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Agricultural Research Service
Title: Patent License Application.
OMB Control Number: 0518–0003.
Summary of Collection: Public Law
96–517, HR 209 (Technology Transfer
Commercialization Act of 2000), and 37
CFR part 404 requires Federal agencies
to use the patent system to promote the
utilization of inventions arising from
federally supported research and
provide the authority to grant patent
licenses. 37 CFR 404.8 specifies the
information which must be submitted
by a patent license applicant to the
Federal agency having custody of a
patent. Form ADS–761 collects the
information specified under 37 CFR
404.8.
Need and Use of the Information: The
Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
will collect identifying information on
the applicant, identifying information
for the business, and a detailed
description for development and/or
marketing of the invention using form
AD–761. The collected information is
used by the Office of Technology
Transfer (OTT) to evaluate a patent
license applicant’s ability to bring an
invention to practical application, as
defined in 37 CFR 404.3. The
information collected is used to
determine whether the applicant has
both a complete and sufficient plan for
developing and marketing the invention
and the necessary manufacturing,
marketing, technical, and financial
resources to carry out the submitted
plan.
Description of Respondents: Business
or other for profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Individuals or households.
Number of Respondents: 75.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 225.
Dated: November 22, 2021.
Ruth 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—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 25, 2022
to be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to
Maribelle Balbes, Branch Chief, State
Administration Branch, Program
Accountability and Administration
Division, Food and Nutrition Service,
5th floor, 703–605–4272, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1320
Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314.
You may also download an electronic
version of this notice at https://
www.fns.usda.gov/snap/federal-registerdocuments/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 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday) at 1320
Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314,
5th floor.
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
SUMMARY:
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copies of this information collection
should be directed to Evan Sieradzki at
703–605–3212.
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 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.
Title: Federal Claims Collection
Methods for Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Recipient Claims.
OMB Number: 0584–0446.
Form Number: None.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 13(b) of the Food
and Nutrition Act of 2008, 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 State 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
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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 to
households 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
2018, 2019, and 2020, we estimate that
State agencies will produce and send,
and that households will read, 249,953
TOP 60-day notices. We estimate that
the households will submit and State
agencies will respond to about 17,497
phone and informal inquiries.
Households will file and the States will
respond to an estimated 1,499 appeals.
An additional 2,458 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 16 notices 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 547,650
responses (272,161 household responses
+ 275,489 State Agency responses) per
year resulting in an annual reporting
burden of 48,099.64 hours. The existing
burden for activity relating to the 60-day
notice is 56,653 hours. The net decrease
of 8,553.36 hours is due to a decrease
in the average number of 60-day notices
sent to debtors by State agencies
between 2018 and 2020.
TOP State-Level Submissions
Treasury prescribes specific processes
and file formats for FNS to use to send
debts to TOP. FNS provides guidance
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 revision. The burden
requirements associated with
establishing claims (demand letters) and
for reporting activity with the FNS–209
(648 burden hours and 212 total annual
responses) are already approved under
the information collections for SNAP
Repayment Demand and Program
Disqualification (OMB burden numbers
0584–0492, expiration date 07/31/2024;
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and 0584–0594, expiration date 07/31/
2023, respectively) and therefore, not
duplicated in this request.
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 hours. 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 estimated to take
each of the 53 State agencies
approximately 15 minutes per week, or
689 recordkeeping burden hours. These
burden estimates have not changed with
this revision.
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 7,864.36 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
56,653 hours to 48,099.64 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 48,788.64
annual burden hours.
Reporting Burden
Affected Public: Individuals/
Households (respondent type—Debtors).
Estimated Number of Respondents:
272,161.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.00.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 272,161.
Estimated Hours per Response:
0.096974.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
26,392.43 hours.
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Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
53.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 5,197.91.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 275,489.
Estimated Hours per Response: .08.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
21,707.21 hours.
State Agency Recordkeeping Burden
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
government.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
53.
Section of reg
Number of
respondents
Description
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
responses per
respondent
Total annual
responses
Total annual
burden
hours
Hours per
response
Households (Debtors)
A. Due-Process Notice Requirements:
273.18(n)(2) .........................................
Reading State Issued Notice ......................
Informal Inquiries to State ...........................
Formal Appeals to State .............................
Reading FNS issued letter to Federal employees.
Phone Inquires and informal appeals for
FNS letter.
Formal appeals to FNS ...............................
249,953
17,497
1,499
2,458
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
249,953
17,497
1,499
2,458
0.0835
0.25
0.50
0.0835
20,871.10
4,374.19
749.29
205.28
738
1.00
738
0.25
184.38
16
1.00
16
0.5
8.19
......................................................................
272,161
1.00
272,161
0.096974
26,392.43
State Notice Production ..............................
Responding to State Phone/informal Inquires.
Responding to State Formal Appeals .........
Providing documents for formal appeals to
FNS.
53
53
4,716.10
330.13
249,953
17,497
0.0167
0.25
4,174.22
4,374.19
53
53
28.28
0.31
1,499
16
0.50
0.50
749.29
8.19
Certification Letter .......................................
53
1.00
53
0.50
26.50
System Compatibility File ............................
Address File ................................................
Collections File ............................................
State Agency Profile ...................................
Testing New System ...................................
Weekly Files ................................................
Weekly Files—Post TOP Data ....................
53
53
53
53
5
53
53
1.00
8.00
8.00
1.00
1.00
52.00
52.00
53
424
424
53
5
2,756
2,756
11.50
1.6346
6.50
0.25
7.00
1.50
1.50
609.50
693.07
2,756.00
13.25
35.00
4,134.00
4,134.00
Totals ...................................................
