[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46131-46132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-17484]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-III

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 intention to request 
Office of Management and Budget approval for the collection of data for 
the School Nutrition and Dietary Assessment Study-III.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 1, 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 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 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 Alberta Frost, Director, Office of 
Analysis, Nutrition and Evaluation, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 
22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of 
Alberta Frost at 703-305-2576 or via e-mail to 
[email protected].
    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, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 1014.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB 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 Alberta 
Frost at 703-305-2017.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-III.
    OMB Number: Not yet assigned.
    Form Number: N/A.
    Expiration Date: N/A.
    Type of Request: New Collection of Information.
    Abstract: The School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study-III will 
collect and analyze data from a nationally representative sample of 
public schools participating in the National School Lunch Program 
(NSLP), and students in those schools. Data will be collected so as to 
provide sufficient information to examine the school environment, food 
service operating practices, student participation and other 
characteristics of schools and School Food Authorities (SFAs) in the 
NSLP and School Breakfast Program (SBP); examine school meal 
participation, participant/nonparticipant characteristics; determine 
the nutrient content and types of food offered and served to students; 
determine student dietary intakes and the impact of USDA meals on meal 
specific and total intake--at school and over twenty-four hours; and 
compare findings to previously conducted studies on school meals.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden is estimated to be 60 
minutes for SFA directors completing the mail questionnaire and 
assisting the kitchen managers in the menu survey; 25 minutes for the 
school principal completing the in-person interview; 20 minutes for the 
kitchen manager completing the in-person interview, plus 510 minutes 
for completing the mail menu survey; 125 minutes for elementary 
students completing the in-person interview alone and with a parent; 90 
minutes for middle/high school students completing the in-person 
interview; 80 minutes for parents of elementary school students 
completing the in-person interview; and, 20 minutes for parents of 
middle/high school students completing the telephone interview.
    Respondents: SFA directors, school principals and kitchen managers 
of public schools participating in the NSLP and elementary, middle and 
high school students attending those schools who may or may not be 
participants in the NSLP.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: One hundred thirty-five SFA 
directors will complete a mail questionnaire and assist kitchen 
managers in a mail menu survey; 405 school principals will be 
interviewed in-person; 405 kitchen managers will be interviewed in-
person and will complete a mail menu survey; 700 elementary students 
will be interviewed in-person initially with a subset of 175 to be 
interviewed a second time; 1720 middle/high school students will be 
interviewed in-person initially with a subset of 430 to be interviewed 
a second time; 700 parents of elementary school students will be 
interviewed in-person with a subset of 175 to be interviewed a second 
time; and, 1720 parents of middle/high school students will be 
interviewed by telephone.
    Number of Responses per Respondent: SFA directors, school 
principals, and kitchen managers will respond one time; 75 percent of 
the students will respond one time and 25 percent will respond twice; 
75 percent of parents of elementary school students will respond one 
time and 25 percent will respond twice; and, parents of middle/high 
school students will respond once.
    Estimated Time per Response:

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                           Respondents                                Number          Minutes      Total minutes
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SFA Director: mail survey.......................................             135              60            8100
Principals: in-person...........................................             405              25          10,125

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Kitchen Manager: In-person interview............................             405              20            8100
        Mail menu survey........................................             405             510         206,550
Elementary students:
    Initial in-person interview.................................             700              70          49,000
    Second in-person interview..................................             175              55           9,625
Middle/HS students:
    Initial in-person interview.................................            1720              55          94,600
    Second in-person interview..................................             430              35          15,050
Elementary School Parents:
    Initial in-person interview.................................             700              50          35,000
    Second in-person interview..................................             175              30           5,250
Middle/High School Parents: Phone interview.....................            1720              20          34,400
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        Total Respondent Burden.................................  ..............  ..............         475,800
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    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 7,930 hours.

    Dated: July 27, 2004.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
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