9980 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 44 / Monday, March 9, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—School Nutrition 

Dietary Assessment Study–IV (SNDA– 

IV) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

invites the general public and other 

public agencies to comment on this 

proposed information collection. This 

collection is a reinstatement with 

change of a previously approved 

collection for which approval has 

expired. 

DATES: Written comments on this notice 

must be received on or before May 8, 

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: Fred 

Lesnett, Contracting Officer’s 

Representative, Food and Nutrition 

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 

3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 

22302. Comments may also be 

submitted via fax to the attention of 

Fred Lesnett at 703–305–2576 or via email to Fred.Lesnett@fns.usda.gov. 

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 comments 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, Alexandria, Virginia 

22302. 

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 Fred Lesnett at 

703–605–0811. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: School Nutrition Dietary 

Assessment Study–IV (SNDA–IV). 

OMB Number: 0584–0527. 

Expiration Date: 1/31/2008. 

Type of Request: This is a 

reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved data collection for 

which approval has expired. 

Abstract: The School Nutrition 

Dietary Assessment–IV (SNDA–IV) will 

collect data from nationally 

representative samples of School Food 

Authorities (SFAs) and schools that 

participate in the National School 

Lunch Program (NSLP) (7 CFR Part 210), 

OMB No.: 0584–0006, Expiration Date: 

03/31/2009. These data will provide 

federal, state, and local policymakers 

with information about how federally 

sponsored school meal programs (the 

NSLP and the School Breakfast Program 

(7 CFR Part 220), OMB No.: 0584–0012, 

Expiration Date: 3/31/2009) operate, 

how the nutrient and food content of 

meals and snacks offered and served in 

these programs conform with program 

standards, and how school meal 

programs have changed since the 

SNDA–III study was conducted and 

since the Child Nutrition and WIC 

Reauthorization Act of 2004 (Pub. L 

108–265). SNDA–III data were collected 

in school year 2004–2005. 

The study will collect information 

from nationally representative samples 

of SFAs and schools. SFAs will be 

selected as a sample with probability 

proportional to size. SFA directors will 

be asked to complete a web-based 

survey, with the option for telephone 

completion. A subsample of SFA 

directors will be recruited to participate 

in school-level data collection. Directors 

who agree to participate in school-level 

data collection will complete a brief 

telephone interview to provide key 

information about the SFA and about 

the schools sampled for data collection. 

Approximately three schools will be 

sampled in each SFA. School 

foodservice managers in sampled 

schools will complete a five-day menu 

survey, providing detailed information 

about the foods and beverages offered 

and served in school breakfasts, 

lunches, and, if offered, after school 

snacks. The menu survey will also 

collect information, for one day, about 

foods available for a la carte purchase at 

breakfast and lunch. Foodservice 

managers will also complete a separate 

survey that covers topics related to 

school food service operations. 

Principals in sampled schools will 

complete a web-based survey, with the 

option for telephone completion. 

Finally, school staff appointed by 

principals (referred to as school 

liaisons) will complete an observation 

checklist to document availability of 

competitive foods in vending machines, 

fundraisers, and venues outside the 

cafeteria, such as school stores and 

snack bars. 

Affected Public: Respondent groups 

include: (1) SFA directors; (2) school 

foodservice managers; (3) principals; 

and (4) school staff appointed by 

principals to complete observation 

checklist (school liaisons). 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

The total estimated number of 

respondents is 3,591 which includes: (1) 

750 SFA directors (80% will complete 

survey); (2) a random subsample of 375 

of these SFA directors who will be 

asked to have their SFA participate in 

school-level data collection (80% will 

complete a telephone interview and 

agree to school-level data collection); (3) 

947 school foodservice managers in 

SFAs that agree to school-level data 

collection (95% will complete two 

separate surveys, including a five-day 

menu survey); (4) 947 principals in 

SFAs that agree to school-level data 

collection (95% of principals in schools 

that complete a menu survey will 

complete a survey); and (5) 947 school 

liaisons in SFAs that agree to schoollevel data collection (95% of liaisons in 

schools that complete a menu survey 

will complete an observation checklist). 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: All respondents will be 

asked to respond to each instrument 

only once. However, SFA directors (600) 

will be asked to respond to the SFA 

director survey and a subsample of SFA 

directors (300) will be asked to complete 

the recruitment survey, required for the 

sampling of elementary, middle and 

high schools. In addition, school food 

service managers (900) will be asked to 

respond to the manager survey and the 

5 day menu survey. School principals 

(855) and school liaisons (855) will be 

asked to complete only one survey 

instrument per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

4,913. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 6,869.680 hours. See the 

table below for the estimated total 

annual burden for each type of 

respondent. 


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Respondent 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Responses 

annually per 

respondent 

Total annual 

responses 

Estimated average number 

of hours per 

response 

Estimated total 

annual hours 

of response 

burden 

SFA Directors 

SFA Director Survey 

Completed interviews ........................................................... 600 1.00 600 0.4175 250.500 

Attempted interviews ............................................................ 150 1.00 150 0.0500 7.500 

SFA Recruitment Interview 

Completed interviews ........................................................... 300 1.00 300 0.3006 90.180 

Attempted interviews ............................................................ 75 1.00 75 0.0500 3.750 

Total for SFA Directors 

Completed interviews ........................................................... 600 1.00 900 0.3785 340.680 

Attempted interviews ............................................................ 150 1.00 225 0.0500 11.250 

School Foodservice Managers 

School Food Service Manager Survey 

Completed interviews ........................................................... 900 1.00 900 0.3340 300.600 

Attempted interviews ............................................................ 47 1.00 47 0.0500 2.350 

Menu Survey 

Completed interviews ........................................................... 900 1.00 900 6.1002 5,490.180 

Attempted interviews ............................................................ 47 1.00 47 0.0500 2.350 

Total for School Food Service Managers 

Completed interviews ........................................................... 900 1.00 1,800 3.2171 5,790.780 

Attempted interviews ............................................................ 47 1.00 94 0.0500 4.700 

Principals 

Completed interviews ........................................................... 855 1.00 855 0.3340 285.570 

Attempted interviews ............................................................ 92 1.00 92 0.0500 4.600 

School Liaisons 

Completed checklists ........................................................... 855 1.00 855 0.5000 427.500 

Attempted checklists ............................................................ 92 1.00 92 0.0500 4.600 

Total Responding Burden ............................................. 3,591 1.37 4,913 1.3983 6,869.680 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.3983 

hours. As shown in the above table, the 

estimated time of response varies from 

20 minutes (0.3340 hours) to 6.1002 

hours for responders and 5 minutes for 

non-responders, depending on the 

respondent group and instrument. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

E. Enrique Gomez, 

Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–4838 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Umatilla National Forest, Pomeroy 

Ranger District, Pomeroy, WA; South 

George Vegetation and Fuels 

Management Project 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service will 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) to disclose 

environmental effects on proposed 

resource management actions in South 

George project planning area. This 

project would improve the health and 

vigor of upland forest stands by 

managing vegetation composition, 

structure, stand density, and diversity, 

and decrease the susceptibility to future 

wildland fires of uncharacteristic 

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and canopy fuels. The project planning 

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size. Proposed project activities consist 

of commercial timber harvest, including 

treatment of activity and natural fuels 

within harvest units, non commercial 

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temporary road construction (that will 

be decommissioned after project use), 

danger tree removal along haul routes, 

and landscape prescribed burning. 

DATES: Comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis must be received by 

April 8, 2009. The draft environmental 

impact statement is expected September 


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