Justification Merge Memo

SUBJECT: Justification for No Material/Non-substantive Change

TO: Julie Wise

Desk Officer

Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Office of Management and Budget

THROUGH: Rachelle Ragland-Greene

FNS clearance Officer

Food and Nutrition Service

Ruth Brown

OCIO Desk Officer

Food and Nutrition Service

FROM: Sandy Clark

Chief

Policy and Program Development Branch

Supplemental Food Programs Division

The information collection burden associated with FNS Interim Rule, 7 CFR Part 246, “Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages” was pre-approved under new ICR #0584-0545 for three years on December 7, 2007.

The OMB term of clearance for this ICR was that FNS would merge the burden approved under #0584-0545 with ICR #0584-0043, “7 CFR Part 246, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Vendor Cost Containment; Approval of Information Collection Request,” prior to the expiration date of December 31, 2010. This rulemaking was published in the Federal Register on February 5, 2008, at 73 FR 6577.

At this time, FNS is requesting a no material/non-substantive change to merge the burden assigned to ICR #0585-0545, “Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages; Approval of Information Collection Request”, with ICR # 0584-0043, “7 CFR Part 246, Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): Vendor Cost Containment; Approval of Information Collection Request”.

Currently Approved #0584-0545	Currently Approved #0584-0043	New Burden After Change #0584-0043
14,919	3,595,075	3,609,994