20210 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 88 / Monday, May 6, 1996 / Notices

in the designated production area in

Georgia.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

197 (195 growers/ handlers and 1 public

member and 1 alternate public member).

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 2.5.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 496 hours.

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the functioning of the

Vidalia onion marketing order program;

(2) the accuracy of the collection burden

estimate and the validity of

methodology and assumptions used in

estimating the burden of respondents;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information requested;

and (4) ways to minimize the burden,

including use of automated electronic

technologies.

Comments should reference OMB No.

0581–0160 and Vidalia Onion

Marketing Order No. 955, and be mailed

to the Docket Clerk, Fruit and Vegetable

Division, AMS, USDA, P.O. Box 96456,

room 2523–S, Washington, D.C., 20090–

6456. Comments should reference the

docket number and the date and page

number of this issue of the Federal

Register. All comments received will be

available for public inspection in the

Office of the Docket Clerk during regular

USDA business hours at 14th and

Independence Ave. S.W., Washington,

D.C., Room 2523 South Building.

All responses to this notice will be

summarized and included in the request

for OMB approval. All comments also

will become a matter of public record.

Dated: April 30, 1996.

Robert C. Keeney,

Director, Fruit and Vegetable Division.

[FR Doc. 96–11155 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–02–P

Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service

Committee of Nine Meeting

Cancellation

Section 869 of the Federal Agriculture

Improvement and Reform Act of 1996

(Pub. L. 104–127) amends Section 3(c)3

of the Act of March 2, 1887 (Hatch Act

of 1887), by repealing the Committee of

Nine. This committee represented the

directors of State agricultural

experiment stations in providing

recommendations to the Secretary of

Agriculture on cooperative regional

research projects and related program

policy and procedures. Therefore, as a

result of the aforementioned repeal,

Cooperative State Research, Education,

and Extension Service announces

cancellation of the following meeting:

Name: Committee of Nine.

Date and Time:

May 15, 1996, 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

May 16, 1996, 8:30 a.m.–Noon.

Place: USDA, CSREES, 14th & Independence

Avenue, SW, Room 3854 South Building,

Washington, D.C. 20250.

Action: This meeting has been cancelled.

Contact person for more information: Dr.

George E. Cooper, Executive Secretary,

U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Cooperative State Research, Education,

and Extension Service, 14th &

Independence Avenue, SW., Room 3851,

South Building, Washington, D.C. 20250,

Telephone: 202–720–4088.

Done at Washington, D.C. this 30th day of

April 1996.

B. H. Robinson,

Administrator, Cooperative State Research,

Education, and Extension Service.

[FR Doc. 96–11148 Filed 5–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–22–M

Food and Consumer Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed collection;

Comment Request—Food Stamp

Program Application for Stores

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this

notice announces the Food and

Consumer Service’s (FCS) intention to

request an extension of a previously

approved information collection in

support of the Food Stamp Program

application from retail food stores who

wish to participate in the program and

for which approval expires on May 31,

1996.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received by July 5, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send comments and

requests for copies of this information

collection to: Suzanne M. Fecteau,

Chief, Redemption Management Branch,

Benefit Redemption Division, Food and

Consumer Service, U.S. Department of

Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive,

Alexandria, VA 22302.

Comments are invited on: (a) whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the 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, and will become a

matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suzanne M. Fecteau, (703) 305–2419.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Food Stamp Program

Application For Stores, Form FNS–252

(9–93); Food Stamp Program

Application For Stores—

Reauthorization, Form FCS–252R (2–

95); Food Stamp Program Application

For Stores—Supplement, Form FNS–

252A (8–94); Food and Nutrition

Service Meal Services, Form FNS 252–

2 (10–79).

OMB Number: 0584–0008.

Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years

from date of approval.

Type of Request: Reinstatement, with

change of a previously approved

collection for which approval expires on

May 31, 1996.

Abstract: The Food and Consumer

Service (FCS) of the U.S. Department of

Agriculture is the Federal Agency

responsible for the Food Stamp

Program. The Food Stamp Act of 1977,

as amended (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.),

requires that the Agency determine the

eligibility of firms and certain food

service organizations to accept and

redeem food stamp benefits and to

monitor them for compliance and

continued eligibility.

Part of FCS’ responsibility is to accept

applications from retail food stores and

programs that wish to participate in the

Food Stamp Program, review the

applications in order to determine

whether or not applicants meet

eligibility requirements, and make

determinations whether to grant or deny

authorization to accept and redeem food

stamp benefits. FCS is also responsible

for requiring updates to application

information and reviewing that

information to determine whether or not

the firms or services continue to meet

eligibility requirements.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average .29 hours per

response.

Respondents: Retail food stores and

State or local governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

112,023.