64558 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 1997 / Notices

Background

Income Eligibility Standards

The eligibility of households for the

Food Stamp Program, except those in

which, in accordance with Section 5(a)

of the Act, 7 U.S.C. 2014(a), all members

are receiving ‘‘benefits under a State

program funded under part A of title IV

of the Social Security Act [],

supplemental security income [SSI]

benefits under title XVI of the Social

Security Act [], or aid to the aged, blind,

or disabled under title I, X, XIV, or XV

of the Social Security Act. * * *’’ , is

determined by comparing their incomes

to the appropriate income eligibility

standards (limits). Pursuant to Section

5(c)(2) of the Act, households

containing an elderly or disabled

member are required to have qualifying

net incomes, while households which

do not contain an elderly or disabled

member must have qualifying net

incomes and qualifying gross incomes.

Households in which all members are

receiving Social Security Act title IV

benefits or SSI are ‘‘categorically

eligible;’’ under 7 CFR 273.2(j)(2) their

incomes do not have to be below the

income limits.

As provided in Section 5(c)(1) of the

Act, the net and gross income limits

applicable to food stamp eligibility are

derived from the Federal income

poverty guidelines established under

Section 673(2) of the Community

Services Block Grant Act, 42 U.S.C.

9902(2). The net income limit is 100

percent of the poverty line. The gross

income limit is 130 percent of the

poverty line. The guidelines are updated

annually. Based on that update, the

Food Stamp Program’s income

eligibility standards are updated each

October 1. Instructions for

implementation of the required

adjustments for October 1, 1997, were

issued by the Deputy Administrator of

the Food and Consumer Service, Food

Stamp Program, in a July 29, 1997,

memorandum to all State Food Stamp

Program Directors. The revised income

eligibility standards for the 48 States

(including the District of Columbia,

Guam and the Virgin Islands), Alaska

and Hawaii are as follows:

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM—OCTOBER 1,

1997–SEPTEMBER 30, 1998

Household size 48

States1 Alaska Hawaii

Net Monthly Income Eligibility Standards

(100 Percent of Poverty Level)

1 ....................... $658 $823 $ 756

2 ....................... 885 1,106 1,017

3 ....................... 1,111 1,390 1,278

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM—OCTOBER 1,

1997–SEPTEMBER 30, 1998—Continued

Household size 48

States1 Alaska Hawaii

4 ....................... 1,338 1,673 1,539

5 ....................... 1,565 1,956 1,800

6 ....................... 1,791 2,240 2,060

7 ....................... 2,018 2,523 2,321

8 ....................... 2,245 2,806 2,582

Each add.

member ........ +227 +284 +261

Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards

(130 Percent of Poverty Level)

1 ....................... $855 $1,070 $983

2 ....................... 1,150 1,438 1,322

3 ....................... 1,445 1,806 1,661

4 ....................... 1,739 2,175 2,000

5 ....................... 2,034 2,543 2,339

6 ....................... 2,329 2,911 2,678

7 ....................... 2,623 3,280 3,018

8 ....................... 2,918 3,648 3,357

Each add.

Member ........ +295 +369 +340

Gross Monthly Income Eligibility Standards

For Households Where Elderly Disabled

Are A Separate Household (165 Percent

of Poverty Level)

1 ....................... $1,085 $1,358 $1,248

2 ....................... 1,459 1,825 1,678

3 ....................... 1,833 2,293 2,108

4 ....................... 2,207 2,760 2,539

5 ....................... 2,581 3,228 2,969

6 ....................... 2,955 3,695 3,399

7 ....................... 3,329 4,163 3,830

8 ....................... 3,703 4,630 4,260

Each add.

Member ........ +374 +468 +431

1 Includes District of Columbia, Guam, and

the Virgin Islands.

Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) and Allotments

As provided for in Section 3(o) of the

Act, the TFP is a plan for the

consumption of foods of different types

(food groups) that a household might

use to provide nutritious meals and

snacks for household members. The

plan reflects a diet required to feed a

family of four persons consisting of a

man and a woman aged 20 to 50, a child

6 to 8 and a child 9 to 11. The cost of

the TFP is adjusted monthly to reflect

changes in the costs of the food groups.

The TFP is also the basis for

establishing food stamp allotments.

‘‘Allotment’’ is defined in Section 3(a)

of the Act as ‘‘the total value of coupons

a household is authorized to receive

during each month.’’ Food stamp

allotments are adjusted periodically to

reflect the changes in food cost levels

indicated in the changing amounts of

the TFP. Prior to the amendment of

Section 3(o) of the Act by Section 804

of Pub. L. 104–193, the Personal

Responsibility and Work Opportunity

Reconciliation Act of 1996, allotment

amounts were established on each

October 1 at 103% of the cost of the TFP

in the previous June. Amended Section

3(o)(4) of the Act now provides that the

TFP will be adjusted each October 1 to

reflect the exact cost, or 100%, of the

TFP for the previous June, rounding the

results to the nearest lower dollar

increment for each household size,

except that on October 1,1996, the TFP

was not to have been reduced below the

amounts in effect on September 30,

1996.

To obtain the maximum food stamp

allotment for each household size for

the period October 1, 1997, to

September 30, 1998, June 1997 TFP

costs for the above described fourperson household were divided by four,

multiplied by the appropriate

household size and economy of scale

factor, in accordance with Section

3(o)(1) of the Act, and the final result

was rounded down to the nearest dollar.

The maximum benefit, or allotment, is

paid to households with no net income.

For a household with income, the

household’s allotment is determined by

reducing the maximum allotment for the

household’s size by 30 percent of the

individual household’s net income in

accordance with Section 8(a) of the Act,

7 U.S.C. 2017(a). The following table

shows the current allotments for the 48

States and the District of Columbia.

