[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12683-12684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05312]


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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 is a revision of the FNS-640 
Administrative Review Data Report associated with the currently 
approved information collection for the National School Lunch Program.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 9, 2016.

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: Sarah Smith-Holmes, Division Director, 
Program Monitoring and Operational Support, 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 Sarah Smith-Holmes 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 Sarah 
Smith-Holmes at the address indicated above or by phone at 703-605-
3223.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 7 CFR Part 210, National School Lunch Program.
    Form: FNS-640.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0006.
    Expiration Date: March 31, 2016.
    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 free or reduced price school lunches to qualified students 
through subsidies to schools. 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. 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 
State agencies must conduct administrative reviews to monitor 
compliance with Program requirements. FNS collects Program data from 
State agencies on FNS forms that have been approved by OMB. The FNS-640 
form collects information from these administrative reviews conducted 
by the State agency. The FNS-640 Coordinated Review Effort (CRE) Data 
Report is currently approved as part of this information collection. 
The title of the FNS-640 form is being changed to ``Administrative 
Review Data Report'' and FNS is proposing revisions to reflect changes 
to the administrative review process and revisions to incorporate the 
form into an electronic report for the Food Program Reporting System 
(FPRS). Upon approval of the proposed revisions by OMB, the reporting 
burden for this form will be merged into the FPRS information 
collection, OMB control # 0584-0594, expiration date 06/30/2017. The 
reporting and recordkeeping burden hours associated with this revision 
are not changing.
    This information collection is required to administer and operate 
this program in accordance with the NSLA. 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: (1) State agencies; (2) School Food Authorities; 
and (3) schools.
    Number of Respondents: 121,210 (56 State agencies (SAs), 19,822 
school food authorities (SFAs), and 101,332 schools.
    Number of Responses per Respondent: 4.14573.
    Total Annual Responses: 502,504.
    Reporting Time per Response: 0.7038758.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 353,700.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 121,210 (56 SAs, 19,822 SFAs, 101,332 
schools).
    Number of Records per Record Keeper: 406.294827.
    Estimated Total Number of Records: 49,246,996.
    Recordkeeping Time per Response: 0.19326446.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 9,517,694.
    Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 9,871,395.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 210: 9,871,395.
    Difference (change in burden with this renewal): 0.
    Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each 
type of respondent.

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                                     Estimated       Number of                       Estimated       Estimated
         Affected public             number of     responses per   Total annual    average hours   total burden
                                    respondents     respondent       responses     per response       (hours)
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                                                    Reporting
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State Agencies..................              56             122           6,832          7.7762          53,127
School Food Authorities.........          19,822              15         293,008        0.956653         280,307
Schools.........................         101,332               2         202,664             0.1          20,266
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    Total Estimated Reporting            121,210  ..............         502,504  ..............         353,700
     Burden.....................
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State Agencies..................              56            1419          79,464          1.5913         126,451
School Food Authorities.........          19,822              20         396,440          4.5380       1,799,045
Schools.........................         101,332             481      48,771,092         0.15567       7,592,199
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    Total Estimated                      121,210  ..............      49,246,996  ..............       9,517,695
     Recordkeeping Burden.......
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                                      Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Reporting.......................         121,210         4.14573         502,504        0.703875         353,700
Recordkeeping...................         121,210         510.264      49,246,996     0.184631055       9,517,695
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    Total.......................  ..............  ..............      49,749,500  ..............       9,871,395
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    Dated: February 29, 2016.
Telora T. Dean,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-05312 Filed 3-9-16; 8:45 am]
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