[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 29926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13871]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request Form FNS-798 and FNS-798A, WIC Financial Management and 
Participation Report With Addendum

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Food and Nutrition Service's (FNS) intention to 
request approval for revision of a currently approved collection, Form 
FNS-798 and FNS-798A, WIC Financial Management and Participation Report 
with Addendum.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by August 4, 2001.

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: 
Patricia N. Daniels, Director, Supplemental Food Programs Division, 
Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 
Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 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 the information collection form and instructions should be 
directed to: Patricia N. Daniels, (703) 305-2749.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: WIC Financial Management and Participation Report with 
Addendum.
    OMB Number: 0584-0045.
    Expiration Date: 05-31-2003.
    Type of Request: Revision of a Currently Approved Collection.
    Abstract: FNS proposes to add one data element, migrant 
participation, to Form FNS-798. WIC State agencies will report the 
number of migrants served during the previous 12 months on their July 
FNS-798 report submitted at the end of August. Through August 2000, 
State agencies reported migrant participation along with participation 
by nutritional risk priority on Form FNS-654, WIC Annual Participation 
Report. Form FNS-654 has since been allowed to expire, as the WIC 
funding formulas no longer utilize priority data. This allows WIC State 
agencies to report participation by priority data to FNS less 
frequently. WIC State agencies will continue to report participant 
priority data to FNS on the biennial WIC Participant Characteristics 
(PC) Report. Expiration of the Form FNS-654 reduces the reporting 
burden with respect to participant priority data.
    FNS must continue to collect migrant data annually to comply with 
section 17(g)(4) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(g)(4)), which provides that ``[o]f the sums appropriated for any 
fiscal year for programs authorized under this section, not less than 
nine-tenths of 1 percent shall be available first for services to 
eligible members of migrant populations.'' The addition of migrant 
participation as a data element on Form FNS-798, if approved, will 
result in no change in the reporting burden from that of previous 
years. Migrant data collection, formerly obtained on the Form FNS-654, 
will simply be consolidated with other current reporting requirements 
for ease of reporting.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated to average 3.115 hours per response, including 
the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, 
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing 
the collection of information. The total annual burden on respondents 
was previously estimated at 4637.6 hours. The revision adds one data 
element which increases the total annual burden by 22.44 hours.
    Respondents: Directors or Administrators of WIC State agencies.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 88 respondents.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: Seventeen.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 4660.04 hours.

    Dated: May 23, 2001.
George A. Braley,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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