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DATES: We will consider all comments 

that we receive on or before February 

28, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: We will submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. Enter APHIS– 

2020–0024 in the Search field. Select 

the Documents tab, then select the 

Comment button in the list of 

documents. 

• Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: 

Send your comment to Docket No. 

APHIS–2020–0024, Regulatory Analysis 

and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station 

2C–10.16, 4700 River Road, Unit 25, 

Riverdale, MD 20737–1238. 

Supporting documents and any 

comments we receive on this docket 

may be viewed at http://

www.regulations.gov or in our reading 

room, which is located in Room 1620 of 

the USDA South Building, 14th Street 

and Independence Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC. Normal reading room 

hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. To be 

sure someone is there to help you, 

please call (202) 799–7039 before 

coming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Hesham Abuelnaga, Senior Regulatory 

Policy Specialist, PPQ, APHIS, 4700 

River Road, Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 

20737–1236; (301) 851–2010; email: 

Hesham.A.Abuelnaga@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under the regulations in ‘‘Subpart L— 

Fruits and Vegetables’’ (7 CFR 319.56– 

1 through 319.56–12, referred to below 

as the regulations), the Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) 

prohibits or restricts the importation of 

fruits and vegetables into the United 

States from certain parts of the world to 

prevent plant pests from being 

introduced into or disseminated within 

the United States. 

Section 319.56–4 contains a 

performance-based process for 

approving the importation of certain 

fruits and vegetables that, based on the 

findings of a pest risk analysis, can 

safely be imported subject to one or 

more of the five designated 

phytosanitary measures listed in 

paragraph (b) of that section. 

APHIS received a request from the 

national plant protection organization of 

Indonesia to allow the importation of 

fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) 

from Indonesia into the United States. 

As part of our evaluation of Indonesia’s 

request, we have prepared a pest risk 

assessment to identify the pests of 

quarantine significance that could 

follow the pathway of the importation of 

fresh pineapple fruit (Ananas comosus) 

from Indonesia into the United States. 

Based on the pest risk assessment, a risk 

management document (RMD) was 

prepared to identify phytosanitary 

measures that could be applied to the 

fresh pineapple fruit to mitigate the pest 

risk. 

Therefore, in accordance with 

§ 319.56–4(c), we are announcing the 

availability of our pest risk assessment 

and RMD for public review and 

comment. Those documents, as well as 

a description of the economic 

considerations associated with the 

importation of fresh pineapple for 

consumption from Indonesia may be 

viewed on the Regulations.gov website 

or in our reading room (see ADDRESSES

above for a link to Regulations.gov and 

information on the location and hours of 

the reading room). You may request 

paper copies of the pest risk assessment 

and RMD by calling or writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Please refer to the 

subject of the analysis you wish to 

review when requesting copies. 

After reviewing any comments we 

receive, we will announce our decision 

regarding the import status of fresh 

pineapple fruit from Indonesia in a 

subsequent notice. If the overall 

conclusions of our analysis and the 

Administrator’s determination of risk 

remain unchanged following our 

consideration of the comments, then we 

will authorize the importation of fresh 

pineapple fruit from Indonesia into the 

United States subject to the 

requirements specified in the RMD. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1633, 7701–7772, 

and 7781–7786; 21 U.S.C. 136 and 136a; 

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.3. 

Done in Washington, DC, this 19th day of 

December 2024. 

Michael Watson, 

Administrator, Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2024–0029] 

2025 Rate Changes for the Basetime, 

Overtime, Holiday, Laboratory 

Services, and Export Application Fees 

AGENCY: Food Safety and Inspection 

Service (FSIS), U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: FSIS is announcing the 2025 

rates it will charge meat, poultry, and 

egg products establishments, and 

importers and exporters for providing 

voluntary, overtime, and holiday 

inspection and identification, 

certification, and laboratory services. 

Additionally, FSIS is announcing a 

change to the fee FSIS assesses to 

exporters that choose to apply for export 

certificates electronically through the 

export component of the Agency’s 

Public Health Information System. The 

2025 basetime, overtime, holiday, and 

laboratory services rates will be applied 

on January 12, 2025. 

