[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23765-23767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09997]


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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 June 29, 2015.

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 Monitoring, Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 
636,

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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, 
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 703-305-2595.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: 7 CFR part 215, Special Milk Program for Children.
    Form Number: FNS-66B.
    OMB Number: 0584-0005.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 2015.
    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. This information collection 
is required to administer and operate this program. The Program is 
administered at the State, school food authority (SFA), and child care 
institution levels; and operations include the submission of 
applications and agreements, submission and payment of claims, and 
maintenance of records. The reporting and record keeping burden 
associated with this revision has decreased from 21,246 to 14,914 
hours. This change is mainly due to adjustments, such as corrections in 
the number of institutions and the amount of burden per response. All 
of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements associated with the SMP 
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: State agencies, Non-profit Institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 3,933 (54 State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit 
Institutions).
    Frequency of Responses per Respondent: 1.32.
    Total Annual Responses: 5,175.
    Reporting Time per Response: .25.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 1,294.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 3,933 (54 State Agencies, 3,879 Non-profit 
Institutions).
    Number of Records per Recordkeeper: 23.87.
    Estimated Total Number of Records/Response to Keep: 93,876.
    Recordkeeping time per Response: 0.15.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 13,620.
    Total Annual Responses for Reporting/Recordkeeping: 99,051.
    Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 14,914.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 215: 21,246.
    Difference (change in burden with this renewal): (6,332).
    Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each 
type of respondent.

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                                     Estimated     Frequency of
         Affected public             number of     responses per   Total annual      Hours per       Estimated
                                    respondents     respondent       responses       response      total burden
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                                                    Reporting
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State agencies..................              54              24           1,296            0.25             324
Non-profit Institutions.........           3,879               1           3,879            0.25             970
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    Total Estimated Reporting              3,933            1.32           5,175            0.25           1,294
     Burden.....................
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State agencies..................              54          965.83          52,155            0.10           5,276
Non-profit Institutions.........           3,879           10.76          41,721            0.20           8,344
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    Total Estimated                        3,933           23.87          93,876            0.15          13,620
     Recordkeeping Burden.......
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                                        Total Reporting and Recordkeeping
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                                     Estimated       Number of     Total annual      Estimated       Estimated
                                     number of     responses per     responses      total hours    total burden
                                    respondents     respondent                     per response
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Reporting.......................           3,933            1.32           5,175            0.25           1,294
Recordkeeping...................           3,933           23.87          93,876            0.15          13,620
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............          99,051  ..............          14,914
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    Dated: April 20, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-09997 Filed 4-28-15; 8:45 am]
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