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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Determination of Total Amounts of
Fiscal Year 2014 WTO Tariff-Rate
Quotas for Raw Cane Sugar and
Certain Sugars, Syrups and Molasses
Office of the Secretary, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Office of the Secretary of
the Department of Agriculture (the
Secretary) announces the establishment
of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 (October 1,
2013–September 30, 2014) in-quota
aggregate quantity of raw cane sugar at
1,117,195 metric tons raw value
(MTRV). The Secretary also announces
the establishment of the FY 2014 inquota aggregate quantity of certain
sugars, syrups, and molasses (also
referred to as refined sugar) at 122,000
MTRV.
DATES: Effective Date: September 13,
2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Souleymane Diaby, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, Foreign
Agricultural Service, Department of
Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., AgStop 1021, Washington, DC
20250–1021; by telephone (202) 720–
2916; by fax (202) 720–0876; or by email
souleymane.diaby@fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
provisions of paragraph (a)(i) of the
Additional U.S. Note 5, Chapter 17 in
the U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule
(HTS) authorize the Secretary to
establish the in-quota TRQ amounts
(expressed in terms of raw value) for
imports of raw cane sugar and certain
sugars, syrups, and molasses that may
be entered under the subheadings of the
HTS subject to the lower tier of duties
for entry during each fiscal year. The
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative
(USTR) is responsible for the allocation
of these quantities among supplying
countries and areas.
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Section 359(k) of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended,
requires that at the beginning of the
quota year the Secretary of Agriculture
establish the TRQs for raw cane sugar
and refined sugars at the minimum
levels necessary to comply with
obligations under international trade
agreements, with the exception of
specialty sugar.
Notice is hereby given that I have
determined, in accordance with
paragraph (a)(i) of the Additional U.S.
Note 5, Chapter 17 in the HTS and
section 359(k) of the 1938 Act, that an
aggregate quantity of up to 1,117,195
MTRV of raw cane sugar may be entered
or withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption during FY 2014. This is
the minimum amount to which the
United States is committed under the
WTO Uruguay Round Agreements. I
have further determined that an
aggregate quantity of 122,000 MTRV of
sugars, syrups, and molasses may be
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption during FY 2014. Of
this quantity of 122,000 MTRV, the
quantity of 101,656 MTRV is reserved
for the importation of specialty sugars as
defined by the USTR. The total of
122,000 MTRV includes the 22,000
MTRV minimum level necessary to
comply with U.S. WTO Uruguay Round
commitments, of which 1,656 MTRV is
reserved for specialty sugar. Because the
specialty sugar TRQ is first-come, firstserved, tranches are needed to allow for
orderly marketing throughout the year.
The FY 2014 specialty sugar TRQ will
be opened in five tranches. The first
tranche, totaling 1,656 MTRV, will open
October 10, 2013. All specialty sugars
are eligible for entry under this tranche.
The second tranche will open on
October 24, 2013, and be equal to 37,000
MTRV. The remaining tranches will
each be equal to 21,000 MTRV, with the
third opening on January 9, 2014; the
fourth, on April 10, 2014; and the fifth,
on July 10, 2014. The second, third,
fourth, and fifth tranches will be
reserved for organic sugar and other
specialty sugars not currently produced
commercially in the United States or
reasonably available from domestic
sources.
* Conversion factor: 1 metric ton =
1.10231125 short tons.
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Dated: August 9, 2013.
Darci L. Vetter,
Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign
Agricultural Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program: State
Issuance and Participation Estimates—
Forms FNS–388 and FNS–388A
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is
publishing for public comment a
summary of a proposed information
collection. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) forms: FNS–388, State
Issuance and Participation Estimates
and FNS–388A, Project Area Data
Format. FNS plans to update form FNS–
388, to separately capture and
differentiate Disaster Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (D–SNAP)
benefit issuance and participation data
from ongoing SNAP issuance and
participation data. This form update
will clearly distinguish D–SNAP data
from ongoing SNAP data, thereby
ensuring the speed and accuracy of FNS
response to requests from multiple
agencies on contributions to Federal
disaster relief efforts. There are no
changes to form FNS–388A.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before November 12,
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 used;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
SUMMARY:
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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 Jane
Duffield, Chief, State Administration
Branch, Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 818,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via email to
SNAPSAB@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
approval. All comments will become a
matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Kelly Stewart at
703–305–2425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: State Issuance and Participation
Estimates.
