59356 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 212 / Monday, November 3, 1997 / Notices

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency under Executive Order 12148, I

hereby appoint Marianne C. Jackson of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency to act as the Federal

Coordinating Officer for this declared

disaster.

I do hereby determine the following

areas of the State of New Jersey to have

been affected adversely by this declared

major disaster:

Atlantic County for Individual Assistance

and Public Assistance.

All counties within the State of New

Jersey are eligible to apply for assistance

under the Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

James L. Witt,

Director.

[FR Doc. 97–28999 Filed 10–31–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1173–DR]

South Dakota; Amendment to Notice of

a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of South

Dakota, (FEMA–1173–DR), dated April

7, 1997, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated

October 20, 1997 the President amended

the cost sharing arrangements

concerning Federal funds provided

under the authority of the Robert T.

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency

Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 51521 et seq.),

in a letter to James L. Witt, Director of

the Federal Emergency Management

Agency, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the State of South Dakota,

resulting from severe flooding, severe winter

storms, heavy spring rain, rapid snowmelt,

high winds, and ice jams beginning on

February 3, 1997, and continuing through

May 24, 1997, is of sufficient severity and

magnitude to warrant special cost sharing

arrangements concerning Federal funds

provided under the Robert T. Stafford

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

(‘‘the Stafford Act’’).

Therefore, I amend my previous

declaration to authorize Federal funds for

Public Assistance, Categories C through G, at

90 percent of total eligible costs, except for

direct Federal assistance costs and debris

removal and emergency protective measures

(Categories A and B) under the Public

Assistance program which were previously

authorized at 100 percent Federal funding.

This adjustment to State and local cost

sharing applies only to Public Assistance

costs (Categories C through G) eligible for

such adjustment under the law. The law

specifically prohibits a similar adjustment for

funds provided to the State for the Individual

and Family Grant program and Hazard

Mitigation Assistance. These funds will

continue to be reimbursed at 75 percent of

total eligible costs.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Termination of the Prospective

Payment Assessment Commission and

the Physician Payment Review

Commission.

AGENCY: General Accounting Office.

ACTION: Notice of termination of

Commissions.

SUMMARY: The Balanced Budget Act of

1997 requires the Comptroller General,

after the Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission has been established, to

provide for the termination of the

Prospective Payment Assessment

Commission and the Physician Payment

Review Commission. This notice

announces the termination of the two

commissions.

DATES: Termination of Commissions

effective November 1, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The General Accounting

Office is at 441 G St. NW., Washington,

DC, 20548. The Office of the Chairman

of the Medicare Payment Advisory

Commission is at 2120 L St. NW.,

Washington, DC, 20037–1527.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

General Accounting Office: Walter S.

Ochinko, 202–512–7157. Medicare

Payment Advisory Commission: Lauren

LeRoy, 202–653–7220.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

1805 of the Social Security Act, as

added by section 4022 of the Balanced

Budget Act of 1997 (Pub. L. 105–33, 111

Stat. 251, 350), requires the Comptroller

General, in consultation with the

Prospective Payment Assessment

Commission (PPRC) and the Physician

Payment Review Commission (ProPAC),

to provide for their termination as

quickly as possible after a majority of

members of the new Medicare Payment

Advisory Commission (MedPAC) are

appointed. All of the members of

MedPAC were appointed effective

October 1, 1997. As determined in

consultation with them, both PPRC and

ProPAC will terminate as of November

1, 1997. MedPAC will then assume

outstanding obligations of PPRC and

ProPAC.

James F. Hinchman,

Acting Comptroller General of the United

States.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Proposed Information collection

Activity; Comment Request

Proposed Projects

Title: Emergency TANF Data Report.

OMB No.: 0970–0164.

Description: This information is being

collected to meet the statutory

requirements of section 411 of the

Social Security Act and section 116 of

the Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

It consists of desaggregated

demographic and program information

that will be used to determine

participation rates and other statutorily

required indicators for the Temporary

Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

program.

Respondents: State, Local or Tribal

Govt.
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ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of responses per

respondent

Average burden hours per

response

Total burden

hours

TANF Data Report ............................................................................................ 54 4 451 97,416

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 97,416

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 Information Services,

Division of Information Resource

Management Services, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20447, Attn: ACF Reports Clearance

Officer. 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: October 27, 1997.

Bob Sargis,

Acting Reports Clearance Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Administration for Children and

Families

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Title: 45 CFR part 303.72—Request for

collection of past-due support by

Federal tax refund offset and

administrative offset.

OMB No.: 0970–0161.

Description: The Office of Child

Support Enforcement (OCSE) operates

the Tax refund offset TROP. The TROP

was enacted by Congress on August 13,

1981 (Pub. L. 97–35, section 2331). This

is a computerized system operated by

the Office of Child Support Enforcement

(OCSE) within the Administration for

Children and Families (ACF) of the U.S.

Department of Health and Human

Services (HHS) and State child support

agencies. The TROP was established to

recover delinquent AFDC child support

debts with ongoing cooperation of states

and local child support agencies.

The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101–508) signed by

the President in November 1990,

expanded the Program to include a

provision for non-AFDC cases.

In 1996 the Debt Collection

Improvement Act (Pub. L. 104–134)

further expanded the program to

increase the collection of nontax debts

owned to the Federal Government and

to assist families in collecting past-due

child support. It required the

development and implementation of

procedures necessary to collect past-due

support by administrative offset by

agencies. As a result, this program is

now known as the Tax Refund and

Administrative Offset Program TROP/

ADOP).

Purpose: Pursuant to Public Law 97–

35 enacted by Congress on August 13,

1981, Pub. L. 101–508 signed by the

President in November 1990 and Pub. L.

104–134 enacted into law on April 26,

1996, the Debt Collection Improvement

Act of 1996, and pursuant to the

Executive Order 13019 dated September

28, 1996, the OSCE will match the tax

refund records against Federal payment

certification records and Federal

financial assistance records. The

purpose is to facilitate the collection of

delinquent child support obligations

from persons who may be entitled or

eligible to receive certain Federal

payments or Federal assistance. State

child support agencies submit cases of

delinquent child support claims to the

OSCE for submission to the Financial

Management Service (FMS). These cases

are sent by on-line dial-up access via

personal computer, tape and cartridge

via mail, Mitron tape, file transfer, or

electronic data transmission. The Office

of Child Support Enforcement serves as

a conduit between state child support

enforcement agencies and the FMS by

processing weekly updates of collection

data and distributing the information

back to the appropriate State child

support agency. The information will be

disclosed by OCSE to state child

support agencies for use in the

collection of child support debts,

through locate action wage withholding

or other enforcement actions.

Respondents: State District of

Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and

Virgin Islands Governments

Respondents: State and local

governments.

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument Number of

respondents

Number of responses per

respondent

Average burden

hours per

response

Total burden

hours

Sub/test tape and Data Spec ..................................................................... 1,744 52 5 minutes .......... 7,557.3 hours.

Sub/test tape and Data Spec ..................................................................... 54 52 5 minutes .......... 234 hours.

Withdrawal notice ....................................................................................... 1,744 5 2 minutes .......... 291 hours.

Pre-offset notice ......................................................................................... 54 87,075 2 minutes .......... 15,673.5 hours.

Case Cert ................................................................................................... 54 52 3 minutes .......... 140.4 hours.

Payment Infor ............................................................................................. 26 1 10 minutes ........ 4.3 hours.

Local office contact phone address ........................................................... 1,744 1 30 minutes ........ 872 hours.

Request for update ..................................................................................... 54 52 5 minutes .......... 234 hours.