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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Federal Claims
Collection Methods for Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
Recipient Claims
Food and Nutrition Service,
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
proposed information collections. This
revision of an existing collection
announces the intent of the Food and
Nutrition Service to revise and continue
the requirements associated with
initiating and conducting Federal
collection actions against households
with delinquent Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient
debts.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before January 26, 2016
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.
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Comments may be sent to Jane
Duffield, Chief, State Administration
Branch, Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program, Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 818, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302.
Comments may also be submitted via
fax to the attention of Jane Duffield at
703–605–0795. 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 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia
22302, Room 818.
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 or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Kelly Stewart at
(703) 305–2425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Claims Collection
Methods for Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Recipient Claims.
OMB Number: 0584–0446.
Form Number: None.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 13(b) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977, as amended (7
U.S.C. 2022(b)), and Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
regulations at 7 CFR 273.18 require
State agencies to refer delinquent
debtors for SNAP benefit over-issuance
to the U.S. Department of the Treasury
for collection. The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–
134), as amended by the Digital
Accountability and Transparency Act of
2014 (Pub. L. 113–101), requires these
debts to be referred to Treasury for
collection when they are 120 days or
more delinquent. Through the Treasury
Offset Program (TOP), 31 CFR part 285,
payments such as Federal income tax
refunds, Federal salaries and other
Federal payments payable to these
delinquent debtors will be offset and the
amount applied to the delinquent debt.
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TOP places a burden on States agencies
and/or former SNAP recipients who
owe delinquent debts in three areas: (1)
60-day notices from State agencies to
debtors that their debt will be referred
to TOP; (2) State-level submissions; and
(3) automated data processing (ADP).
Below, the burden narrative and chart
depicts the burden estimates by these
three areas and affected public.
TOP 60-Day Notice Burden
The burden associated with the
information collection involves both the
households (debtors) and the State
agencies. The TOP 60-day notice
notifies the household of the proposed
referral to TOP and provides the right
for review and appeal. The State agency
prepares and mails the notices as well
as responds to inquiries and appeals.
The household, in turn, receives and
reads the notice and may make an
inquiry or appeal the impending action.
Based on an average of the number of
records for claims the States sent to TOP
for calendar years 2012, 2013 and 2014,
we estimate that State agencies will
produce and send and that households
will read 237,014 TOP 60-day notices.
We estimate that the households will
submit and State agencies will respond
to about 16,591 phone and informal
inquiries. Households will file and the
States will respond to an estimated
1,421 appeals each. An additional 3,000
notices will be sent directly from FNS
to Federal employees concerning the
potential offset of their Federal salary.
Historically, 30 percent of these notices
will result in a phone inquiry from a
household; and approximately 20 will
result in a formal appeal to FNS
requiring documentation from the State.
Thus, the total number of responses for
the 60-day notice and household
inquiry is 513,992 responses (258,946
household responses + 255,046 State
Agency responses) per year resulting in
an annual reporting burden of 33,960.80
hours. The existing burden for activity
relating to the 60-day notice is 34,510.28
hours. The net decrease of 549.48 hours
is due to a decrease in the average
number of 60-day notices sent to debtors
by State agencies between 2012 and
2014.
TOP State-Level Submissions
Treasury prescribes specific processes
and file formats for FNS to use to send
debts to TOP. FNS provides guidance
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and file formats to State agencies and
monitors their compliance with such.
State agencies must submit an annual
letter to FNS certifying that all of the
debts submitted in the past and all debts
to be submitted in the upcoming
calendar year by the State agency to
TOP are valid and legally enforceable in
the amount stated. FNS estimates that it
will take State agencies a total of 26.5
hours per year for these State
submissions. This burden has not
changed with this activity. State
agencies also report TOP collections on
the FNS–209 form, ‘‘Status of Claims
Against Households.’’ The burden for
completing the FNS–209 is covered
under OMB number 0584–0594.
TOP ADP Burden
The burden for ADP includes weekly
file processing, monthly address
requests and system maintenance.
Weekly and monthly file processing
includes requesting addresses to use to
send out 60-day notices, adding and
maintaining debts in TOP, correcting
errors on unprocessable records, and
posting weekly collection files. Much of
this activity is completed using
automation and involves an estimated
1.4 million records annually. FNS
estimates that this activity takes
12,374.82 annual reporting and 689
recordkeeping burden hours. This
burden has not changed with this
activity.
