Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Annual State Report on Verification of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation, 3138-3139 [2019-01726]
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number and the agency informs
potential persons who are to respond to
the collection of information that such
persons are not required to respond to
the collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
Rural Utilities Service
Title: 7 CFR part 1738, Rural
Broadband Loan and Loan Guarantee.
OMB Control Number: 0572–0130.
Summary of Collection: Title VI, Rural
Broadband Access, of the Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended
(RE Act), provides loans and loan
guarantees to fund the cost of
construction, improvement, or
acquisition of facilities and equipment
for the provision of broadband service
in eligible rural communities in State
and territories of the United States. The
regulation prescribes the types of loans
available, facilities financed and eligible
applicants, as well as minimum credit
support requirements considered for a
loan. In addition, Title VI of the RE Act
requires that Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) make or guarantee a loan only if
there is reasonable assurance that the
loan, together with all outstanding loans
and obligations of the borrower, will be
repaid in full within the time agreed.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information in the program application
guide—RUS Bulletin 1738–1 provides
applicants with needed information,
definitions and details for completing
and submitting an application.
Information will be used to determine
an applicant’s eligibility, availability of
broadband service for priority
consideration, technical and economic
feasibility of the proposed project (that
the funds requested are adequate to
complete the project taking into
consideration any additional funding
provided by the applicant and that the
loan can be repaid within the allowable
time frame), and the applicant complies
with statutory, regulatory and
administrative eligibility requirements
for loan assistance.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions.
Number of Respondents: 18.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 7,305.
Kimble Brown,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request—Annual State
Report on Verification of Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
Participation
Food and Nutrition Service,
USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This is an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR). In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice
invites the general public and other
public agencies to comment on the
proposed information collection for the
Annual State Report of Verification of
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) Participation. The
purpose of the Annual State Report of
Verification of SNAP Participants is to
ensure that no person who is deceased,
or has been permanently disqualified
from SNAP, improperly received SNAP
benefits for the fiscal year preceding the
report submission. Section 4032 of the
Agriculture Act of 2014 is the basis for
this collection. Section 4032 mandates
that States will ‘‘submit to the Secretary
a report containing sufficient
information for the Secretary to
determine whether the State agency has,
for the most recently concluded fiscal
year preceding that annual date, verified
that the State agency in that fiscal
year—(1) did not issue benefits to a
deceased individual; and (2) did not
issue benefits to an individual who had
been permanently disqualified from
receiving benefits.’’ An email from each
State agency to the corresponding Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional
SNAP Program Director containing the
answers to the above questions will be
used as the mechanism for State
agencies to report their compliance with
§ 4032 of the Agriculture Act of 2014.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before April 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on:
(a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information has practical utility; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimated
burden for the proposed information
collection, 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
SUMMARY:
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burden of the information collection on
those who are to respond, including 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, Branch Chief, State
Administration Branch, Program
Accountability and Administration
Division, Food and Nutrition Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 818,
Alexandria, VA 22302. You may also
download an electronic version of this
notice at https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/
federal-register-documents/rules/viewall and comment via email at
SNAPSAB@fns.usda.gov or the Federal
e-Rulemaking 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
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
Park Center Drive, Room 822,
Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All comments to this notice will be
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval. All
comments will also become a matter of
public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Tamieka Muns at
(703) 305–2636.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation.
OMB Number: 0584–0605.
Expiration Date: March 30, 2019.
Type of Request: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: SNAP regulations at 7 CFR
273.16 require that State agencies
disqualify an individual who has
committed an intentional program
violation (IPV). Paragraph 7 CFR
273.16(e)(8) requires that these
individuals ‘‘be disqualified in
accordance with the disqualification
periods and procedures in paragraph (b)
of this section’’ (273.16(b)). Paragraph 7
CFR 273.16(i) requires State agencies to
report information concerning each
individual disqualified for an IPV to the
disqualified recipient database, the
electronic Disqualified Recipient
System (eDRS), and to use eDRS data to
determine the eligibility of individual
applicants prior to certification. SNAP
regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 require that
each State agency establish a system to
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verify and ensure that benefits are not
issued to individuals who are deceased,
and that data source is the Social
Security Administration’s (SSA) Death
Master File. The information required
for the Annual State Report on
Verification of SNAP Participation is
obtained by validating that the State had
the appropriate systems in place and
followed procedures currently
mandated at 7 CFR 272.14 and 7 CFR
273.16 for the preceding fiscal year. The
burdens associated with establishing a
system to verify and ensure that benefits
are not issued to deceased individuals
or those permanently disqualified from
SNAP using both the SSA Death Master
File and eDRS are already approved
under OMB burden number 0584–0064,
expiration date July 31, 2020.
