[Federal Register: October 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 198)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--7 CFR Part 210, National School Lunch 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 announces the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) intention to 
request Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of the information 
collections related to the National School Lunch Program, OMB number 
0584-0006.

DATES: To be assured of consideration, comments must be received by 
December 13, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for copies of this information 
collection to: Mr. Terry Hallberg, Chief, Program Analysis and 
Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 
1006, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
    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, including through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    All comments will be summarized and included in the request for OMB 
approval, and will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Mr. Terry Hallberg at (703) 305-2600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: 7 CFR part 210, National School Lunch Program.
    OMB Number: 0584-0006.
    Expiration Date: October 31, 1999.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The National School Lunch Act (NSLA), as amended, 
authorizes the National School Lunch Program. The National School Lunch 
Program is a nutrition assistance program whose benefit is a lunch that 
meets the nutritional requirements prescribed by the Department of 
Agriculture in accordance with Subsection 9(a) of the NSLA. That 
provision requires that ``[l]unches served by the schools participating 
in the school lunch program under this Act shall meet minimum 
requirements prescribed by the Secretary on the basis of tested 
nutritional research. * * *'' Section 10 of the Child Nutrition Act of 
1966, as amended, requires the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe 
such regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out this Act and the 
NSLA.'' Pursuant to that provision, FNS has issued Part 210 implement 
the recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the NSLP.
    Respondents: State agencies, school food authorities, schools.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 58 State agencies, 20,348 school 
food authorities, 96,506 schools.
    Average Number of Responses per Respondent: The number of responses 
is estimated to be 19 responses per respondent per year.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The recordkeeping 
hours are estimated at 8,497,780, and the reporting burden hours are 
estimated at 1,099,001, for an estimated total annual burden of 
9,596,781.


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    Dated: October 5, 1999.
Samuel Chambers, Jr.,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 99-26732 Filed 10-13-99; 8:45 am]
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