Form Number: FNS–388 and FNS–
388A.
OMB Number: 0584–0081.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 18(b) of the Food
and Nutrition Act, (the Act) 7 U.S.C.
2027(b), limits the value of allotments
paid to SNAP households to an amount
not in excess of the appropriation for
the fiscal year. If allotments in any fiscal
year would exceed the appropriation,
the Secretary of Agriculture is required
to direct State agencies to reduce the
value of SNAP allotments to the extent
necessary to stay within appropriated
funding limits. Timely State monthly
issuance estimates are necessary for
FNS to ensure that it remains within the
appropriation. The estimates will also
have a direct effect upon the manner in
which allotments would be reduced if
necessary. While benefit reductions
have never been ordered in the past
under Section 18(b) nor are they
anticipated based on current data, the
Department must continue to monitor
actual program costs against the
appropriation.
Section 11(e)(12) of the Food and
Nutrition Act, 7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(12),
requires that the State Plan of
Operations provide for the submission
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of reports required by the Secretary of
Agriculture. State agencies are required
to report on a monthly basis on the
FNS–388, State Issuance and
Participation Estimates, estimated or
actual issuance and participation data
for the current month and previous
month, and actual participation data for
the second preceding month. The FNS–
388 report provides the necessary data
for an early warning system to enable
the Department to monitor actual and
estimated costs for all benefit types
against the appropriation.
Disaster SNAP is authorized by
sections 402 and 502 of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
and the temporary emergency
provisions contained in Section 5 of the
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and in
7 CFR Part 280 of the SNAP regulations.
State agencies may request FNS
approval to operate a Disaster SNAP in
an area that has received a Presidential
declaration as a Major Disaster area
eligible for Individual Assistance. In
accordance with 7 CFR 274.4, State
agencies shall keep records and report
SNAP participation and issuance totals
to FNS.
FNS currently requires State agencies
to report Disaster SNAP issuance and
participation data using form FNS–292B
Report of Disaster Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit
Issuance. Form FNS–292B must be
submitted to the agency within 45 days
of the termination of a Disaster SNAP
operation and captures final issuance
and participation data. The information
collection burden for the FNS–292B is
included in OMB 0584–0037, expiration
date July 31, 2014.
States operating D–SNAP may also
use the ‘‘remarks’’ section of the current
FNS–388 form to indicate issuance and
participation data, however this is not
required and is currently not reported
consistently or in a uniform manner that
allows FNS to readily access this
information. However, recent evaluation
of Federal disaster response efforts has
identified a critical need for timely
periodic reporting while a disaster
response is ongoing. Disaster response
updates are frequently requested by the
Secretary of Agriculture, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, the
White House and Congress during an
ongoing relief effort. Updating the FNS–
388, to include separate reporting of D–
SNAP benefit issuance and participation
will improve data accountability and
ensure data is available on a monthly
basis for timely response to Federal,
State and other inquiries. Requiring
monthly D–SNAP data on the FNS–388,
will not duplicate any data collection
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currently in place, as the FNS–292B,
serves as a final summary and closeout
of the disaster response period and is
not meant to provide periodic updates.
Revisions to the FNS–388, are not yet
finalized, however the following
updates are projected:
• Addition of data elements ‘‘D–
SNAP (New Households)’’ and ‘‘Disaster
Supplements (Ongoing SNAP
Households)’’ in the Issuance section.
‘‘Current Month’’ data will not be
required for these elements.
• Addition of data elements ‘‘D–
SNAP (New Participants)’’ and ‘‘Disaster
Supplements (Ongoing SNAP
Participants)’’ in the Participants
section. ‘‘Current Month’’ data will not
be required for these elements.
• Addition of data elements ‘‘D–
SNAP (New Households)’’ and ‘‘Disaster
Supplements (Ongoing SNAP
Households)’’ in the Households
section. ‘‘Current Month’’ data will not
be required for these elements.
The update to form FNS–388, is
occurring in coordination with an
update to form FNS–46, Issuance
Reconciliation Report (OMB 0584–0080,
expiration date March 31, 2014) to
incorporate separate D–SNAP benefit
issuance data points that mirror those
collected on the FNS–388. The
alignment of these two forms will
ensure that the monthly D–SNAP
benefit issuance data collected on the
FNS–388, will have associated and
corresponding final issuance
reconciliations on the FNS–46.
