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offices, food stamp caseworker

supervisors and food stamp caseworkers

will be sampled. In addition, a randomdigit-dial telephone survey also will be

conducted with a sample of

presumptively FSP-eligible households,

living in the areas served by the 120

sampled local food stamp offices, who

are not participating in the FSP.

ERS, working with Abt Associates and

Health Systems Research, will conduct

the telephone surveys of FSP

supervisors and caseworkers, FSP

applicant households, and FSP-eligible

nonparticipating households. FSP

applicant households without

telephones will be interviewed inperson. The household telephone

interviews will be conducted using

Computer-Assisted-Telephone

Interviewing (CATI). Responses are

voluntary and confidential. To

minimize the burden on applicant

households, a substantial portion of

needed data will be collected by

abstraction from local offices’ case file

records. Survey data will be used with

other data for statistical purposes and

reported only in aggregate or statistical

form.

No existing data sources, including

FNS administrative data, can provide all

the information needed to complete the

Study of Program Access and Declining

Food Stamp Participation. These data

and the research they will support are

vital to the USDA’s ability to

understand reasons for recent declines

in FSP participation.

Estimate of Burden: Public burden for

this data collection is estimated, on

average, as 60 minutes for caseworker

supervisors and caseworkers; 30

minutes for food stamp applicants; 5

minutes for screening households to

determine presumptive FSP eligibility;

and 30 minutes for FSP-eligible

nonparticipants. The estimates include

time for listening to instructions,

gathering data needed, and responding

to questionnaire items.

Respondents: FSP caseworker

supervisors, FSP caseworkers, FSP

applicants, households with residential

telephone numbers, and presumptively

FSP-eligible households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

240 FSP caseworker supervisors, 480

FSP caseworkers, 1,425 FSP applicants,

33,333 households with residential

telephone numbers, and 1800

presumptively FSP-eligible households.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 5111 hours.

Copies of the information to be

collected can be obtained from Peggy J.

Cook, Food Assistance and Rural

Economy Branch, Food and Rural

Economics Division, Economic Research

Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,

1800 M. Street, NW, Room S–2078,

Washington, DC 20036–5831, 202–694–

5419.

Comments

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 collection of information on

those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques. Comments should be sent to

the address stated in the preamble. All

responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 28th day

of April, 2000.

James Blaylock,

Associate Director, Food and Rural

Economics Division.

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COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR

SEVERELY DISABLED

Procurement List Proposed Additions

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From

People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled.

ACTION: Proposed additions to

procurement list.

SUMMARY: The Committee has received

proposals to add to the Procurement List

services to be furnished by nonprofit

agencies employing persons who are

blind or have other severe disabilities.

COMMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR

BEFORE: June 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase

From People Who Are Blind or Severely

Disabled, Crystal Gateway 3, Suite 310,

1215 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, Virginia 22202–4302.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louis R. Bartalot (703) 603–7740.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published pursuant to 41

U.S.C. 47(a) (2) and 41 CFR 51–2.3. Its

purpose is to provide interested persons

an opportunity to submit comments on

the possible impact of the proposed

actions.

If the Committee approves the

proposed additions, all entities of the

Federal Government (except as

otherwise indicated) will be required to

procure the services listed below from

nonprofit agencies employing persons

who are blind or have other severe

disabilities.

I certify that the following action will

not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

The major factors considered for this

certification were:

1. The action will not result in any

additional reporting, recordkeeping or

other compliance requirements for small

entities other than the small

organizations that will furnish the

services to the Government.

2. The action will result in

authorizing small entities to furnish the

services to the Government.

3. There are no known regulatory

alternatives which would accomplish

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in

connection with the services proposed

for addition to the Procurement List.

Comments on this certification are

invited. Commenters should identify the

statement(s) underlying the certification

on which they are providing additional

information.

The following services have been

proposed for addition to Procurement

List for production by the nonprofit

agencies listed:

Dispatcher Services, Federal Building, 222

West 7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska

NPA: Portland Habilitation Center, Inc.,

Portland, Oregon

Grounds Maintenance, DC Air National

Guard, 201st Mission Support Squadron,

Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland

NPA: Melwood Horticultural Training

Center, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Janitorial/Custodial, Butler U.S. Army

Reserve Center/OMS, 360 Evan City

Road, Butler, Pennsylvania

NPA: The Easter Seal Society of Western

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Operation of the Alternate Format Center,

Department of Education, Mary Switzer

Building, 330 C Street, SW, Washington,

DC

NPA: Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind,

Washington, DC

Recycling Service, Scott Air Force Base,

Illinois

NPA: Challenge Unlimited, Inc., Alton,

Illinois

Rita L. Wells,

Deputy Director (Policy and Program

Coordination).

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