[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 37755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18680]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Parts 272 and 275
Food Stamp Program: Quality Control Provisions of the Mickey
Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; announcement of effective and implementation dates.
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SUMMARY: This action announces the effective and implementation dates
for certain provisions in final regulations published June 2, 1997,
Food Stamp Program: Quality Control Provisions of the Mickey Leland
Childhood Hunger Relief Act. The affected provisions contain
information collections relating to Quality Control system arbitration
and good cause processes. These information collections needed Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) approval, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, prior to their implementation. A
notice published in the Federal Register on December 19, 1997,
solicited comment on the proposed information collections. OMB approved
the information collections through June 30, 2001.
DATES: The information collections at 7 CFR 275.3(c)(4) are effective
August 13, 1998 and will be implemented October 1, 1998, for the fiscal
year 1999 Quality Control reporting period. Information collections at
7 CFR 275.23(e)(5) and at 7 CFR 275.23(e)(7) will be implemented August
13, 1998. Information collections at 7 CFR 275.23(e)(9) will be
implemented October 1, 1998, for the fiscal year 1999 Quality Control
reporting period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Retha Oliver, (703) 305-2474.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule, Food Stamp Program: Quality
Control Provisions of the Mickey Leland Childhood Hunger Relief Act
(``Leland Rule'') published June 2, 1997 (62 FR 29652), contains
information collections that are subject to review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(44.U.S.C. 3507). These information collections pertain to the Quality
Control (QC) burden for the arbitration and good cause processes. The
implementation dates in this notice affect the following provisions in
the Leland Rule: 7 CFR 275.3(c)(4) [Arbitration]; 7 CFR 275.23(e)(5)
[State agencies' liabilities for payment error--Fiscal Year 1992 and
beyond]; 7 CFR 275.23(e)(7) [Good Cause]; and 7 CFR 275.23(e)(9)
[Timeframes for announcing State agency error rates, for notifying
States of their error rates and liabilities, and for completing all
cases].
During final clearance of the Leland Rule, OMB determined that the
reporting and recordkeeping burdens associated with the arbitration and
good cause processes needed to be submitted for OMB approval through an
approval process specifically designed for paperwork burdens. In
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, a December 19,
1997, notice (62 FR 66593) solicited public comment on the reporting
and recordkeeping burden for the QC sampling plan, arbitration and good
cause. There was one comment on the notice. This comment disagreed with
the estimated burdens for the sampling plan and the arbitration
process, stating that the State it represented spent more time than
allotted in the notice for these two activities. The Department did not
revise these estimates. These estimates are averages for States and the
Department believes the estimates in the notice more accurately reflect
the amount of time that States, on average, expend on these activities.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with the Food Stamp
Program QC System sampling plan, arbitration and good cause is approved
through June 30, 2001 under OMB No. 0584-0303. This action establishes
effective and implementation dates for the specified provisions in the
Leland rule.
Dated: July 6, 1998.
George A. Braley,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 98-18680 Filed 7-13-98; 8:45 am]
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