[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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