[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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