Summary of Estimated Burden
The net aggregate change from the
existing to the revised annual burden for
this entire Information Collection is a
decrease of 549.48 hours from the
previous submission. For the activity
relating to the 60-day notice, we are
decreasing the estimated annual burden
for State agencies and households from
34,510.28 hours to 33,960.80 hours to
reflect a decrease in the number of
notices and the resulting inquiries and
appeals. The State-level submissions
portion of the reporting and
recordkeeping burden is estimated to
require the same number of hours as the
currently approved collection, 26.5
hours. The annual ADP portion of this
burden package is also estimated to
require the same number of hours as the
currently approved collection, 12,374.82
reporting and 689 recordkeeping hours.
This results in a final total of 47,051
annual burden hours.
Reporting Burden
Affected Public: Households/Debtors.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
237,014.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.09253.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 258,946.
Estimated Hours per Response:
0.097064.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
25,134.42.
Affected Public: State and local
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
53.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 4,935.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 261,570.
Estimated Hours per Response:
.08115.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
21,227.70.
State Agency Recordkeeping Burden
Affected Public: State and local
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
53.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 52.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 2,756.
Estimated Hours per Response: .25.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 689.
REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING BURDEN ESTIMATES
Number of
respondents
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Reading State Issued Notice
237,014
1.00
237,014
0.08
19,790.67
Informal Inquiries to State ...
Formal Appeals to State ......
Reading FNS issued letter
to Federal employees.
Phone Inquiries and informal
appeals for FNS letter.
Formal appeals to FNS .......
16,591
1,421
3,000
1.00
1.00
1.00
16,591
1,421
3,000
0.25
0.50
0.0835
4,147.75
710.50
250.5
900
1.00
900
0.25
225
20
1.00
20
0.5
10
Totals ........................................
..............................................
237,014
1.09253
258,946
0.097064
25,134.42
State Agencies A. Due-Process Notice Requirements:
State Notice Production .......
53
4,471.96
237,014
0.02
3,958.13
Responding to State Phone/
informal Inquires.
Responding to State Formal
Appeals.
Providing documents for formal appeals to FNS.
Certification Letter ................
System Compatibility File ....
53
313.04
16,591
0.25
4,147.75
53
26.81132
1,421
0.50
710.50
53
0.377358
20
0.5
10
53
53
1.00
1.00
53
53
0.50
11.50
26.50
609.50
53
53
53
5
53
53
8.00
8.00
1.00
1.00
52.00
52.00
424
424
53
5
2,756
2,756
1.63
6.50
0.25
7.00
1.50
1.50
693.07
2,756.00
13.25
35.00
4,134.00
4,134.00
Description
Households (Debtors) A. Due-Process Notice Requirements:
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B. State Agency Reporting:
C. TOP Automated Data Processing:
Address File .........................
Collections File ....................
State Agency Profile ............
Testing New System ............
Weekly Files ........................
Weekly Files—Post TOP
Data.
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Hours per
response
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REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING BURDEN ESTIMATES—Continued
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Number of
respondents
Description
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Hours per
response
Total annual
burden hours
Totals ........................................
..............................................
53
4,935.28
261,570
0.08115
21,227.70
Overall Reporting Totals ..........
..............................................
237,067
2.20
520,516
0.09
46,362
State Agency Recordkeeping
Per 7 CFR 272.1(f), State agencies are
required to retain all records associated
with the administration of SNAP for no
less than 3 years. The burden for the
retention of weekly TOP files is
displayed below.
RECORDKEEPING
Annual
records per
recordkeeper
Number of recordkeepers
53 ...................................................................................................................
Dated: November 18, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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BILLING CODE 3410–30–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Notice of the Intent To Request To
Conduct a New Information Collection
National Agricultural Statistics
Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice announces the intention of the
National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) to seek approval to conduct a
new information collection to gather
data related to the production and
marketing of foods directly from farm
producers to consumers or retailers. In
addition NASS will collect some wholefarm data to be used to classify and
group operations for summarizing and
publication of results.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: R.
Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator,
National Agricultural Statistics Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, (202)
720–2707. Copies of this information
collection and related instructions can
be obtained without charge from David
Hancock, NASS-OMB Clearance Officer,
at (202) 690–2388 or at ombofficer@
nass.usda.gov.
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SUMMARY:
Yvette Anderson,
Federal Register Liaison Officer for ARS, ERS,
and NASS.
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Hours per
record
2,756
Total
recordkeeping
burden
0.25
689.00
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE332
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting via
webinar.
AGENCY:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a public meeting of its Law
Enforcement Advisory Panel (LEAP) via
webinar.
