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under contract with these recipient

agencies in accordance with § 250.12(d),

at a minimum, whenever the

distributing agency identifies actual or

probable deficiencies in program

administration, including compliance

with civil rights provisions, through

audits, investigations of complaints,

reports submitted by recipient agencies,

or any other information available to the

State agency which, at the discretion of

the State agency, warrants an on-site

review, or at the request of FCS;

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(v) A biennial review of all food

service management companies under

contract with recipient agencies in

accordance with § 250.12(d), except

that:

(A) Food service management

companies under contract with

charitable institutions and nonprofit

summer camps for children shall be

reviewed in accordance with paragraph

(b)(1)(ii) of this section; and,

(B) Food service management

companies under contract with schools

participating in the National School

Lunch Program or commodity schools

under part 210 of this chapter, or with

schools participating in the School

Breakfast Program under part 220 of this

chapter, shall be reviewed in

accordance with the provisions set forth

in parts 210 and 220.

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§ 250.24 [Amended]

9. In § 250.24, paragraph (d)(1) is

amended by removing the word ‘‘semiannual’’.

PART 251—THE EMERGENCY FOOD

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

1. The authority citation for part 251

is revised to read as follows:

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7501–7516.

2. Section 251.2 is amended by

revising paragraph (c) to read as follows:

§ 251.2 Administration.

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(c) Each State agency that distributes

donated foods to emergency feeding

organizations or receives payments for

storage and distribution costs in

accordance with § 251.8 shall perform

those functions pursuant to an

agreement entered into with the

Department. This agreement shall be

considered permanent, with

amendments initiated by distributing

agencies, or submitted by them at the

Department’s request, all of which shall

be subject to approval by the

Department. Such State agencies shall

enter into a written agreement with

eligible emergency feeding

organizations. This agreement shall

provide that emergency feeding

organizations agree to operate the

program in accordance with the

requirements of this part, and, as

applicable, part 250 of this chapter. The

agreement shall be considered

permanent, with amendments to be

made as necessary. State agencies shall

ensure that emergency feeding

organizations provide, on a timely basis,

by amendment to the agreement, any

information on changes in program

administration, including, but not

limited to, any changes resulting from

amendments to Federal regulations or

policy.

3. In § 251.10:

a. Paragraph (a)(1) is amended by

removing the citation ‘‘§ 250.6(r)’’, and

adding in its place the citation

‘‘§ 250.16’’;

b. Paragraph (d)(2) is revised to read

as follows; and

c. Paragraph (d)(3) is removed.

§ 251.10 Miscellaneous provisions.

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(d) Reports. * * *

(2) Each State agency shall complete

and submit to the FCSRO reports to

ensure that excessive inventories of

donated foods are not maintained, in

accordance with the requirements of

§ 250.17(a) of this chapter. Such reports

shall also include the total number of

households served in the State since the

previous report submittal, based upon

current information received from

emergency feeding organizations.

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PART 253—ADMINISTRATION OF THE

FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM FOR

HOUSEHOLDS ON INDIAN

RESERVATIONS

1. The authority citation for part 253

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 91 Stat. 958 (7 U.S.C. 2011–

2027), unless otherwise noted.

2. Section 253.5 is amended by

removing the first two sentences of the

introductory text of paragraph (a)(1) and

adding, in their place, three new

sentences to read as follows:

§ 253.5 State agency requirements.

(a) Plan of operation. (1) The State

agency that assumes responsibility for

the Food Distribution Program shall

submit a plan of operation for approval

by FCS. Approval of the plan shall be

a prerequisite to the donation of

commodities available for use by

households under § 253.9. The

approved plan shall be considered

permanent, with amendments to be

added as changes in State agency

administration or management of the

program, as described in the plan, are

made, or at the request of FCS. * * *

* * * * *

3. Section 253.9 is amended by

revising paragraph (c)(1) to read as

follows:

§ 253.9 Administrative funds for State

agencies.

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(c) Application for funds. (1) Any

State agency administering a Food

Distribution Program that desires to

receive administrative funds under this

section shall submit form SF–424,

‘‘Application for Federal Assistance,’’ to

the appropriate FCS Regional Office at

least three months prior to the

beginning of a Federal fiscal year. The

application shall include budget

information, reflecting by category of

expenditure the State agency’s best

estimate of the total amount to be

expended in the administration of the

program during the fiscal year. FCS may

require that detailed information be

submitted by the State agency to

support or explain the total estimated

amounts shown for each budget cost

category. As required by 7 CFR part

3015, Subpart V, agencies of State

government shall submit the application

for Federal assistance to the State

clearinghouse before submitting it to the

FCSRO. ITOs shall not be subject to this

requirement.

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Dated: October 2, 1997.

Yvette S. Jackson,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–27310 Filed 10–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Agricultural Marketing Service

7 CFR Part 1220

Soybean Promotion and Research;

Rules and Regulations

CFR Correction

In title 7 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, parts 1200 to 1499, revised

as of January 1, 1997, on page 130,

§ 1220.315 should be removed.

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