Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 151 / Friday, August 7, 2009 / Notices 39607 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Information 

Collection for Determining Eligibility 

for Free and Reduced Price Meals 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 for 

determining eligibility for free and 

reduced price meals and free milk in 

schools. 7 CFR part 245 contains 

information on Federal requirements 

regarding the determination and 

verification of eligibility for free and 

reduced price meals. The provisions 

also apply to the determination of 

eligibility for free milk under the 

Special Milk Program, OMB Number 

0584–0005 and are generally applicable 

to the Child and Adult Care Food 

Program, OMB Number 0584–0055 and 

the Summer Food Service Program, 

OMB Number 0584–0280 when 

individual children’s eligibility must be 

established. The current approval for 

the information collection burden 

associated with 7 CFR part 245 expires 

on January 31, 2010. This proposed 

collection is a revision of the currently 

approved collection for determining 

eligibility for free and reduced price 

meals and free milk in schools and 

concerns the collection of eligibility 

information and verification 

proceedings. 

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 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: 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 

http://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 Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) approval, and will become a 

matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mrs. 

Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman at (703) 305– 

2590. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Determining Eligibility for Free 

and Reduced Price Meals. 

OMB Number: 0584–0026. 

Expiration Date: January 31, 2010. 

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). All 

schools participating in the National 

School Lunch Program, OMB Number 

0584–0006, Expiration May 31, 2012 or 

School Breakfast Program, OMB 

Number 0584–0012, Expiration May 31, 

2012 must make free and reduced price 

meals available to eligible children, and 

all schools and institutions participating 

in the free milk option of the School 

Milk Program must make free milk 

available for eligible children. The 

instant information collection asks for 

information about eligibility for 

participation in the Programs indicated 

above and verification procedures 

employed by participating schools. 

The affected public, estimated 

number of respondents, frequency of 

reporting, annual responses and burden 

for reporting and recordkeeping are as 

follows: 

TABLE 1—REPORTING

Affected public (b) Form 

number 

(c) Number respondents 

(d) Number responses per 

respondent 

(e) Est. total annual responses 

(cxd) 

(f) Hours per 

response 

(g) Total burden 

(exf) 

Reporting Burden 

Individuals & Households .................. N/A ........... 8,600,000.00 1 8,600,000.00 .5 4,300,000.00 

State Agencies ................................... N/A ........... 56.00 6 336.00 3 1,008.00 

SFA .................................................... N/A ........... 20,858.00 11 229,438.00 .25 573,595.00 

Schools .............................................. N/A ........... 101,705.00 13 1,322,165 .08 1,057,732.00 

Total ............................................ ............. 8,722,619.00 31 10,151,939 3.83 5,932,335.00 

Summary of Reporting Burden .......... ............. 8,722,619.00 31 10,151,939 284.54380 11,864,670.00 

TABLE 2—RECORDKEEPING: 

Affected public (b) Form 

number 

(c) Number respondents 

(d) Number responses per 

respondent 

(e) Est. total annual responses 

(cxd) 

(f) Hours per 

response 

(g) Total burden 

(exf) 

Recordkeeping Burden 

State Agencies ................................... N/A ........... 48.00 1 48.00 .25 12.00 


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TABLE 2—RECORDKEEPING:—Continued 

Affected public (b) Form 

number 

(c) Number respondents 

(d) Number responses per 

respondent 

(e) Est. total annual responses 

(cxd) 

(f) Hours per 

response 

(g) Total burden 

(exf) 

Total ............................................ ............. 48.00 1 48.00 .25 12.00 

Summary of Recordkeeping Burden ............. 48.00 1 48.00 .25 12.00 

Estimated Total for Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Burden: 11,864,682. 

Dated: August 3, 2009. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–18994 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

Notice of Intent To Request Revision 

and Extension of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: National Agricultural Statistics 

Service. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice announces the intention the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) to request revision and 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection, the Cold Storage 

Survey. Revision to burden hours will 

be needed due to changes in the size of 

the target population, expected 

increases in response rates, and modes 

of data collection. The questionnaires 

have had some minor modifications to 

accommodate changes in the products 

stored by the industry, and to make the 

questionnaires easier to complete. The 

entire target population for cold storage 

operators will be contacted for this data 

on a monthly basis. Fruit storage 

operations are contacted on a seasonal 

basis. The capacity survey is conduced 

once every other year. These surveys are 

voluntary, except for operations that 

store certain manufactured dairy 

products that are required by Public 

Law No. 106–532 and 107–171 to 

respond. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by October 6, 2009 to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number 0535–0001, 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: ombofficer@nass.usda.gov. 

Include docket number above in the 

subject line of the message. 

• Fax: (202) 720–6396. 

• Mail: Mail any paper, disk, or CD– 

ROM submissions to: David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Room 5336 

South Building, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250– 

2024. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Hand 

deliver to: David Hancock, NASS 

Clearance Officer, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Room 5336 South Building, 

1400 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20250–2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph T. Reilly, Associate 

Administrator, National Agricultural 

Statistics Service, U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, (202) 720–4333. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Cold Storage Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 0535–0001. 

Expiration Date of Approval: 

December 31, 2009. 

Type of Request: To revise and extend 

a currently approved information 

collection for a period of three years. 

Abstract: The primary objective of the 

National Agricultural Statistics Service 

(NASS) is to collect, prepare and issue 

State and national estimates of crop and 

livestock production, prices, and 

disposition; as well as economic 

statistics, environmental statistics 

related to agriculture and also to 

conduct the Census of Agriculture. 

The monthly Cold Storage Survey 

provides information on national 

supplies of food commodities in 

refrigerated storage facilities. A biennial 

survey of refrigerated warehouse 

capacity is also conducted to provide a 

benchmark of the capacity available for 

refrigerated storage of the nation’s food 

supply. Information on stocks of food 

commodities facilitates proper price 

discovery and orderly marketing, 

processing, and distribution of 

agricultural products. 

Authority: These data will be 

collected under authority of 7 U.S.C. 

2204(a). Individually identifiable data 

collected under this authority are 

governed by Section 1770 of the Food 

Security Act of 1985 as amended, 7 

U.S.C. 2276, which requires USDA to 

afford strict confidentiality to nonaggregated data provided by 

respondents. This notice is submitted in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, (Pub. L. 104–13) 

and Office of Management and Budget 

regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 

44978, August 29, 1985). NASS also 

complies with OMB Implementation 

Guidance, ‘‘Implementation Guidance 

for Title V of the E–Government Act, 

Confidential Information Protection and 

Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 

(CIPSEA),’’ Federal Register, Vol. 72, 

No. 115, June 15, 2007, p. 33376. 

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting 

burden for this information collection is 

based on 5 individual surveys with 

expected responses of 10–30 minutes. 

The Refrigerated Capacity Survey is 

conducted once every 2 years, the other 

surveys are conducted 8–12 times per 

year. 

Respondents: Refrigerated storage 

facilities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: With an estimated 

response rate of approximately 80%, we 

estimate the burden to be 7,600 hours. 

Copies of this information collection 

and related instructions can be obtained 

without charge from David Hancock, 

NASS Clearance Officer, at (202) 690– 

2388. 

Comments: 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 the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, technological or 

other forms of information technology 

collection methods. 

All responses to this notice will 

become a matter of public record and be 

summarized in the request for OMB 

approval. 


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