[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23765-23767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09997]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Special Milk Program for Children
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this information collection. This collection is a revision of a
currently approved collection which FNS employs to determine public
participation in Special Milk Program for Children.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: 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 of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were 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 collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman, Branch Chief,
Program Monitoring, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
636,
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Alexandria, VA 22302-1594. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman at 703-305-2879 or via email to
[email protected]. 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,
Room 640, 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 collection should be directed to Lynn
Rodgers-Kuperman at 703-305-2595.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: 7 CFR part 215, Special Milk Program for Children.
Form Number: FNS-66B.
OMB Number: 0584-0005.
Expiration Date: October 31, 2015.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
The Special Milk Program for Children
Abstract: Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, (42
U.S.C. 1772) authorizes the Special Milk Program (SMP). It provides for
the appropriation of such sums as may be necessary to enable the
Secretary of Agriculture to encourage the consumption of fluid milk by
children in the United States in: (1) Nonprofit schools of high school
grade and under; and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child care centers,
settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions
devoted to the care and training of children, which do not participate
in a food service program authorized under the CNA or the National
School Lunch Act.
Section 10 of the CNA (42 U.S.C. 1779) requires the Secretary of
Agriculture to prescribe such regulations as deemed necessary to carry
out this Act and the National School Lunch Act. Pursuant to that
provision, the Secretary has issued 7 CFR part 215, which sets forth
policies and procedures for the administration and operation of the
SMP. State and local operators of the SMP are required to meet Federal
reporting and accountability requirements. This information collection
is required to administer and operate this program. The Program is
administered at the State, school food authority (SFA), and child care
institution levels; and operations include the submission of
applications and agreements, submission and payment of claims, and
maintenance of records. The reporting and record keeping burden
associated with this revision has decreased from 21,246 to 14,914
hours. This change is mainly due to adjustments, such as corrections in
the number of institutions and the amount of burden per response. All
of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated with the SMP
are currently approved by the Office of Management and Budget and are
in force. This is a revision of the currently approved information
collection.
Affected Public: State agencies, Non-profit Institutions.
Number of Respondents: 3,933 (54 State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit
Institutions).
Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 1.32.
Total Annual Responses: 5,175.
Reporting Time per Response: .25.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 1,294.
Number of Recordkeepers: 3,933 (54 State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit
Institutions).
Number of Records per Recordkeeper: 23.87.
Estimated Total Number of Records/Response to Keep: 93,876.
Recordkeeping time per Response: 0.15.
Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 13,620.
Total Annual Responses for Reporting/Recordkeeping: 99,051.
Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 14,914.
Current OMB Inventory for Part 215: 21,246.
Difference (change in burden with this renewal): (6,332).
Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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Estimated Frequency of
Affected public number of responses per Total annual Hours per Estimated
respondents respondent responses response total burden
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Reporting
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State agencies.................. 54 24 1,296 0.25 324
Non-profit Institutions......... 3,879 1 3,879 0.25 970
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Total Estimated Reporting 3,933 1.32 5,175 0.25 1,294
Burden.....................
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Recordkeeping
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State agencies.................. 54 965.83 52,155 0.10 5,276
Non-profit Institutions......... 3,879 10.76 41,721 0.20 8,344
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Total Estimated 3,933 23.87 93,876 0.15 13,620
Recordkeeping Burden.......
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Total Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Estimated Number of Total annual Estimated Estimated
number of responses per responses total hours total burden
respondents respondent per response
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Reporting....................... 3,933 1.32 5,175 0.25 1,294
Recordkeeping................... 3,933 23.87 93,876 0.15 13,620
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Total....................... .............. .............. 99,051 .............. 14,914
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Dated: April 20, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-09997 Filed 4-28-15; 8:45 am]
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