In order to meet the reporting
requirements specified in section 4032
of the Act, States are required to confirm
via email to their FNS Regional SNAP
Program Director that in the
immediately preceding Federal fiscal
year, they had the appropriate systems
in place to meet the requirements of
regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 and
273.16(i)(4) and that they conducted the
matches required by these regulations.
States are required to submit their
section 4032 reports to the FNS
Regional SNAP Director by March 31
each year for the preceding Federal
fiscal year. The estimated annual
burden for this collection is 57.41 hours.
This estimate includes the time it takes
each State agency to confirm that they
have complied with FNS regulations for
performing mandated checks against
both eDRS and the SSA Death Master
File, send an email to their FNS
Regional Office SNAP Program Director
to provide the verification, and any
additional recordkeeping associated
with this burden. States must perform
this verification once a year and must
retain these records for 3 years.
Annual Reporting Burden Estimates
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Government Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 53 State
Agencies.
Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 53.
Reporting time per Response: 1 Hour.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
Hours: 53.
Annual Recordkeeping Burden
Estimates
Affected Public: State, Local and
Tribal Government Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 53 State
Agencies.
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Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 53.
Reporting time per Response: 0.08333
Hours or 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden
Hours: 4.41649.
Annual Grand Total Burden Estimates
for Reporting and Recordkeeping: 57.41
hours.
Dated: February 1, 2019.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Natural Resources Conservation
Service
Information Collection Request for
Volunteer Program—Earth Team
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, the Natural
Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
is requesting comments from all
interested individuals and organizations
on an extension and a revision of a
currently approved information
collection associated with Volunteer
Program—Earth Team. The Volunteer
Interest and Placement Summary and
the Timesheet forms are used by the
respondents. The information NRCS
collects on the forms is used to match
the skills of individuals, who are 14
years of age or older and interested in
volunteering for opportunities that will
further NRCS’s mission.
APPLICABLE DATES: We will consider
comments that we receive by April 12,
2019.
ADDRESSES: We invite you to submit
comments on this notice. In your
comments, include OMB Control
Number 0578–0024. You may submit
comments through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal website: https://
www.regulations.gov via docket number
NRCS–2018–0011. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
electronically.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
specific questions related to the
collection activities or to request a copy
of the information collection, contact
Alan Benge, Program Specialist, NRCS
Distribution Center/Earth, USDA Farm
Production and Conservation, 4407
121st Street, Urbandale, IA 50323, (515)
776–3846, or alan.benge@usda.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Volunteer Program—Earth
Team.
OMB Number: 0578–0024.
Expiration Date of Approval: February
28, 2019.
Type of Request: Revision.
Abstract: NRCS is collecting
information from individuals who are
interested in volunteering to work with
NRCS. The information will be used by
NRCS to assign the volunteer to an
appropriate position, and to track their
volunteer time. Collection of this
information is necessary to match
volunteers with NRCS assignments as
authorized by section 1526 of the Food
and Agriculture Act of 1981 (Pub. L. 97–
98). NRCS is authorized to recruit, train,
and accept (following Civil Service
classification laws, rules, or regulations)
individuals to serve without
compensation. Subject to certain
conditions, most volunteers may assist
in agency programs or projects, and may
perform activities that the employees
may perform. The two forms Volunteer
Interest and Placement Summary Forms,
NRCS–PER–002, and Timesheet Form,
NRCS–PER–004, are used to collect
information from the individuals.
The timesheet is an optional form and
provides the volunteer or volunteer’s
supervisor a simplified method for
tracking the volunteer’s time. The form
is placed in a volunteer ‘‘case file’’ and
will be destroyed 3 years after the
volunteer has completed service. In the
event the volunteer is injured while
engaged in volunteer activities and
claims workman’s compensation, the
‘‘case file’’ will be transferred to an
Official Personnel Folder.
The information collection burden
estimates have been updated. There
were no other revisions required.
Estimate of Average Time to Respond:
Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to
average 4 minutes per response.
Type of Respondents: Retirees,
students, teachers, or senior citizens.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 7,120.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.5.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
14,440.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,010.80 hours.
