[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2480-2481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1418]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Consumer Service


Information Collection Requirements Submitted for Public Comment 
and Recommendation

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 
Food and Consumer Service (FCS) is publishing for public comment a 
summary of a proposed information collection regarding Form FCS-583, 
Employment and Training (E&T) Program Report (OMB 0584-0339). Comments 
will be 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 March 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for copies of the form and 
instructions to the Work Program Section, Program Design Branch, 
Program Development Division, Food and Consumer Service, USDA, 3101 
Park Center Drive, Room 716, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments are invited 
on: (a) whether the proposed 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 the burden of the proposed collection of 
information including the validity of the methodology and assumptions 
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and (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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Work Program Section, FCS, at 
(703) 305-2762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Type of Information Collection Request: 
Extension of an information collection currently approved by OMB that 
will expire on January 31, 1996. The agency wishes to extend the 
approval past the current expiration date without making any material 
change in the collection instrument, instructions, or frequency of 
collection. Readers should be aware that changes that would impact this 
reporting burden are being discussed as part of the welfare reform 
debate currently underway. Should any of the proposed legislative 
changes pass soon, it is expected that the reporting burden associated 
with the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program will change. 
Unfortunately, it is not known what the changes will be or when they 
may be effective. The agency would prefer to wait for the legislative 
changes to be decided before it takes action on the extension of the 
current reporting burden. However, the current burden will expire too 
soon for that to happen. Therefore, the agency is proceeding with the 
activity necessary to extend the current reporting burden, but cautions 
readers that changes are likely in the near future.
    Title of Information Collection: E&T Program Report. Form Number: 
FCS-583. Use: Title 7 CFR 273.7(c)(6) requires State agencies to submit 
quarterly E&T Program reports containing monthly figures for 
participation in the program. The FCS-583 report includes the number of 
participants newly work registered; work registrants exempted from the 
E&T Program; participants who volunteered and began an approved E&T 
component; E&T mandatory participants who began an approved E&T 
component; work registrants sent a Notice of Adverse Action for failure 
to comply with E&T Program requirements; and the number of applicants 
denied food stamp certification or recertification for failure to 
comply with an E&T Program component. The first quarterly report 
includes the number of work registered persons in a state as of October 
of the new fiscal year. The final quarterly report contains the number 
of work registrants exempted as part of a category of persons during 
the course of the year separated by the specific reasons for the 
exemptions; and the number of participants (E&T Program mandatory and 
volunteers) placed in each E&T component offered by the State agency. 
This collection of information is used by FCS to determine whether 
States have met their mandated performance standards. Frequency: The 
FCS-583 report 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: 3,520,853. 
Total Annual Burden Hours: 258,416.

    Dated: January 16, 1996.
William E. Ludwig,
Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.
[FR Doc. 96-1418 Filed 1-25-96; 8:45 am]
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