DATES: FSIS will charge the rates 

announced in this notice beginning 

January 12, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Michael 

Toner, Director, Budget Division, Office 

of the Chief Financial Officer; email: 

Michael.toner@usda.gov, 

telephone:(202) 365–1352. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 12, 2011, FSIS published a 

final rule amending its regulations to 

establish formulas for calculating the 

rates it charges meat, poultry, and egg 

products establishments and importers 

and exporters for providing voluntary, 

overtime, and holiday inspection and 

identification, certification, and 

laboratory services (76 FR 20220). In the 

final rule, FSIS stated that it would use 

the formulas to calculate the annual 

rates, publish the rates in Federal 

Register notices prior to the start of each 

calendar year, and apply the rates on the 

first FSIS pay period at the beginning of 

the calendar year. This notice provides 

the 2025 rates, which will be applied 

starting on January 12, 2025. 

Export Component 

On September 6, 2017, FSIS 

published the Federal Register notice, 

Public Health Information System 

(PHIS) Export Component Country 

Implementation (82 FR 42056). The 

notice announced the delayed 

implementation of the export 

component to ensure sufficient testing 

and outreach to stakeholders and that 

the application fee would be 

recalculated based on available costs 

and number of applications but would 

not be assessed prior to January 1, 2019. 

In addition, FSIS announced that it 

would implement the PHIS Export 

Component with a limited number of 

countries and gradually expand 

implementation to additional countries. 

On April 29, 2019, FSIS published the 

Federal Register notice, Public Health 


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Information System Export Component 

Fee (84 FR 17999). The notice 

announced that starting June 1, 2019, 

FSIS would assess a fee of $4.01 to 

exporters that chose to apply for export 

certificates electronically through the 

export component of PHIS. As noted 

below, the application fee has been 

recalculated based on updated costs and 

number of applications. 

2025 Rates and Calculations 

The following table lists the 2025 

Rates per hour, per employee, by type 

of service: 

Service 

2025 rate 

(estimates rounded 

to reflect 

billable 

quarter hour) 

Basetime .................................................................................................................................................................... $73.04 

Overtime .................................................................................................................................................................... 89.68 

Holiday ....................................................................................................................................................................... 106.32 

Laboratory .................................................................................................................................................................. 105.68 

Export Application ...................................................................................................................................................... 4.83 * 

* Per application. 

The regulations that cover these fees 

(other than the export application fee) 

state that FSIS will calculate the rates 

using formulas that include the Office of 

Field Operations (OFO) inspection 

program personnel’s previous fiscal 

year’s regular direct pay and regular 

hours (9 CFR 391.2, 391.3, 391.4, 

590.126, 590.128, 592.510, 592.520, and 

592.530). The final rates have been 

rounded to make the amount divisible 

by the quarter hour (15 minutes). Fifteen 

minutes is the minimum charge for the 

services covered by these rates. 

FSIS determined the 2025 rates using 

the following calculations: 

Basetime Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the OFO inspection program 

personnel’s previous fiscal year’s 

regular direct pay by the previous fiscal 

year’s regular hours, plus the quotient 

multiplied by the calendar year’s 

percentage of cost-of-living increase, 

plus the benefits rate, plus the travel 

and operating rate, plus the overhead 

rate, plus the allowance for bad debt 

rate. 

The calculation for the 2025 basetime 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2024 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by the previous fiscal year’s 

Regular Hours ($488,399,073/ 

14,973,938)] = $32.62 + ($32.62 * 2.0% 

(calendar year 2025 Cost of Living 

Increase)) = $33.27 + $13.34 (benefits 

rate) + $2.91 (travel and operating rate) 

+ $23.53(overhead rate) + $0.02 (bad 

debt allowance rate) = $73.05, rounded 

down to $73.04, so that it is divisible by 

4. 

Overtime Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the OFO inspection program 

personnel’s previous fiscal year’s 

regular direct pay by the previous fiscal 

year’s regular hours, plus that quotient 

multiplied by the calendar year’s 

percentage of cost-of-living increase, 

multiplied by 1.5 (for overtime), plus 

the benefits rate, plus the travel and 

operating rate, plus the overhead rate, 

plus the allowance for bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2025 overtime 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2024 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by previous fiscal year’s Regular 

Hours ($488,399,073/14,973,938)] = 

$32.62 + ($32.62 * 2.0% (calendar year 

2025 Cost of Living Increase)) = $33.27 

* 1.5 = $49.90 + $13.34 (benefits rate) 

+ $2.91 (travel and operating rate) + 

$23.53(overhead rate) + $0.02(bad debt 

allowance rate) = $89.68, which is 

divisible by 4. 

