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Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 60 / Monday, March 29, 2004 / Notices
OMB Number: 0584–0006.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2004.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: The National School Lunch
Act of 1946 (NSLA), as amended,
authorizes the National School Lunch
Program (NSLP). The Department of
Agriculture provides States with general
and special cash assistance and
donations of foods to assist schools in
serving nutritious lunches to children
each school day. Participating schools
must serve lunches that are nutritionally
adequate and to the extent practicable
ensure that participating children gain a
full understanding of the relationship
between proper eating and good health.
The Department of Agriculture
prescribes the nutritional requirements
of the lunches in accordance with
Section 9(a) of the NSLA (42 U.S.C.
1758). That provision requires that
‘‘Lunches served by schools
participating in the school lunch
program under this Act shall meet
minimum nutritional requirements
prescribed by the Secretary on the basis
of tested nutritional Research * * *.’’
No new reporting and recordkeeping
burden are requested under this
information collection. However,
numbers of the reporting and
recordkeeping burdens are reduced due
to the number of the State agencies
administering the program dropping
from 58 to 57, and also the elimination
of 7 CFR 210.28(d), 64 FR 50735, 50741
(Sept. 20, 1999), which contained the
requirements for the State Food
Distribution Advisory Council.
The purpose of this Notice is to allow
the public 60 days to comment on all
reporting and recordkeeping burdens as
indicated under the Estimated Total
Annual Burden on Respondents below.
The information being requested is
required to administer and operate this
program in accordance with the NSLA.
The Program is administered at the State
and school food authority levels and the
operations include the submission and
approval of applications, execution of
agreements