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Signed this 8th day of August, 2016.
Carolyn C. Parker,
Director, Office of Advocacy and Outreach.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program—Quality
Control
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before October 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Stephanie Proska, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 822,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Stephanie Proska at 703–305–0928 or
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
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 Stephanie Proska
at 703–305–2437.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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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.
Title: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP)—Title 7,
Part 275.
OMB Number: 0584–0303.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2017.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: There are three components
of the Quality Control (QC) system that
are covered in this required information
collection. They are: (1) The sampling
plan; (2) the arbitration process; and (3)
the good cause process. Each State is
required to develop a sampling plan that
demonstrates the integrity of its case
selection procedures. The QC system is
designed to measure each State agency’s
payment error rate based on a
statistically valid sample of SNAP cases.
A State agency’s payment error rate
represents the proportion of cases that
were reported through a QC review as
being ineligible, as well as the
proportion of SNAP benefits that were
either overissued or underissued to
SNAP households.
The QC system contains procedures
for resolving differences in review
findings between State agencies and
FNS. This is referred to as the
arbitration process. The QC system also
contains procedures that provide relief
for State agencies from all or a part of
a QC liability when a State agency can
demonstrate that a part or all of an
excessive error rate was due to an
unusual event that had an
uncontrollable impact on the State
agency’s payment error rate. This is
referred to as the good cause process.
The approved burden for the QC
system includes the burden for the QC
sampling plan, the arbitration process
and the good cause process. The
currently approved burden for total
reporting burden for the QC system is
1,544.91 hours, an increase of 167.91
hours. (1) The annual reporting burden
associated with the QC sampling plan
remains at 265 hours. (2) We estimate
the annual reporting burdens associated
with arbitration and (3) good cause
processes to total 791.1 and 320 hours,
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respectively. The decrease in the revised
burden from the currently approved 792
to 791.1 hours for the arbitration process
is due to a decrease in the estimated
number of responses per State agency.
These decreases are a result of State
agencies less frequently disagreeing
with FNS’ findings. The requested
annual reporting burden for the good
cause process remains at 320 hours.
In addition, we are adding two
additional forms to the reporting
burden: FNS 74A, Template for QCrelated New Investment Plans and FNS
74B, Template for QC-related New
Investment Plan Progress Reports. These
two templates are being added to this
collection in an effort to formalize the
regulatory requirements of these two
items for States that are subject to QCrelated new investments.
Based on the number of State agencies
subject to the QC-related new
investment requirement over the last
three years and feedback from those
State agencies that responded to our
inquiry, we estimate the amount of time
to create a QC-related new investment
plan is approximately 32 hours. This
estimate includes determining root
causes of a State agency’s error rate,
exploring methods to address those
causes, and writing up the plan to
address those causes. In addition, we
estimate it takes approximately 5 hours
to complete a progress report updating
FNS on the status of the activities in the
State agency’s relevant QC-related new
investment plan. We estimate the total
annual reporting burden for 4 State
Agencies to complete a new investment
plan to be 128 hours and 40 hours for
the progress report.
The requested annual recordkeeping
burden associated with the QC sampling
plan remains at 1.25 hours per year. The
revised annual recordkeeping burdens
associated with arbitration has
increased from 0.7788 hour to 1.4868
hours and the good cause process has
remained at 0.0472 hour. The estimated
recordkeeping burden for the QC-related
new investment plan and progress
reports total 0.0944 hour and 0.1888
hours respectively.
The burden for recordkeeping has
increased from 2.076 hours to 3.068
hours. As a result, the overall annual
burden for the QC system, as proposed
by this notice, increased from 1,379.076
to 1547.978 hours, totaling an increase
of 168.90 hours.
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Affected public
Estimated
number of
respondents
Requirement
Responses
annually per
respondent
Estimated
average
number of
hours per
response
Total annual
responses
(Col. b × c)
Estimated total
hours
(Col. d × e)
Reporting Burden
State
State
State
State
Agencies
Agencies
Agencies
Agencies
....................................
