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(32) repealed 4/10/91;

(33) under 7 C.F.R. 273.12(f)(2), use a joint change reporting form that can be used by households to report changes for both public assistance and food stamp purposes;

(34) under 7 C.F.R. 273.14(c)(2), at state option, schedule an early interview before the last month of the certification period or before the date the application is timely filed; however, the household will not be denied benefits for failing or refusing to appear for this early interview;

(35) under 7 C.F.R. 273.15(b), provide a fair hearing at the state level in all areas of the state;

(36) under 7 C.F.R. 273.15(d)(1), offer agency conferences to households adversely affected by an agency action;

(37) under 7 C.F.R. 273.16(e)(1), combine fair hearings and administrative disqualification hearings, if the factual issues arise out of the same or related circumstances and the household receives prior notice that the hearings will be combined;

(38) under 7 C.F.R. 273.16(e)(2), use the same hearing officials for administrative disqualification hearings and fair hearings;

(39) under 7 C.F.R. 273.16(f), allow accused individuals to waive their rights to an administrative disqualification hearing in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 273.16(f)(1) — (f)(3);

(40) under 7 C.F.R. 273.16(h), allow accused individuals to sign disqualification consent agreements for cases of deferred adjudication;

(41) under 7 C.F.R. 273.18(d)(1)(i)(A), after the household has been informed of this policy, initiate collection action for claims that cannot be recovered through allotment reduction and are under $35 if multiple overissuances for a household total $35 or more;

(42) under 7 C.F.R. 273.18(d)(1)(ii), postpone collection action on inadvertent household error claims in cases where an overissuance is being referred for possible prosecution or for administrative disqualification and the state agency determines that collection action will prejudice the case;

(43) under 7 C.F.R. 273.18(e)(1) and (e)(2), suspend collection of inadvertent household or administrative error claims, and intentional program violation claims;

(44) under 7 C.F.R. 273.18(e)(3), terminate collection of claims held in suspense for three years and use suspended claims to offset benefits in accordance with 7 C.F.R. 273.17;

(45) under 7 C.F.R. 273.18(f), initiate collection action against a household and offset the amount of the claim against restored benefits owed to a household that currently contains an individual who was an adult member of another household at the time an overissuance occurred;

(46) under 7 C.F.R. 273.18(g)(2)(iii)(C), invoke allotment reduction against a currently participating household for repayment of an inadvertent household error or intentional Food