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notification to the affected individual of

the action taken on the administrative

disqualification hearing or court

decision.

Despite the decrease in FSP

participation, IPV activity has not

experienced a similar decline. While no

discernible trend exists in recent year

disqualification data, available data

from FY 2000 shows a small decrease in

IPV activity when compared to the data

used to establish the existing burden.

Therefore, we are decreasing the State

agency and household annual reporting

and recordkeeping burden for the

activities related to IPV disqualifications

from 36,628 hours to 34,254 hours.

In addition, one of the factors used by

a State agency to determine the

appropriate disqualification penalty to

assign to an individual is whether or not

the individual was found to have

committed any prior IPVs. The way that

State agencies make this determination

is by accessing and checking the

Disqualified Recipient Subsystem

(DRS). DRS is an automated system

developed by the Food and Nutrition

Service that contains records of

disqualifications in every State. State

agencies are responsible for updating

the system and checking it to determine

the appropriate length of each

disqualification. The burden associated

with State use of DRS for IPVs was not

included in this original OMB-approved

burden. We now intend to incorporate

this activity under this OMB burden

number. The additional annual burden

associated with the DRS process is

estimated at 14,340 hours per year.

Summary of Estimated Burden

The net aggregate change from the

existing to the proposed annual burden

for this entire Proposed Collection is a

decrease of 20,480 hours. For initiating

collection action on an overissuance, we

are reducing the estimated annual

burden for State agencies and

households from 148,846 hours to

116,400 hours to reflect the lower

number of claims established in FY

2000. The IPV-related State agency and

household annual burden, is being

reduced from 36,628 hours to 34,254

hours to reflect the lower number of

disqualifications. The additional annual

burden associated with the DRS process

is estimated at 14,340 hours per year.

Affected Public: State and local

government, and food stamp

households.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

676,053.

Number of Responses per

Respondent: From 1 to 5.

Total Number of Annual Responses:

1,536,129.

Estimated Time per Response: 0.1074

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

164,994 hours.

Dated: May 25, 2001.

George A. Braley,

Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition

Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Agency Information Collection:

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request; FNS–46, Issuance

Reconciliation Report

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

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

proposed information collection

contained in Form FNS–46, Issuance

Reconciliation Report.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and

requests for copies of this information

collection to: Jeffrey N. Cohen, Branch

Chief, Electronic Benefit Transfer

Branch, Benefit Redemption Division,

Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park

Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302.

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), 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.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments will

also become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffrey N. Cohen, (703) 305–2523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Issuance Reconciliation Report.

OMB Number: 0584–0080.

Form Number: FNS–46.

Expiration Date: 07/31/2001.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: Section 7(d) of the Food

Stamp Act of 1977, as amended,

requires the Secretary to require State

agencies to report on their issuance

operations not less than monthly. (7

U.S.C. 2016(d)) Section 11(a) of the Act

requires State agencies to assume

responsibility for the issuance, control

and accountability of benefits. (7 U.S.C.

2020(a)) Regulations at 7 CFR 274.4(a)

and 274.4(b)(2) require State agencies to

account for all issuance through the

reconciliation process and submit a

report on such issuance using Form

FNS–46, Issuance Reconciliation

Report. These reports must be submitted

to the Food and Nutrition Service

monthly and must reach FNS no later

than 90 days following the end of each

report month. The FNS–46 report

reflects the total issuance, returns, and

unauthorized issuance amounts

resulting in the net Federal obligation.

Affected Public: State and local

government employees or contractors.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

238.

Estimated Number of Responses per

respondent: 12.

Estimated Time per Response: 8

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

22,848 hours annually.

Dated: May 31, 2001.

George A. Braley,

Acting Administrator.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Notice of Proposed Changes in the

National Handbook of Conservation

Practices

AGENCY: Natural Resources

Conservation Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

intention of the Natural Resources

Conservation Service (NRCS) to issue a

series of new or revised conservation

practice standards in its National

Handbook of Conservation Practices.

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These standards include Access Road,

Diversion, Drainage Water Management,

Fishpond Management, Irrigation Land

Leveling, Herbaceous Wind Barriers,

Pond Sealing or Lining—Bentonite

Sealant, Pond Sealing or Lining—Soil

dispersant, Roof Runoff Structure, and

Surface Roughening. The standards are

used to convey national guidance when

developing the Field Office Technical

Guide policies. NRCS State

Conservationists and Directors for the

Pacific Basin and Caribbean areas who

choose to adopt these practices for use

within their States/areas will

incorporate them into Section IV of their

Field Office Technical Guide. These

practices may be used in resource

management systems that treat highly

erodible land or on land determined to

be wetland.

