60820 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 219 / Thursday, November 13, 1997 / Notices

Collection Coordinator, AIM, APHIS,

suite 2C42, 4700 River Road Unit 103,

Riverdale, MD 20737–1235, (301) 734–

5360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 5, 1997, we published a

final rule in the Federal Register (62 FR

5293–5315, Docket No. 94–116–5)

amending 7 CFR 319.56 to allow fresh

Hass avocado fruit from Michoacan,

Mexico, to be imported into certain

areas of the United States under certain

conditions. That rule contains

information collection requirements. On

October 23, 1997, the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

approved the collection of information

requirements with respect to that final

rule under OMB control number 0579–

0129 (expires October 31, 2000).

Done in Washington, DC, this 6th day of

November 1997.

Charles P. Schwalbe,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29870 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Consumer Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request Forms FCS–683,

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition

Program Financial Report and FCS–

203, WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition

Program Recipient Report, and WIC

Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

Regulations.

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Food and

Consumer Service’s (FCS) intention to

request revision and extension of a

currently approved information

collection pursuant to the WIC Farmers’

Market Nutrition Program Regulations.

The currently approved collection

includes the WIC Farmers’ Market

Nutrition Program Financial Report, the

WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program

Recipient Report and WIC Farmers’

Market Nutrition Program Regulations.

The proposed revision and extension

will include a reduction in overall

burden under the regulations due to

previous overestimation of costs for

some reporting items and a reduction in

burden for the Recipient Report based

on the elimination of the monthly

reporting requirement.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

postmarked by January 12, 1998.

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 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 the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of appropriate

automated, electronic, mechanical, or

other technological collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology. Comments may be sent to:

Barbara Hallman, Chief, Policy and

Program Development Branch,

Supplemental Food Programs Division,

Food and Consumer Service, USDA,

3101 Park Center Drive, Room 540,

Alexandria, Virginia 22302.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval, and will become a

matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of information collection forms

and instructions should be directed to:

Barbara Hallman or Debra Whitford,

(703) 305–2730.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition

Program Financial Report, WIC Farmers’

Market Nutrition Program Recipient

Report and WIC Farmers’ Market

Nutrition Program Regulations.

OMB Number: 0584–0447.

Expiration Date: June 30, 1998.

Type of Request: Revision and

extension of a Currently Approved

Collection Form.

Abstract: Pursuant to section 17(m)(8)

of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42

U.S.C. § 1786(m)(8), section 248.23 of

the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition

Program (FMNP) regulations requires

that certain Program-related information

be compiled and submitted to FCS.

Based on reassessment of our previous

calculations for reporting and

recordkeeping for the FMNP, we

realized that we had overstated the time

necessary to complete some reporting

items. In addition, respondents’

experience in implementing and

administering the program has reduced

the cost overall. The number of

estimated hours per response for

selection of farmers/farmers’ markets

has been reduced from 2 hours to 1 hour

for a total of 1,248 burden hours. The

number of estimated hours per response

for completion of the State Plan has

been reduced from 50 hours to 30 hours

for a total of 900 burden hours. The

overall burden for FMNP regulations

has been reduced from 5,952 hours to

4,664 hours.

The burden hours for completion of

the FMNP Recipient Report (FCS–203)

have been decreased from 1.5 hours to

1 hour per response due to elimination

of the requirement for monthly recipient

counts. This revision allows States to

report annual totals for each category of

information indicated on the form rather

than entering monthly totals. Due to the

short, seasonal nature of the program, it

is administratively more efficient for

States to report data once for the entire

program year rather than on a monthly

basis.

Affected Public: State Directors of the

FMNP, farmers and market managers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

30.

Estimated Number of Responses Per

Respondent: 39.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

Public reporting burden for this

collection of information is estimated to

average 3 hours per response for the

Financial Report (FCS–683); 1 hour per

response for the Recipient Report (FCS–

203); and 76.5 hours per response for

other program reporting requirements

that do not require specific forms.

Examples include, but are not limited to

the submission of State Plans,

monitoring requirements and

authorization of farmers and markets.

These requirements, together with the

financial and recipient reporting

requirements; give an overall total of

80.5 hours per response. These totals

include the time for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data needed, and completing and

reviewing the collection of information.

Dated: October 30, 1997.

Yvette S. Jackson,

Acting Administrator, Food and Consumer

Service.

[FR Doc. 97–29871 Filed 11–12–97; 8:45 am]

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