Federal Register: July 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 138)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-11435
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request--Form FNS-143, Claim for Reimbursement (Summer Food Service Program)
DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received or postmarked by September 18, 2006.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public to comment on the proposed information collection. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) uses the SFSP Claim for Reimbursement Form, FNS143 to collect data to determine the amount of reimbursement sponsoring organizations participating in the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) are eligible to receive.
SUMMARY:
Agency information collection activities; proposals, submissions, and approvals,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Title: Summer Food Service Program Claim for Reimbursement.
OMB Numbers: 05840041.
Expiration Date: October 31, 2006.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved information collection.
Abstract: The SFSP Claim for Reimbursement, Form FNS143, is used to collect data on the number of meals served and cost data from sponsoring organizations whose participation in this program is administered directly by FNS Regional Office, commonly known as Regional Office Administered Program or ROAP. The FNS Regional Office directly administers participation of the SFSP for sponsoring organizations in Virginia. In order to determine the amount of reimbursement sponsoring organizations are entitled to receive for meals served, they must complete the form. The completed forms are either sent to the Child Nutrition Payments Center at the FNS Mid Atlantic Regional Office where they are entered into a computerized payment system or sponsoring organizations may submit forms electronically via the Internet directly into the Child Nutrition Payments Center. The payment system computes earned reimbursement.
Earned reimbursement in the SFSP is based on performance and is
determined by comparing an assigned rate for operations and for
administration per meal served to actual operational and administrative
costs. To fulfill the earned reimbursement requirements set forth in
SFSP regulations issued by the Secretary of Agriculture (7 CFR 225.9), the meal and
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cost data must be collected on form FNS143.
The form is an intrinsic part of the accounting system currently being used by the subject program to ensure proper reimbursement as well as to facilitate adequate recordkeeping.
Respondents: The respondents are sponsoring organizations
participating in the SFSP under the auspices of the FNS ROAP. Reporting Burden
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 123.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
Estimated Hours per Response: .5.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden Hours: 307.5.
Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 123.
Recordkeeping Burden
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
Estimated Hours per Response: .1875.
Estimated Annual Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 115.31.
Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 423.
Dated: July 7, 2006.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Requests for additional information or copies of this information collection should be directed to Melissa Rothstein at (703) 3052590.