State agencies in general only submit
one statewide FNS–388 per month,
which covers benefits from their
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT)
system. The exception is State agencies
which choose to operate an approved
alternative issuance demonstration
project such as a cash-out system submit
a separate report for each additional
type of issuance system. The addition of
D–SNAP estimates on FNS–388, will
not impact the frequency of response or
recordkeeping, but the update will
minimally increase the burden
associated with completing the form. As
there are an average of six disasters
requiring D–SNAP issuance each year,
this change will not impact all States in
all months. As a result of these program
changes, FNS estimates the burden
hours associated with completing the
FNS–388, will increase by 30 minutes
for each State responding to a disaster
(estimated at 6). This will increase the
time per response from 5.6 to an average
of 5.65 per month ([(5.6*47) + (6*6)]/53)
thereby increasing the total reporting
burden hours for the FNS–388 to
3,389.8.
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In addition, State agencies are
required to submit a project area
breakdown on the FNS–388, of issuance
and participation data twice a year. The
project area breakdown attached to the
FNS–388, twice a year is known as the
FNS–388A. This data is useful in
identifying project areas that operate
fraud detection units in accordance with
the Act. The information provided on
FNS–388A, will not change and the
burden associated with this form
remains as is.
As of August 2013, 100 percent of
respondents submitted the FNS–388
and FNS–388A data electronically.
Affected Public: State agencies that
administer SNAP.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
53.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 27.17.
Estimated Hours per Response: 3.602.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
1,440.
Number of
respondents
Affected public
Forms
State Agencies ....................
FNS–388 ............................
FNS–388A ..........................
53
53
Reporting Burden .........
.............................................
53
Frequency of
response
Total annual
responses
11.32
2.26
600
120
........................
Number of
record-keepers
Frequency of
response
FNS–388 ............................
FNS–388A ..........................
53
53
Record-keeping Burden
.............................................
53
Grand Total ...........
.............................................
53
720
11.32
2.26
Affected public
Forms
State Agencies ....................
Dated: September 5, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Notice of a Request for a
Reinstatement of a Currently Approved
Information Collection
Foreign Agricultural Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces that the Foreign
Agricultural Service (FAS) intends to
reinstate a currently approved
information collection procedure for the
Trade Adjustment Assistance for
Farmers program as described in 7 CFR
Part 1580.
DATES: Comments on this notice must be
received by no later than November 12,
2013 to be assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments as requested in this notice. In
your comment, include the Regulation
Identifier Number (RIN) and volume,
date, and page number of this issue of
SUMMARY:
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: The current burden
inventory for this collection is 5,157.
This revised annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden for OMB No.
0584–0081, is estimated to be 5,186.6
hours. For the FNS–388, the response
time has increased slightly from an
estimated 5.6 hours per month to 5.71.
This results in a burden increase of 29.6
hours annually. See the table below for
estimated total annual burden for each
type of respondent.
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5.65
14.83
3,389.8
1,779.6
........................
Time per
response
(hrs)
5,169.4
Annual
recordkeeping
hours
.024
.024
14.4
2.88
........................
720
........................
17.28
27.170
1,440
3.602
Confidentiality
All submitted comments and
attachments are part of the public record
and subject to disclosure. Do not
enclose any material in your comments
that you consider to be confidential or
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hours
600
120
the Federal Register. You may submit
comments by any of the following
methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail, hand delivery, or courier:
Peter W. Burr, Branch Chief, Export
Sales Reporting Branch, Import Policies
and Export Reporting Division, Office of
Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural
Service, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1021,
STOP 1021; or by email at Pete.Burr@
fas.usda.gov; or by telephone at (202)
720–3274; or fax to (202) 720–0876.
Comments will be available for
inspection online at https://
www.regulations.gov and at the mail
address listed above between 8:00 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except holidays. Persons with
disabilities who require an alternative
means for communication of
information (Braille, large print,
audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s
Target Center at (202) 720–2600 (voice
and TDD).
