[Federal Register: August 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 156)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

 
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request; FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule; FNS-
247, Statistical Summary of Sample Disposition; and FNS-248, Status of 
Sample Selection and Completion

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 the FNS-245, Negative Case Action 
Review Schedule; the FNS-247, Statistical Summary of Sample 
Disposition; and the FNS-248, Status of Sample Selection and 
Completion. The proposed collection is an extension of collection 
currently approved under OMB No. 0584-0034.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 12, 
1999.

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 has practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of

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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. Comments may be sent to: Retha F. Oliver, Chief, Quality 
Control Branch, Program Accountability Division, Food and Nutrition 
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: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection form and instruction should be 
directed to Retha F. Oliver, (703) 305-2474.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Quality Control Negative Case Action Review Schedule
    Statistical Summary of Sample Disposition
    Status of Sample Selection and Completion.
    OMB Number: 0584-0034.
    Form Numbers: FNS-245, FNS-247, & FNS-248.
    Expiration Date: September 30, 1999.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement without change, of this previously 
approved collection of information.
    Abstract: The FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule, is 
designed to collect QC data and serve as the data entry form for 
negative case action quality control (QC) reviews in the Food Stamp 
program. State agencies complete the FNS-245 for each negative case in 
their QC sample. The FNS-247, Statistical Summary of Sample 
Disposition, summarizes the data obtained from a State's active and 
negative QC samples over the course of each annual reporting period. 
The FNS-248, Status of Sample Selection and Completion, tracks a 
State's progress in sample selection and case completion on a monthly 
basis.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; State or local 
governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
    Number of responses per respondent: 636.
    Estimated Total annual responses: 33,718.
    Hours per response: 3.0236.
    Total annual reporting hours: 100,254.
    Number of record keepers: 53.
    Number of record keepings per respondent: 636.
    Estimated Annual hours per record keepers: 15.
    Hours per record keeping: 0.0236.
    Total record keeping hours: 796.
    Total annual reporting/record keeping hours: 101,049 (total hours 
per response plus total recordkeeping hours).

    Dated: August 6, 1999.
Susan Carr Gossman,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 99-21061 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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