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household annual reporting burden for 

the activities related to IPV 

disqualifications from 2,348 hours to 

2,710 hours. 

The States’ annual reporting burden 

for the activities related to IPV 

disqualifications and hearing notices 

has increased from 13,340 hours to 

15,381 hours. The States’ annual 

recordkeeping burden for the IPV 

related activities increased from 2,942 

hours to 3,396 hours. These increases 

are due to Program changes as a result 

of an increased number of SNAP 

households that States have reported as 

disqualified. 

One of the factors used by a State 

agency to determine the appropriate 

disqualification penalty to assign to an 

individual is whether or not the 

individual was found to have 

committed any prior IPVs. The way that 

State agencies determine this is by 

accessing and checking the Electronic 

Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS), 

which is an automated system 

developed by FNS that contains records 

of disqualifications in every State. State 

agencies are responsible for updating 

the system and checking it to determine 

the appropriate length of each 

disqualification. An estimate of the 

annual burden associated with the eDRS 

process reflects an increase from 5,563 

hours to 7,967 hours per year. 

Summary of Estimated Burden 

The net aggregate change from the 

currently approved burden of 135,393 

hours to the proposed annual burden for 

this collection of 167,038 hours is an 

increase of 31,645 hours. For initiating 

collection action on an overissuance, we 

are increasing the estimated annual 

burden for State agencies and 

households from 111,200 hours to 

137,584 hours to reflect the higher 

number of claims established in FY 

2009. The IPV-related State agency and 

household annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden has increased 

from 18,630 hours to 21,487 hours to 

reflect the higher number of 

disqualifications. An estimate of the 

annual burden associated with the eDRS 

process reflects a total increase from 

5,563 hours to 7,967 hours per year. 

Adjustments have been made to the 

burden to include requirements not 

previously identified, burden identified 

incorrectly, and corrections made in the 

calculations of the number of responses 

and hours per response. 

Affected Public: State, Local and 

Tribal government (SA); Individual/ 

Households (I/H). 

Respondent Type: SNAP participants. 

SA Reporting Burden 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

53. 

Estimate Total Number of Responses 

per Respondent: 17,015.77. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

901,836. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

0.12760. 

Estimated Total Annual Reporting 

Burden: 115,071.418. 

SA Recordkeeping Burden 

Estimated Number of Recordkeepers: 

53. 

Estimated Total Records per 

Recordkeeper: 14,902.77. 

Annual Records: 789,794 + 53 

Recordkeepers = 789,847. 

Estimated Average # of Hours per 

Response: 0.03333. 

Estimated Total Recordkeeping 

Hours: 26,326.20. 

I/H Reporting Burden 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

687,922. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1.19333. 

Total Number of Annual Responses: 

820,917.96. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

0.03123. 

Estimated Total Annual Reporting 

Burden: 25,640.36. 

Grand Total Burden Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Burden: 167,037. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants and 

Children (WIC): Income Eligibility 

Guidelines 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department announces 

adjusted income eligibility guidelines to 

be used by State agencies in 

determining the income eligibility of 

persons applying to participate in the 

Special Supplemental Nutrition 

Program for Women, Infants and 

Children Program (WIC). These income 

eligibility guidelines are to be used in 

conjunction with the WIC Regulations. 

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anne Bartholomew, Branch Chief, 

Policy Branch, Supplemental Food 

Programs Division, FNS, USDA, 3101 

Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 

22302, (703) 305–2746. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 12866 

This notice is exempt from review by 

the Office of Management and Budget 

under Executive Order 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This action is not a rule as defined by 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 

601–612) and thus is exempt from the 

provisions of this Act. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice does not contain reporting 

or recordkeeping requirements subject 

to approval by the Office of 

Management and Budget in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507). 

Executive Order 12372 

This program is listed in the Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Programs under No. 10.557, and is 

subject to the provisions of Executive 

Order 12372, which requires 

intergovernmental consultation with 

State and local officials (7 CFR part 

3015, Subpart V, 48 FR 29114, June 24, 

1983, and 49 FR 22676, May 31, 1984). 

Description 

Section 17(d)(2)(A) of the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 1786(d)(2)(A)) requires the 

Secretary of Agriculture to establish 

income criteria to be used with 

nutritional risk criteria in determining a 

person’s eligibility for participation in 

the WIC Program. The law provides that 

persons will be income eligible for the 

WIC Program only if they are members 

of families that satisfy the income 

standard prescribed for reduced-price 

school meals under section 9(b) of the 

Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)). Under 

section 9(b), the income limit for 

reduced-price school meals is 185 

percent of the Federal poverty 

guidelines, as adjusted. 

Section 9(b) also requires that these 

guidelines be revised annually to reflect 

changes in the Consumer Price Index. 

The annual revision for 2011/2012 was 

published by the Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS) at 76 FR 

3637, January 20, 2011. The guidelines 

published by HHS are referred to as the 

poverty guidelines. Section 246.7(d)(1) 

of the WIC regulations (Title 7, Code of 

Federal Regulations) specifies that State 

agencies may prescribe income 

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guidelines established under section 9 

of the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act for reduced-price 

school meals or identical to State or 

local guidelines for free or reducedprice health care. However, in 

conforming WIC income guidelines to 

State or local health care guidelines, the 

State cannot establish WIC guidelines 

which exceed the guidelines for 

reduced-price school meals, or which 

are less than 100 percent of the Federal 

poverty guidelines. Consistent with the 

method used to compute income 

eligibility guidelines for reduced-price 

meals under the National School Lunch 

Program, the poverty guidelines were 

multiplied by 1.85 and the results 

rounded upward to the next whole 

dollar. 

