National School Lunch, Special Milk, and School Breakfast Programs, National Average Payments/Maximum Reimbursement Rates; Correction
| Citation | 86 FR 48660 |
| Record Number | 2021-18733 |
| Published date | 31 August 2021 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Food And Nutrition Service |
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To view the notice, go to www.regulations.gov
and enter APHIS–2019–0053 in the Search field.
Regular Overtime Holiday
Includes travel
costs in rate Start date
Grading for Risk Management Agency (for Tobacco Crop
Insurance Quality Adjustment determinations). $0.015/pound X ....................... July 1, 2021.
Pesticide Test Sampling (collection of certified tobacco
sample and shipment to AMS National Science Lab-
oratory for testing).
$0.0065/kg or $0.0029/pound X ....................... July 1, 2021.
Pesticide Retest Sampling (collection of certified tobacco
sample from a previously sampled lot for re-testing at
the AMS National Science Laboratory; fee includes
shipping).
$115.00/sample and $55.00/hour X ....................... July 1, 2021.
Standards Course (training by USDA-certified instructor
on tobacco grading procedures). $1,250.00/person ........................... July 1, 2021.
Import Inspection and Certification (grading of imported
tobacco for manufacturers and dealers). $0.0170/kg or $0.0080/pound X ....................... July 1, 2021.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 511, 511s; and 7
U.S.C. 1621–1627.
Erin Morris,
Associate Administrator, Agricultural
Marketing Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–18771 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service
[Docket No. APHIS–2019–0053]
Concurrence With OIE Risk
Designations for Bovine Spongiform
Encephalopathy
AGENCY
: Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, USDA.
ACTION
: Notice.
SUMMARY
: We are advising the public of
our decision to concur with the World
Organization for Animal Health’s (OIE)
bovine spongiform encephalopathy
(BSE) risk designations for Ecuador and
Serbia. The OIE recognizes Ecuador as
being of controlled risk for BSE and
Serbia as being of negligible risk for
BSE. We are taking this action based on
our review of information supporting
the OIE’s risk designations for these
regions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
: Dr.
Kari Coulson, Senior Staff Veterinarian,
Strategy and Policy, VS, APHIS, 920
Main Campus Drive, Suite 200, Raleigh,
NC 27606; (919) 480–9876; email:
AskRegionalization@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: The
regulations in 9 CFR part 92 subpart B,
‘‘Importation of Animals and Animal
Products; Procedures for Requesting
BSE Risk Status Classification With
Regard To Bovines’’ (referred to below
as the regulations), set forth the process
by which the Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS) classifies
regions for bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (BSE) risk. Section 92.5
of the regulations provides that all
countries of the world are considered by
APHIS to be in one of three BSE risk
categories: Negligible risk, controlled
risk, or undetermined risk. These risk
categories are defined in § 92.1. Any
region that is not classified by APHIS as
presenting either negligible risk or
controlled risk for BSE is considered to
present an undetermined risk. The list
of those regions classified by APHIS as
having either negligible risk or
controlled risk can be accessed on the
APHIS website at https://www.aphis.
usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/animalhealth/
animal-and-animal-product-import-
information/animal-health-status-of-
regions. The list can also be obtained by
writing to APHIS at Regionalization
Evaluation Services, 4700 River Road,
Unit 38, Riverdale, MD 20737.
Under the regulations, APHIS may
classify a region for BSE in one of two
ways. One way is for regions that have
not received a risk classification from
the World Organization for Animal
Health (OIE) to request classification by
APHIS. The other way is for APHIS to
concur with the classification given to a
country or region by the OIE.
If the OIE has classified a region as
either BSE negligible risk or BSE
controlled risk, APHIS will seek
information to support concurrence
with the OIE classification. This
information may be publicly available
information, or APHIS may request that
regions supply the same information
given to the OIE. APHIS will announce
in the Federal Register, subject to
public comment, its intent to concur
with an OIE classification.
In accordance with this process, we
published a notice
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in the Federal
Register on October 25, 2019 (84 FR
57384–57385, Docket No. APHIS 2019–
0053), in which we announced our
intent to concur with the OIE risk
classifications of the following regions:
•Regions of negligible risk for BSE:
Serbia.
•Regions of controlled risk for BSE:
Ecuador.
We solicited comments on the notice
for 60 days ending on December 24,
2019. We did not receive any comments
by this date.
