[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 60 (Tuesday, March 30, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 15603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6977]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 246
[FNS-2009-0001]
RIN 0584-AD71
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC): Vendor Cost Containment
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This rule makes administrative corrections to a final rule
published in the Federal Register on October 8, 2009, entitled
``Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and
Children (WIC): Vendor Cost Containment.''
DATES: Effective Date: March 30, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Clark, Chief, Policy and
Program Development Branch, Supplemental Food Programs Division, Food
and Nutrition Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 528,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, (703) 305-2746, or
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Food and Nutrition Service published a
final rule in the Federal Register, entitled ``Special Supplemental
Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Vendor Cost
Containment,'' 74 FR 51745, on October 8, 2009. Pages 51754 and 51758
stated that two sentences would be added at the end of Sec. 246.12
(g)(4)(i)(D). These two sentences were inadvertently omitted from the
regulatory text of paragraph (g)(4)(i)(D) set forth in the final rule
published on October 8, 2009. This final rule correction adds the two
omitted sentences to Sec. 246.12 (g)(4)(i)(D).
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 246
Administrative practice and procedure, Civil rights, Food
assistance programs, Grants programs--health, Indians, Infants and
children, Maternal and child health, Nutrition, Penalties, Reporting
and recordkeeping requirements, Women.
Accordingly 7 CFR part 246 is corrected by making the following
correcting amendment:
PART 246--SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN,
INFANTS, AND CHILDREN
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1. The authority citation for part 246 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1786.
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2. Section 246.12 is amended by adding two sentences at the end of
paragraph (g)(4)(i)(D) to read as follows:
Sec. 246.12 Food delivery systems.
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(g) * * *
(4) * * *
(i) * * *
(D) * * * A State agency may exclude partially-redeemed food
instruments from a quarterly cost neutrality assessment based on an
empirical methodology approved by FNS. A State agency may not exclude
food instruments from the quarterly cost neutrality assessment based on
a rate of partially-redeemed food instruments.
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Dated: March 22, 2010.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-6977 Filed 3-29-10; 8:45 am]
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