Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Information Collection for the Special Milk Program for Children, 49983 [E8-19668]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Food and Nutrition Service

[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 165 (Monday, August 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 49983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-19668]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


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

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Food and Nutrition Service invites the general public and other public 
agencies to comment on proposed information collections. The proposed 
collection is an extension of a currently approved collection for the 
Special Milk Program for Children.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received or postmarked by 
October 24, 2008.

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 will 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 used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to 
minimize the burden of collection of information on those who are to 
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments may be sent to: Ms. Cynthia Long, Director, Child 
Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center 
Drive, Room 638, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. Comments will also be 
accepted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov, and follow the online instructions for submitting 
comments electronically.
    All written comment(s) 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 OMB approval, and will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of this information collection should be directed to: Ms. 
Cynthia Long at the address above or telephone at (703) 305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Special Milk Program.
    OMB Number: 0584-0005.
    Expiration Date: March 31, 2009.
    Type of Request: Extension 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. The vast majority of 
reporting relates to information regarding eligibility determinations 
of the children, the 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.
    Affected Public: 55 State agencies, 4,150 School food authorities/
Sponsors, 4,910 schools, 533 child care institutions and 853 camps.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 10,501.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 14.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 147,014.
    Estimated Time per Response: .29.
    Estimated Total Reporting Annual Burden hours: 42,634.06.
    Number of Recordkeepers: 10,501.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 39.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 409,539.
    Estimated Time per Response: .17.
    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 69,621.63.
    Total Request Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 
112,255.69.

     Dated: August 12, 2008.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. E8-19668 Filed 8-22-08; 8:45 am]
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