Therefore, in accordance with the
regulations in § 92.5, we are announcing
our decision to concur with the OIE risk
classifications for Ecuador and Serbia.
Pursuant to the Congressional Review
Act (5 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs
designated this action as not a major
rule, as defined by 5 U.S.C. 804(2).
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1622 and 8301–
8317; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 31 U.S.C.
9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
Done in Washington, DC, this 25th day of
August 2021.
Michael Watson,
Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–18788 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
National School Lunch, Special Milk,
and School Breakfast Programs,
National Average Payments/Maximum
Reimbursement Rates; Correction
AGENCY
: Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION
: Notice, correction.
SUMMARY
: The Food and Nutrition
Service published a document on July
16, 2021, concerning reimbursement
rates for the National School Lunch,
Special Milk, and School Breakfast
Programs. The document contained an
incorrect table entry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Mike Rizzo 703–305–4364.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
: In the
Federal Register issue of July 16, 2021,
appearing on pages 37733–37737 make
the following correction: On page
37736, in the table ‘‘MEAL, SNACK
AND MILK PAYMENTS TO STATES
AND SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITIES’’,
in the eighth column, in the second line,
‘‘3.59’’ should read ‘‘3.50’’. The
corrected table appears below:
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SCHOOL PROGRAMS
MEAL,
SNACK
AND MILK
PA'FMENTS
TOSTA.TES
AND
SCHOOL
FOOD
AUTHORITIES
Expressed in Dollars or
Fractto.ns
Thereof
Ejfectivefrom:July
1,2021-June
30, 2022
LESS
60%
w MAXIMUM
NATIONAL
SCHOOL LUNCH
LESS
Tlli\,."1\i
60%
OR
MORE+ MAXIMUM R.ATE+7
PROGRilf
THAN
60¾+7
MORE
60%
7cents
2 RATE
cems
2
ce:ntsl
PAID
0.35
0.42
0.37
0.44 0.43
0.50
CONilGUOUS
REDUCED
PRlCB
3.26
3.33
3.28
3.35
3.43
3.50
STATES
FR.EE
.3.66
.3.73
3.68
3.75 3.83 3.00
PAID 0.57
0.64
0.59
0.66
0.68
0.75
ALASKA
REDUCBD
PRICE
5.54
S.61
5.56
5
.•
63
S.79
5.86
FR.EB
5.94
6.01
5.96
6.03
6.19
6.26
GUAM, PAID
0.41
0.48
0.43
0.50
0.49
0.56
HAWAII,
PUERTORICO
REDUCED
PRICE
3.88
3.95 3.00
3.97 4.07 4.14
and
VIRGIN
ISLANDS
FR.EE
4.28
4.35
4.30 4.37 4.47 4.54
SCROOLBREAD'ASTPROGRAM
NON-SEVERE
NEED
SEVERENEFD
PAID 0.33
0.33
CONTIGUOUS
STA
TES
REDUCED
PRICE 1.67
205
FREE
1.97
235
PAID
0.50
0,.50
AIASKA
REDUCED
PRICE
2.85
3.48
FREE
3.15 3.78
GUAM,HA WAD,PUERTO
RICO
PAID
o.38
0.38
REDUCED
PRICE
1.99
244
and
VlROIN
ISLANDS
FREE
229
2.74
SPECIAL
MILKPROGRAM
ALL
PAID
FREEMILK
MILK
MILK
PRIClNO
PROGRAMS
wrniOUTFREE
OP11ON
0.2200
N/A
NIA
PRICINO
PROGRAMS
wrrn
FREE
OPTION
NIA
0.2200 A vemge Cost Per
l/2
Pint
of
Milk
NONPRICINOPROGRAMS
0.2200
NIA
NIA
AFl'ERSCBOOLSNACKS
S:m.VED
IN
AFTERSCBOOLCAREPROGRAMS
PAID
CONITGUOUS
STATES
REDUCEDJ?RICE
FREE
PAID
ALASKA
REDUCED
PRICE
FREE
GUAM, HAW AII.Pu1!RTORICO
and
VIRGIN
PAID
REDUCEDPRICE
ISIANDS
FREE
1 Payment listed fur Free and Reduced Price Lunclies include both section
4and
section
11
funds
2 Perfunmnce-based
cash
reimbursemmt (adjusted annually ii>rinflation)
0.09
o.so
1.00
0.14
OJH
1.63
0.10
0.58
1.17
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Cynthia Long,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–18733 Filed 8–30–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–30–C
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Annual State
Report on Verification of Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
Participation
AGENCY
: Food and Nutrition Service,
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 the
proposed information collection for the
Annual State Report of Verification of
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) Participation. This is a
revision of a currently approved
information collection request. The
purpose of the Annual State Report of
Verification of SNAP Participants is to
ensure that no person who is deceased,
or has been permanently disqualified
from SNAP, improperly received SNAP
benefits for the fiscal year preceding the
report submission. Section 4032 of the
Agricultural Act of 2014 is the basis for
this collection. Section 4032 mandates
that States will ‘‘submit to the Secretary
a report containing sufficient
information for the Secretary to
determine whether the State agency has,
for the most recently concluded fiscal
year preceding that annual date, verified
that the State agency in that fiscal year
(1) did not issue benefits to a deceased
individual; and (2) did not issue
benefits to an individual who had been
permanently disqualified from receiving
benefits.’’ An email from each State
agency to the corresponding Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional SNAP
Program Director containing the
answers to the above questions will be
used as the mechanism for State
agencies to report their compliance with
the Agriculture Act of 2014.
