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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—FNS–380,
Worksheet for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Quality
Control Reviews
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection.
This is a revision of a currently
approved collection of FNS–380,
Worksheet for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program’s Quality
Control Reviews.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before March 18, 2013.
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 shall have 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 that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Francis B.
Heil, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
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Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park
Center Drive, Room 822, Alexandria, VA
22302. Comments may also be
submitted via email to SNAPHQWeb@fns.usda.gov. Comments will also
be accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal. Go to
https://www.regulations.gov, and follow
the online instructions for submitting
comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval. All comments will be
a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Francis B. Heil at
703–305–2442.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Worksheet for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program’s (SNAP)
Quality Control Reviews.
Form Number: FNS–380.
OMB Number: 0584–0074.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2013.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Form FNS–380, is a SNAP
worksheet used to determine eligibility
and benefits for households selected for
review in the quality control sample of
active cases. We estimate the total
reporting burden for this collection of
information as 8.9 hours, equating to a
total of 467,631 hours collectively. This
includes the time for State agencies
analyzing the household case record;
planning and carrying out the field
investigation; gathering, comparing,
analyzing and evaluating the review
data and forwarding selected cases to
the Food and Nutrition Service for
Federal validation. It also includes an
average interview burden of 30 minutes
(0.5 hours) for each household.
Additionally, we estimate the
recordkeeping burden per record for the
State agency to be 0.0236 hours, thereby
making the recordkeeping burden
associated with this information
collection for the State agency to be
1,226 hours. The total estimated
reporting and recordkeeping burden for
this collection is 463,661.33 hours.
The reporting and recordkeeping
burden for this form was previously
approved under OMB clearance number
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0584–0074. OMB approved the burden
through April 30, 2013. Based on the
most recent table of active case sample
sizes and completion rates (FY2011), we
estimate 51,959 FNS–380 worksheets
and interviews will now be completed
annually. This is a decrease of 4,106
responses from the estimate made to
substantiate the current collection. This
estimate will also cause a corresponding
decrease in the reporting and
recordkeeping burden. The decrease in
response is a result of a reduction in the
number of cases being pulled for review
over the minimum required review
amount. We are requesting a three-year
approval from OMB for this information
collection.
Affected Reporting Public: State,
Local and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53
State Agencies (SA).
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 980.3584906.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
51,959.
Estimated Time per Response: 8.4
hours per.
Estimated Total Burden for SA:
436,455.6.
Affected Reporting Public:
Households (HH).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
51,959.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
51,959.
Estimated Time per Response: .5
hours.
Estimated Total Burden for HH:
25,979.5.
Overall Total Reporting burden:
462,435.10 hours.
Affected Recordkeeping Public: State,
Local and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53
State Agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 980.3584906.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
51,959.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0236
hours.
Overall Total Recordkeeping burden:
1,226.2324 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 463,661.33 hours.
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number of
respondents
Respondent
Responses
annually per
respondent
Total annual
responses
(col. b × c)
Estimated avg.
number of
hours per
response
Estimated total
hours
(col. d × e)
Reporting Burden
STATE AGENCIES ..............................................................
HOUSEHOLDS ....................................................................
53
51,959
980.3584906
1
51,959
51,959
8.4
.5
436,455.6
25,979.5
Total Reporting Burden ................................................
52,012
........................
103,918
........................
462,435.10
Recordkeeping Burden
STATE AGENCIES ..............................................................
53
980.3584906
51,959
0.0236
1,226.2324
Total Recordkeeping Burden ........................................
53
........................
51,959
........................
1,226.2324
Total Overall Burden Hours ...................................
52,012
3.00
155,877
2.97
463,661.33
Dated: January 10, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request: FNS–583,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program Employment and Training
Program Activity Report
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
invites the public and other public
agencies to comment on a proposed
information collection burden for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), Employment and
Training (E&T) Program, currently
approved under OMB No. 0584–0339.
This is a revision of a currently
approved collection, which proposes to
decrease the currently approved burden
of 26,083 hours by 4,194. The adjusted
burden is 21,889 hours. This decrease is
due to greater efficiencies in tracking
and reporting E&T component
placements. In prior collections, FNS
estimated that State agencies used one
minute per component placement to
compile and record this data. This
estimate is now reduced to 10 seconds
per component placement, which is the
same amount of time allotted for States
to compile and record work registrant
data.
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Submit written comments on or
before March 18, 2013.
DATES:
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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 will have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of burden of the proposed collection of
information, including validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical or
other technological collection
techniques or other form of information
technology.
Comments may be sent to Moira
Johnston, Chief, Program Design Branch,
Program Development Division,
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 810,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302. Comments
may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Moira Johnston at 703–305–
2454 or via email to
moira.johnston@fns.usda.gov.