....................................
....................................
....................................
State Agencies ....................................
Grand Total Reporting ..................
Sampling Plan .....................................
Arbitration Process ..............................
Good Cause Process ..........................
New Investment Plan Template Form
FNS 74 A.
New Investment Progress Report
Template Form FNS 74 B.
53
15
2
4
1
4.2
1
1
53
63
2
4
5
12.57
160
32
265
791.91
320
128
4
2
8
5
40
.............................................................
53
........................
130
........................
1544.91
Estimated time
per record
Estimated total
recordkeeping
hours
Affected public
Number of
reports
annually per
state
Estimated
number of
respondents
Requirement
Number of
total annual
records
Recordkeeping Burden
State
State
State
State
Agencies
Agencies
Agencies
Agencies
....................................
....................................
....................................
....................................
Sampling Plan .....................................
Arbitration Process ..............................
Good Cause Process ..........................
New Investment Plan Template Form
FNS 74 A.
New Investment Progress Report
Template Form FNS 74 B.
53
15
2
4
1
4.2
1
1
53
63
2
4
0.0236
0.0236
0.0236
0.0236
1.2508
1.4868
0.0472
0.0944
4
2
8
0.0236
0.1888
Grand Total Recordkeeping .........
.............................................................
53
........................
130
........................
3.068
Combined Grand Total Reporting
and Recordkeeping.
.............................................................
53
4.90566
260
5.953730
1547.978
State Agencies ....................................
Dated: August 2, 2016.
Yvette S. Jackson,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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CONTACT.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Mineral County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Mineral County Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Superior, Montana. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with title II of
the Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held August
25, 2016, at 6:00 p.m.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
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The meeting will be held at
Superior Ranger District, 209 W.
Riverside Avenue, Superior, Montana.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at Superior Ranger
District. Please call ahead to facilitate
entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carole Johnson, District Ranger, by
phone at 406–822–4233 or via email at
cajohnson01@fs.fed.us; or Racheal
Koke, RAC Coordinator, by phone at
406–822–3930 or via email at rkoke@
fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use
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(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.,
Eastern Standard Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to vote on
projects that were previously presented.
The meeting is open to the public.
The agenda will include time for people
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to make oral statements of three minutes
or less. Individuals wishing to make an
oral statement should request in writing
by September 2, 2015, to be scheduled
on the agenda. Anyone who would like
to bring related matters to the attention
of the committee may file written
statements with the committee staff
before or after the meeting. Written
comments and requests for time to make
oral comments must be sent to Racheal
Koke, RAC Coordinator, P.O. Box 460,
Superior, Montana 59872; by email to
rkoke@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 406–
822–3903.
Meeting Accommodations: If you are
a person requiring reasonable
accommodation, please make requests
in advance for sign language
interpreting, assistive listening devices
or other reasonable accommodation for
access to the facility or proceedings by
contacting the person listed in the
section titled FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case by case basis.
Dated: August 8, 2016.
Carole Johnson,
District Ranger.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Quality
Control
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.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Stephanie Proska, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center
Drive, Room 822, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted
via fax to the attention of Stephanie Proska at 703-305-0928 or 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 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 Stephanie
Proska at 703-305-2437.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)--Title 7,
Part 275.
OMB Number: 0584-0303.
Expiration Date: January 31, 2017.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: There are three components of the Quality Control (QC)
system that are covered in this required information collection. They
are: (1) The sampling plan; (2) the arbitration process; and (3) the
good cause process. Each State is required to develop a sampling plan
that demonstrates the integrity of its case selection procedures. The
QC system is designed to measure each State agency's payment error rate
based on a statistically valid sample of SNAP cases. A State agency's
payment error rate represents the proportion of cases that were
reported through a QC review as being ineligible, as well as the
proportion of SNAP benefits that were either overissued or underissued
to SNAP households.