EFFECTIVE DATES: Comments will be

received until on or before August 6,

2001. This series of new or revised

conservation practice standards will be

adopted after the close of the 60-day

period.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Single copies of these standards are

available from NRCS–CED in

Washington, DC. Submit individual

inquiries and return any comments in

writing to William Hughey, National

Agricultural Engineer, Natural

Resources Conservation Service, Post

Office Box 2890, Room 6139–S,

Washington, DC 20013–2890; telephone:

(202) 720–5023. The standards are also

available from, and can be downloaded

via the Internet at: http://

www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/

practice_stds.html.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

343 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

requires NRCS to make available for

public review and comment proposed

revisions to conservation practice

standards used to carry out the highly

erodible land and wetland provisions of

the law. For the next 60 days, NRCS will

receive comments relative to the

proposed changes. Following that

period, a determination will be made by

NRCS regarding the disposition of those

comments, and a final determination of

change will be made.

Signed in Washington, DC, on April 20,

2001.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Chief, Natural Resources Conservation

Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Census Bureau.

Title: 2001 Panel of the Survey of

Income and Program Participation,

Wave 3 Topical Modules.

Form Number(s): SIPP/CAPI

Automated Instrument, SIPP–21305(L)

Director’s Letter, SIPP–21003 Reminder

Card.

Agency Approval Number: 0607–

0875.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 121,478 hours.

Number of Respondents: 78,750.

Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The U.S. Census

Bureau requests authorization from the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) to conduct the Wave 3 Topical

Module interview for the 2001 Panel of

the Survey of Income and Program

Participation (SIPP). We also request

approval for a few replacement

questions in the reinterview instrument.

The core SIPP instrument, and

reinterview instrument were cleared

previously. The reinterview instrument

will be used for quality control

purposes. We are also seeking continued

clearance for the SIPP Methods Panel

instrument field testing to be conducted

in October and November 2001. The test

targets SIPP Wave 1 items and sections

that require thorough and rigorous

testing in order to improve the quality

of core data. The experiment is

conducted under the direction of the

Methods Panel Team, which is

committed to delivering an improved

and less burdensome instrument for use

in the 2004 SIPP Panel.

The SIPP is designed as a continuing

series of national panels of interviewed

households that are introduced every

few years, with each panel having

durations of 3 to 4 years. The 2001 SIPP

Panel is scheduled for three years and

will include nine waves beginning

February 1, 2001.

The survey is molded around a

central ‘‘core’’ of labor force and income

questions that remain fixed throughout

the life of a panel. The core is

supplemented with questions designed

to answer specific needs. These

supplemental questions are included

with the core and are referred to as

‘‘topical modules.’’ The topical modules

for the 2001 Panel Wave 3 are Medical

Expenses and Utilization of Health Care

(Adults and Children), Work Related

Expenses and Child Support Paid, and

Assets, Liabilities, and Eligibility. Wave

3 interviews will be conducted from

October 2001 through January 2002.

Data provided by the SIPP are being

used by economic policymakers, the

Congress, state and local governments,

and Federal agencies that administer

social welfare or transfer payment

programs, such as the Department of

Health and Human Services and the

Department of Agriculture. The SIPP

represents a source of information for a

wide variety of topics and allows

information for separate topics to be

integrated to form a single and unified

database so that the interaction between

tax, transfer, and other government and

private policies can be examined.

Government domestic policy

formulators depend heavily upon the

SIPP information concerning the

distribution of income received directly

as money or indirectly as in-kind

benefits and the effect of tax and

transfer programs on this distribution.

They also need improved and expanded

data on the income and general

economic and financial situation of the

U.S. population. The SIPP has provided

these kinds of data on a continuing basis

since 1983, permitting levels of

economic well-being and changes in

these levels to be measured over time.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households.

Frequency: Every 4 months.

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,

Section 182.

OMB Desk Officer: Susan Schechter,

(202) 395–5103.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance

Officer, (202)482–3129, Department of

Commerce, room 6086, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at

mclayton@doc.gov).

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Susan Schechter, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Madeleine Clayton,

Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer,,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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