[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42104-42105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-17841]


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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 October 19, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Tina Namian, School Programs 
Branch, Policy and Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 
1206, Alexandria, VA 22302-1594. Comments may also be submitted via fax 
to the attention of Tina Namian at 703-305-6294 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 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 Tina Namian 
at 703-305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
    Title: 7 CFR part 215, Special Milk Program for Children.
    Form Number: FNS-10 and FNS-777.
    OMB Number: 0584-0005.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2019.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    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 14,914 hours to 13,325 
hours. These changes are due to decreases in the number of 
participating institutions. 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.
    Forms FNS-10 and FNS-777 collect information that are associated 
with this information collection; however, these forms are approved 
under another FNS information collection. Forms FNS-10 and FNS-777 are 
used by the State agencies to report program data. These forms, and the 
reporting burden associated with them, are approved under OMB# 0584-
0594 Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS) (expiration date 9/30/19). 
The recordkeeping burden associated with these forms is covered in this 
collection.
    Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Government (State 
agencies) and Non-profit Institutions.
    Number of Respondents: 3,499 (54 State Agencies, 3,445 Non-profit 
Institutions).
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent (Reporting): 1.35.
    Total Annual Responses (Reporting): 4,741.
    Reporting time per Response (Reporting): .25.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 1,185.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 3,499 (54 State Agencies, 3,445 Non-profit 
Institutions).
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent (Recordkeeping): 
23.91.
    Estimated Total Number of Records to Keep: 83,666.
    Estimated Time per Response (Recordkeeping): 0.15.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden: 12,140.
    Total Annual Responses for Reporting/Recordkeeping: 88,407.
    Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 13,325.
    Current OMB Inventory for Part 215: 14,914.
    Difference (change in burden with this renewal): -1,589.
    Refer to Table 1 below for estimated total annual burden for each 
type of respondent.

    Dated: August 10, 2018.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.

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                       Table 1--Estimated Total Annual Burden for Each Type of Respondent
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                                     Estimated       Number of                      Est. total
         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.........           3,445               1           3,445            0.25             861
Total Estimated Reporting Burden           3,499            1.35           4,741            0.25           1,185
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                                                  Recordkeeping
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State agencies..................              54           861.8          46,537            0.10           4,714
Non-profit Institutions.........           3,445           10.78      \1\ 37,129            0.20           7,426
Total Estimated Recordkeeping              3,499       \2\ 23.91          83,666            0.15          12,140
 Burden.........................
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                                        Total Reporting and Recordkeeping
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Reporting.......................           3,499            1.35           4,741            0.25           1,185
Recordkeeping...................           3,499           23.91          83,666            0.15          12,140
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    Total.......................           3,499           25.27          88,407            0.15          13,325
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\1\ Certain procurement requirements only apply to the 2,679 school food authorities and residential child care
  institutions participating in the Special Milk Program.
\2\ Rounded from 23.91146.

[FR Doc. 2018-17841 Filed 8-17-18; 8:45 am]
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