FOOD STAMP PROGRAM—OCTOBER 1,

1997–SEPTEMBER 30, 1998

[Maximum Food Stamp Allotments]

Household size 48

States1

1 .................................................... $122

2 .................................................... 224

3 .................................................... 321

4 .................................................... 408

5 .................................................... 485

6 .................................................... 582

7 .................................................... 643

8 .................................................... 735

Each Additional Person ................ +92

1 48 States and the District of Columbia.

Dated: November 25, 1997.

Yvette S. Jackson,

Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Rural Utilities Service

Kodiak Electric Association, Inc.;

Finding of no Significant Impact

AGENCY: Rural Utilities Service, USDA.
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ACTION: Notice of finding of no

significant impact.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Rural Utilities Service (RUS),

pursuant to the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969, as amended, the

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508),

and RUS Environmental Policies and

Procedures (7 CFR Part 1794), has made

a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) with respect to a project

proposed by Kodiak Electric

Association, Inc. (KEA), of Kodiak,

Alaska. The proposed project consists of

constructing a 5.0 to 7.5 megawatt (MW)

combustion turbine cogeneration power

plant, a substation, a fuel storage tank,

and an approximately four mile-long 69

kV transmission line. The purpose of

the project is to increase KEA’s

generation capacity to meet future

power demand, to produce steam for the

U.S. Coast Guard for space heating, and

to increase reliability of electric power

service to KEA customers including the

U.S. Coast Guard. The need for this

project was established in KEA’s 1994

Power Requirements Study, 1994 Power

Generation Study, and 1996 Power

Generation Study Supplement.

RUS has concluded that the impacts

from the proposed project would not be

significant and that the proposed action

is not a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. Therefore, the

preparation of an environmental impact

statement is not necessary.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nurul Islam, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Engineering and

Environmental Staff, Rural Utilities

Service, 1400 Independence Avenue,

SW, Stop 1571, Washington, DC 20250–

1571, telephone (202) 720–1784, e-mail:

nislam@rus.usda.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RUS, in

accordance with its environmental

policies and procedures, required that

KEA prepare a Borrower’s

Environmental Report (BER) reflecting

the potential impacts of the proposed

facilities. The BER, which includes

input from federal, state, and local

agencies, has been reviewed and

adopted as RUS’s Environmental

Assessment for the project in

accordance with 7 CFR 1794.61. RUS

has concluded that the BER represents

an accurate assessment of the

environmental impacts of the project.

Based on coordination with appropriate

federal and state agencies, potential

impacts to water quality, air quality,

wetlands, federally listed threatened or

endangered species, cultural resources,

noise levels, and visibility can either be

avoided through project design or

mitigated to less than significant levels.

The project should have no impact on

floodplains, important farmland, prime

forest land, or formally classified areas

and would be consistent with the

policies of the Alaska Coastal

Management Program.

Alternatives to the project as

proposed were considered, including

alternative power generation sites,

alternative transmission line routes,

alternative fuel delivery and storage

facilities, various alternative energy

sources, power demand and load

management alternatives, and the noaction alternative. RUS has considered

these alternatives and has concluded

that the project, as proposed, will allow

KEA to provide adequate and reliable

electric service to its customers on

Kodiak Island, including the U.S. Coast

Guard, with minimum adverse impacts.

Copies of the BER and FONSI are

available for review at RUS at the

aforementioned address or may be

reviewed at or obtained from the offices

of KEA, P.O. Box 787, Kodiak, Alaska,

99615, Telephone (907) 486–7700.

Copies are also available for public

review at the Kodiak City Library and

the U.S. Coast Guard Integrated Support

Command Administration Building,

Second Deck.

Dated: December 2, 1997.

Adam M. Golodner,

Deputy Administrator, Program Operations.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–580–809]

Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe

From the Republic of Korea;

Preliminary Results of Antidumping

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of preliminary results of

antidumping duty administrative review

of circular welded non-alloy steel pipe

from the Republic of Korea.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is conducting an administrative review

of the antidumping duty order on

circular welded non-alloy steel pipe

from the Republic of Korea. The period

of review is November 1, 1995 through

October 31, 1996. This review covers

imports of pipe from four producers/

exporters.

We have preliminarily found that

sales of subject merchandise have been

made below normal value. If these

preliminary results are adopted in our

final results, we will instruct the

Customs Service to assess antidumping

duties based on the difference between

the U.S. price and normal value.

Interested parties are invited to

comment on these preliminary results.

We will issue the final results not later

than 120 days from the date of

publication of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cynthia Thirumalai, Marian Wells, or

Rosa Jeong, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone

(202) 482–4087, 482–6309, and 482–

1278 respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act)

by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act

(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the

Department of Commerce’s (the

Department’s) regulations refer to the

regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 353,

April 1997.

Background

Since the publication of Notice of

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary

Results, Partial Termination of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review and Initiation of Changed

Circumstances Review, on July 15, 1997

(62 FR 37865), the following has

occurred.

On July 25, 1997, the Department

issued a supplemental questionnaire to

Korea Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (KISCO)

and Union Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

(Union) asking about issues of

affiliation. The companies responded to

the affiliation questions on August 6,

1997. We notified Union and KISCO in

an October 22, 1997, letter that their

responses should be consolidated into

one response (see ‘‘Collapsing Union

and KISCO’’ in this notice). The

Department received a consolidated

response from these companies on

November 17, 1997.

On October 30, 1997, we requested

respondents to resubmit their data using

purchase order/contract date, as

opposed to invoice date, as date of sale

for U.S. transactions. We received

partially updated sales databases with