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5,186.6
that is inappropriate for public
disclosure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter W. Burr, Import Policies and
Export Reporting Division, Office of
Trade Programs, Foreign Agricultural
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
STOP 1021, 1400 Independence Avenue
SW., Washington, DC 20250–1021, (202)
720–3274., or email Pete.Burr@
fas.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Trade Adjustment Assistance
for Farmers.
OMB Number: 0551–0040.
Expiration Date of Approval: June 30,
2013.
Type of Request: Reinstatement of
currently approved information
collection.
Abstract: The American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 reauthorized
and modified the Trade Adjustment
Assistance for Farmers program as
established by Subtitle C of Title I of the
Trade Act of 2002, which amended the
Trade Act of 1974. The Omnibus Trade
Act of 2010 and the Trade Adjustment
Assistance Extension Act of 2011
further amended the Trade Act of 1974.
Under this program, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA)
provides technical assistance and cash
benefits to eligible producers of raw
agricultural commodities and fishermen
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: State
Issuance and Participation Estimates--Forms FNS-388 and FNS-388A
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is publishing for public comment a
summary of a proposed information collection. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) forms: FNS-388, State Issuance and Participation
Estimates and FNS-388A, Project Area Data Format. FNS plans to update
form FNS-388, to separately capture and differentiate Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefit issuance and
participation data from ongoing SNAP issuance and participation data.
This form update will clearly distinguish D-SNAP data from ongoing SNAP
data, thereby ensuring the speed and accuracy of FNS response to
requests from multiple agencies on contributions to Federal disaster
relief efforts. There are no changes to form FNS-388A.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 12,
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 used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be
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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 Jane Duffield, Chief, State Administration
Branch, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
818, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via email to
SNAPSAB@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 approval. All comments will
become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Kelly
Stewart at 703-305-2425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: State Issuance and Participation Estimates.
Form Number: FNS-388 and FNS-388A.
OMB Number: 0584-0081.
Expiration Date: July 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 18(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act, (the Act) 7
U.S.C. 2027(b), limits the value of allotments paid to SNAP households
to an amount not in excess of the appropriation for the fiscal year. If
allotments in any fiscal year would exceed the appropriation, the
Secretary of Agriculture is required to direct State agencies to reduce
the value of SNAP allotments to the extent necessary to stay within
appropriated funding limits. Timely State monthly issuance estimates
are necessary for FNS to ensure that it remains within the
appropriation. The estimates will also have a direct effect upon the
manner in which allotments would be reduced if necessary. While benefit
reductions have never been ordered in the past under Section 18(b) nor
are they anticipated based on current data, the Department must
continue to monitor actual program costs against the appropriation.
Section 11(e)(12) of the Food and Nutrition Act, 7 U.S.C.
2020(e)(12), requires that the State Plan of Operations provide for the
submission of reports required by the Secretary of Agriculture. State
agencies are required to report on a monthly basis on the FNS-388,
State Issuance and Participation Estimates, estimated or actual
issuance and participation data for the current month and previous
month, and actual participation data for the second preceding month.
The FNS-388 report provides the necessary data for an early warning
system to enable the Department to monitor actual and estimated costs
for all benefit types against the appropriation.
Disaster SNAP is authorized by sections 402 and 502 of the Robert
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5121 et seq.) and the temporary emergency provisions contained in
Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, and in 7 CFR Part 280
of the SNAP regulations. State agencies may request FNS approval to
operate a Disaster SNAP in an area that has received a Presidential
declaration as a Major Disaster area eligible for Individual
Assistance. In accordance with 7 CFR 274.4, State agencies shall keep
records and report SNAP participation and issuance totals to FNS.
FNS currently requires State agencies to report Disaster SNAP
issuance and participation data using form FNS-292B Report of Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefit Issuance. Form FNS-
292B must be submitted to the agency within 45 days of the termination
of a Disaster SNAP operation and captures final issuance and
participation data. The information collection burden for the FNS-292B
is included in OMB 0584-0037, expiration date July 31, 2014.
