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Notices

Federal Register
Vol. 84, No. 96
Friday, May 17, 2019

This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER
contains documents other than rules or
proposed rules that are applicable to the
public. Notices of hearings and investigations,
committee meetings, agency decisions and
rulings, delegations of authority, filing of
petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are
examples of documents appearing in this
section.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request

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May 14, 2019.

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: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 June 17, 2019
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
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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.
Natural Resources and Conservation
Service
Title: Volunteer Program—Earth
Team.
OMB Control Number: 0578–0024.
Summary of Collection: Volunteers
have been a valuable human resource to
the Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) since 1985. NRCS is
authorize by the Federal Personnel
Manual (FPM) Supplement 296–33,
Subchapter 33, to recruit, train and
accept, with regard to Civil Service
classification law, rules, or regulations,
the service of individuals to serve
without compensation. Volunteers may
assist in any agency program/project
and may perform any activities which
agency employees are allowed to do.
Volunteers must be 14 years of age.
NRCS will collect information using
NRCS forms NRCS–Per–002 and NRCS–
PER–004.
Need and Use of the Information:
NRCS will collect information on the
type of skills and type of work the
volunteers are interested in doing. The
collected information will be used by
supervisors of volunteers and the
International Program Division to
evaluate potential international
volunteers and evaluate the
effectiveness of the volunteer program.
Without the information, NRCS would
not know which individuals are
interested in volunteering.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; State, Local, or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 8,220.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Semi-annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,011.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
May 14, 2019.

The Department of Agriculture will
submit the following information
collection requirement(s) to OMB for
review and clearance under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 on or after the date
of publication of this notice. Comments
are requested regarding: 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; the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of burden including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 should be
addressed to: Desk Officer for
Agriculture, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), New
Executive Office Building, Washington,
DC; New Executive Office Building, 725
17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503.
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.
Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured
of having their full effect if received by
June 17, 2019. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by
calling (202) 720–8681.
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.

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National Agricultural Statistics Service
Title: Hawaii Crop or Livestock Loss
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 0535–0264.
Summary of Collection: The primary
objectives of the National Agricultural
Statistics Service (NASS) are to prepare
and issue official State and national
estimates of crop and livestock
production, disposition and prices,
economic statistics, and environmental
statistics related to agriculture and to
conduct the Census of Agriculture and
its follow-on surveys. NASS will
conduct a survey of agricultural
operations in Hawaii. Each selected
farmer or rancher will be asked to
provide data on (1) the area (acres or
square feet) affected by natural disasters
or weather conditions in 2018, (2) the
area (acres or square feet) affected by
natural disasters or weather conditions
in 2018 that was replanted, and (3) the
number of head of livestock affected by
natural disasters or weather conditions
in 2018. General authority for these data
collection activities is granted under
U.S.C. Title 7, Section 2204.
Need and Use of the Information: The
year 2018 saw multiple disaster events
in Hawaii. Disasters ranged from
volcano eruption over the east side of
the Big Island to several flooding rains
across the Big Island, Maui, Oahu, and
Kauai. The Hawaii Department of
Agriculture (HDOA) has entered into a
cooperative agreement with NASS to
conduct a Crop or Livestock Loss
Survey. The purpose of this survey is to
ascertain the extent of damage from
natural occurrences on an acreage/
livestock basis during crop year 2018.
Description of Respondents: Farmers.
Number of Respondents: 1,000.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Once a year.
Total Burden Hours: 213.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service

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Request for Information: The Serious
Deficiency Process in the Child and
Adult Care Food Program
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This is a request for
information to gather detailed
comments from stakeholders about the

SUMMARY:

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serious deficiency process in the Child
and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).
The serious deficiency process provides
a systematic way to correct serious
management problems and, when that
effort fails, protect the program through
due process.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before August 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: USDA invites the
submission of the requested information
through one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal
(preferred method): Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: Send written comments to
Autumn McCain, Program Monitoring
Branch, Program Monitoring and
Operational Support Division, Child
Nutrition Programs, USDA Food and
Nutrition Service, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All comments submitted in response
to this request for information will be
included in the record and will be made
available to the public. Please be
advised that the substance of the
comments and the identity of the
individuals or entities submitting the
comments will be subject to public
disclosure. USDA will make the
comments publicly available via http://
www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Autumn McCain, Program Monitoring
Branch, Program Monitoring and
Operational Support Division, Child
Nutrition Programs, USDA Food and
Nutrition Service, 703–605–3223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Integrity is
essential to achieving the mission of all
FNS nutrition assistance programs. FNS
works in close collaboration with State
and local partners to facilitate the
promotion, practice, and improvement
of integrity-focused efforts while
ensuring the delivery of excellent
customer service. To that end, State
agencies are responsible for monitoring
CACFP institutions—independent child
and adult care centers and sponsoring
organizations of family day care homes
and centers—to ensure compliance with
program requirements.
Serious deficiencies, as provided for
in Sec. 17 of the Richard B. Russell
National School Lunch Act, as amended
(42 U.S.C. 1766), and the serious
deficiency process, as codified in 7 CFR
part 226, offer a means to address severe
and pervasive issues of program noncompliance, with a structured set of
steps that provide all institutions and
day care home providers the
opportunity for corrective action and
due process. The intent of the serious
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compliance issues in a timely fashion.
As such, the process incorporates
critical deadlines for the completion of
corrective actions, and milestones for
monitoring progress towards meeting
those deadlines.
The serious deficiency process starts
when the State agency or sponsoring
organization identifies one or more
serious non-compliance issues and
concludes when all such issues are
resolved, through either corrective
action or termination and
disqualification of the institution or day
care home. The process includes
required procedures that are designed to
help the State agency and sponsoring
organization document actions taken to
correct serious deficiencies or to
terminate and remove from CACFP
those non-performing institutions or day
care homes that are unwilling to, or
incapable of, resolving their serious
deficiencies.
On March 29, 2016, FNS published a
proposed rule, Child Nutrition Program
Integrity, 81 FR 17563, available at
https://www.federalregister.gov/
documents/2016/03/29/2016-06801/
child-nutrition-program-integrity,
concerning several provisions of the
Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010,
Public Law 111–296, affecting integrity
in CACFP and in the National School
Lunch Program, Special Milk Program
for Children, School Breakfast Program,
Summer Food Service Program (SFSP),
and State Administrative Expense
Funds. Among other things, the rule
proposed serious deficiency and
termination procedures in SFSP, serious
deficiency and termination procedures
for unaffiliated sponsored centers in
CACFP, and procedures to prohibit the
participation of entities or individuals
terminated from any of the Child
Nutrition Programs.
Comments on the proposed rule
suggested that prior to making the
operations of any other Child Nutrition
Program subject to the serious
deficiency process, FNS should further
investigate and attempt to address
potential inconsistencies in the
implementation of that process across
States. Consequently, this notice
requests information to help FNS
understand firsthand the experiences
stakeholders have had with the serious
deficiency process in CACFP. We are
asking for public comments to gather
feedback about the successes,
challenges, potential benefits, and
negative impacts associated with the
application of the serious deficiency
process. Your responses to this request
for information will assist FNS in its
efforts to ensure consistent and effective
application of the serious deficiency

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