[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 93 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25803-25804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9646]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

May 10, 2005.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13. Comments 
regarding (a) Whether the 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 including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or 
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these 
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if 
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the 
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a current valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Food Stamp Program Employment and Training (E&T) Program.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0339.
    Summary of Collection: The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 
105-33), enacted on August 5, 1997, provided additional Federal 
Employment and Training funds for fiscal years 1998 through 2002, and 
targeted 80 percent of all Federal E&T funds to qualifying work 
activities for able bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs). Section 
6(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (the Act), and the food 
stamp regulations at 7 CFR 273.7 require, as a condition of 
eligibility, that each non-exempt food stamp household member age 16 to 
60 be work registered by the State agency at the time of application 
and once every twelve months thereafter. Each State agency must screen 
each work registrant to determine whether to refer the individual to 
its E&T Program. Both the Food Stamp Act and regulations require States 
to file quarterly reports about their E&T Programs so that the Food and 
Nutrition Service (FNS) can monitor their performance.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information using 
Form FNS-583, E&T Program Activity Report to ensure that the E&T 
Program is being efficiently and economically operated. If FNS were 
unable to collect, on a quarterly basis, the data necessary to oversee 
program operations, FNS could not fulfill this mandate, nor could it 
initiate timely, effective corrective measures to assure successful 
State agency program operations.
    Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Quarterly; 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 31,721.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: WIC Financial Management and Participation Report with 
Addendum.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0045.
    Summary of Collection: The Women, Infants and Children Program 
(WIC) is authorized by Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act (CNA) of 
1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), as amended. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 
of USDA administers the WIC Program by awarding cash grants to State 
agencies (generally State health department). The State agencies award 
subgrants to local agencies to deliver program benefits and services to 
eligible participants. State agencies complete the FNS-798 to comply 
with two separate legislative requirements. The FNS-798 captures the 
required data and serves as an operational plan for State agencies. FNS 
must continuously forecast and reevaluate State agencies' funding 
needs, make timely funding and other management decisions, and assist 
State agencies witn caseload and funds management. FNS needs the FNS-
798A to determine if each State agency has met the statutory nutrition 
education and breastfeeding promotion and support minimum expenditure 
requirements found in 42 U.S.C. 1786(h)(3). The FNS-798A shows how much 
of each State agency's total nutrition services and administration 
(NSA) expenditures were made for nutrition education and for 
breastfeeding promotion and support activities.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS will use the information 
reported each month for program monitoring, funds allocation and 
management, budget projections, monitoring caseload, policy 
development, and responding to requests from Congress and the 
interested public. FNS also uses the data to determine if the State has 
met the 97 percent performance standard for food and 10 percent 
performance standard for Nutrition Services Administration.
    Description of Respondents: State, local, or tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 88.

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    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly.
    Total Burden Hours: 4,713.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-9646 Filed 5-13-05; 8:45 am]
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