[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 70 (Monday, April 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 04-8211]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Information Collection for the Summer Food Service 
Program

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Food and Nutrition Service requests public comment on the information 
collection related to the Summer Food Service Program, OMB number 0584-
0280.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received or postmarked by June 
11, 2004.

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 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. 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 640, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
    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) 305-2600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Summer Food Service Program.
    OMB Number: 0584-0280.
    Expiration Date: 7/31/2004.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 13 of the National School Lunch Act (NSLA), as 
amended, 42 U.S.C. 1761, authorizes the Summer Food Service Program. 
The Summer Food Service Program provides assistance to States to 
initiate and maintain nonprofit food service programs for needy 
children during the summer months and at other approved times. The food 
service to be provided under the Summer Food Service Program is 
intended to serve as a substitute for the National School Lunch Program 
and the School Breakfast Program during times when school is not in 
session. Under the program, a sponsor receives reimbursement for 
serving nutritious, well-balanced meals to eligible children at food 
service sites. Subsection 13(m) of the NSLA directs that ``States and 
service institutions participating in programs under this section shall 
keep accounts and records as may be necessary to enable the Secretary 
to determine whether there has been compliance with this section and 
the regulations hereunder. Such accounts and records* shall be 
available at any reasonable time for inspection and audit by 
representatives of the Secretary and shall be preserved for such period 
of time, not in excess of five years, as the Secretary determines 
necessary.'' Pursuant to this provision, the Food and Nutrition Service 
has issued part 225 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations to 
implement the Summer Food Service Program.


    *Note: Previously, this information collection contained 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements related to information 
collected on Forms: FNS-19-1, 19-2, 80, 81, 81-1, 189, and 688. 
These forms are being transferred to a separate information 
collection, titled ``Regional Office Administered Program Forms for 
the Summer Food Service Program.''


    Respondents: State agencies, sponsors, camps and other sites, and 
households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 52 State agencies, 3589 sponsors, 
3187 camps and other sites, and 127,757 households. Total: 134,585.
    Reporting:
     Total Annual Responses: 425,750;
     Total Annual Burden: 226,704;
     Average Time per Response: .81 hour.
    Recordkeeping:
     Total Annual Responses: 277,723;
     Total Annual Burden: 22,809;
     Average Time per Response: .08 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden:
     Reporting burden: 226,704;
     Recordkeeping burden: 22,809;
     Total annual burden hours: 249,513.

    Dated: April 5, 2004.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 04-8211 Filed 4-9-04; 8:45 am]
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