results it produces in the context of 

potential changes, and help to identify 

potential improvements to the 

verification process. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government; 

Individuals or Households. 

Number of Respondents: 2,144. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 5,535. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20762 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Inviting Applications for Technical 

Assistance and Training Grants 

AGENCY: Rural Development, Rural 

Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Solicitation of 

Applications (NOSA). 

SUMMARY: This Notice announces that 

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS) is 

accepting applications for the Technical 

Assistance and Training Grant Program 

(TAT). RUS is providing an amount of 

funding to be determined to provide 

technical assistance and training grants 

for disaster recovery (TAT/DR) to RUS 

eligible water and sewer utilities serving 

areas subject to Presidential disaster 

declarations in effect on or after the date 

of this notice which are beyond the 

scope or capacity of existing grant 

agreements or contracts with the RUS 

and do not duplicate other federal 

assistance to water and sewer utilities in 

the affected areas. No single award will 

exceed $600,000 and more than one 

grant may be made. Expenses incurred 

in developing applications will be at the 

applicant’s risk. Once funding for TAT 

has been determined, RUS will publish 

the program funding level on the Rural 

Development Web site https://

www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/ 

water-waste-disposal-technicalassistance-training-grants. 

DATES: Applications for TAT/DR 

grant(s) must be received by October 18, 

2017. Reminder of competitive grant 

application deadline: Applications must 

be submitted electronically through 

Grants.gov no later than 20 days after 

this announcement appears in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit electronic 

grant applications at http://

www.grants.gov/ (Grants.gov), following 

the instructions you find on that Web 

site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anita O’Brien, Loan Specialist, Water 

Program Division, Rural Utilities 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

by email at anita.obrien@wdc.usda.gov 

or by telephone: (202) 690–3789. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Overview 

Federal Agency: Rural Utilities 

Service (RUS). 

Funding Opportunity Title: Technical 

Assistance and Training for Disaster 

Recovery (TAT/DR). 

Announcement Type: Funding Level 

Announcement and Solicitation of 

Applications. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1926 (a)(14); Pub. 

L. 109–97, 119 Stat. 2120. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 10.761. 

Dates: You must submit completed 

application for a TAT/DR grant before 

October 18, 2017.