# Food Distribution Programs: FDPIHOOklahoma Waiver Authority

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## Record

- **Collection:** Federal Register
- **Document type:** Rule
- **Published:** April 8, 1999
- **Citation:** 64 FR 17085

## Text

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service

7 CFR Part 254

RIN 0584-AB56

Food Distribution Programs: FDPIHO--Oklahoma Waiver Authority

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; Confirmation of effective date of direct final
rule.

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SUMMARY: This action confirms the effective date of the direct final
rule, published in the Federal Register on January 8, 1999 (64 FR
1097), that amends regulations for the Food Distribution Program for
Indian Households in Oklahoma (FDPIHO) at 7 CFR Part 254. The rule
reinstates the Food and Nutrition Service's authority to grant waiver
requests from Indian Tribal Organizations in Oklahoma to allow Indian
tribal households living in urban places to participate in FDPIHO. No
adverse comments nor notices of intent to submit adverse comments were
received in response to that rule. The comment period ended February 8,
1999.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillie F. Ragan, Assistant Branch
Chief, Household Programs Branch, Food Distribution Division, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 612, 4501 Ford
Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, or telephone (703) 305-2662.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Procedural Matters
II. Background and Discussion of Final Rule

I. Procedural Matters

Regulatory Flexibility Act

This action is not a rule as defined by the Regulatory Flexibility
Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) and is exempt from the provisions of that Act.

Paperwork Reduction Act

This action 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 Programs under No. 10.570, and is subject to the provisions
of Executive Order 12372, which requires intergovernmental consultation
with State and local officials (7 CFR part 3015, subpart V, and final
rule-related notices published at 48 FR 29114, June 24, 1983, and 49 FR
22676, May 31, 1984.

II. Background and Discussion of Final Rule

On January 8, 1999, the Department published a direct final rule to
amend the regulatory requirements for FDPIHO at 7 CFR Part 254. The
rule expressed the Food and Nutrition Service's intent to reinstate the
authority to grant waiver requests from Indian Tribal Organizations in
Oklahoma to allow Indian tribal households living in urban places to
participate in FDPIHO. It provided a 30-day comment period and
stipulated that unless the Department received written adverse
comments, or written notices of intent to submit adverse comments, the
rule would become effective on March 9, 1999, which was 60 days after
publication in the Federal Register. Since no adverse comments were
received, this action confirms the rule's effective date as March 9,
1999.

Dated: March 25, 1999.
Samuel Chambers, Jr.,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 99-8762 Filed 4-7-99; 8:45 am]
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