[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 22, 1999)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 71635] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-33133] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service 7 CFR Part 246 RIN 0584-AC74 Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Local Agency Expenditure Reports
Agency
Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
Action
Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.
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Summary
This rule announces that no adverse comments were received in response to the direct final rule which amends the provisions of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) regulations to permit quarterly reporting of local agency expenditures. The rule was published in the Federal Register on November 9, 1999 (64 FR 61015).
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 24, 2000.
For Further Information Contact
Debbie McIntosh, Branch Chief, Supplemental Food Program Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Park Office Center, Room 540, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, VA 22302-1594, (703) 305-2710.
Supplementary Information
What Is the Purpose of This Rule?
On November 9, 1999 (64 FR 61015), we published a direct final rule which amends the WIC Program regulations to allow State agencies to permit local agencies to submit their expenditure reports quarterly. State agencies may require more frequent reports if they wish. This rule also makes a parallel change to the requirement that State agencies offset advances against incoming claims each month. The rule provided a 30-day comment period and stipulated that unless we received written adverse comments, or written rule of intent to submit adverse comments, the rule would become effective on January 24, 2000, which is 75 days after publication in the Federal Register. Since no adverse comments were received, this rule confirms the rule's effective date as January 24, 2000.
Regulatory Flexibility Act
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.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This rule does not contain reporting or recordkeeping requirements subject to approval by the Office of Management and Budget in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507).
Executive Order 12372
This program is listed in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance under 10.557. For the reasons set forth in 7 CFR Part 3015, Subpart V and the final rule-related rule published at 48 FR 29115, June 24, 1983, this program is included in the scope of Executive Order 12372 which requires intergovernmental consultation with State and local officials.
Dated: December 15, 1999. Samuel Chambers, Jr., Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. [FR Doc. 99-33133 Filed 12-21-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-30-P