DATES
: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 1,
2021.
ADDRESSES
: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimated
burden for the proposed information
collection, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the information collection on
those who are to respond, including the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Maribelle
Balbes, Branch Chief, State
Administration Branch, Program
Accountability and Administration
Division, Food and Nutrition Service,
5th floor, 703–605–4272, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1320
Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314.
You may also download an electronic
version of this notice at http://
www.fns.usda.gov/snap/federal-register-
documents/rules/view-all and comment
via email at SNAPSAB@fns.usda.gov or
the Federal e-Rulemaking 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 1320
Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314,
5th floor.
All comments to this notice will be
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Evan Sieradzki at
703–605–3212.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
:
Title: Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation.
OMB Number: 0584–0605.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: SNAP regulations at 7 CFR
273.16 require that State agencies
disqualify an individual who has
committed an intentional program
violation (IPV). Paragraph 7 CFR
273.16(e)(8) requires that these
individuals ‘‘be disqualified in
accordance with the disqualification
periods and procedures in paragraph (b)
of this section’’ (273.16(b)). Paragraph 7
CFR 273.16(i) requires State agencies to
report information concerning each
individual disqualified for an IPV to the
disqualified recipient database, the
electronic Disqualified Recipient
System (eDRS), and to use eDRS data to
determine the eligibility of individual
applicants prior to certification. SNAP
regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 require that
each State agency establish a system to
verify and ensure that benefits are not
issued to individuals who are deceased,
and that data source is the Social
Security Administration’s (SSA) Death
Master File. The information required
for the Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation is
obtained by validating that the State had
the appropriate systems in place and
followed procedures currently
mandated at 7 CFR 272.14 and 7 CFR
273.16 for the preceding fiscal year. The
burdens associated with establishing a
system to verify and ensure that benefits
are not issued to deceased individuals
or those permanently disqualified from
SNAP using both the SSA Death Master
File and eDRS are already approved
under OMB burden number 0584–0064,
expiration date August 31, 2021. Upon
OMB approval of the renewal of the
information collection for 0584–0605,
FNS intends to merge the hours
associated with 0584–0605 into OMB
Control Number 0584–0083, expiration
08/31/2023.
In order to meet the reporting
requirements specified in section 4032
of the Act, States are required to confirm
via email to their FNS Regional SNAP
Program Director that in the
immediately preceding Federal fiscal
year, they had the appropriate systems
in place to meet the requirements of
regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 and
273.16(i)(4) and that they conducted the
matches required by these regulations.
States are required to submit their
section 4032 reports to the FNS
Regional SNAP Director by March 31
each year for the preceding Federal
fiscal year. The estimated annual
burden for this collection is 57.4255
hours. This estimate includes the time
it takes each State agency to confirm
that they have complied with FNS
regulations for performing mandated
checks against both eDRS and the SSA
Death Master File, send an email to their
FNS Regional Office SNAP Program
Director to provide the verification, and
any additional recordkeeping associated
with this burden. States must perform
this verification once a year and must
retain these records for 3 years.
Burden Estimates: The previous
burden for this collection was 53
reporting hours. The requested burden
is 53 reporting hours. There is no
change in reporting hours. The previous
burden reported for recordkeeping was
4.41649. The requested recordkeeping
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