29926 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 107 / Monday, June 4, 2001 / Notices

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.

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.

[FR Doc. 01–13871 Filed 6–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–U

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request: Annual Report of

State Revenue Matching

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is

publishing for public comment a

summary of a proposed information

collection. The proposed collection is

an extension of a collection currently

approved for the National School Lunch

Program.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by August 3, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and

requests for copies of this information

collection to Alan Rich, Data Base

Monitoring Branch, Budget Division,

Food and Nutrition Service, USDA,

3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA

22302.

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

the use of appropriate, automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

All comments will be summarized

and included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection. All comments

will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alan Rich, (703) 305–2113.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Annual Report of State Revenue

Matching.

OMB Number: 0584–0075.