Comments will also be accepted
through the Federal eRulemaking 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, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, Room 810.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will also
become a matter of public record.
ADDRESSES:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Request for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Moira Johnston at
(703) 305–2515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Employment and Training
Program Activity Report.
OMB Number: 0584–0339.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2013
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: 7 CFR 273.7(c)(9) requires
State agencies to submit quarterly E&T
Program Activity Reports containing
monthly figures for participation in the
program. FNS uses Form FNS–583, to
collect participation data. The
information collected on the FNS–583
report includes:
• On the first quarter report, the
number of work registrants receiving
SNAP as of October 1 of the new fiscal
year;
• On each quarterly report, by month,
the number of new work registrants; the
number of able–bodied adults without
dependents (ABAWDs) applicants and
recipients participating in qualifying
components; the number of all other
applicants and recipients (including
ABAWDs involved in non-qualifying
activities) participating in components;
and the number of ABAWDs exempt
under the State agency’s 15 percent
exemption allowance;
• On the fourth quarter report, the
total number of individuals who
participated in each component, which
is also sorted by ABAWD and nonABAWD participants and the number of
individuals who participated in the E&T
Program during the fiscal year.
7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(D) provides that
if a State agency will not expend all of
the funds allocated to it for a fiscal year,
FNS will reallocate unexpended funds
to other State agencies during the fiscal
year or the subsequent fiscal year as
FNS considers appropriate and
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statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--FNS-380, Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Quality Control Reviews
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment
on this proposed information collection. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection of FNS-380, Worksheet for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Reviews.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 18, 2013.
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 shall have 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 that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Francis B. Heil, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
822, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via email to
SNAPHQ-Web@fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to https://www.regulations.gov, and
follow the online instructions for submitting comments electronically.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval. All
comments will be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Francis B.
Heil at 703-305-2442.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program's (SNAP) Quality Control Reviews.
Form Number: FNS-380.
OMB Number: 0584-0074.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2013.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Form FNS-380, is a SNAP worksheet used to determine
eligibility and benefits for households selected for review in the
quality control sample of active cases. We estimate the total reporting
burden for this collection of information as 8.9 hours, equating to a
total of 467,631 hours collectively. This includes the time for State
agencies analyzing the household case record; planning and carrying out
the field investigation; gathering, comparing, analyzing and evaluating
the review data and forwarding selected cases to the Food and Nutrition
Service for Federal validation. It also includes an average interview
burden of 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for each household. Additionally, we
estimate the recordkeeping burden per record for the State agency to be
0.0236 hours, thereby making the recordkeeping burden associated with
this information collection for the State agency to be 1,226 hours. The
total estimated reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection
is 463,661.33 hours.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden for this form was previously
approved under OMB clearance number 0584-0074. OMB approved the burden
through April 30, 2013. Based on the most recent table of active case
sample sizes and completion rates (FY2011), we estimate 51,959 FNS-380
worksheets and interviews will now be completed annually. This is a
decrease of 4,106 responses from the estimate made to substantiate the
current collection. This estimate will also cause a corresponding
decrease in the reporting and recordkeeping burden. The decrease in
response is a result of a reduction in the number of cases being pulled
for review over the minimum required review amount. We are requesting a
three-year approval from OMB for this information collection.
Affected Reporting Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies (SA).
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 980.3584906.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 51,959.
Estimated Time per Response: 8.4 hours per.
Estimated Total Burden for SA: 436,455.6.
Affected Reporting Public: Households (HH).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 51,959.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 51,959.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours.
Estimated Total Burden for HH: 25,979.5.
Overall Total Reporting burden: 462,435.10 hours.
Affected Recordkeeping Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 980.3584906.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 51,959.
Estimated Time per Response: 0.0236 hours.
Overall Total Recordkeeping burden: 1,226.2324 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 463,661.33 hours.
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Estimated avg.
Estimated Responses Total annual number of Estimated
Respondent number of annually per responses hours per total hours
respondents respondent (col. b x c) response (col. d x e)
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Reporting Burden
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STATE AGENCIES.................. 53 980.3584906 51,959 8.4 436,455.6
HOUSEHOLDS...................... 51,959 1 51,959 .5 25,979.5
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Total Reporting Burden...... 52,012 .............. 103,918 .............. 462,435.10
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Recordkeeping Burden
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STATE AGENCIES.................. 53 980.3584906 51,959 0.0236 1,226.2324
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Total Recordkeeping Burden.. 53 .............. 51,959 .............. 1,226.2324
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Total Overall Burden 52,012 3.00 155,877 2.97 463,661.33
Hours..................
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Dated: January 10, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-00812 Filed 1-15-13; 8:45 am]
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