[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 64511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32060]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Consumer Service\1\

7 CFR Part 247


Commodity Supplemental Food Program--Caseload Assignment

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service, USDA.

    \1\ The agency name of the Food and Consumer Service was changed 
to the Food and Nutrition Service by order of the Secretary of 
Agricluture on November 25, 1997.
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ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: This action announces that no adverse comments were received 
in response to the direct final rule which amends the provisions of the 
Commodity Supplemental Food Program regulations to provide for the 
allocation of a single caseload to State agencies each year, instead of 
the allocation of two separate caseloads, one for women, infants, and 
children, and one for the elderly. This rule was published in the 
Federal Register on October 23, 1997 (62 FR 55142).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillie F. Ragan, Assistant Branch 
Chief, Household Programs Branch , Food Distribution Division, Food and 
Consumer Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center 
Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302-1594, or telephone (703) 305-2662.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This action is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility 
Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) and thus is exempt from the provisions of that 
Act.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This notice does not contain reporting or recordkeeping 
requirements subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget 
in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 
3507).

Executive Order 12372

    This program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic 
Assistance Programs under No. 10.565 and is subject to the provisions 
of Executive Order 12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation 
with State and local officials (7 CFR part 3015, subpart V and final 
rule-related notices published at 48 FR 29114, June 24, 1983 and 49 FR 
22676, May 31, 1984).

Description

    On October 23, 1997, the Department published a direct final rule 
which amends regulatory requirements in part 247 to assign 
participating State agencies a single caseload, instead of separate 
women-infants-children, and elderly, caseloads in order to streamline 
and simplify program management at the State and local level, and 
provide State agencies with greater flexibility in caseload management. 
The rule provided a 30-day comment period and stipulated that unless 
the Department received written adverse comments, or written notice of 
intent to submit adverse comments, the rule would become effective on 
December 8, 1997, which is 45 days after publication in the Federal 
Register. Since no adverse comments were received, this notice confirms 
the rule's effective date as December 8, 1997.

    Dated: December 3, 1997.
Yvette S. Jackson,
Acting Administrator, Food and Consumer Service.
[FR Doc. 97-32060 Filed 12-8-97; 8:45 am]
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