[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 141 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 36649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17719]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Information Collection for the 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 for the Summer Food Service 
Program (SFSP). Pursuant to Section 13 of the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (NSLA), the SFSP provides assistance to 
States to initiate and maintain nonprofit food service programs for 
needy children during the summer months and at other approved times. 
Subsection (m) of the statute directs States and service institutions 
participating in the SFSP to keep accounts and records necessary to 
enable the Secretary to determine whether there has been compliance 
with this section and the SFSP regulations. This information collection 
concerns the efforts required of States and service institutions to 
comply with the Secretary's requests for information. This proposed 
collection is a revision of the currently approved collection for the 
SFSP.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted by September 22, 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 maybe sent to: Mrs. 
Lynn Rodgers-Kuperman, Chief, Program Analysis and Monitoring Branch, 
Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), 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 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: Summer Food Service Program.
    OMB Number: 0584-0280.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2010.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Section 13 of the NSLA, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1761, 
authorizes the Summer Food Service Program to provide assistance to 
States to initiate and maintain nonprofit food service programs for 
needy children during the summer months and at other approved times. 
The purpose of this submission to OMB is to obtain approval to continue 
the discussed information collection. States and service institutions 
participating in the SFSP will submit to FNS account and record 
information reflecting their efforts to comply with statutory and 
regulatory Program requirements.
    Respondents: The respondents are state agencies and not-for-profit 
institutions.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State agencies, 3,842 sponsors, 
and 32,697 camps.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 20.
    Estimated Hours per Response: 1.
    Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 731,840.

    Dated: July 16, 2009.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. E9-17719 Filed 7-23-09; 8:45 am]
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