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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Negative QC
Review Schedule, Status of Sample
Selection of Completion
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
this proposed information collection.
This collection is a revision of a
currently approved collection for FNS–
245, Case and Procedural Case Action
Review Schedule.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden of the proposed collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions that
were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden of the
SUMMARY:
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: Lacy
O’Neal, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 824,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
also be submitted via fax to the attention
of Stephanie Proska at 703–305–2516 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 Lacy O’Neal at
703–305–2516.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Case and Procedural Case
Action Review Schedule.
Form Number: FNS 245.
OMB Number: 0584–0034.
Expiration Date: October 31, 2017.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: State agencies must
complete and maintain the FNS–245 for
each negative case in their SNAP
Quality Control (QC) sample. The FNS–
245, Negative Case Action Review
Schedule, is designed to collect QC data
and serve as the data entry form for
negative case action QC reviews in the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP). The legal authority for
SNAP QC can be found in Section 16(c)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008,
as amended; the regulatory requirement
for the QC reporting requirements is
provided by 7 CFR 275.14(d) and 7 CFR
275.2; and the legislative requirement
for the recordkeeping requirements is
Section 11(a) of the Act. In addition,
SNAP regulations, in Section 272.1(f),
specify that program records are to be
retained for a period of three years from
the date of fiscal or administrative
closure.
The reporting and recordkeeping
burden associated with the completion
of the FNS–245 has decreased from
approximately 118,569 hours to
115,514.87 hours. The 3,054.13 hour
decrease in the total burden is largely a
result of the decrease in total SNAP
negative case selections from 38,911
cases in FY 2010 to 38,970 cases in FY
2015.
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53
State Agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 735.28.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
38,970.
Estimated Time per Response:
176.436 minutes (2.9406 hours).
Estimated Total Burden Hours:
114,595.18.
Number of Record Keepers: 53.
Number of Records per Record
Keeper: 735.28 Records.
Estimated Number of Records/
Response to Keep: 38,970 Records.
Recordkeeping time per Response:
1.416 minutes (.0236 hours).
Total Estimated Recordkeeping
Burden Hours: 55,181.4 minutes
(919.692 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents including reporting and
recording: 6,930,892.2 minutes
(115,514.87 hours).
REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPING BURDEN
Respondent
Estimated total
responses
annually per
respondent
Estimated total
annual
responses
(Col. d/b)
Estimated
number
respondents
Estimated
average
number of
hours per
response
(Col. bxc)
Estimated total
hours
(Col. dxe)
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State Agencies (SA) Recordkeeping ...................................
53
53
735.28
735.28
38,970
38,970
2.9406
0.0236
114,595.18
919.69
Grand Total Reporting & Recordkeeping Burden for
the entire collection I/H case files and SA ................
106
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77,940
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115,514.87
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Dated: May 18, 2017.
Jessica Shahin,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
(202) 690–0759 (voice) (this is not a toll
free number) or (800) 877–8339 (TDDFederal Information Relay Service) or
via email at,
bonnie.edwards@wdc.usda.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Overview
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Federal Agency Name: USDA Rural
Housing Service.
Funding Opportunity Title: Housing
Preservation Grants.
Announcement Type: Notice.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number: 10.433.
Dates: July 17, 2017.
Rural Housing Service
Notice of Solicitation of Applications
for the Section 533 Housing
Preservation Grants for Fiscal Year
2017
ACTION:
Notice.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The Rural Housing Service
(RHS), an Agency within Rural
Development, announces that it is
soliciting competitive applications
under its Housing Preservation Grant
(HPG) program. This action is taken to
comply with Agency regulations which
requires the Agency to announce the
opening and closing dates for receipt of
pre-applications for HPG funds from
eligible applicants. Enactment of
additional continuing resolutions or an
appropriations act may affect the
availability or level of funding for this
program.
DATES: The closing deadline for receipt
of all pre-applications in response to
this Notice is 5:00 P.M., local time for
each Rural Development State Office on
July 17, 2017. Rural Development State
Office locations can be found at: https://
www.rd.usda.gov/contact-us/stateoffices. The application should be
submitted to the Rural Development
State Office where the project will be
located. If submitting the preapplication in electronic format, the
closing deadline for receipt is 5:00 P.M.
Eastern Daylight Time on July 17, 2017.
The application closing deadline is firm
as to date and hour. RHS will not
consider any application that is received
after the closing deadline. Applicants
intending to mail applications must
provide sufficient time to permit
delivery on or before the closing
deadline date and time. Acceptance by
the United States Postal Service or
private mailer does not constitute
delivery. Facsimile (FAX) and postage
due applications will not be accepted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general information, applicants may
contact Bonnie Edwards-Jackson,
Finance and Loan Analyst, MultiFamily Housing Preservation and Direct
Loan Division, USDA Rural
Development, STOP 0781, 1400
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20250–0781, telephone
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The reporting requirements contained
in this Notice have been approved by
the Office of Management and Budget
under Control Number 0575–0115.
A. Program Description
The HPG program is a grant program,
authorized under 42 U.S.C. 1490m and
implemented at 7 CFR part 1944,
subpart N, which provides qualified
public agencies, private non-profit
organizations including, but not limited
to, Faith-Based and neighborhood
partnerships, and other eligible entities,
grant funds to assist low- and very lowincome homeowners in repairing and
rehabilitating their homes in rural areas.