DATES: The meeting/webinar will be
held Monday, December 14, 2015,
beginning at 1 p.m. EST and concluding
by 3 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The public documents can
be obtained by contacting the Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council at
(813) 348–1630 or on their Web site at
www.gulfcouncil.org.
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held via webinar. You may register to
participate at: https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
1596747440417850881.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Atran, Senior Fishery Biologist,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (813) 348–1630; fax:
(813) 348–1711; email: steven.atran@
gulfcouncil.org.
In the Federal Register of October 26,
2015 in FR Doc. 2015–27139 on page
19:01 Nov 25, 2015
52
65196, in the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION, para 5, the Estimate of
Burden section, read as follows:
Estimate of Burden: Public reporting
burden for this collection of information
is estimated to average 30 minutes per
response. NASS plans to mail out
publicity materials with the
questionnaires to inform producers of
the importance of this survey. NASS
will also use multiple mailings,
followed up with phone and limited
personal enumeration to increase
response rates and to minimize data
collection costs. The sample will consist
of farm operators believed to market
their products directly to consumers or
retailers. These operators will be drawn
from two sources: (1) NASS’s list of
farm operators, and (2) farm operators
obtained from publically available
sources, including those obtained from
web harvesting.
Respondents: Farmers and Ranchers.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
56,000.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 29,000 hours.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Federal Claims Collection Methods for Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Recipient Claims
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 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 proposed information collections. This revision of an existing
collection announces the intent of the Food and Nutrition Service to
revise and continue the requirements associated with initiating and
conducting Federal collection actions against households with
delinquent Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipient
debts.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before January 26, 2016
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.
Comments may be sent to Jane Duffield, Chief, State Administration
Branch, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 818, Alexandria, Virginia,
22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Jane
Duffield at 703-605-0795. 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 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center
Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 818.
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 or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Kelly
Stewart at (703) 305-2425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Federal Claims Collection Methods for Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Recipient Claims.
OMB Number: 0584-0446.
Form Number: None.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 13(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended
(7 U.S.C. 2022(b)), and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP) regulations at 7 CFR 273.18 require State agencies to refer
delinquent debtors for SNAP benefit over-issuance to the U.S.
Department of the Treasury for collection. The Debt Collection
Improvement Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-134), as amended by the Digital
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-101), requires
these debts to be referred to Treasury for collection when they are 120
days or more delinquent. Through the Treasury Offset Program (TOP), 31
CFR part 285, payments such as Federal income tax refunds, Federal
salaries and other Federal payments payable to these delinquent debtors
will be offset and the amount applied to the delinquent debt. TOP
places a burden on States agencies and/or former SNAP recipients who
owe delinquent debts in three areas: (1) 60-day notices from State
agencies to debtors that their debt will be referred to TOP; (2) State-
level submissions; and (3) automated data processing (ADP). Below, the
burden narrative and chart depicts the burden estimates by these three
areas and affected public.
TOP 60-Day Notice Burden
The burden associated with the information collection involves both
the households (debtors) and the State agencies. The TOP 60-day notice
notifies the household of the proposed referral to TOP and provides the
right for review and appeal. The State agency prepares and mails the
notices as well as responds to inquiries and appeals. The household, in
turn, receives and reads the notice and may make an inquiry or appeal
the impending action. Based on an average of the number of records for
claims the States sent to TOP for calendar years 2012, 2013 and 2014,
we estimate that State agencies will produce and send and that
households will read 237,014 TOP 60-day notices. We estimate that the
households will submit and State agencies will respond to about 16,591
phone and informal inquiries. Households will file and the States will
respond to an estimated 1,421 appeals each. An additional 3,000 notices
will be sent directly from FNS to Federal employees concerning the
potential offset of their Federal salary. Historically, 30 percent of
these notices will result in a phone inquiry from a household; and
approximately 20 will result in a formal appeal to FNS requiring
documentation from the State. Thus, the total number of responses for
the 60-day notice and household inquiry is 513,992 responses (258,946
household responses + 255,046 State Agency responses) per year
resulting in an annual reporting burden of 33,960.80 hours. The
existing burden for activity relating to the 60-day notice is 34,510.28
hours. The net decrease of 549.48 hours is due to a decrease in the
average number of 60-day notices sent to debtors by State agencies
between 2012 and 2014.
