Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Forms: Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices, 27885-27886 [2015-11752]

Download as PDF 27885 Notices Federal Register Vol. 80, No. 94 Friday, May 15, 2015 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Forms: Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices Food and Nutrition Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, this Notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on proposed information collections. This collection is a revision of currently approved burden for the applications, periodic reporting, and notices burden calculations for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The revision also modifies the net estimates for PRA burden associated with proposed rule ‘‘Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and Employment and Training Provisions’’ published on May 4, 2011 at 76 FR 25413. DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2015 to be assured consideration. 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 will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:20 May 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 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; 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 forms of information technology. Send comments to Sasha GerstenPaal, Chief, Certification Policy Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 812, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Sasha GerstenPaal at 703–305–2486. 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 during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at the office of the Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 800. All comments will be summarized and included in the request for Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection. All comments will become a matter of public record. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information should be directed to Sasha GerstenPaal at 703–305–2507. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Forms: Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices. OMB Number: 0584–0064. Form Number: None. Expiration Date: April 30, 2016. Type of Request: Revision of an existing collection. PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Abstract: This notice revises the Applications, Periodic Reporting, and Notices burden for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The Federal procedures for implementing the application and certification procedures in the Act are in Parts 271, 272, and 273 of the Title 7 of the Code of Federal Register. Part 271 contains general information and definitions, Part 272 contains requirements for participating State agencies, and Part 273 contains procedures for the certification of eligible households. After careful review and consideration of the burden inventory under OMB No. 0584–0064, FNS has determined the burden baseline does not accurately reflect the burden activities or hours required by the SNAP under this collection. We have corrected the burden inventory baseline to establish burden estimates under OMB No. 0584–0064 that more accurately reflect the information collection burdens of SNAP’s existing application and recertification process. An overview is provided in this notice and additional details are available in the docket at [Placeholder]. Section 3502.2 of the PRA defines burden as ‘‘time, effort, or financial resources expended by a person to generate, maintain, or provide information to or for a Federal agency.’’ In keeping with the PRA definition of burden, we created sub-activity categories that allowed for the inclusion of time and effort expended on behalf of households and State agencies and revised the time estimates. Note that no changes have been made to the existing reporting and recordkeeping requirements. The change in burden is due to formulating more accurate burden estimates associated with the existing requirements. The following tables compare the time estimates for activities contained in the currently approved information collection with the revised burden baseline activities. E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1 27886 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices Time estimates established in the currently approved OMB No. 0584–0064 Activities and time estimates for revising burden baseline for OMB No. 0584–0064 State agency State agency Time estimate (minutes) Information collection activities Initial Application ......................................................... 19 Recertification Application ........................................... 19 Reports: Monthly Reports ................................................... Quarterly Reports ................................................. Simplified Reports ................................................ Change Reports ................................................... Notices: Notice of Eligibility or Denial ................................ Notice of Missing or Incomplete Report .............. Notice of Missed Interview ................................... Notice of Expiration .............................................. Notice of Adverse Action ..................................... Adequate Notice for Monthly Reports .................. Request for Contact ............................................. Transition Notice .................................................. 11 12 11 11 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 Information collection activities Initial Application: ....................................................... Interview ............................................................. Verification .......................................................... Recertification Application: ........................................ Interview ............................................................. Verification .......................................................... Periodic Reports: Monthly Reports ................................................. Quarterly Reports ............................................... Simplified Reports .............................................. Change Report ................................................... Notices: Notice of Eligibility or Denial .............................. Notice of Missing or Incomplete Report ............. Notice of Missed Interviews ............................... Notice of Expiration ............................................ Notice of Adverse Action .................................... Adequate Notice ................................................. Request for Contact ........................................... Transitional notice .............................................. Time estimates established in the currently approved OMB No. 0584–0064 7 8 11 11 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 0 Households Time estimate (minutes) Information collection activities Initial Application ......................................................... 19 Recertification Application ........................................... 19 Reports: Monthly Reports ................................................... Quarterly Reports ................................................. Simplified Reports ................................................ Change Report ............................................................ Notices: Notice of Missed Interview ................................... Notice of Adverse Action ..................................... Adequate Notice .................................................. Request for Contact ............................................. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 19 30 24 15 20 10 Activities and time estimates for revising burden baseline for OMB No. 0584–0064 Households 7 8 8 5 1 1 1 2 Information collection activities Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 45.04. Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 658,539,827. Estimated Hours per Response: .1795. Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 118,221,440. Current Burden Inventory: 24,897,947. Net Increase: 93,323,493. Summary of Estimated Burden Dated: May 4, 2015. Audrey Rowe, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. Affected Public: State and local government agencies administering SNAP and Individuals/Households. Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,619,642. 18:20 May 14, 2015 Jkt 235001 [FR Doc. 2015–11752 Filed 5–14–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410–30–P PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Time estimate (minutes) Initial SNAP Application: ............................................ Interview ............................................................. Travel time—In office interview .......................... Verification .......................................................... SNAP Recertification Application: ............................. Interview ............................................................. Travel time—In office interview .......................... Verification .......................................................... Periodic Reports: Monthly Reports ................................................. Quarterly Reports ............................................... Simplified or Periodic Reports ............................ Change Reports ................................................. Notices: Notice of Missed Interviews ............................... Notice of Adverse Action .................................... Adequate Notice ................................................. Request for Contact ........................................... Additionally, the burden estimates included in this collection account for the burden applicable to each SNAP applicant. The estimated number of applicants has increased from the prior estimate of approximately 11 million applicants to over 14.5 million applicants in Fiscal Year 2014. The net impact to the burden is summarized below. VerDate Sep<11>2014 Time estimate (minutes) Sfmt 4703 19 30 120 24 15 20 120 10 7 8 10 10 1 1 1 2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Rural Business-Cooperative Service Inviting Applications for Value-Added Producer Grants Rural Business-Cooperative Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice, Correction. AGENCY: The Rural BusinessCooperative Service published a Notice in the Federal Register on Friday, May 8, 2015 (80 FR 26528), inviting applications for the Value Added Producer Grant Program. The document contained an incorrect date for SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\15MYN1.SGM 15MYN1

