Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Form FNS-380-1, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Review Schedule, 41861 [E9-19844]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
• Food and Nutrition Service

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 41861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19844]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Form FNS-380-1, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program's Quality Control Review Schedule

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment 
on proposed information collection of Form FNS-380-1, Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Review Schedule. The 
proposed collection is a revision of collection currently approved 
under OMB No. 0584-0299.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before October 19, 
2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection 
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions 
of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; 
(b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the 
burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, 
including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or 
other technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments may be sent to: Tiffany Susan Wilkinson, Program Analyst, 
Quality Control Branch, Program Accountability and Administration 
Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 822, Alexandria, VA 22302. You may also 
download an electronic version of this notice at https://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/rules/regulations/default.htm and comment via e-
mail at SNAPHQ-Web@fns.usda.gov or use the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. 
Go to https://www.regulations.gov and follow the online instructions for 
submitting comments electronically.
    All written comments will be open for public inspection at the 
office of the Food and Nutrition Service during regular business hours 
(8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, 
Room 822, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
    All responses to this notice will be included in the request for 
Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will also become 
a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection form and instruction should be 
directed to Tiffany Susan Wilkinson at (703) 305-2410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Quality Control Review Schedule.
    OMB Number: 0584-0299.
    Expiration Date: January 31, 2010.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: FNS 380-1 is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program's (SNAP) Quality Control (QC) Review Schedule which collects QC 
and household characteristics data. The information needed to complete 
this form is obtained from the SNAP case record and state quality 
control findings. The information is used to monitor and reduce errors, 
develop policy strategies, and analyze household characteristic data. 
We estimate that it takes 1.05 hours per response and .0236 hours per 
record for recordkeeping to complete the form.
    The annual reporting burden for this collection is 58,065 hours and 
the annual recordkeeping burden for this collection is 1,322 hours. 
Overall, the annual reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with 
the completion of the FNS 380-1 is being decreased from 61,352 hours to 
58,868 hours. This is a 2,484 hour decrease in the current burden, 
which is a result of the State agencies' reduction in the number of 
cases being pulled for review over the minimum required review amount. 
We previously cleared the reporting and recordkeeping burden for this 
form under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance number 0584-
0299. OMB approved the burden through January 31, 2010. Based on the 
most recent table of active case sample sizes and completion rates (FY 
2007), we estimate 56,065 FNS 380-1 worksheets and interviews will now 
be completed annually.
    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Reporters: 56,065 households.
    Estimated Number of Reports per Household: 1.
    Estimated Hours per Report: 1.05 hours.
    Total Annual Reporting Burden: 58,868 hours.
    Affected Public: State or local governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents and Record keepers: 53 State 
agencies.
    Estimated Total Number of Responses per Year: 56,065 responses.
    Estimated Hours per Reporting Response: 1.05 hours.
    Estimated Number of Records: 56,065 records.
    Estimated Number of Records per Record keeper: 1,057 records.
    Estimated Total Reporting: 58,868.
    Estimated Hours per Recordkeeping: 0.0236 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Record Keeping Burden: 1,322 hours.
    Total Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden: 60,190 hours.
    Estimated Grand Total: 119,058.

    Dated: August 11, 2009.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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