Holiday Rate = The quotient of 

dividing the OFO inspection program 

personnel’s previous fiscal year’s 

regular direct pay by the previous fiscal 

year’s regular hours, plus that quotient 

multiplied by the calendar year’s 

percentage of cost-of-living increase, 

multiplied by 2 (for holiday pay), plus 

the benefits rate, plus the travel and 

operating rate, plus the overhead rate, 

plus the allowance for bad debt rate. 

The calculation for the 2025 holiday 

rate per hour per program employee 

calculation is: 

[FY 2024 OFO Regular Direct Pay 

divided by previous fiscal year’s Regular 

Hours ($488,399,073/14,973,938)] = 

$32.62 + ($32.62 * 2.0% (calendar year 

2025 Cost of Living Increase)) = $33.27 

* 2 = $66.54 + $13.34 (benefits rate) + 

$2.91 (travel and operating rate) + 

$23.53(overhead rate) + $0.02(bad debt 

allowance rate) = $106.32, which is 

divisible by 4. 

Laboratory Services Rate = The 

quotient of dividing the Office of Public 

Health Science (OPHS) previous fiscal 

year’s regular direct pay by the OPHS 

previous fiscal year’s regular hours, plus 

the quotient multiplied by the calendar 

year’s percentage cost of living increase, 

plus the benefits rate, plus the travel 

and operating rate, plus the overhead 

rate, plus the allowance for bad debt 

rate. 

The calculation for the 2025 

laboratory services rate per hour per 

program employee is: 

[FY 2024 OPHS Regular Direct Pay/ 

OPHS Regular hours ($28,720,306/ 

444,635)] = $64.59 + ($64.59 * 2.0% 

(calendar year 2025 Cost of Living 

Increase)) = $65.88 + $13.34 (benefits 

rate) + $2.91 (travel and operating rate) 

+ $23.53 (overhead rate) + $0.02 (bad 

debt allowance rate) = $105.67, rounded 

up to $105.68, so that it is divisible by 

4. 

Calculations for the Benefits, Travel and 

Operating, Overhead, and Allowance for 

Bad Debt Rates 

These rates are components of the 

basetime, overtime, holiday, and 

laboratory services rates formulas. 

Benefits Rate: The quotient of 

dividing the previous fiscal year’s direct 

benefits costs by the previous fiscal 

year’s total hours (regular, overtime, and 

holiday), plus that quotient multiplied 

by the calendar year’s percentage cost of 

living increase. Some examples of direct 

benefits are health insurance, 

retirement, life insurance, and Thrift 

Savings Plan basic and matching 

contributions. 

The calculation for the 2025 benefits 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2024 Direct Benefits/(Total Regular 

hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) ($235,393,201/ 

17,994,567)] = $13.08 + ($13.08 * 

2.0% (calendar year 2025 Cost of 

Living Increase)) = $13.34. 

Travel and Operating Rate: The 

quotient of dividing the previous fiscal 

year’s total direct travel and operating 

costs by the previous fiscal year’s total 

hours (regular, overtime, and holiday), 

plus that quotient multiplied by the 

calendar year’s percentage of inflation. 

The calculation for the 2025 travel 

and operating rate per hour per program 

employee is: 


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1As of September 2024, Login.gov accounts are 

required by all public customers to access USDA 

websites and applications, i.e., FSIS’ PHIS. More 

information can be found on the USDA eAuth 

FAQ’s page at: https://www.eauth.usda.gov/eauth/ 

b/usda/faq. 

[FY 2024 Total Direct Travel and 

Operating Costs/(Total Regular hours + 

Total Overtime hours + Total Holiday 

hours) ($51,107,348/17,994,567)] = 

$2.84 + ($2.84 * 2.023% (2025 Inflation) 

= $2.91. 

Overhead Rate: The quotient of 

dividing the previous fiscal year’s 

indirect costs plus the previous fiscal 

year’s information technology (IT) costs 

in the Public Health Data 

Communication Infrastructure System 

Fund plus the provision for the 

operating balance less any Greenbook 

costs (i.e., costs of USDA support 

services prorated to the service 

component for which fees are charged) 

that are not related to food inspection by 

the previous fiscal year’s total hours 

(regular, overtime, and holiday) worked 

across all funds, plus the quotient 

multiplied by the calendar year’s 

percentage of inflation. 

The calculation for the 2025 overhead 

rate per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2024 Total Overhead/(Total Regular 

hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) ($ 

413,946,871/17,994,567)] = $23.00 

+ ($23.00 * 2.023% (2025 Inflation) 

= $23.53. 

