Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Form FNS-143, Claim for Reimbursement (Summer Food Service Program), 39609 [E9-18950]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Food and Nutrition Service

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 39609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18950]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Form FNS-143, Claim for Reimbursement (Summer Food 
Service Program)

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 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 a proposed information collection. The proposed collection is an 
extension of a currently approved collection for the FNS-143, Claim for 
Reimbursement (Summer Food Service Program), which is used to collect 
data on the number of meals served and cost data from sponsoring 
organizations participating in the Program.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by October 6, 2009.

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 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: Mrs. Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman, Chief, Program 
Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and 
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 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: Request for additional information 
should be directed to: Mrs. Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman at (703) 305-2590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: FNS-143, Claim for Reimbursement (Summer Food Service 
Program).
    OMB Number: 0584-0041.
    Expiration Date: August 31, 2009.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The Summer Food Service Program Claim for Reimbursement, 
Form FNS-143, is used to collect data on the number of meals served and 
cost data from sponsoring organizations whose participation in this 
program is administered directly by the Food and Nutrition Service 
(FNS) Regional Office, commonly known as Regional Office Administered 
Program (ROAP). The FNS Regional Office directly administers 
participation of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) for sponsoring 
organizations in Virginia. In order to determine the amount of 
reimbursement sponsoring organizations are entitled to receive for 
meals served, they must complete the form. The completed forms are 
either sent to the Child Nutrition Payments Center at the FNS Mid-
Atlantic Regional Office where they are entered into an electronic 
payment system or sponsoring organizations may submit forms 
electronically via the Internet directly into the Child Nutrition 
Payments Center. The payment system computes earned reimbursement. 
Earned reimbursement in the SFSP is based on performance and is 
determined by comparing an assigned rate for operations and for 
administration per meal served to actual operational and administrative 
costs. To fulfill the earned reimbursement requirements set forth in 
SFSP regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture at 7 CFR 225.9, 
the meal and cost data must be collected on the FNS-143.
    The form is an intrinsic part of the accounting system currently 
being used by the subject program to ensure proper reimbursement as 
well as to facilitate adequate recordkeeping.
    Respondents: The respondents are sponsoring organizations 
participating in the SFSP under the auspices of the FNS ROAP.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 121.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent:: 3.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .5.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 181.5.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 181.5 hours.

    Dated: August 3, 2009.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. E9-18950 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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