[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53160-53161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25292]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food Stamp Program: Form FCS-259, Food Stamp Mail Issuance 
Report, Information Collection Requirements Submitted for Public 
Comment and Recommendation

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(A) 
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Food and Consumer Service 
(FCS), United States Department of Agriculture, is publishing for 
public comment a summary of a proposed information collection. 
Responses will be either summarized or included in the request for 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval and will become a matter 
of public record.

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection must be received by December 11, 1995 to be 
assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for copies of the form and 
instructions to Issuance and Accountability Section; State 
Administration Branch; Program Accountability Division; Food and 
Consumer Service, USDA; 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 905; Alexandria, 
Virginia, 22302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph H. Pinto, Chief, State 
Administration Branch, Program Accountability Division; Food and 
Consumer Service, USDA; 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 905; Alexandria, 
Virginia, 22302; (703) 305-2383.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Type of Information Collection Request: 
Reinstatement, without change, of a previously approved information 
collection for which approval has expired; Title of Information 
Collection: Food Stamp Mail Issuance Report; Form No.: FCS-259; Use: 
Title 7 CFR 276.2(b) requires a mail issuance loss reporting level 
plan. The plan is established by those State agencies using a mail 
issuance system for coupon delivery. The plan reflects the issuance 
sites or counties that comprise each administrative reporting unit. The 
State agencies shall report the number and value of all issuances which 
do not reconcile with the record-for-issuance and/or the master 
issuance file, 

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including all unreconciled issuances for each administrative reporting 
unit. This collection of information on the FCS-259 is used by FCS 
regional offices to assess mail issuance losses, determine the 
liabilities and bill the State agencies for their portion of the 
losses; Frequency: The FCS-259 collects separate information for three 
consecutive calendar months and must be completed and submitted to FCS 
on a quarterly basis by the 45th day following the end of the quarter; 
Affected Public: State and local government; Number of Respondents: 
2515; Total Annual Burden Hours: 3139.

    Dated: September 30, 1995.
William E. Ludwig,
Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.
[FR Doc. 95-25292 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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