States operating D-SNAP may also use the ``remarks'' section of the
current FNS-388 form to indicate issuance and participation data,
however this is not required and is currently not reported consistently
or in a uniform manner that allows FNS to readily access this
information. However, recent evaluation of Federal disaster response
efforts has identified a critical need for timely periodic reporting
while a disaster response is ongoing. Disaster response updates are
frequently requested by the Secretary of Agriculture, the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, the White House and Congress during an
ongoing relief effort. Updating the FNS-388, to include separate
reporting of D-SNAP benefit issuance and participation will improve
data accountability and ensure data is available on a monthly basis for
timely response to Federal, State and other inquiries. Requiring
monthly D-SNAP data on the FNS-388, will not duplicate any data
collection currently in place, as the FNS-292B, serves as a final
summary and closeout of the disaster response period and is not meant
to provide periodic updates.
Revisions to the FNS-388, are not yet finalized, however the
following updates are projected:
Addition of data elements ``D-SNAP (New Households)'' and
``Disaster Supplements (Ongoing SNAP Households)'' in the Issuance
section. ``Current Month'' data will not be required for these
elements.
Addition of data elements ``D-SNAP (New Participants)''
and ``Disaster Supplements (Ongoing SNAP Participants)'' in the
Participants section. ``Current Month'' data will not be required for
these elements.
Addition of data elements ``D-SNAP (New Households)'' and
``Disaster Supplements (Ongoing SNAP Households)'' in the Households
section. ``Current Month'' data will not be required for these
elements.
The update to form FNS-388, is occurring in coordination with an
update to form FNS-46, Issuance Reconciliation Report (OMB 0584-0080,
expiration date March 31, 2014) to incorporate separate D-SNAP benefit
issuance data points that mirror those collected on the FNS-388. The
alignment of these two forms will ensure that the monthly D-SNAP
benefit issuance data collected on the FNS-388, will have associated
and corresponding final issuance reconciliations on the FNS-46.
State agencies in general only submit one statewide FNS-388 per
month, which covers benefits from their Electronic Benefit Transfer
(EBT) system. The exception is State agencies which choose to operate
an approved alternative issuance demonstration project such as a cash-
out system submit a separate report for each additional type of
issuance system. The addition of D-SNAP estimates on FNS-388, will not
impact the frequency of response or recordkeeping, but the update will
minimally increase the burden associated with completing the form. As
there are an average of six disasters requiring D-SNAP issuance each
year, this change will not impact all States in all months. As a result
of these program changes, FNS estimates the burden hours associated
with completing the FNS-388, will increase by 30 minutes for each State
responding to a disaster (estimated at 6). This will increase the time
per response from 5.6 to an average of 5.65 per month ([(5.6*47) +
(6*6)]/53) thereby increasing the total reporting burden hours for the
FNS-388 to 3,389.8.
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In addition, State agencies are required to submit a project area
breakdown on the FNS-388, of issuance and participation data twice a
year. The project area breakdown attached to the FNS-388, twice a year
is known as the FNS-388A. This data is useful in identifying project
areas that operate fraud detection units in accordance with the Act.
The information provided on FNS-388A, will not change and the burden
associated with this form remains as is.
As of August 2013, 100 percent of respondents submitted the FNS-388
and FNS-388A data electronically.
Affected Public: State agencies that administer SNAP.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 27.17.
Estimated Hours per Response: 3.602.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 1,440.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The current burden
inventory for this collection is 5,157. This revised annual reporting
and recordkeeping burden for OMB No. 0584-0081, is estimated to be
5,186.6 hours. For the FNS-388, the response time has increased
slightly from an estimated 5.6 hours per month to 5.71. This results in
a burden increase of 29.6 hours annually. See the table below for
estimated total annual burden for each type of respondent.
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Time per
Affected public Forms Number of Frequency of Total annual response Annual burden
respondents response responses (hrs) hours
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State Agencies............................. FNS-388...................... 53 11.32 600 5.65 3,389.8
FNS-388A..................... 53 2.26 120 14.83 1,779.6
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Reporting Burden....................... ............................. 53 ............. 720 ............. 5,169.4
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Time per Annual
Affected public Forms Number of Frequency of Total annual response recordkeeping
record-keepers response records (hrs) hours
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State Agencies............................. FNS-388....................... 53 11.32 600 .024 14.4
FNS-388A...................... 53 2.26 120 .024 2.88
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Record-keeping Burden.................. .............................. 53 ............. 720 ............. 17.28
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Grand Total........................ .............................. 53 27.170 1,440 3.602 5,186.6
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Dated: September 5, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-22253 Filed 9-12-13; 8:45 am]
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