Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment RequestSummer Food Service Program

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request--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, the

Food and Nutrition Service announces its intention to request the

Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) review of the information

collections related to the Summer Food Service Program, OMB number

0584-0280.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by January 3, 2000 to

be assured of consideration.

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 and requests for copies

of this information collection may be sent to Mr. Terry Hallberg,

Chief, Program Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition

Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive,

Room 1006, 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 Mr. Terry Hallberg at (703) 305-2600.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Summer Food Service Program.

OMB Number: 0584-0280.

Expiration Date: 12/31/99.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: Section 13 of the National School Lunch Act (NSLA), as

amended, authorizes the Summer Food Service Program. The Summer Food

Service Program provides assistance to States to initiate and maintain

nonprofit food service programs for needy children during the summer

months and at other approved times. The food service to be provided

under the Summer Food Service Program is intended to serve as a

substitute for the National School Lunch Program and the School

Breakfast Program during times when school is not in session. Under the

program, a sponsor receives reimbursement for serving nutritious, well-

balanced meals to eligible children at food service sites. Subsection

13(m) of the NSLA directs that ``States and service institutions

participating in programs under this section shall keep accounts and

records as may be necessary to enable the Secretary to determine

whether there has been compliance with this section and the regulations

hereunder. Such accounts and records shall be available at any

reasonable time for inspection and audit by representatives of the

Secretary and shall be preserved for such period of time, not in excess

of five years, as the Secretary determines necessary.'' Pursuant to

this provision, the Food and Nutrition Service has issued Part 225 of

Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations to implement the Summer Food

Service Program.

Respondents: State agencies, sponsors, food service management

companies, camps, households.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 50 State agencies, 3,616 sponsors,

308 food service management companies, 3,037 camps and other sites, and

69,722 households.

Average Number of Responses per Respondent: The number of responses

is estimated to be 4 responses per respondent per year.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The recordkeeping

burden hours are estimated at 18,949, and the reporting burden hours

are estimated at 306,842, for an estimated total annual burden of

325,791.

Dated: October 25, 1999.

Samuel Chambers, Jr.,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 99-28831 Filed 11-3-99; 8:45 am]

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