[Federal Register: May 16, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 93)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
May 10, 2005.
The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance
under the Paperwork Reduction act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. Comments
regarding (a) Whether the 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 burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information
unless the collection of information displays a current valid OMB
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays
a currently valid OMB control number.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: Food Stamp Program Employment and Training (E&T) Program.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0339.
Summary of Collection: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L.
105-33), enacted on August 5, 1997, provided additional Federal
Employment and Training funds for fiscal years 1998 through 2002, and
targeted 80 percent of all Federal E&T funds to qualifying work
activities for able bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). Section
6(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (the Act), and the food
stamp regulations at 7 CFR 273.7 require, as a condition of
eligibility, that each non-exempt food stamp household member age 16 to
60 be work registered by the State agency at the time of application
and once every twelve months thereafter. Each State agency must screen
each work registrant to determine whether to refer the individual to
its E&T Program. Both the Food Stamp Act and regulations require States
to file quarterly reports about their E&T Programs so that the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) can monitor their performance.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information using
Form FNS-583, E&T Program Activity Report to ensure that the E&T
Program is being efficiently and economically operated. If FNS were
unable to collect, on a quarterly basis, the data necessary to oversee
program operations, FNS could not fulfill this mandate, nor could it
initiate timely, effective corrective measures to assure successful
State agency program operations.
Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 31,721.
Food and Nutrition Service
Title: WIC Financial Management and Participation Report with
Addendum.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0045.
Summary of Collection: The Women, Infants and Children Program
(WIC) is authorized by Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), as amended. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS)
of USDA administers the WIC Program by awarding cash grants to State
agencies (generally State health department). The State agencies award
subgrants to local agencies to deliver program benefits and services to
eligible participants. State agencies complete the FNS-798 to comply
with two separate legislative requirements. The FNS-798 captures the
required data and serves as an operational plan for State agencies. FNS
must continuously forecast and reevaluate State agencies' funding
needs, make timely funding and other management decisions, and assist
State agencies witn caseload and funds management. FNS needs the FNS-
798A to determine if each State agency has met the statutory nutrition
education and breastfeeding promotion and support minimum expenditure
requirements found in 42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(3). The FNS-798A shows how much
of each State agency's total nutrition services and administration
(NSA) expenditures were made for nutrition education and for
breastfeeding promotion and support activities.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will use the information
reported each month for program monitoring, funds allocation and
management, budget projections, monitoring caseload, policy
development, and responding to requests from Congress and the
interested public. FNS also uses the data to determine if the State has
met the 97 percent performance standard for food and 10 percent
performance standard for Nutrition Services Administration.
Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
Number of Respondents: 88.
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Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly.
Total Burden Hours: 4,713.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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