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Programs Staff, VS, APHIS, 4700 River

Road Unit 43, Riverdale, MD 20737–

1231; (301) 734–6954.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scrapie is

a degenerative and eventually fatal

disease affecting the central nervous

systems of sheep and goats. To control

the spread of scrapie within the United

States, the Animal and Plant Health

Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S.

Department of Agriculture, administers

regulations at 9 CFR part 79 that restrict

the interstate movement of certain sheep

and goats. APHIS also has regulations at

9 CFR part 54 that describe a voluntary

scrapie control program.

On April 20, 2001, we published a

notice in the Federal Register (66 FR

20231, Docket No. 97–093–7) soliciting

comments on the draft Scrapie

Eradication Uniform Methods and

Rules(UM&R). The UM&R is a set of

proposed cooperative procedures and

standards to aid in the control and

eradication of scrapie. The legal

requirements for interstate movement of

sheep and goats due to scrapie are

contained in title 9 of the Code of

Federal Regulations. The

ScrapieEradication UM&R provides

guidance to the States regarding the

minimum standards necessary for a

State to participate in the national

eradication program.

Comments on the UM&R were

required to be received on or before June

19, 2001. We are reopening and

extending the comment period on

Docket No. 97–093–7. This action will

allow interested persons additional time

to prepare and submit comments.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 111–113, 114, 114a,

115, 117, 120, 121, 123–126, and 134a–134h;

7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.

Done in Washington, DC, this 21st day of

June 2001.

Bobby R. Acord,

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant

Health Inspection Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

Child and Adult Care Food Program:

National Average Payment Rates, Day

Care Home Food Service Payment

Rates, and Administrative

Reimbursement Rates for Sponsoring

Organizations of Day Care Homes for

the Period July 1, 2001–June 30, 2002.

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

annual adjustments to: the national

average payment rates for meals and

supplements served in child care

centers, outside-school-hours care

centers, at-risk afterschool care centers,

and adult day care centers; the food

service payment rates for meals and

supplements served in day care homes;

and the administrative reimbursement

rates for sponsoring organizations of day

care homes, to reflect changes in the

Consumer Price Index. Further

adjustments are made to these rates to

reflect the higher costs of providing

meals in the States of Alaska and

Hawaii. The adjustments contained in

this notice are made on an annual basis

each July, as required by the statutes

and regulations governing the Child and

Adult Care Food Program (CACFP).

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melissa Rothstein, Section Chief, Child

and Adult Care and Summer Programs

Section, Policy and Program

Development Branch, Child Nutrition

Division, Food and Nutrition Service,

USDA, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302,

(703) 305–2620.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Definitions

The terms used in this notice shall

have the meanings ascribed to them in

the regulations governing the CACFP (7

CFR part 226).

Background

Pursuant to sections 4, 11 and 17 of

the Richard B. Russell National School

Lunch Act (NSLA) (42 U.S.C. 1753,

1759a and 1766), section 4 of the Child

Nutrition Act of 1966 (CNA) (42 U.S.C.

1773) and sections 226.4, 226.12 and

226.13 of the regulations governing the

CACFP (7 CFR Part 226), notice is

hereby given of the new payment rates

for institutions participating in CACFP.

These rates shall be in effect during the

period July 1, 2001 through June 30,

2002.

As provided for under the NSLA and

the CNA, all rates in the CACFP must

be revised annually on July 1 to reflect

changes in the Consumer Price Index

(CPI) for the most recent 12-month

period. In accordance with this

mandate, the Department last published

the adjusted national average payment

rates for centers, the food service

payment rates for day care homes, and

the administrative reimbursement rates

for sponsors of day care homes on June

27, 2000, at 65 FR 39589 (for the period

July 1, 2000–June 30, 2001).

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The changes in the national average

payment rates for centers reflect a 2.85

percent increase during the 12-month

period, May 2000 to May 2001, (from

168.3 in May 2000 to 173.1 in May

2001) in the food away from home series

of the CPI for All Urban Consumers.

The changes in the food service

payment rates for day care homes reflect

a 3.16 percent increase during the 12-

month period, May 2000 to May 2001,

(from 167.5 in May 2000 to 172.8 in

May 2001) in the food at home series of

the CPI for All Urban Consumers.

The changes in the administrative

reimbursement rates for sponsoring

organizations of day care homes reflect

a 3.74 percent increase during the 12-

month period, May 2000 to May 2001,

(from 171.3 in May 2000 to 177.7 in

May 2001) in the series for all items of

the CPI for All Urban Consumers,

published by the Bureau of Labor

Statistics of the Department of Labor.

The total amount of payments

available to each State agency for

distribution to institutions participating

in the program is based on the rates

contained in this notice.

This action is not a rule as defined by

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C.

601–612) and thus is exempt from the

provisions of that Act. This notice has

been determined to be exempt under

Executive Order 12866.

This program is listed in the Catalog

of Federal Domestic Assistance under

No. 10.558 and is subject to the

provisions of Executive Order 12372,

which requires intergovernmental

consultation with State and local

officials. (See 7 CFR part 3015, subpart

V, and final rule related notice

published at 48 FR 29114, June 24,

1983.)

This notice imposes no new reporting

or recordkeeping provisions that are

subject to Office of Management and

Budget review in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. 3501–3518).

Authority: Sections 4(b)(2), 11a, 17(c) and

17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard B. Russell National

School Lunch Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.

1753(b)(2), 1759a, 1766(f)(3)(B)) and section

4(b)(1)(B) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966,

as amended (42 U.S.C. 1773(b)(1)(B)).

Dated: June 21, 2001.

George A. Braley,

Acting Administrator.

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