In addition, the HPG program assists
rental property owners and cooperative
housing complexes in rural areas in
repairing and rehabilitating their units if
they agree to make such units available
to low- and very low-income persons.
B. Federal Award Information
The funding instrument for the HPG
program will be a grant agreement. The
term of the grant can vary from 1 to 2
years, depending on available funds and
demand. No maximum or minimum
grant levels have been established at the
National level. In accordance with 7
CFR 1944.652, coordination and
leveraging of funding for repair and
rehabilitation activities with housing
and community development
organizations or activities operating in
the same geographic area are expected,
but not required. You should contact the
Rural Development State Office to
determine the allocation. HPG
applicants who were previously
selected for HPG funds are eligible to
submit new applications to apply for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 HPG program
funds. New HPG applications must be
submitted for the renewal or
supplementation of existing HPG repair
and/or rehabilitation projects that will
be completed with FY 2017 HPG funds.
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For FY 2017, the amount of funding
available for the HPG program can be
found at the following link: https://
www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/
housing-preservation-grants. Enactment
of additional continuing resolutions or
an appropriations act may affect the
availability or level of funding for this
program. Priorities such as Rural
Economic Area Partnership Zones and
other funds will be distributed under a
formula allocation to states pursuant to
7 CFR part 1940, subpart L,
‘‘Methodology and Formulas for
Allocation of Loan and Grant Program
Funds.’’ Decisions on funding will be
based on pre-application scores. Anyone
interested in submitting an application
for funding under this program is
encouraged to consult the Rural
Development website periodically for
updated information regarding the
status of funding authorized for this
program.
The commitment of program dollars
will be made to selected applicants that
have fulfilled the necessary
requirements for obligation.
C. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants. Eligible entities
for these competitively awarded grants
include State and local Governments,
non-profit corporations, which may
include, but not be limited to FaithBased and community organizations,
federally recognized Indian Tribes, and
consortia of eligible entities. HPG
applicants who were previously
selected for HPG funds are eligible to
submit new applications to apply for FY
2017 HPG program funds. More
eligibility requirements can be found at
7 CFR 1944.658, 1944.661, and
1944.662.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching. Pursuant
to 7 CFR 1944.652, grantees are
expected to coordinate and leverage
funding for repair and rehabilitation
activities, as well as replacement
housing, with housing and community
development organizations or activities
operating in the same geographic area.
While HPG funds may be leveraged with
other resources, cost sharing or
matching is not a requirement for the
HPG applicant as the HPG applicant
would not be denied an award of HPG
funds if all other project selection
criteria have been met.
3. Other. Awards made under this
Notice are subject to the provisions
contained in the Consolidated and
Further Appropriations Act, 2016
(Pub.L. 114–113, Dec. 18, 2015), as
continued by the Further Continuing
and Security Assistance Appropriations
Act, 2017 (Pub.L. 114–254, Dec. 12,
2016) sections 745 and 746 regarding
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Negative QC Review Schedule, Status of Sample
Selection of Completion
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 this proposed information collection. This collection is a revision
of a currently approved collection for FNS-245, Case and Procedural
Case Action Review Schedule.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 31, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and
(d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments may be sent to: Lacy O'Neal, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 824,
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the
attention of Stephanie Proska at 703-305-2516 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 Lacy O'Neal
at 703-305-2516.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Case and Procedural Case Action Review Schedule.
Form Number: FNS 245.
OMB Number: 0584-0034.
Expiration Date: October 31, 2017.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: State agencies must complete and maintain the FNS-245 for
each negative case in their SNAP Quality Control (QC) sample. The FNS-
245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule, is designed to collect QC
data and serve as the data entry form for negative case action QC
reviews in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The
legal authority for SNAP QC can be found in Section 16(c) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended; the regulatory requirement for
the QC reporting requirements is provided by 7 CFR 275.14(d) and 7 CFR
275.2; and the legislative requirement for the recordkeeping
requirements is Section 11(a) of the Act. In addition, SNAP
regulations, in Section 272.1(f), specify that program records are to
be retained for a period of three years from the date of fiscal or
administrative closure.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with the
completion of the FNS-245 has decreased from approximately 118,569
hours to 115,514.87 hours. The 3,054.13 hour decrease in the total
burden is largely a result of the decrease in total SNAP negative case
selections from 38,911 cases in FY 2010 to 38,970 cases in FY 2015.
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 735.28.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 38,970.
Estimated Time per Response: 176.436 minutes (2.9406 hours).
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 114,595.18.
Number of Record Keepers: 53.
Number of Records per Record Keeper: 735.28 Records.
Estimated Number of Records/Response to Keep: 38,970 Records.
Recordkeeping time per Response: 1.416 minutes (.0236 hours).
Total Estimated Recordkeeping Burden Hours: 55,181.4 minutes
(919.692 hours).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents including reporting
and recording: 6,930,892.2 minutes (115,514.87 hours).
Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
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Estimated
Estimated total Estimated Estimated
Respondent number responses total annual average number Estimated
respondents annually per responses of hours per total hours
respondent response
(Col. d/b) (Col. bxc) (Col. dxe)
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State Agencies (SA) Reporting... 53 735.28 38,970 2.9406 114,595.18
State Agencies (SA) 53 735.28 38,970 0.0236 919.69
Recordkeeping..................
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Grand Total Reporting & 106 .............. 77,940 .............. 115,514.87
Recordkeeping Burden for
the entire collection I/H
case files and SA..........
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Dated: May 18, 2017.
Jessica Shahin,
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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