[Federal Register: March 21, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 55)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
RIN 0584-AC89
National School Lunch Program: Pilot Projects, Alternatives to
Free and Reduced Price Application Requirements and Verification
Procedures--Extension of Date for Submission of Applications
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice; extension of application date.
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SUMMARY: On January 21, 2000, the Department issued a notice (65 FR
3409) announcing pilot projects which would permit selected school food
authorities and State agencies to test alternatives to the application
procedures and verification process for households participating in the
National School Lunch Program. The January 21 notice advised interested
parties that applications to conduct a pilot project must be postmarked
no later than March 21, 2000. Subsequently, interested parties have
advised the Department that the 60 days provided for submission of
applications is not sufficient. This notice provides an additional 45
days by extending the date for submission of applications to the Food
and Nutrition Service of the Department to May 5, 2000.
DATES: Applications to conduct a pilot project must be postmarked no
later than May 5, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Matthew Sinn by telephone at (703)
305-2107 to request an application packet or in writing to Mr. Matthew
Sinn, Office of Analysis, Nutrition and Evaluation, Room 503, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302; or electronically at
matthew.sinn@fns.usda.gov. The application packet is also available at
the Food and Nutrition Service Web site, located at http://
www.fns.usda.gov/oane/. The January 21, 2000 notice (65 FR 3409)
announcing the pilot projects is available at the Food and Nutrition
Service Web site, located at http://www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/lunch/
governance/verification.html.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department published a notice in the Federal Register (FR 65 FR
3409) on January 21, 2000, announcing pilot projects which would permit
selected school food authorities and State agencies to test
alternatives to the free and reduced price application procedures and
verification process for households participating in the National
School Lunch Program. The Department provided interested parties 60
days in which to submit an application to participate. Subsequent to
issuance of the notice, interested parties indicated that the 60-day
submission period, ending March 21, 2000, does not provide sufficient
time to develop an application.
The Department is eager to ensure that interested parties have
sufficient time to develop and submit an application. To achieve this
end, the Department will continue to receive applications postmarked no
later than May 5, 2000.
Dated: March 15, 2000.
Samuel Chambers, Jr.,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-7022 Filed 3-20-00; 8:45 am]
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