Department of Agriculture August 18, 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Butte County Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will hold a meeting on August 29, 2011 in Oroville, CA. The purpose of the meeting is to review Cycle 2 project applications for potential funding recommendations to Lassen, Plumas or Mendocino National Forest Supervisors. The funding is made available under Title II provisions of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. This is the last cycle of funding under the current legislation.

This notice corrects the scoring points available to a Notice published in the Federal Register on July 7, 2011 regarding Funds Availability for Section 514 Farm Labor Housing Loans and Section 516 Farm Labor Housing Grants for Off-Farm Housing for FY 2011. The correction changes the scoring under section VI. Pre-Application Review Information, (A)(1)(v)(b) entitled Energy Conservation for Purchase and Substantial Rehabilitation for an existing non-Farm Labor Housing (FLH) property. The scoring has changed to increase the maximum points from 16 points to 32 points.

This rule proposes to amend Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAPformerly the Food Stamp Program) regulations to implement the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, (``FCEA''). Section 4133, The ``Major System Failures'' section of the FCEA, amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (``the Act'') to require the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to determine when a systemic State error is resulting in the overissuance of benefits to a substantial number of SNAP households and the actions the Department may take if such a determination were made. This rule proposes criteria for determining if a State experienced a systemic error that resulted in the overissuance of benefits to a substantial number of households and specifies the steps that the Department may take to collect data, instruct the State to terminate claims collection from the affected households, and issue a bill to the State for the value of the over- issuances. It also identifies the review and appeal process for any such billing.