2012-30543. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Summer Food Service Program

AGENCY:

Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the Agency's proposed information collection for the Summer Food Service Program. This collection is a revision of a currently approved information collection.

DATES:

Written comments must be received on or before February 19, 2013.

ADDRESSES:

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Agency's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the proposed information collection burden, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) 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 Jon Garcia, Program Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition Division, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 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 responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or copies of this information collection should be directed to Jon Garcia, Program Analysis and Monitoring Branch, Child Nutrition Division, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Information Collection for the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).

OMB Number: 0584-0280.

Form Number: FNS-418.

Expiration Date: February 28, 2013.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract: SFSP is authorized under section 13 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1761). The SFSP is directed toward children in low-income areas when school is not in session and is operated locally by approved sponsors. Local sponsors may include public or private non-profit school food authorities (SFAs), public or private non-profit residential summer camps, units of local, municipal, county or State governments, or other private non-profit organizations that develop a special summer program and provide meal service similar to that available to children during the school year under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP). Program operators submit monthly claims using FNS-418 to its administering agency to receive reimbursement.

This is a revision of a currently approved collection. It revises reporting burden as a result of program changes and corrections to the recordkeeping burden hours. Current OMB inventory for this collection includes only reporting burden and that consists of 182,683 hours. As a result of program changes and reevaluation of existing program tasks, the reporting burden was significantly reduced by 42,693 hours since last renewal. However, as a result of reinstating the recordkeeping burden, this reduction is estimated at 7,291 hours. No substantive revisions have occurred to the form (FNS-418). The average burden per response and the annual burden hours for reporting and recordkeeping are explained below and summarized in the charts which follow.

Affected Public: State agencies, camps and other sites and households.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 106,187.

Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 6.417593.

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 681,465.

Estimate Time per Response: 0.257373.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 175,392.

Current OMB Inventory: 182,683 (Reporting burden only).

Difference (Burden Revisions Requested): −7,291.

Refer to the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of respondent.

Affected public	Estimated number of respondents	Number of responses per respondent	Total annual responses	Estimated total hours per response	Estimated total burden
Reporting
State Agencies	53	381	20,193	0.722441	14,588
Sponsors	4,754	2.80963	13,357	3.725527	49,762
Camps and Other Sites	791	1	791	.25	198
Households	100,589	2	201,178	.375	75,442
Total Estimated Reporting Burden	106,187		235,519		139,990
Recordkeeping
State Agencies	53	131	6,943	.080000	555.4
Sponsors	4,754	91	432,614	.08	34,609
Camps and Other Sites	791	1	791	.3	237.3
Total Estimated Record keeping Burden	5,598		440,348		35,402
Total of Reporting and Recordkeeping
Reporting	106,187	2.217965	235,519	.594388	139,990
Recordkeeping	5,598	78.66166	440,348	.0803952	35,402
Total	106,187	6.417593	681,465	.257375	175,392

Dated: December 10, 2012.

Audrey Rowe

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.