[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16516-16517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6785]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


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

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 Special Milk Program for Children.

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 640, Alexandria, VA 22302. 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, 
Room 640, 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: Special Milk Program for Children.
    Form Number: FNS-66B.
    OMB Number: 0584-0005.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2012.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

The Special Milk Program for Children

    Abstract: Section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 1966, (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 to encourage the consumption of fluid milk by 
children in the United States in: (1) Nonprofit schools of high school 
grade and under; and (2) nonprofit nursery schools, child care centers, 
settlement houses, summer camps, and similar nonprofit institutions 
devoted to the care and training of children, which do not participate 
in a food service program authorized under the CNA or the National 
School Lunch Act.
    Section 10 of the CNA (42 U.S.C. 1779) requires the Secretary of 
Agriculture to prescribe such regulations as deemed necessary to carry 
out this Act and the 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

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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. The reporting and record keeping burden 
associated with this revision is decreased from 508,485 to 21,246 
hours. This change is mainly due to program adjustments and the 
reduction in number of State agencies operating the Program.
    Affected Public: State agencies, Institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 5,623 (54 State Agencies, 5569 
Institutions).
    Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.31869.
    Total Annual Responses: 7,415.
    Reporting Time per Response: .87367.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 6,478.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 5,623 (54 State Agencies, 5,569 
Institutions).
    Number of Records per Recordkeepers: 13.96970.
    Estimated Total Number of Records/Response to Keep: 78,552.
    Recordkeeping Time per Response: .188.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping: 14,768.
    Total Annual Responses for Reporting/Recordkeeping: 91,590.
    Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 21,246.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 215: 508,485.
    Difference (change in burden with this renewal): (487,239).
    Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each 
type of respondent.

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                                                     Response
         Affected Public             Estimated     annually per    Total annual      Hours per       Estimated
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response      total burden
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                                                Reporting Burden
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State agencies..................              54        34                 1,836          .487               894
Institutions....................           5,569         1.0018            5,579         1.0009            5,584
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    Total Estimated Reporting              5,623         1.31869           7,415          .87367           6,478
     Burden.....................
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                                              Recordkeeping Burden
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State agencies..................              54      1351.53             72,983          .12604           9,199
Institutions....................           5,569         1                 5,569         1                 5,569
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    Total Estimated                        5,623        13.96970          78,552          .188            14,768
     Recordkeeping Burden.......
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                                     Estimated       Number of                       Estimated
                                     number of     responses per   Total annual     total hours      Estimated
                                    respondents     respondent       responses     per response    total burden
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                                        Total Reporting and Recordkeeping
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 Reporting......................           5,623         1.31869           7,415          .87367           6,478
Recordkeeping...................           5,623        13.96970          78,552          .188            14,768
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        Total...................  ..............  ..............         *91,590  ..............          21,246
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* Added total number of recordkeepers to the total annual responses.


    Dated: March 16, 2012.
Jeffrey J. Tribiano,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-6785 Filed 3-20-12; 8:45 am]
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