Allowance for Bad Debt Rate = 

Previous fiscal year’s total allowance for 

bad debt (for example, debt owed for 

overtime and holiday inspection 

services that is not paid in full by 

establishments that declare bankruptcy) 

divided by previous fiscal year’s total 

hours (regular, overtime, and holiday) 

worked. 

The 2025 calculation for bad debt rate 

per hour per program employee is: 

[FY 2024 Total Bad Debt/(Total 

Regular hours + Total Overtime hours + 

Total Holiday hours) = ($390,688/ 

17,994,564)] = $0.02. 

2025 Electronic Export Application Fee 

As published in FSIS’ final rule, 

Electronic Export Application and 

Certification Charge; Flexibility in the 

Requirements for Export Inspection 

Marks, Devices, and Certificates; Egg 

Products Export Certification (81 FR 

42225), the Electronic Export 

Application Fee Formula is: Labor Cost 

(Technical Support + Export Library 

Maintenance) + IT Cost (Ongoing 

Operations and Maintenance + 

eAuthentication 1) 

Number of Export Applications 

FSIS stated in the 2016 final rule (81 

FR 42225) and the 2017 Federal 

Register notice (82 FR 42056) that it 

would update and recalculate the fee 

based on the best available estimates for 

costs and number of applications. As of 

November 2024, most countries have 

been included in the export component. 

Therefore, FSIS is able to accurately 

estimate the number of export 

applications (the denominator in the 

formula) and update costs to include the 

transition from eAuthentication to 

Login.gov. The electronic export 

application fee has been changed to 

$4.83 for 2025. 

The 2025 Electronic Export 

Application Fee: 

Additional Public Notification 

Public awareness of all segments of 

rulemaking and policy development is 

important. Consequently, FSIS will 

announce this Federal Register 

publication on-line through the FSIS 

web page located at: https:// 

www.fsis.usda.gov/federal-register. 

FSIS will also announce and provide 

a link through the FSIS Constituent 

Update, which is used to provide 

information regarding FSIS policies, 

procedures, regulations, Federal 

Register notices, FSIS public meetings, 

and other types of information that 

could affect or would be of interest to 

our constituents and stakeholders. The 

Constituent Update is available on the 

FSIS web page. Through the web page, 

FSIS is able to provide information to a 

much broader, more diverse audience. 

In addition, FSIS offers an email 

subscription service which provides 

automatic and customized access to 

selected food safety news and 

information. This service is available at: 

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/subscribe. 

Options range from recalls to export 

information, regulations, directives, and 

notices. Customers can add or delete 

subscriptions themselves and have the 

option to password protect their 

accounts. 

USDA Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and USDA civil rights 

regulations and policies, USDA, its 

Mission Areas, agencies, staff offices, 

employees, and institutions 

participating in or administering USDA 

programs are prohibited from 

discriminating based on race, color, 

national origin, religion, sex, gender 

identity (including gender expression), 

sexual orientation, disability, age, 

marital status, family/parental status, 

income derived from a public assistance 

program, political beliefs, or reprisal or 

retaliation for prior civil rights activity, 

in any program or activity conducted or 

funded by USDA (not all bases apply to 

all programs). Remedies and complaint 

filing deadlines vary by program or 

incident. 

Program information may be made 

available in languages other than 

English. Persons with disabilities who 

require alternative means of 

communication to obtain program 

information (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, American Sign Language) 

should contact the responsible Mission 

Area, agency, or staff office; the USDA 

TARGET Center at (202) 720–2600 

(voice and TTY); or the Federal Relay 

Service at (800) 877–8339. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, a complainant should 

complete a Form, AD–3027, USDA 

Program Discrimination Complaint 

Form, which can be obtained online at 

https://www.usda.gov/forms/electronicforms, from any USDA office, by calling 

(866) 632–9992, or by writing a letter 

addressed to USDA. The letter must 

contain the complainant’s name, 


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address, telephone number, and a 

written description of the alleged 

discriminatory action in sufficient detail 

to inform the Assistant Secretary for 

Civil Rights about the nature and date 

of an alleged civil rights violation. The 

completed AD–3027 form or letter must 

be submitted to USDA by: 

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; or (2) Fax: (833) 256– 

1665 or (202) 690–7442; or (3) Email: 

program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Done at Washington, DC. 

Denise Eblen, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2024–31145 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Waiver and State Plans 

(WiSP) 

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 

notice invites the general public and 

other public agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

This collection is a: New collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before TBD February 28, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit 

written comments on this notice. 

