[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 46 (Monday, March 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11355-11356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5585]


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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 (Form FNS-667)

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 the proposed information collection of administrative cost 
information under the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) for 
Form FNS-667. This proposal is an extension of a collection currently 
approved under OMB No. 0584-0385.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 9, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed or faxed to Rosalind Cleveland, 
Chief, Program Support Branch, Food Distribution Division, Food and 
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center 
Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302. The fax number is 703-305-1410. Comments 
may also be emailed to: [email protected].
    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 
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 use of appropriate automated, electronic, 
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms 
of information technology.
    All written comments will be open for public inspection at the 
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours 
(8:30 a.m. to 5

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p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, 
Virginia 22302, Room 508.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will become a matter of public 
record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rosalind Cleveland at 703-305-2888.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Report of the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) 
Administrative Costs (Form FNS-667).
    OMB Number: 0584-0385.
    Form Number: FNS-667.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2003.
    Type of Request: Extension of Currently Approved Information 
Collection.
    Abstract: The FNS-667, Report of the Emergency Food Assistance 
Program (TEFAP) Administrative Costs, is completed quarterly, with a 
close-out 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 recipient 
agencies--emergency feeding organizations (EFO) that distribute USDA 
commodities to eligible households. States also ``pass down'' to EFOs a 
certain percentage of Federal administrative funds received, as 
required by the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983, as amended, 
Section 1772(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990, Pub. L. 101-624. 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.
    Respondents: State Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 55 (States, Territories, and the 
District of Columbia.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 to 8 hours per response/average 3.5 
hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 962.5 hours annually 
(55 State agencies at 5 responses per agency = 275 responses @ 3.5 
hours). A total of five reports, four quarterly and a final close-out 
report, are submitted. Recordkeeping burden = 0 hours. Reporting burden 
= 962.5 hours.

    Dated: March 4, 2003.
Roberto Salazar,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 03-5585 Filed 3-7-03; 8:45 am]
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