At this time, the Department is 

publishing the maximum and minimum 

WIC income eligibility guidelines by 

household size for the period July 1, 

2011, through June 30, 2012. Consistent 

with section 17(f)(17) of the Child 

Nutrition Act of 1966, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 1786(f)(17)), a State agency may 

implement the revised WIC income 

eligibility guidelines concurrently with 

the implementation of income eligibility 

guidelines under the Medicaid Program 

established under Title XIX of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396, et seq.). 

State agencies may coordinate 

implementation with the revised 

Medicaid guidelines, i.e., earlier in the 

year, but in no case may 

implementation take place later than 

July 1, 2011. 

State agencies that do not coordinate 

implementation with the revised 

Medicaid guidelines must implement 

the WIC income eligibility guidelines on 

July 1, 2011. The first table of this 

Notice contains the income limits by 

household size for the 48 contiguous 

States, the District of Columbia, and all 

Territories, including Guam. Because 

the poverty guidelines for Alaska and 

Hawaii are higher than for the 48 

contiguous States, separate tables for 

Alaska and Hawaii have been included 

for the convenience of the State 

agencies. 

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Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1786. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Southern New Mexico Resource 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Southern New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) 

will meet in Socorro, New Mexico. The 

committee is meeting as authorized 

under the Secure Rural Schools and 

Community Self-Determination Act 

(Pub. L. 110–343) and in compliance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act. The purpose of the meeting is to 

review project proposals to be 

implemented in 2011. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

13, 2010, 10 a.m.; and April 14, 8 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

198 Neel Avenue, Socorro County 

Annex Building, Socorro, New Mexico. 

Written comments should be sent to Mr. 

Al Koss, HC 68, Box 50, Mimbres, NM 

88049–9301. Comments may also be 

sent via e-mail to akoss@fs.fed.us, or via 

facsimile to 575–536–2242. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at the 

Wilderness Ranger District, HC 68, Box 

50, Mimbres, NM 88049–9301. Visitors 

are encouraged to call ahead to 575– 

536–2250 to facilitate entry into the 

building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Al Koss, Designated Federal Official, 

575–536–2250 or akoss@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

(1) Review of project proposals for 

implementation in 2011; and (2) Public 

Comment. Persons who wish to bring 

related matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. Public input sessions will 

be provided and individuals who made 

written requests by March 28 will have 

the opportunity to address the Comittee 

at those sessions. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Alan E. Koss, 

Designated Federal Official. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Hiawatha West Resource Advisory 

Committee; Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Hiawatha West Resource 

Advisory Committee will meet in Rapid 

River, Michigan. The committee is 

meeting as authorized under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343) 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

is to hold the first meeting of the newly 

formed committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

April 21, 2011, and will begin at 

6:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Masonville Township Offices, 10574 

North Main Street, Rapid River, MI 

49878. Written comments should be 

sent to Janel Crooks, Hiawatha National 

Forest, 2727 North Lincoln Road, 

Escanaba, MI 49829. Comments may 

also be sent via email to 

HiawathaNF@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile 

to 906–789–3311. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, are placed in 

the record and are available for public 

inspection and copying. The public may 

inspect comments received at Hiawatha 

National Forest, 2727 North Lincoln 

Road, Escanaba, MI. Visitors are 

encouraged to call ahead to 906–786– 

4062 to facilitate entry into the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Janel Crooks, RAC coordinator, USDA, 

Hiawatha National Forest, 2727 North 

Lincoln Road, Escanaba, Michigan 

49862; (906) 786–4062; Email 

jmcrooks@fs.fed.us. 

Individuals who use 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., 

Eastern Standard Time, Monday 

through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

following business will be conducted: 

(1) Introductions of all committee 

members, replacement members and 

Forest Service personnel. (2) Selection 

of a chairperson by the committee 

members. (3) Receive materials 

explaining roles of the RAC and process 

for considering and recommending Title 

II projects; and (4) Public Comment. 

Persons who wish to bring related 

matters to the attention of the 

Committee may file written statements 

with the Committee staff before or after 

the meeting. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

David J. Silvieus, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Butte County Resource Advisory 

Committee (RAC); Meeting 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Butte County Resource 

Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a 

meeting on April 18, 2011 in Oroville, 

CA. The purpose of the meeting is to: 

Introduce new RAC members to each 

other, review the Secure Rural Schools 

legislation & RAC member 

responsibilities, review & make funding 

recommendation for Cycle 1 projects, 

review a timeline for Cycle 2 project 

funding and schedule out meeting(s). 

The funding is made available under 

Title II provisions of the Secure Rural 

Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000. 

Date & Address: The meeting will take 

place from 6:30–9 p.m. at the Feather 

River Ranger District Office, 875 

Mitchell Avenue, Oroville, CA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (or 

for special needs): Lee Anne Schramel 

Taylor, Forest Coordinator, USDA, 

Plumas National Forest, P.O. Box 

11500/159 Lawrence Street, Quincy, CA 

95971; (530) 283–7850; or by e-mail 

eataylor@fs.fed.us. Other RAC 

information may be obtained at http:// 

www.fs.usda.gov and http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/srs. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Matt Janowiak, 

Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor. 

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