—Preferred method: Federal 

eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://

www.regulations.gov, and follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments electronically. 

—Mail: Amanda Vega, WIC Program 

Integrity and Monitory Branch, Food 

and Nutrition Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 1320 

Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia 

22314. 

—Email: email comments to 

amanda.vega@usda.gov. 

All responses to this notice will be 

summarized and included in the request 

for Office of Management and Budget 

approval. All comments will be a matter 

of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of this information collection 

should be directed to Andrea Whitley at 

andrea.whitley@usda.gov, 703–305– 

2465. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 shall 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 that were 

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 use of appropriate 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Title: Waivers and State Plans (WiSP). 

Form Number: Not Yet Determined. 

OMB Number: Not Yet Assigned. 

Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Abstract: The burden activities that 

are covered by this Information 

Collection Request include the 

transition from individual collections 

for Program waivers and State Plans to 

a new application supporting multiple 

USDA Programs. This application will 

allow State agencies to request Program 

waivers and submit State Plans to the 

USDA Food and Nutrition Service 

(FNS), FNS staff to manage data 

provided within the application, and 

covers the gathering and maintenance of 

all supporting data from each State 

agency. The Waivers and State Plans 

(WiSP) application will support the 

following USDA Programs and be 

available to all participating State 

agencies in each Program: Special 

Supplemental Nutrition Program for 

Woman, Infants and Children (WIC), 

Farmers Market Nutrition Program 

(FMNP), and Seniors Farmers Market 

Nutrition Program (SFMNP). 

The purpose of WIC is to provide 

supplemental foods, nutrition 

education, and health care referrals to 

low income, nutritionally at-risk 

pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum 

women, infants, and children up to age 

five. The WIC Program is authorized by 

the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, as 

amended. WIC currently operates 

through a Federal/State partnership in 

which the Department of Agriculture/ 

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) 

provides grants to State agencies in 50 

U.S. States, 6 U.S. Territories, and 32 

Indian Tribal Organizations (ITO’s). The 

WIC Program requirements are specified 

in Section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act 

of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(m)(8)), and WIC 

regulations at 7 CFR part 246. 

FMNP is designed to provide fresh, 

unprepared, locally grown fruits and 

vegetables to WIC participants and 

expand the awareness, use of, and sales 

at farmers markets. FMNP currently 

operates through a Federal/State 

partnership in which FNS provides 

grants to State agencies in 42 U.S. 

States, 3 U.S. Territories, and 6 ITOs. 

FMNP Program requirements are 

specified in Section 17(m)(8) of the 

Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

1786(m)(8)), and FMNP regulations at 7 

CFR part 248. 

SFMNP is designed to provide lowincome seniors with access to locally 

grown fruits, vegetables, honey and 

herbs and aid in the development of 

new and additional farmers markets, 

roadside stands, and community 

support agricultural programs. SFMNP 

currently operates through a Federal/ 

State partnership in which FNS 

provides grants in 44 U.S. States, 3 U.S. 

Territories, and 7 ITOs. SFMNP Program 

requirements are specified in the Farm 

Security and Rural Investment Act of 

2002, as amended, (Pub. L. 107–171) 

and SFMNP regulations at 7 CFR part 

249. 

The reporting and record-keeping 

burden activities that are covered by the 

information collection include 

requirements that involve the new 

application allowing State agencies to 

submit waiver requests and State Plan 

submissions to FNS. The WiSP 

application will provide a way for State 

agency staff to request pre-defined 

standard waivers, nationwide opt-in 

waivers, disaster related waivers, and to 

build custom ad hoc waiver requests. 

The application will support current 

and future legislation providing FNS 

with waiver authority for WIC, FMNP, 

and SFMNP program requirements. 

Depending on the legislation, this 

waiver authority may be temporary, as 

is the case for waivers granted under the 

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA, Pub. 

L. 117–2), or permanent, as is the case 

for waivers granted under the Access to 

Baby Formula Act of 2022 (ABFA, Pub. 

L. 117–129). Application users will be 

able to respond to requests for more 

information, as needed, within the 

application. This will streamline the 

waiver request process and ensure that 

all waiver correspondence is kept 

associated to the waiver request. 

Waivers are requested on an as needed 

basis, and not all State agencies will 

request a waiver for a Program 

requirements. Waivers are authorized by 

specific legislation and may have a 


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