[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 184 (Thursday, September 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48710-48711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23048]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Forms FNS-806-A, Claim for Reimbursement (National 
School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs), and FNS-806-B, Claim for 
Reimbursement (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, this 
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment 
on the proposed information collections. The Food and Nutrition Service 
(FNS) uses the Claims for Reimbursement, FNS-806-A and FNS-806-B, to 
collect data to determine the amount of reimbursement school food 
authorities participating in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), 
OMB Number 0584-0006 Expiration May 31, 2012, School Breakfast Program 
(SBP), OMB Number 0584-0012 Expiration May 31, 2012, and Special Milk 
Program for

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Children (SMP), OMB Number 0584-0005 Expiration May 31, 2012 are 
eligible to receive.
    The proposed collections are an extension of a currently approved 
collection for the FNS-806-A and FNS-806-B.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by November 23, 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 and Nutrition Division, Food and 
Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 640, 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 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: Monthly Claims for Reimbursement.
    OMB Number: 0584-0284.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2010.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Abstract: The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School 
Breakfast Program (SBP), and School Milk Program (SMP) Claim for 
Reimbursement, Forms FNS-806-A and FNS-806-B, respectively, are used to 
collect meal and milk data from school food authorities whose 
participation in these programs are administered directly by the Food 
and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional Offices (Regional Office 
Administered Programs, or ROAP). The FNS Regional Office directly 
administers the NSLP, SMP, and/or SBP programs in Virginia, Georgia, 
and Colorado. In order to determine the amount of reimbursement for 
meals and milk served, the school food authorities are required to 
complete these forms. The completed forms are either sent to the Child 
Nutrition Payments Center at the FNS Mid-Atlantic Regional Office where 
they are entered into a computerized payment system or submitted 
electronically via the Internet directly into the Child Nutrition 
Payments Center. The payment system computes earned reimbursement. 
Earned reimbursement in the NSLP, SBP and SMP is based on performance 
that is measured as an assigned rate per meal or half pint of milk 
served. To fulfill the earned reimbursement requirements set forth in 
NSLP, SBP and SMP regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (7 
CFR 210.8 and 220.11; and 215.10), the meal and milk data must be 
collected on Forms FNS-806-A and FNS-806-B, respectively. These forms 
are an intrinsic part of the accounting system currently being used by 
the subject programs to ensure proper reimbursement.
    Respondents: The respondents are State and local governments 
participating in the NSLP, SBP and SMP under the auspices of the FNS 
ROAP.

FNS 806-A

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 273.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1.5.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 4,914.

FNS 806-B

    Estimated Number of Respondents: 273.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 12.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .5.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 1,638.
    Total Estimated Burden for Reporting: 6,552.

    Dated: September 15, 2009.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. E9-23048 Filed 9-23-09; 8:45 am]
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