The QC system contains procedures for resolving differences in
review findings between State agencies and FNS. This is referred to as
the arbitration process. The QC system also contains procedures that
provide relief for State agencies from all or a part of a QC liability
when a State agency can demonstrate that a part or all of an excessive
error rate was due to an unusual event that had an uncontrollable
impact on the State agency's payment error rate. This is referred to as
the good cause process.
The approved burden for the QC system includes the burden for the
QC sampling plan, the arbitration process and the good cause process.
The currently approved burden for total reporting burden for the QC
system is 1,544.91 hours, an increase of 167.91 hours. (1) The annual
reporting burden associated with the QC sampling plan remains at 265
hours. (2) We estimate the annual reporting burdens associated with
arbitration and (3) good cause processes to total 791.1 and 320 hours,
respectively. The decrease in the revised burden from the currently
approved 792 to 791.1 hours for the arbitration process is due to a
decrease in the estimated number of responses per State agency. These
decreases are a result of State agencies less frequently disagreeing
with FNS' findings. The requested annual reporting burden for the good
cause process remains at 320 hours.
In addition, we are adding two additional forms to the reporting
burden: FNS 74A, Template for QC-related New Investment Plans and FNS
74B, Template for QC-related New Investment Plan Progress Reports.
These two templates are being added to this collection in an effort to
formalize the regulatory requirements of these two items for States
that are subject to QC-related new investments.
Based on the number of State agencies subject to the QC-related new
investment requirement over the last three years and feedback from
those State agencies that responded to our inquiry, we estimate the
amount of time to create a QC-related new investment plan is
approximately 32 hours. This estimate includes determining root causes
of a State agency's error rate, exploring methods to address those
causes, and writing up the plan to address those causes. In addition,
we estimate it takes approximately 5 hours to complete a progress
report updating FNS on the status of the activities in the State
agency's relevant QC-related new investment plan. We estimate the total
annual reporting burden for 4 State Agencies to complete a new
investment plan to be 128 hours and 40 hours for the progress report.
The requested annual recordkeeping burden associated with the QC
sampling plan remains at 1.25 hours per year. The revised annual
recordkeeping burdens associated with arbitration has increased from
0.7788 hour to 1.4868 hours and the good cause process has remained at
0.0472 hour. The estimated recordkeeping burden for the QC-related new
investment plan and progress reports total 0.0944 hour and 0.1888 hours
respectively.
The burden for recordkeeping has increased from 2.076 hours to
3.068 hours. As a result, the overall annual burden for the QC system,
as proposed by this notice, increased from 1,379.076 to 1547.978 hours,
totaling an increase of 168.90 hours.
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Estimated
Estimated Responses Total annual average number Estimated
Affected public Requirement number of annually per responses of 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............................ Sampling Plan............... 53 1 53 5 265
State Agencies............................ Arbitration Process......... 15 4.2 63 12.57 791.91
State Agencies............................ Good Cause Process.......... 2 1 2 160 320
State Agencies............................ New Investment Plan Template 4 1 4 32 128
Form FNS 74 A.
State Agencies............................ New Investment Progress 4 2 8 5 40
Report Template Form FNS 74
B.
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Grand Total Reporting................. ............................ 53 .............. 130 .............. 1544.91
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Number of Estimated
Estimated reports Number of Estimated time total
Affected public Requirement number of annually per total annual per record recordkeeping
respondents state records hours
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Recordkeeping Burden
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State Agencies............................ Sampling Plan............... 53 1 53 0.0236 1.2508
State Agencies............................ Arbitration Process......... 15 4.2 63 0.0236 1.4868
State Agencies............................ Good Cause Process.......... 2 1 2 0.0236 0.0472
State Agencies............................ New Investment Plan Template 4 1 4 0.0236 0.0944
Form FNS 74 A.
State Agencies............................ New Investment Progress 4 2 8 0.0236 0.1888
Report Template Form FNS 74
B.
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Grand Total Recordkeeping............. ............................ 53 .............. 130 .............. 3.068
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Combined Grand Total Reporting and ............................ 53 4.90566 260 5.953730 1547.978
Recordkeeping.
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Dated: August 2, 2016.
Yvette S. Jackson,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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