Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 226 / Wednesday, November 24, 2004 / Notices 68379

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Comment Request 

Proposed Projects: 

Title: Child Care Report for High 

Performance Bonus. 

OMB No.: 0970–0255. 

Description: The Personal 

Responsibility and Work Opportunity 

Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104–

193, established the Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) 

program under title IV–A of the Social 

Security Act (the Act), 42 U.S.C. 401 et 

seq. Section 403(a)(4) of the Act requires 

the Secretary to award bonuses to ‘‘high 

performing States.’’ (Indian tribes are 

not eligible for these bonuses.) The term 

‘‘high performing States’’ is defined in 

section 403(a)(4) of the Act to mean a 

State that is most successful in 

achieving the purposes of the TANF 

program as specified in section 401(a) of 

the Act. 

The final rule covering the TANF high 

performance bonuses to States in FY 

2002 and beyond was published August 

30, 2000 (65 FR 52814) followed by an 

interim final rule published May 10, 

2001 (66 FR 23854). The final and 

interim final rules set forth how the 

Child Care Bureau (CCB) will compute 

scores and rank States won the three 

components, i.e., Accessibility, 

Affordability, and Quality, that 

comprise the child care measure. 

In FY 2002, CCB measured State 

performance on a composite ranking of 

two components, i.e., Accessibility and 

Affordability (based on FY 2001 

performance data). No additional 

reporting burden was required since the 

data/information for the Accessibility 

and Affordability components are 

reported under the Child Care 

Development Fund program (ACF 

Reports 800 and 801). However, there 

was a reporting burden (related to the 

Quality component) for the information 

States submitted if they wished to 

compete on the child care measure 

beginning in FY 2003 and again in FY 

2004 (based on FY 2002 and FY 2003 

performance data, respectively). The 

same requirements must be met for 

States wishing to compete on the child 

care measure for FY 2005 (based on FY 

2004 performance data). The 

information includes: 

(1) All age-specific rates for children 

0–13 years of age reported by the child 

day care centers and family day care 

homes responding to the State’s market 

rate survey; and 

(2) The provider’s county or, if the 

State uses multi-county regions to 

measure market rates or set maximum 

payment rates, the administrative 

region.

Respondents: States, the District of 

Columbia, and Territories including 

Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, and the Northern 

Marianna Islands.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses 

per

respondent 

Average burden hours 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

ACF–801 .................................................................................................................. 56 0.5 40 1,120 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours. 1,120. 

In compliance with the requirements 

of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Administration for Children and 

Families is soliciting public comment 

on the specific aspects of the 

information collection described above. 

Copies of the proposed collection of 

information can be obtained and 

comments may be forwarded by writing 

to the Administration for Children and 

Families, Office of Administration, 

Office of Information Services, 370 

L’Enfant Promenade, SW., Washington, 

DC 20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance 

Officer. E-mail address: 

grjohnson@acf.hhs.gov. All requests 

should be identified by the title of the 

information collection. 

The Department specifically requests 

comments 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 utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Consideration will be given to 

comments and suggestions submitted 

within 60 days of this publication.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Robert Sargis, 

Reports Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 04–25994 Filed 11–23–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4184–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. 2004N–0503]

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Guidance on 

Consultation Procedures; Foods 

Derived From New Plant Varieties

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA) is announcing an 

opportunity for public comment on the 

proposed collection of certain 

information by the agency. Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the 

PRA), Federal agencies are required to 

publish notice in the Federal Register

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each proposed 

extension of an existing collection of 

information, and to allow 60 days for 

public comment in response to the 

notice. This notice solicits comments on 

information collection requirements for 

the Guidance on Consultation 

Procedures; Foods Derived From New 

Plant Varieties.

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information to: http://www.fda.gov/

dockets/ecomments. Submit written 

comments on the collection of 

information to the Division of Dockets 

Management (HFA–305), Food and Drug 

Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm.