[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69684-69685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32363]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request: Report of the Emergency Food Assistance Program 
(TEFAP) Administrative Costs

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, (USDA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment 
on proposed information collection of administrative cost information 
under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for the October, 
1999 Current Population Survey.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 14, 
2000.

ADDRESSES: 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 shall have practical 
utilities; (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; ways to enhance the quality, or 
utility, of collected data; (c) ways to minimize the burden of the 
collection of information through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other techniques or other forms of 
information technology. Comments and requests for copies of information 
collected may be sent to Lou Pastura, Division Director, Grants 
Management Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Contact: Mr. Lou Pastura (703) 305-2048.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Report of the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) 
Administrative Costs.
    OMB Number: 0584-0385.
    Form Number: FNS-667.
    Expiration Date: February 29, 2000.
    Type of Request: Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The FNS-667, Report of the Emergency Food Assistance 
Costs, is completed quarterly, with a close-out

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report, by the State agencies administering TEFAP. States use the form 
to report how Federal administrative funds are utilized, in three 
separate categories. States may use funds to pay costs incurred by the 
State agency itself, or to pay costs incurred by local recipients 
agencies--emergency feeding organizations (EFOs) that distribute USDA 
commodities to eligible households states also ``pass down'' to EFOs a 
certain percentage of Federal administrative funds received, as 
required by legislation and Federal regulations. The information 
reported on the form is used by the Food and Nutrition Service to 
ensure that States meet this requirement, as well as the requirement 
that States match all Federal administrative funds that are not passed 
down to the local agencies, or used to pay costs on their behalf.
    Affected Public: State Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 55 (States, Territories, and The 
District of Columbia).
    Estimated Time Per Response: .5 to 8 hours per response/average 3.5
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 962.5 hours annually (55 State 
agencies * 5 responses = 275 responses; 275 responses @ 3.5 hours. A 
total of five reports, four quarterly, and a final close-out report, 
are submitted).

    Dated: December 1, 1999.
Samuel Chambers, Jr.,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 99-32363 Filed 12-13-99; 8:45 am]
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