We are requesting comments on all
aspects of this information collection to
help us to:
(1) Evaluate whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of NRCS,
including whether the information will
have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
estimate of the burden of the collection
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Annual State Report on Verification of Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Participation
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: This is an extension, without change, of a currently approved
information collection request (ICR). In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other
public agencies to comment on the proposed information collection for
the Annual State Report of Verification of Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation. The purpose of the Annual
State Report of Verification of SNAP Participants is to ensure that no
person who is deceased, or has been permanently disqualified from SNAP,
improperly received SNAP benefits for the fiscal year preceding the
report submission. Section 4032 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 is the
basis for this collection. Section 4032 mandates that States will
``submit to the Secretary a report containing sufficient information
for the Secretary to determine whether the State agency has, for the
most recently concluded fiscal year preceding that annual date,
verified that the State agency in that fiscal year--(1) did not issue
benefits to a deceased individual; and (2) did not issue benefits to an
individual who had been permanently disqualified from receiving
benefits.'' An email from each State agency to the corresponding Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) Regional SNAP Program Director containing
the answers to the above questions will be used as the mechanism for
State agencies to report their compliance with Sec. 4032 of the
Agriculture Act of 2014.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before April 12, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including whether the information has
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimated burden
for the proposed information collection, 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 information collection on those who are
to respond, including 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, Branch Chief, State
Administration Branch, Program Accountability and Administration
Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 818, Alexandria, VA 22302. You may also
download an electronic version of this notice at https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/federal-register-documents/rules/view-all and
comment via email at SNAPSAB@fns.usda.gov or the Federal e-Rulemaking
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 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive,
Room 822, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
All comments to this notice will be included in the request for
Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will also become
a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Tamieka
Muns at (703) 305-2636.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Annual State Report on Verification of SNAP Participation.
OMB Number: 0584-0605.
Expiration Date: March 30, 2019.
Type of Request: Extension, without change, of a currently approved
information collection.
Abstract: SNAP regulations at 7 CFR 273.16 require that State
agencies disqualify an individual who has committed an intentional
program violation (IPV). Paragraph 7 CFR 273.16(e)(8) requires that
these individuals ``be disqualified in accordance with the
disqualification periods and procedures in paragraph (b) of this
section'' (273.16(b)). Paragraph 7 CFR 273.16(i) requires State
agencies to report information concerning each individual disqualified
for an IPV to the disqualified recipient database, the electronic
Disqualified Recipient System (eDRS), and to use eDRS data to determine
the eligibility of individual applicants prior to certification. SNAP
regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 require that each State agency establish a
system to
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verify and ensure that benefits are not issued to individuals who are
deceased, and that data source is the Social Security Administration's
(SSA) Death Master File. The information required for the Annual State
Report on Verification of SNAP Participation is obtained by validating
that the State had the appropriate systems in place and followed
procedures currently mandated at 7 CFR 272.14 and 7 CFR 273.16 for the
preceding fiscal year. The burdens associated with establishing a
system to verify and ensure that benefits are not issued to deceased
individuals or those permanently disqualified from SNAP using both the
SSA Death Master File and eDRS are already approved under OMB burden
number 0584-0064, expiration date July 31, 2020.
In order to meet the reporting requirements specified in section
4032 of the Act, States are required to confirm via email to their FNS
Regional SNAP Program Director that in the immediately preceding
Federal fiscal year, they had the appropriate systems in place to meet
the requirements of regulations at 7 CFR 272.14 and 273.16(i)(4) and
that they conducted the matches required by these regulations. States
are required to submit their section 4032 reports to the FNS Regional
SNAP Director by March 31 each year for the preceding Federal fiscal
year. The estimated annual burden for this collection is 57.41 hours.
This estimate includes the time it takes each State agency to confirm
that they have complied with FNS regulations for performing mandated
checks against both eDRS and the SSA Death Master File, send an email
to their FNS Regional Office SNAP Program Director to provide the
verification, and any additional recordkeeping associated with this
burden. States must perform this verification once a year and must
retain these records for 3 years.
Annual Reporting Burden Estimates
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 53.
Reporting time per Response: 1 Hour.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden Hours: 53.
Annual Recordkeeping Burden Estimates
Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government Agencies.
Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Total Annual Responses: 53.
Reporting time per Response: 0.08333 Hours or 5 minutes.
Estimated Annual Reporting Burden Hours: 4.41649.
Annual Grand Total Burden Estimates for Reporting and
Recordkeeping: 57.41 hours.
Dated: February 1, 2019.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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