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Vol. 65, No. 101

Wednesday, May 24, 2000

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

DEVELOPMENT

Board for International Food and

Agricultural Development, One

Hundred and Thirty Second Meeting;

Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, notice is hereby given of

the one hundred and thirty second

meeting of the Board for International

Food and Agricultural Development

(BIFAD). The meeting will be held from

8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on June 8th, 2000,

and from 9 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. on June

9th, 2000, in the Hemisphere A room in

the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC.

As part of its agenda, BIFAD will look

at the coming crisis in water and its

implications for agriculture. BIFAD will

also examine the food security crisis in

the Horn of Africa, its political and

agroclimatic underpinnings, food aid,

post crisis development, and mediumterm climate prediction. BIFAD will

also hear about building new coalitions

for foreign aid.

Those wishing to attend the meeting

or obtain additional information about

BIFAD should contact Mr. Charles

Uphaus, the Acting Designated Federal

Officer for BIFAD. He can be reached at

the Agency for International

Development, Ronald Reagan Building,

Office of Agriculture and Food Security,

1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room

2.11–01. Washington DC, 20523–2110,

by telephone at (202) 712–1172, by fax

(202) 216–3060, or by e-mail at

cuphaus@usaid.gov.

Charles Uphaus,

USAID Acting Designated Federal Officer for

BIFAD, Office of Agriculture and Food

Security, Economic Growth Center, Bureau

for Global Programs.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request—Form FNS–380,

Worksheet for Food Stamp Program

Quality Control Reviews

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, this notice

invites the general public and other

public agencies to comment on

proposed information collection of the

FNS–380, Worksheet for Food Stamp

Program Quality Control Reviews.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 24, 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 has 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; (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

the use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Comments may be sent to: Retha Oliver,

Chief, Quality Control Branch, Program

Accountability Division, Food and

Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,

Alexandria, VA 22302.

All responses to this notice will be

included in the request for OMB’s

approval. All comments will also

become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

form and instruction should be directed

to Retha Oliver, (703) 305–2474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Worksheet for Food Stamp

Program Quality Control Reviews.

OMB Number: 0584–0074.

Form Number: FNS–380.

Expiration Date: January 31, 2003.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Food Stamp Act of

1977, as amended, (‘‘the Act’’) requires

a measurement system that provides for

State agencies to share in the costs of

high error rates. Section 16 of the Act

provides the legislative basis for the

operation of the quality control (QC)

system. Part 275, Subpart C of the Food

Stamp Program (FSP) regulations

provides the regulatory requirements for

QC reporting. The Form FNS–380 is a

worksheet used in the FSP to determine

eligibility and benefits for households

selected for review in the QC sample of

active cases.

Burden Estimate: The reporting and

record keeping burden for the Form

FNS–380 includes the time for

analyzing the household case record;

planning and carrying out the field

investigation; gathering, comparing,

analyzing and evaluating the review

data and filing any documents. The

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) approved the burden for Form

FNS–380 through January 31, 2003,

under OMB number 0584–0074. An

automated version of Form FNS–380,

which will be optional for States to use,

is scheduled to be completed October 1,

2000. The format and information

gathered by the automated version of

Form FNS–380 will be the same as the

paper version of this form; therefore,

there will be only a minimal difference

in the burden for the electronic version

from that of the paper version. We are

requesting a three-year approval from

OMB of the paper and automated

versions of Form FNS–380.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; State or local governments.

Estimated Number of State

Respondents: 53 State agencies.

Estimated Number of Affected

Households: 54,663 households.

Estimated Total Number of Responses

Per Year: 54,663 responses.

Estimated Time per Response for

Information Collection: 9 hours.

Total Annual Burden: 491,967 hours.

Dated: May 14, 2000.

Samuel Chambers, Jr.,

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.

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