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§ 98.102
Content of Error Rate Reports.
(a) Baseline Submission Report—At a
minimum, States, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico shall submit
an initial error rate report to the
Department, as required in § 98.100,
which includes the following
information on errors and resulting
improper payments occurring in the
administration of CCDF grant funds,
including Federal Discretionary Funds
(which includes any funds transferred
from the TANF Block Grant), Mandatory
and Matching Funds and State Matching
and Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE
Funds):
(1) Percentage of cases with an error
(regardless of whether such error
resulted in an over or under payment),
expressed as the total number of cases
in the sample with an error compared to
the total number of cases in the sample;
(2) Percentage of cases with an
improper payment (both over and under
payments), expressed as the total
number of cases in the sample with an
improper payment compared to the total
number of cases in the sample;
(3) Percentage of improper payments
(both over and under payments),
expressed as the total dollar amount of
improper payments in the sample
compared to the total dollar amount of
payments made in the sample;
(4) Average amount of improper
payments (gross over and under
payments, divided by the total number
of cases in the sample that had an
improper payment (both over and under
payments));
(5) Estimated annual amount of
improper payments (which is a
projection of the results from the sample
to the universe of cases statewide during
the 12-month review period) calculated
by multiplying the percentage of
improper payments by the total dollar
amount of child care payments that the
State, the District of Columbia or Puerto
Rico paid during the 12-month review
period;
(6) For each category of data listed
above, targets for errors and improper
payments in the next reporting cycle
(which must be lower than the most
recent estimated error rates);
(7) Summary of methodology used to
arrive at estimate, including fieldwork
preparation, sample generation, record
review and error rate computation
processes;
(8) Discussion of the causes of
improper payments identified and
actions that will be taken to correct
those causes in order to reduce the error
rates;
(9) Description of the information
systems and other infrastructure that
assist the State, the District of Columbia
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and Puerto Rico in identifying and
reducing improper payments, or if the
State, the District of Columbia or Puerto
Rico does not have these tools, a
description of actions that will be taken
to acquire the necessary information
systems and other infrastructure; and
(10) Such other information as
specified by the Secretary.
(b) Standard Report—At a minimum,
the State, the District of Columbia and
Puerto Rico shall submit an error rate
report to the Department, as required in
§ 98.100, made subsequent to the
baseline submission report as set forth
in § 98.102(a) which includes the
following information on errors and
resulting improper payments occurring
in the administration of CCDF grant
funds, including Federal Discretionary
Funds (which includes any funds
transferred from the TANF Block Grant),
Mandatory and Matching Funds and
State Matching and Maintenance-ofEffort (MOE Funds):
(1) All the information reported in the
baseline submission, as set forth in
§ 98.102(a), updated for the current
cycle;
(2) For each category of data listed in
§ 98.102(a)(1) through (5), States, the
District of Columbia and Puerto Rico
must include data and targets from the
prior cycle in addition to data from the
current cycle and targets for the next
cycle;
(3) Description of whether the State,
the District of Columbia or Puerto Rico
met error rate targets set in the prior
cycle and, if not, an explanation of why
not;
(4) Discussion of the causes of
improper payments identified in the
prior cycle and actions that were taken
to correct those causes, in addition to a
discussion on the causes of improper
payments identified in the current cycle
and actions that will be taken to correct
those causes in order to reduce the error
rates; and
(5) Such other information as
specified by the Secretary.
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South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
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Atmospheric Administration,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of additional public
hearing.
SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold an additional public hearing in a
series of public hearings regarding
Amendment 18 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Coastal Migratory
Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico
and South Atlantic. Amendment 18 will
modify the total allowable catch (TAC)
for the Atlantic migratory group king
mackerel and Spanish mackerel
fisheries, and change the commercial
trip limits for Spanish mackerel to
reflect recent changes in the fishing
year.
The additional public hearing
will be held March 18, 2007. Written
comments regarding Amendment 18
must be received in the Council office
by close of business on April 10, 2007.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the
date, time, and location of the public
hearing.
DATES:
Written comments should
be sent to Bob Mahood, Executive
Director, South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405, or via email to
MackerelAmendment18@safmc.net.
Copies of the public hearing document
are available from Kim Iverson, South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council,
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: 843–
571–4366 or toll free at 866/SAFMC–10.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405; telephone: 843–571–4366; fax:
843–769–4520; email address:
kim.iverson@safmc.net.
ADDRESSES:
The
Council initiated a regulatory
amendment in June 2006 to adjust the
TAC following an assessment and report
reflecting the need to reduce the current
TACs for both Atlantic migratory group
king and Spanish mackerel. The Council
is proposing to reduce the current
annual TAC for king mackerel from 10.0
million pounds to 7.1 million pounds,
and for Spanish mackerel from 7.04
million pounds to 6.7 million pounds.
Amendment 18 was changed from a
regulatory amendment to a plan
amendment in September 2006 to allow
more flexibility for alternatives. While
the title has changed, the alternatives
and information contained in the plan
amendment remain the same.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Information regarding the other public
hearings was published at 72 FR 8145,
February 23, 2007, remain unchanged
and will not be repeated in this
notification.
Public Hearing, Date, and Location
The additional public hearing will be
held Sunday, March 18, 2007, at 6 p.m.
