Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2017 / Notices 48975 

TABLE 1—PORK CARCASS QUALITY GRADE BASED ON LEAN COLOR AND MARBLING 13—Continued 

Quality grade Lean color 

score Lean marbling score 

USDA Select .............................................................................................................................. 2 Greater than or equal to 2. 

(b) The following descriptions 

provide a guide to the characteristics of 

barrow and gilt carcasses in each grade. 

(1) USDA Prime—Barrow and gilt 

carcasses in this grade have at least a 

slightly firm lean, a color score of 4 or 

5, and a marbling score of 4 or greater. 

(2) USDA Choice—Barrow and gilt 

carcasses in this grade have at least a 

slightly firm lean, a color score of 3, and 

a marbling score of 2 or greater. 

(3) USDA Select—Barrow and gilt 

carcasses in this grade have at least a 

slightly firm lean, a color score of 2, and 

a marbling score of 2 or greater. 

Request for Comments 

AMS is soliciting comments from 

stakeholders about potential changes to 

the U.S. Standards for Grades of Pork 

Carcasses. This could also include any 

current and/or on-going research or 

industry practice that has relevance to 

this standard. AMS also invites 

comments about how those changes 

would be implemented in a voluntary 

pork grading system. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Bruce Summers, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22934 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

October 18, 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 November 22, 

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: Assessing the Child Nutrition 

State Administrative Expense 

Allocation Formula. 

OMB Control Number: 0584 New. 

Summary of Collection: USDA’s Food 

and Nutrition Service (FNS) administers 

Child Nutrition Programs (CNP) that 

provide healthy food to children 

including the National School Lunch 

Program, School Breakfast Program, 

Child and Adult Care Food Program, 

Special Milk Program, and the Food 

Distribution Program for schools. State 

agencies are responsible for oversight 

and administration of the CNPs, 

including monitoring program 

operations and distributing Federal cash 

reimbursements and USDA Foods. CNPs 

are operated by a variety of local public 

and private providers that enter into 

agreements with State agencies, 

including school food authorities, local 

government agencies, nonprofit 

sponsoring organizations, child care 

centers, and adult care centers, among 

others. States receive Child Nutrition 

State Administrative Expense (SAE) 

funds from the Federal government to 

help cover their administrative costs. 

SAE funds are appropriated annually to 

USDA FNS under the authority of 

Section 7(a) of the Child Nutrition Act 

of 1966. The Act sets forth the total 

amount of funds available for SAE and 

a formula for allocating the majority of 

the funds to States—commonly referred 

to as the ‘‘nondiscretionary’’ allocation. 

It also provides USDA with authority to 

decide how to allocate remaining funds, 

i.e., the ‘‘discretionary’’ allocation. FNS 

is conducting the study to assess the 

effectiveness of the current formula 

used for SAE allocations. 

Need and Use of the Information: The 

data will be used to assess the 

effectiveness of the current SAE 

allocation formula, identify and 

examine factors that influence State 

spending, and develop and test a range 

of possible alternatives to improve the 

SAE allocation formula. 

Description of Respondents: State, 

Local, or Tribal Government. 

Number of Respondents: 88. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

One-time. 

Total Burden Hours: 228. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22925 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utilities Service 

Information Collection Activity; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Rural Utilities Service (RUS) invites 

comments on this information 

collection for which RUS intends to 

request approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by December 22, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas P. Dickson, Acting Director, 

Program Development and Regulatory 

Analysis, Rural Utilities Service, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW., STOP 1522, 

Room 5164—South Building, 

Washington, DC 20250–1522. 


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