[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38645-38646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13113]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Information Collection for the Special Milk Program 
for Children

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 announces its intention to request the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to extend approval of the 
information collection for the Special Milk Program for Children.

DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments must be received by 
September 6, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for copies of this information 
collection 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. Comments will also be accepted via e-mail submission if sent to 
[email protected]. When submitting comments via e-mail you must 
include ``Special Milk Program for Children'' on the subject line. 
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 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 records.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Terry Hallberg Chief, Program 
Analysis

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and Monitoring Branch at (703) 305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Special Milk Program.
    OMB Numbers: 0584-0005.
    Expiration Date: 1/31/06.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966 (Pub. 
L. 89-642, as amended; 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, under such rules and 
regulations as the Secretary may deem in the public interest, to 
encourage the consumption of fluid milk by children in the United 
States in (A) nonprofit schools of high school grade and under, and (B) 
nonprofit nursery schools, child care centers, settlement houses, 
summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions devoted to the care 
and training of children. Schools and institutions which participate in 
SMP may not participate in a meal service program authorized under the 
CNA or the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.
    Section 10 of the CNA requires the Secretary of Agriculture to 
``prescribe such regulations as the Secretary may deem necessary to 
carry out this Act and the Richard B. Russell 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. The 
vast majority of reporting relates to information regarding eligibility 
determinations of the children, the number of milk servings, and 
revenues received from milk sales. State and local operators are also 
required to maintain records regarding eligibility to operate the 
program, review results, and accounts of revenues and expenditures.


    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1772.

    Respondents: 55 State agencies, 4,150 School food authorities/
Sponsors, 5,667 schools, 593 child care institutions and 963 camps.
    Number of Respondents: 11,428.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 506,318.
    Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 13.
    Estimated Time per Response: .30.

    Estimated Total Reporting Annual Burden Hours: 151,537.

    Number of Respondents: 11,428.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 2,443,768.
    Average Number of Responses per Respondent: 36.
    Estimated Time per Response: .17.
    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 413,994.
    Total Request Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 
565,531.

    Dated: June 15, 2005.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 05-13113 Filed 7-1-05; 8:45 am]
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