The hearing will be held at the Hatteras
Civic Center, Highway 12, Hatteras, NC
27943.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Council office
(see ADDRESSES) by March 16, 2007.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 26, 2007.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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RIN 0648–AV26
Fisheries in the Western Pacific;
Western Pacific Precious Corals
Fisheries; Control Date
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Advance notice of proposed
rulemaking; notification of control date;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that
persons who enter the black coral
fishery in the Au’au Channel, Hawaii,
after December 21, 2006, (the ‘‘control
date’’) are not guaranteed future
participation in the fishery if the
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Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council (Council) recommends, and
NMFS approves, a program that limits
entry into the fishery or fishing effort.
This action does not commit the
Council or NMFS to limit entry, or
prevent any other date from being
selected for use when limiting eligibility
to participate in the Au’au Channel
black coral fishery. The Council or
NMFS may also use other criteria to
limit fishing effort or participation in a
limited entry program that is developed
in the future.
DATES: Comments must be submitted in
writing by May 1, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this action identified by 0648–AV26
by any of the following methods:
• E-mail: AV26BlackCoral@noaa.gov.
Include 0648–AV26 in the subject line
of the e-mail comment following
document identifier: Black coral.
Comments sent via e-mail, including all
attachments, must not exceed a 10
megabyte file size.
• Federal e-Rulemaking portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• Mail: William L. Robinson,
Regional Administrator, NMFS Pacific
Islands Region (PIR), 1601 Kapiolani
Blvd., Suite 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob
Harman, NMFS PIR, 808–944–2271.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At its
136th meeting in December, 2006, the
Council adopted a control date of
December 21, 2006, applicable to
persons who are contemplating entering
the fishery for black corals in the Au’au
Channel, Hawaii (south of Maui). The
Council requested that this control date
be published in the Federal Register to
provide timely notice to fishermen and
the general public. Anyone entering the
fishery after December 21, 2006, will not
be guaranteed future access, if a
management regime that limits the
number of participants in the fishery is
prepared and implemented.
Recent research has indicated that the
biomass of the Au’au Channel black
coral population has decreased by at
least 25 percent in the last 30 years.
Data collected in late 2001, during
submersible dives, showed a decline in
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recruitment, as well as a decrease in the
relative abundance of legal-sized coral
colonies. The decline in recruitment
may be related to an increase in
abundance of the alien snowflake coral
Carijoa riisei. This highly-invasive soft
coral was found to be overgrowing large
areas of black coral habitat and black
coral colonies, especially at depths of
80–110 meters (beyond the normal
working depth of black coral
harvesters). Directed fishing pressure on
black corals in shallower areas of the
Au’au Channel bed is also considered to
be an important factor in the observed
population and recruitment declines.
Control dates are intended to
discourage speculative entry into
fisheries, as new participants entering
the fisheries after the control date are
forewarned that they are not guaranteed
future participation in the fisheries.
Establishment of this control date does
not commit the Council or NMFS to any
particular management regime or
criteria for entry into the Au’au Channel
black coral fishery. Fishermen are not
guaranteed future participation in the
fishery, regardless of their level of
participation before or after the control
date. The Council may choose a
different control date, or it may choose
a management regime that does not
involve a control date. Other criteria,
such as documentation of commercial
landings and sales, may be used to
determine eligibility for participation in
a limited access fishery. The Council
also may choose to take no further
action to control entry or access to the
fishery, in which case the control date
may be rescinded.
Classification
This advance notice of proposed
rulemaking has been determined to be
not significant for the purposes of
Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 26, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[I.D. 021507B]
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of additional public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold an additional public hearing in a series of public hearings
regarding Amendment 18 to the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.
Amendment 18 will modify the total allowable catch (TAC) for the
Atlantic migratory group king mackerel and Spanish mackerel fisheries,
and change the commercial trip limits for Spanish mackerel to reflect
recent changes in the fishing year.
DATES: The additional public hearing will be held March 18, 2007.
Written comments regarding Amendment 18 must be received in the Council
office by close of business on April 10, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for the date, time, and location of the public hearing.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Bob Mahood, Executive
Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405, or via email to
MackerelAmendment18@safmc.net. Copies of the public hearing document
are available from Kim Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: 843-571-4366 or toll free at 866/SAFMC-10.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: 843-571-4366; fax: 843-769-4520; email
address: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council initiated a regulatory amendment
in June 2006 to adjust the TAC following an assessment and report
reflecting the need to reduce the current TACs for both Atlantic
migratory group king and Spanish mackerel. The Council is proposing to
reduce the current annual TAC for king mackerel from 10.0 million
pounds to 7.1 million pounds, and for Spanish mackerel from 7.04
million pounds to 6.7 million pounds. Amendment 18 was changed from a
regulatory amendment to a plan amendment in September 2006 to allow
more flexibility for alternatives. While the title has changed, the
alternatives and information contained in the plan amendment remain the
same.
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Information regarding the other public hearings was published at 72 FR
8145, February 23, 2007, remain unchanged and will not be repeated in
this notification.
Public Hearing, Date, and Location
The additional public hearing will be held Sunday, March 18, 2007,
at 6 p.m. The hearing will be held at the Hatteras Civic Center,
Highway 12, Hatteras, NC 27943.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES)
by March 16, 2007.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 26, 2007.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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