......................................................................
53
5,197.91
275,489
0.08
21,707.21
Overall Totals ................................
......................................................................
272,214
2.01
547,650
0.09
48,099.64
Totals ...................................................
State Agencies
A. Due-Process Notice Requirements:
273.18(n)(2) .........................................
B. State Agency Reporting:
273.18(n)(1)(ii) .....................................
C. TOP Automated Data Processing:
273.18(n)(1), 273.18(n)(4) ...................
CFR 272.1(f) State Agency Recordkeeping Only
Number of recordkeepers
Annual records per
recordkeeper
Total
records per
recordkeeper
Hours per record
Total
recordkeeping
burden
53 .....................................................................................
52
2,756
0.25
689.00
Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
ACTION:
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Employment and Training
Performance Measurement, Monitoring
and Reporting Requirements
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
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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 is an extension, without change, of
a currently approved collection for
annual outcome data for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) Employment and
Training (E&T) programs.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before January 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted to Moira Johnston, Director,
SUMMARY:
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SNAP, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1320
Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314,
via email to moira.johnston@usda.gov,
or via fax to 703–305–2515. 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.
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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 25, 2022
to be assured consideration.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Maribelle Balbes, Branch Chief,
State Administration Branch, Program Accountability and Administration
Division, Food and Nutrition Service, 5th floor, 703-605-4272, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA 22314.
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 [email protected] 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 5:00
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, VA
22314, 5th floor.
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
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copies of this information collection should be directed to Evan
Sieradzki at 703-605-3212.
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 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.
Title: Federal Claims Collection Methods for Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Recipient Claims.
OMB Number: 0584-0446.
Form Number: None.
Expiration Date: November 30, 2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Section 13(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, 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 State 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 to households 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
2018, 2019, and 2020, we estimate that State agencies will produce and
send, and that households will read, 249,953 TOP 60-day notices. We
estimate that the households will submit and State agencies will
respond to about 17,497 phone and informal inquiries. Households will
file and the States will respond to an estimated 1,499 appeals. An
additional 2,458 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 16 notices 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 547,650 responses (272,161 household responses + 275,489 State
Agency responses) per year resulting in an annual reporting burden of
48,099.64 hours. The existing burden for activity relating to the 60-
day notice is 56,653 hours. The net decrease of 8,553.36 hours is due
to a decrease in the average number of 60-day notices sent to debtors
by State agencies between 2018 and 2020.
TOP State-Level Submissions
Treasury prescribes specific processes and file formats for FNS to
use to send debts to TOP. FNS provides guidance 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 revision. The burden requirements
associated with establishing claims (demand letters) and for reporting
activity with the FNS-209 (648 burden hours and 212 total annual
responses) are already approved under the information collections for
SNAP Repayment Demand and Program Disqualification (OMB burden numbers
0584-0492, expiration date 07/31/2024; and 0584-0594, expiration date
07/31/2023, respectively) and therefore, not duplicated in this
request.
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 hours. 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
estimated to take each of the 53 State agencies approximately 15
minutes per week, or 689 recordkeeping burden hours. These burden
estimates have not changed with this revision.
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 7,864.36
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 56,653 hours to 48,099.64 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
48,788.64 annual burden hours.
Reporting Burden
Affected Public: Individuals/Households (respondent type--Debtors).
Estimated Number of Respondents: 272,161.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.00.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 272,161.
Estimated Hours per Response: 0.096974.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 26,392.43 hours.
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Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal government.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 5,197.91.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 275,489.
Estimated Hours per Response: .08.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 21,707.21 hours.
State Agency Recordkeeping Burden
Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 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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Total
Number of Number of Total Hours per annual
Section of reg Description respondents responses per annual response burden
respondent responses hours
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Households (Debtors)
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A. Due-Process Notice Requirements:
273.18(n)(2)................................ Reading State Issued Notice....... 249,953 1.00 249,953 0.0835 20,871.10
Informal Inquiries to State....... 17,497 1.00 17,497 0.25 4,374.19
Formal Appeals to State........... 1,499 1.00 1,499 0.50 749.29
Reading FNS issued letter to 2,458 1.00 2,458 0.0835 205.28
Federal employees.
Phone Inquires and informal 738 1.00 738 0.25 184.38
appeals for FNS letter.
Formal appeals to FNS............. 16 1.00 16 0.5 8.19
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Totals...................................... .................................. 272,161 1.00 272,161 0.096974 26,392.43
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State Agencies
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A. Due-Process Notice Requirements:
273.18(n)(2)................................ State Notice Production........... 53 4,716.10 249,953 0.0167 4,174.22
Responding to State Phone/informal 53 330.13 17,497 0.25 4,374.19
Inquires.
Responding to State Formal Appeals 53 28.28 1,499 0.50 749.29
Providing documents for formal 53 0.31 16 0.50 8.19
appeals to FNS.
B. State Agency Reporting:
273.18(n)(1)(ii)............................ Certification Letter.............. 53 1.00 53 0.50 26.50
C. TOP Automated Data Processing:
273.18(n)(1), 273.18(n)(4).................. System Compatibility File......... 53 1.00 53 11.50 609.50
Address File...................... 53 8.00 424 1.6346 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 5,197.91 275,489 0.08 21,707.21
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Overall Totals.......................... .................................. 272,214 2.01 547,650 0.09 48,099.64
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CFR 272.1(f) State Agency Recordkeeping Only
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Annual records per Total records per Total recordkeeping
Number of recordkeepers recordkeeper recordkeeper Hours per record burden
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53.......................... 52 2,756 0.25 689.00
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Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-25811 Filed 11-24-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