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Notices
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This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules 
or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings 
and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, 
delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency 
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents 
appearing in this section.

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 94 / Friday, May 15, 2015 / Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Forms: 
Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this Notice invites the general public and other public agencies to 
comment on proposed information collections. This collection is a 
revision of currently approved burden for the applications, periodic 
reporting, and notices burden calculations for the Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The revision also modifies the net 
estimates for PRA burden associated with proposed rule ``Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and 
Employment and Training Provisions'' published on May 4, 2011 at 76 FR 
25413.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2015 to 
be assured consideration.

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 will 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 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 forms of information technology.
    Send comments to Sasha Gersten-Paal, Chief, Certification Policy 
Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 812, 
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the 
attention of Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2486. 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 during 
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 
the office of the Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 
800.
    All comments will be summarized and included in the request for 
Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection. 
All comments will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Forms: 
Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices.
    OMB Number: 0584-0064.
    Form Number: None.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2016.
    Type of Request: Revision of an existing collection.
    Abstract: This notice revises the Applications, Periodic Reporting, 
and Notices burden for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
(SNAP). The Federal procedures for implementing the application and 
certification procedures in the Act are in Parts 271, 272, and 273 of 
the Title 7 of the Code of Federal Register. Part 271 contains general 
information and definitions, Part 272 contains requirements for 
participating State agencies, and Part 273 contains procedures for the 
certification of eligible households.
    After careful review and consideration of the burden inventory 
under OMB No. 0584-0064, FNS has determined the burden baseline does 
not accurately reflect the burden activities or hours required by the 
SNAP under this collection. We have corrected the burden inventory 
baseline to establish burden estimates under OMB No. 0584-0064 that 
more accurately reflect the information collection burdens of SNAP's 
existing application and recertification process. An overview is 
provided in this notice and additional details are available in the 
docket at [Placeholder].
    Section 3502.2 of the PRA defines burden as ``time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by a person to generate, maintain, or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency.''
    In keeping with the PRA definition of burden, we created sub-
activity categories that allowed for the inclusion of time and effort 
expended on behalf of households and State agencies and revised the 
time estimates. Note that no changes have been made to the existing 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements. The change in burden is due 
to formulating more accurate burden estimates associated with the 
existing requirements.
    The following tables compare the time estimates for activities 
contained in the currently approved information collection with the 
revised burden baseline activities.