TOP State-Level Submissions
Treasury prescribes specific processes and file formats for FNS to
use to send debts to TOP. FNS provides guidance
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and file formats to State agencies and monitors their compliance with
such. State agencies must submit an annual letter to FNS certifying
that all of the debts submitted in the past and all debts to be
submitted in the upcoming calendar year by the State agency to TOP are
valid and legally enforceable in the amount stated. FNS estimates that
it will take State agencies a total of 26.5 hours per year for these
State submissions. This burden has not changed with this activity.
State agencies also report TOP collections on the FNS-209 form,
``Status of Claims Against Households.'' The burden for completing the
FNS-209 is covered under OMB number 0584-0594.
TOP ADP Burden
The burden for ADP includes weekly file processing, monthly address
requests and system maintenance. Weekly and monthly file processing
includes requesting addresses to use to send out 60-day notices, adding
and maintaining debts in TOP, correcting errors on unprocessable
records, and posting weekly collection files. Much of this activity is
completed using automation and involves an estimated 1.4 million
records annually. FNS estimates that this activity takes 12,374.82
annual reporting and 689 recordkeeping burden hours. This burden has
not changed with this activity.
Summary of Estimated Burden
The net aggregate change from the existing to the revised annual
burden for this entire Information Collection is a decrease of 549.48
hours from the previous submission. For the activity relating to the
60-day notice, we are decreasing the estimated annual burden for State
agencies and households from 34,510.28 hours to 33,960.80 hours to
reflect a decrease in the number of notices and the resulting inquiries
and appeals. The State-level submissions portion of the reporting and
recordkeeping burden is estimated to require the same number of hours
as the currently approved collection, 26.5 hours. The annual ADP
portion of this burden package is also estimated to require the same
number of hours as the currently approved collection, 12,374.82
reporting and 689 recordkeeping hours. This results in a final total of
47,051 annual burden hours.
Reporting Burden
Affected Public: Households/Debtors.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 237,014.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.09253.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 258,946.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.097064.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 25,134.42.
Affected Public: State and local government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 4,935.25.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 261,570.
Estimated Hours per Response: .08115.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 21,227.70.
State Agency Recordkeeping Burden
Affected Public: State and local government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 52.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 2,756.
Estimated Hours per Response: .25.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 689.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden Estimates
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Number of Total
Section of reg Description Number of responses per annual Hours per Total annual
respondents respondent responses response burden hours
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Households (Debtors) A. Due-Process Notice Reading State Issued Notice....... 237,014 1.00 237,014 0.08 19,790.67
Requirements:
Informal Inquiries to State....... 16,591 1.00 16,591 0.25 4,147.75
Formal Appeals to State........... 1,421 1.00 1,421 0.50 710.50
Reading FNS issued letter to 3,000 1.00 3,000 0.0835 250.5
Federal employees.
Phone Inquiries and informal 900 1.00 900 0.25 225
appeals for FNS letter.
Formal appeals to FNS............. 20 1.00 20 0.5 10
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Totals..................................... .................................. 237,014 1.09253 258,946 0.097064 25,134.42
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State Agencies A. Due-Process Notice State Notice Production........... 53 4,471.96 237,014 0.02 3,958.13
Requirements:
Responding to State Phone/informal 53 313.04 16,591 0.25 4,147.75
Inquires.
Responding to State Formal Appeals 53 26.81132 1,421 0.50 710.50
Providing documents for formal 53 0.377358 20 0.5 10
appeals to FNS.
B. State Agency Reporting: Certification Letter.............. 53 1.00 53 0.50 26.50
C. TOP Automated Data Processing: System Compatibility File......... 53 1.00 53 11.50 609.50
Address File...................... 53 8.00 424 1.63 693.07
Collections File.................. 53 8.00 424 6.50 2,756.00
State Agency Profile.............. 53 1.00 53 0.25 13.25
Testing New System................ 5 1.00 5 7.00 35.00
Weekly Files...................... 53 52.00 2,756 1.50 4,134.00
Weekly Files--Post TOP Data....... 53 52.00 2,756 1.50 4,134.00
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Totals..................................... .................................. 53 4,935.28 261,570 0.08115 21,227.70
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Overall Reporting Totals................... .................................. 237,067 2.20 520,516 0.09 46,362
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State Agency Recordkeeping
Per 7 CFR 272.1(f), State agencies are required to retain all
records associated with the administration of SNAP for no less than 3
years. The burden for the retention of weekly TOP files is displayed
below.
Recordkeeping
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Annual records Total records Total
Number of recordkeepers per per Hours per recordkeeping
recordkeeper recordkeeper record burden
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53............................................. 52 2,756 0.25 689.00
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Dated: November 18, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-30068 Filed 11-25-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
