[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16515-16516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6782]


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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 (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 the School Breakfast Program.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 21, 2012.

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 Analysis and Monitoring, Child Nutrition Division, Food and 
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center 
Drive, Room 500, 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, 
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 703-305-2600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: School Breakfast Program Information Collection Request 
(ICR) Renewal.
    OMB Number: 0584-0012.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2012.
    Type of Request: Revision 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 (SBP). The SBP is 
a nutrition assistance program whose benefit is providing breakfast 
that meets 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.'' The reporting and 
recordkeeping burden associated with this revision is summarized in the 
charts below. Note that the difference in burden is mainly due to 
increase in SFAs and Schools, program changes and adjustments.
    This information collection is required to administer and operate 
this program in accordance with the NSLA (National School Lunch Act). 
The Program is administered at the State and school food authority 
(SFA) levels and the operations include the submission and approval of 
applications, execution of agreements, submission of claims, payment of 
claims, providing monitoring and technical assistance. All of the 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated with the SBP 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: (1) State agencies; (2) School Food Authorities; 
and (3) schools.
    Number of Respondents: 109,522 (56 SAs, 20,697 SFAs, 88,769 
schools).
    Number of Responses per Respondent: 10.026214.
    Total Annual Responses: 1,098,091.
    Reporting Time per Response: 0.24610.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 270,241.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 109,522 (56 SAs, 20,697 SFAs, 88,769 
schools).
    Number of Records per Record Keeper: 294.234.
    Estimated Total Number of Records/Response to Keep: 33,432,713.
    Recordkeeping Time per Response: 0.11341.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 3,654,661.
    Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 3,924,902.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 210: 2,713,748.
    Difference (Change in Burden With This Renewal): 1,211,154.
    See the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type 
of respondent.

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                                     Estimated       Number of                       Estimated
         Affected public             number of     responses per   Total annual     total hours      Estimated
                                    respondents     respondent       responses     per response    total burden
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                                                    Reporting
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State agencies..................              56         41.3393            2315          0.6003            1389
School Food Authorities.........          20,697         10.0539         208,086         1.07872         224,467
Schools.........................          88,769         10.0000         887,690          0.0500          44,385
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    Total Estimated Reporting            109,522       10.026214       1,098,091     0.246101097         270,241
     Burden.....................
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State agencies..................              56       1076.0000          60,256          0.5833          35,147
School Food Authorities.........          20,697        10.04995         208,004        0.501242         104,261
Schools.........................          88,769        360.0000      31,956,840          0.1100       3,515,252
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    Total Estimated                      109,522      294.234035      32,225,100      0.11341037       3,654,661
     Recordkeeping Burden.......
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                                      Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
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 Reporting......................         109,522       10.026214       1,098,091     0.246101097         270,241
Recordkeeping...................         109,522      294.234035      32,225,100      0.11341037       3,654,661
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        Total...................  ..............  ..............      33,432,713  ..............       3,924,902
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    Dated: March 16, 2012.
Jeffrey J. Tribiano,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-6782 Filed 3-20-12; 8:45 am]
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