[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16517-16519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6786]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Information Collection for the National School Lunch 
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 National School Lunch 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, 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

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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 the address indicated above or by phone at 703-305-
2600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Information Collection for the National School Lunch 
Program.
    Forms: FNS-66, FNS-66A, FNS-640.
    OMB Number: 0584-0006.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2012.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA), 
as amended, authorizes the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to 
safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's children and 
provide low cost or free school lunch meals to qualified students 
through subsidies to schools. The United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) provides States with general and special cash 
assistance and donations of foods to assist schools in serving 
nutritious lunches to children each school day. Participating schools 
must serve lunches that are nutritionally adequate, and maintain menu 
and production records to demonstrate compliance with the meal 
requirements. To the extent practicable, schools ensure that 
participating children gain a full understanding of the relationship 
between proper eating and good health.
    Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1779) 
requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe such regulations as 
deemed necessary to carry out this Act and the NSLA (42 U.S.C. 1751 et 
seq.). Pursuant to that provision, the Secretary has issued 7 CFR Part 
210, which sets forth policies and procedures for the administration 
and operation of the NSLP. State and local operators of the NSLP are 
required to meet Federal reporting and accountability requirements. The 
vast majority of reporting relates to information regarding eligibility 
determinations of the children (including verification of a required 
sample size), the number of meals served, and data from required 
reviews conducted by the State agency. State and local operators are 
also required to maintain records regarding eligibility to operate the 
program, review results, and school food service accounts of revenues 
and expenditures. The reporting and recordkeeping burden associated 
with this revision is decreased from 11,806,566 to 11,755,891 hours. 
This change is mainly due to reduction in number of State agencies 
operating the program, and other program changes.
    This information collection is required to administer and operate 
this program in accordance with the NSLA. 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 NSLP 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: Schools; School food authorities; and State 
agencies.
    Number of Respondents: 122,661. This includes 101,747 schools; 
20,858 school food authorities (SFAs); and 56 State agencies (SAs).
    Number of Responses per Respondent: 20.1784.
    Total Annual Responses: 2,475,102.
    Reporting Time per Response: 1.176681.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 2,912,405.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 122,661 (101,747 schools, 20,858 SFAs, 56 
SAs).
    Number of Records per Record Keeper: 510.2643.
    Estimated total Number of Records/Response to Keep: 62,589,529.
    Recordkeeping Time per Response: 0.14129338.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 8,843,486.
    Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 11,755,891.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 210: 11,806,566.
    Difference (change in burden with this renewal): 50,675.
    Refer to 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             263          14,728      1.42636             21,005
School Food Authorities.........          20,858        21.39668         425,434      4.81132          2,046,900
Schools.........................         101,747              20       2,034,940      0.415              844,500
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    Total Estimated Reporting            122,661  ..............       2,475,102  ..............       2,912,405
     Burden.....................
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State Agencies..................              56            4607         257,992      0.273312            70,512
School Food Authorities.........          20,858              12         250,296      8.638333         2,162,140
Schools.........................         101,747        610.1530      62,081,241      0.1064868        6,610,833
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    Total Estimated                      122,661  ..............      62,589,529  ..............       8,843,486
     Recordkeeping Burden.......
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                                      Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
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 Reporting......................         122,661          20.178       2,475,102      1.176681         2,912,405
Recordkeeping...................         122,661         510.264      62,589,529      0.14129338       8,843,486
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............      65,064,631  ..............      11,755,891
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    Dated: March 16, 2012.
Jeffrey J. Tribiano,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-6786 Filed 3-20-12; 8:45 am]
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