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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
7 CFR Part 2
Delegations of Authority
CFR Correction
In Title 7 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, Parts 1 to 26, revised as of
Jan. 1, 2010, on page 139, in § 2.16,
paragraph (L) which follows paragraph
(xv) is moved to follow paragraph (K) on
page 138.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Part 274
RIN 0584–AD48
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, Regulation Restructuring:
Issuance Regulation Update and
Reorganization To Reflect the End of
Coupon Issuance Systems
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Affirmation of direct final rule
as final rule.
AGENCY:
The Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS) is adopting as a final rule,
without change, a direct final rule that
made changes to the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
regulations to account for the
replacement of the paper coupon
issuance system with the Electronic
Benefits Transfer (EBT) system as the
nationwide method of distributing
benefits to program participants. This
action is in accordance with the Food,
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008,
Public Law 110–246, (the 2008 Farm
Bill) which prohibited State agencies
from issuing paper food stamp coupons
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and made EBT cards the sole method of
benefit delivery. The 2008 Farm Bill
also de-obligated paper coupons as legal
tender as of June 18, 2009. Therefore,
paper coupons no longer have any value
and can no longer be redeemed at any
store.
In line with EBT implementation and
the elimination of coupons, these
changes remove coupon issuance and
EBT pilot regulations that are no longer
applicable, revise regulatory language to
more appropriately reflect the new EBT
issuance system and the Program’s new
name, and reorganize sections to
develop a more cohesive set of issuance
regulations.
DATES: Effective December 29, 2010, the
Food and Nutrition Service adopted as
a final rule the direct final rule
published at 75 FR 18377 on April 12,
2010. The effective date of that direct
final rule was June 11, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrea Gold, Chief, Retailer
Management and Issuance Branch,
Benefit Redemption Division (703) 305–
2456.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 12, 2010, the Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS) published a
direct final rule entitled, Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program,
Regulation Restructuring: Issuance
Regulation Update and Reorganization
To Reflect the End of Coupon Issuance
Systems, that made changes to the
SNAP regulations to account for the
replacement of the paper coupon
issuance system with the EBT system as
the nationwide method of distributing
benefits to program recipients. FNS
published a direct final rule to expedite
implementation of the rule’s provision,
while allowing public input. Comments
were invited on the rule and the
comment period ended on May 12,
2010.
FNS received one comment in
response to the direct Final Rule that
misinterpreted the intent of the rule.
The comment addressed the new
citation at 7 CFR 274.6(a)(3)(i) regarding
replacement issuances for food lost in a
household misfortune. The commenter
believed that the regulation was
changed to only allow benefits used for
food purchased 10 days prior to the
misfortune to be replaced. To the
contrary, the new language merely
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removed obsolete coupon and
authorization document references and
now reads, ‘‘the report will be
considered timely if it is made to the
State agency within 10 days of the date
food purchased with Program benefits is
destroyed in a household misfortune.’’
The focus of this statement is on when
households must report the food loss,
not on the date the food was purchased.
Therefore, as required by the previous
language, households must report the
food loss within 10 days after the date
the food was destroyed. The food must
be food that was purchased with SNAP
benefits. The date when the food was
actually purchased has no bearing on
the amount of the issuance replacement.
The Department’s Office of the
General Counsel reviewed the comment
and clarification and determined that
because the comment was based on a
misreading of the language, it would not
have to be considered a material
comment that would prevent FNS from
adopting the direct final rule as a final
rule.
List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 274
SNAP, Grant programs-social
programs, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, Regulation Restructuring:
Issuance Regulation Update and
Reorganization to Reflect the End of
Coupon Issuance Systems
Accordingly, FNS is adopting as a
final rule, without change, the direct
final rule that amended 7 CFR part 274
and was published at 75 FR 18377 on
April 12, 2010.
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Dated: November 24, 2010.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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The Code of Federal Regulations is sold by the Superintendent of Documents.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
7 CFR Part 2
Delegations of Authority
CFR Correction
In Title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1 to 26,
revised as of Jan. 1, 2010, on page 139, in Sec. 2.16, paragraph (L)
which follows paragraph (xv) is moved to follow paragraph (K) on page
138.
[FR Doc. 2010-32952 Filed 12-28-10; 8:45 am]
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