[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30876-30877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14452]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request: FNS-583, Employment and Training Program Report

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 for the

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FNS-583, Employment and Training Program Report. The proposed 
collection is an extension of collection currently approved under OMB 
No. 0584-0339.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 7, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and requests for copies of this information 
collection to John Knaus, Chief, Program Design Branch, Program 
Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, 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 burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including 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 form of information technology.
    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: John Knaus at (703) 305-2098, or send 
e-mail to [email protected] via the Internet.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Type of Information Collection Request: Extension of a currently 
approved collection.
    Title of Information Collection: FNS-583, Employment and Training 
Program Report.
    OMB Number: 0584-0339.
    Expiration Date: September 30, 2001.
    Abstract: Title 7 CFR 273.7(c)(6) requires State agencies to submit 
quarterly Employment and Training (E&T) Program reports containing 
monthly figures for participation in the program. The FNS-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; number of able-bodied adults without 
dependents (ABAWDs) exempted from the 3-month food stamp participation 
limit under each State agency's 15 percent ABAWD exemption allowance; 
the number of filled and offered (unfilled) workfare slots in waived 
and unwaived geographic areas of the State; the number of filled and 
offered education and training slots in waived and unwaived geographic 
areas of the State; the amount of Federal 100 percent E&T funding spent 
on workfare slots that meet the requirements of section 6(o)(2)(C) of 
the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (the Act); and the amount of 
Federal 100 percent E&T funding spent on education and training slots 
that meet the requirements of section 6(o)(2)(B) of the Act. The first 
quarter FNS-583 report includes the number of work registered persons 
in a State as of October of the new fiscal year. On the fourth quarter 
FNS-583 report State agencies list the components of their E&T programs 
and the number of participants in each.
    Frequency: The FNS-583 report must be completed and submitted to 
FNS on a quarterly basis by the 45th day following the end of the 
quarter.
    Affected Public: Individual households and State and local 
governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 4,870,542.
    Estimated Number of Responses: 4,870,701.
    Estimated Time per Response: .025 hours per individual; 347.17 
hours per State agency.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 195,363 hours.

    Dated: May 31, 2001.
George A. Braley,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 01-14452 Filed 6-7-01; 8:45 am]
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