[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--School Breakfast Program

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
Notice announces the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) intention to 
request the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) review of the 
information collections related to the School Breakfast Program, OMB 
number 0584-0012.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by March 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for copies of this information 
collection may be sent to Mr. Terry Hallberg, Chief, Program Analysis 
and Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition 
Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1006, Alexandria, Virginia 
22302.
    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 will 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 used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of 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.
    All responses to this Notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval, and will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Terry Hallberg, at (703) 305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 7 CFR Part 220, School Breakfast Program.
    OMB Number: 0584-0012.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2001.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA), (42 
U.S.C. 1773), authorizes the School Breakfast Program. The School 
Breakfast Program is a nutrition assistance program whose benefit is a 
breakfast meeting nutritional requirements prescribed by the Department 
in accordance with Section 4(e) of the CNA. That provision requires 
that ``Breakfasts served by schools participating in the school 
breakfast program under this section shall consist of a combination of 
foods and shall meet minimum nutritional requirements prescribed by the 
Secretary on the basis of tested nutritional research.''
    On June 8, 2000, FNS published an interim rule which allows schools 
to offer foods that consist of up to 100 percent alternate protein 
products. School food authorities that already provide menus or 
otherwise communicate with program participants must identify products 
or dishes with more than 30 percent alternate protein products in a 
manner which does not characterize it solely as beef, pork, poultry or 
seafood products or dishes. This could include information provided on 
serving lines and does not require that school food authorities use 
menus or other methods of communication. This provision allows program 
participants to make informed decisions about their food choices under 
the school meals programs and is referred to as a third-party 
disclosure requirement. Although this provision is in effect, this 
Notice affords the public an opportunity to again comment on the burden 
associated with the identification of alternate protein products.
    The purpose of this Notice is also to request an extension of the 
Information Collection Budget for the School Breakfast Program and in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and to allow the 
public 60 days to comment on all reporting and recordkeeping burdens as 
indicated under the Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents below. 
The information being requested is required to administer and operate 
this program in accordance with the CNA. The Program is administered at 
the State and school food authority levels and the operations include 
the submission and approval of applications, execution of agreements, 
submission of claims, payment of claims and, monitoring and providing 
technical assistance. All of the reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements associated with the School Breakfast Program are currently 
approved by the Office of Management and Budget and are in force.
    Respondents: State agencies, school food authorities and schools.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 82,748.
    Average Number of Responses per Respondent: The number of responses 
is estimated to be 59 responses per respondent per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The recordkeeping 
burden hours are estimated at 4,674,185, and the reporting burden hours 
are estimated at 221,611 for an estimated total annual burden of 
4,895,796.

    Dated: January 16, 2001.
Samuel Chambers, Jr.,
Administrator.
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