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Vol. 61, No. 85

Wednesday, May 1, 1996

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

April 26, 1996.

The Department of Agriculture has

submitted the following information

collection requirement(s) to OMB for

review and clearance under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. Comments

regarding these information collections

are best assured of having their full

effect if received within 30 days of this

notification. Comments should be

addressed to: Desk Officer for

Agriculture, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget (OMB),

Washington, D.C. 20503 and to

Department Clearance Officer, USDA,

OIRM, Ag Box 7630, Washington, D.C.

20250–7630. Copies of the

submission(s) may be obtained by

calling (202) 720–6204 or (202) 720–

6746.

• Title: Use of Sodium Citrate

Buffered with Citric Acid in Certain

Cured and Uncured Processed Meat and

Poultry Products.

Summary: The Food Safety and

Inspection Service is amending the

Federal meat and Poultry products

inspection regulations to permit the use

of a solution of sodium citrate buffered

with citric acid in cured and uncured

processed whole-muscle meat and

poultry products.

Need and Use of the Information: The

information will be used to approve

labels to be used with processed wholemuscle meat and poultry products using

the solution of sodium citrate buffered

with citric acid.

Description of Respondents: Business

or other for-profit.

Number of Respondents: 200.

Frequency of Responses:

Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion.

Total Burden Hours: 6,250.

Larry Roberson,

Deputy Departmental Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 96–10709 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–01–M

Food and Consumer Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Report of the

Emergency Food Assistance Program

(TEFAP) Administrative Costs

AGENCY: Food and Consumer 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 of

administrative cost information under

the Emergency Food Assistance Program

(TEFAP) for the September, 1996

Current Population Survey.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 1, 1996.

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 shall 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;

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; (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 and requests for copies of

this information collection and

instructions may be sent to Lou Pastura,

Acting Division Director, Grants

Management Division, Food and

Consumer 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. All comments will also

become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Lou Pastura (703) 305–2048.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Report of the Emergency Food

Assistance Program (TEFAP)

Administrative Costs.

OMB Number: 0584–0385.

Form Number: FNS–667 (2–93).

Expiration Date of approval: 5/31/96.

Type of Request: Extension of a

Currently Approved Information

Collection.

Abstract: The FNS–667, Report of the

Emergency Food Assistance Program

(TEFAP) Administrative Costs, is

completed quarterly, with a close-out

report, by State agencies administering

TEFAP. States use the form to report

how Federal administrative funds are

utilized, in three separate categories.

States may use funds to pay costs

incurred by the State agency itself, or to

pay costs incurred by local recipient

agencies—emergency feeding

organizations (EFOs) that distribute

USDA commodities to eligible

households. States also ‘‘pass down’’ to

EFOs a certain percentage of Federal

administrative funds received, as

required by legislation and Federal

regulations. The information reported

on the form is used by the Food and

Consumer Service to ensure that States

meet this requirement, and the

requirement—also legislatively

mandated—that States match all Federal

administrative funds that are not passed

down to the local agencies.

Affected Public: State Agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

55.

Estimated Time Per Response: .5 to 8

hours per response/average 3.5.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

962.5 hours annually (55 State agencies

* 5 responses=275 responses; 275

responses @ 3.5 hours).

Dated: April 22, 1996.

William E. Ludwig,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–10710 Filed 4–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–30–u

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Form FCS–471,

Coupon Account and Destruction

Report

AGENCY: Food and Consumer Service,

USDA.