[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7 Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR275.8]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER II--FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 275--PERFORMANCE REPORTING SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart B--Management Evaluation (ME) Reviews
 
Sec. 275.8  Review coverage.

    (a) During each review period, State agencies shall review the 
national target areas of program operation specified by FNS. FNS will 
notify State

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agencies of the minimum program areas to be reviewed at least 90 days 
before the beginning of each annual review period, which is the Federal 
fiscal year. FNS may add additional areas during the review period if 
deemed necessary. The FNS headquarters office will add national target 
areas during the review period only for deficiencies of national scope. 
State agencies have 60 days in which to establish a plan schedule for 
such reviews.
    (b) State agencies shall be responsible for reviewing each national 
target area or other program requirement based upon the provisions of 
the regulations governing the Food Stamp Program and the FNS-approved 
Plan of Operation. If FNS approves a State agency's request for a waiver 
from a program requirement, any different policy approved by FNS would 
also be reviewed. When, in the course of a review, a project area is 
found to be out of compliance with a given program requirement, the 
State agency shall identify the specifics of the problem including: the 
extent of the deficiency, the cause of the deficiency, and, as 
applicable, the specific procedural requirements the project area is 
misapplying.

[Amdt. 266, 52 FR 3408, Feb. 4, 1987, as amended by Amdt. 356, 59 FR 
29713, June 9, 1994]