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  Time estimates established in the currently approved OMB    Activities and time estimates for revising burden
                       No. 0584-0064                                    baseline for OMB No. 0584-0064
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                        State agency                                             State agency
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                                             Time estimate                                        Time estimate
     Information collection activities         (minutes)      Information collection activities     (minutes)
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Initial Application.......................               19  Initial Application:..............               19
                                                                Interview......................               30
                                                                Verification...................               24
Recertification Application...............               19  Recertification Application:......               15
                                                                Interview......................               20
                                                                Verification...................               10
Reports:                                                     Periodic Reports:
    Monthly Reports.......................               11     Monthly Reports................                7
    Quarterly Reports.....................               12     Quarterly Reports..............                8
    Simplified Reports....................               11     Simplified Reports.............               11
    Change Reports........................               11     Change Report..................               11
Notices:                                                     Notices:
    Notice of Eligibility or Denial.......                2     Notice of Eligibility or Denial                2
    Notice of Missing or Incomplete Report                2     Notice of Missing or Incomplete                2
                                                                 Report.
    Notice of Missed Interview............                1     Notice of Missed Interviews....                1
    Notice of Expiration..................                2     Notice of Expiration...........                2
    Notice of Adverse Action..............                2     Notice of Adverse Action.......                2
    Adequate Notice for Monthly Reports...                2     Adequate Notice................                2
    Request for Contact...................                2     Request for Contact............                2
    Transition Notice.....................                0     Transitional notice............                0
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  Time estimates established in the currently approved OMB    Activities and time estimates for revising burden
                       No. 0584-0064                                    baseline for OMB No. 0584-0064
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                         Households                                               Households
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                                             Time estimate                                        Time estimate
     Information collection activities         (minutes)      Information collection activities     (minutes)
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Initial Application.......................               19  Initial SNAP Application:.........               19
                                                                Interview......................               30
                                                                Travel time--In office                       120
                                                                 interview.
                                                                Verification...................               24
Recertification Application...............               19  SNAP Recertification Application:.               15
                                                                Interview......................               20
                                                                Travel time--In office                       120
                                                                 interview.
                                                                Verification...................               10
Reports:                                                     Periodic Reports:
    Monthly Reports.......................                7     Monthly Reports................                7
    Quarterly Reports.....................                8     Quarterly Reports..............                8
    Simplified Reports....................                8     Simplified or Periodic Reports.               10
Change Report.............................                5     Change Reports.................               10
Notices:                                                     Notices:
    Notice of Missed Interview............                1     Notice of Missed Interviews....                1
    Notice of Adverse Action..............                1     Notice of Adverse Action.......                1
    Adequate Notice.......................                1     Adequate Notice................                1
    Request for Contact...................                2     Request for Contact............                2
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    Additionally, the burden estimates included in this collection 
account for the burden applicable to each SNAP applicant. The estimated 
number of applicants has increased from the prior estimate of 
approximately 11 million applicants to over 14.5 million applicants in 
Fiscal Year 2014.
    The net impact to the burden is summarized below.

Summary of Estimated Burden

    Affected Public: State and local government agencies administering 
SNAP and Individuals/Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,619,642.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 45.04.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 658,539,827.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .1795.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 118,221,440.
    Current Burden Inventory: 24,897,947.
    Net Increase: 93,323,493.

    Dated: May 4, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-11752 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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