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Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request—
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program—Trafficking Controls and
Fraud Investigations
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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 a revision of a currently
approved collection codified in Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) regulations.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before October 24, 2022.
DATES:
Comments may be sent to:
Maribelle Balbes, Chief, State
Administration Branch, Food and
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place
Alexandria, VA 22314, 5th Floor.
Comments may also be submitted via
email to SNAPSAB@fns.usda.gov, or
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
p.m. Monday through Friday) at 1320
Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia
22314. 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.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
should be directed to Evan Sieradzki
703–605–3212.
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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: Trafficking
Controls and Fraud Investigations.
OMB Number: 0584–0587.
Expiration Date: 02/28/2023.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Abstract: FNS regulations at 7 CFR
274.6(b)(5) and (b)(6) requires State
Agencies to issue warning notices to
withhold replacement cards or a notice
for excessive replacement cards.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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States
responding
per year
Section
Withhold Replacement Card Warning
Notice.
FNS regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5)
and (b)(5)(i) State option to withhold
replacement card requires a State
agency to require an individual member
of a household to contact the State
agency to provide an explanation in
cases where the number of requests for
card replacements is deemed excessive.
The State agency is required to notify
the household in writing when it has
reached the threshold, indicated that the
next request for card replacement will
require contact with the State agency to
provide an explanation for the requests,
before the replacement card will be
issued. The State agency is also required
to notify the household in writing once
the threshold has been exceeded that
the State agency is withholding the card
until contact is made.
Excessive Replacement Card Notice
FNS regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(6)
and (b)(6)(i) Excessive Replacement
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Card Notice requires the State agency to
monitor all client requests for EBT card
replacements and send a notice, upon
the fourth request in a 12-month period,
alerting the household that their
account is being monitored for
potential, suspicious activity. The State
agency is exempt from sending the
excessive replacement card notice if
they have chosen to service the option
to withhold the replacement card until
contact is made with the State agency
per 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5).
FNS is currently aware out of the 53
State agencies, six State agencies have
opted to follow our regulations at 7 CFR
274.6(b)(5) to withhold replacement
cards. The remaining 47 State agencies
follow our regulations at 7 CFR
274.6(b)(6) for the Excessive
Replacement Card Notice.
Affected Public: Individuals/
Households participating in SNAP and
State Government Agencies that
administer SNAP.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
372,338 (372,285 individuals/
households + 53 State agencies). Card
replacement data, adjusted for changes
in SNAP caseload, suggest that
approximately 372,285 households
request four replacement EBT cards
within a 12-month period annually.
These households, plus the 53 State
agencies that must send the notices
required by 7 CFR 274.6(b) make up the
respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: There is an average
estimated 2.11 responses (7,413.13 per
State agency + 1.06 per individual/
household) for each respondent. See the
table below for estimated responses for
each type of respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
785,791 (392,896 individuals/
households total annual response +
392,896 States agencies total annual
response). See the table below for
estimated responses for each type of
respondent. Of the 372,285 households
requesting four replacement EBT cards,
approximately 41,222 are estimated to
be in the six States where the agencies
have opted to follow our regulations at
7 CFR 274.6(b)(5) to withhold
replacement cards. FNS estimates that
half of all recipients who receive a
notice upon issuance of their fourth
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card will request a fifth card for
approximately 20,611 households
receiving the replacement card withheld
notice.
Estimated Time per Response: FNS
estimates that it will take State
personnel approximately 2 minutes
(.0334 hours) to generate and mail each
required notice to the client, to comply
with 7 CFR 274.6; and that it will take
SNAP recipients approximately 2
minutes (.0334 hours) to read each
notice they receive and 28 minutes
CFR
(.4676 hours) to make contact with the
State agency when required for a total
of 30 minutes (.5 hours) for this activity.
There is an average estimated time of
2.74 minutes (0.0456 hours) for each
response (0.0334 for State agencies +
0.058 for individuals/households).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 35,863 hours (22,739.75
burden hours for individuals/
households and 13,122.72 for State
agencies). The currently approved
annual burden is 22,989 hours. The
Number of
respondents
Title
Annual reports
revision reflects the increase in the
number of households participating in
SNAP therefore, we have more
excessive replacement EBT card
requests and notices than previously
reported.
There is no third party reporting
associated with this information
collection request.
See the table below for estimated total
reporting annual burden for each type of
respondent.
Total annual
responses
Burden hours
per response
Total burden
hours
State Agencies
274.6(b)(5) ...........
6
6,870.29
41,221.76
0.0334
1,376.81
274.6(b)(5) ...........
274.6(b)(6) ...........
Withhold Replacement Card Warning
Notice.
Replacement Card Withheld Notice ..
Excessive Replacement Card Notice
6
47
3,435.15
7,043.90
20,610.88
331,063.09
0.0334
0.0334
688.40
11,057.51
Subtotal .........
............................................................
53
7413.13
392,895.73
0.0334
13,122.72
Participating Households
274.6(b)(5) ...........
274.6(b)(5) ...........
274.6(b)(6) ...........
Reading Withhold Replacement Card
Warning Notice.
Reading Replacement Card Withheld
Notice and making contact with
State agency.
Reading Excessive Replacement
Card Notice.
41,221.76
1
41,221.76
0.0334
1,376.81
20,610.88
1
20,610.88
0.50
10,305.44
331,063.09
1
331,063.09
0.0334
11,057.51
Subtotal .........
............................................................
372,284.85
1.06
392,895.73
0.058
22,739.75
Grand Total ...
............................................................
372,337.85
2.11
785,791.46
0.0456
35,862.47
* Note: The 20,610.88 Individuals/Households SNAP participants are the same I/H accounted for in the 41,221.76 and therefore not double
counted.
Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, no later
than September 1, 2022.
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For more information, contact Yvette
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request--
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Trafficking Controls and
Fraud Investigations
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. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection codified in Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS) regulations.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 24, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Maribelle Balbes, Chief, State
Administration Branch, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314, 5th Floor.
Comments may also be submitted via email to [email protected], or
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 p.m. Monday through Friday) at
1320 Braddock Place, Alexandria, Virginia 22314. 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 Evan
Sieradzki 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 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: Trafficking
Controls and Fraud Investigations.
OMB Number: 0584-0587.
Expiration Date: 02/28/2023.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: FNS regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5) and (b)(6) requires
State Agencies to issue warning notices to withhold replacement cards
or a notice for excessive replacement cards.
Withhold Replacement Card Warning Notice.
FNS regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5) and (b)(5)(i) State option to
withhold replacement card requires a State agency to require an
individual member of a household to contact the State agency to provide
an explanation in cases where the number of requests for card
replacements is deemed excessive. The State agency is required to
notify the household in writing when it has reached the threshold,
indicated that the next request for card replacement will require
contact with the State agency to provide an explanation for the
requests, before the replacement card will be issued. The State agency
is also required to notify the household in writing once the threshold
has been exceeded that the State agency is withholding the card until
contact is made.
Excessive Replacement Card Notice
FNS regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(6) and (b)(6)(i) Excessive
Replacement Card Notice requires the State agency to monitor all client
requests for EBT card replacements and send a notice, upon the fourth
request in a 12-month period, alerting the household that their account
is being monitored for potential, suspicious activity. The State agency
is exempt from sending the excessive replacement card notice if they
have chosen to service the option to withhold the replacement card
until contact is made with the State agency per 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5).
FNS is currently aware out of the 53 State agencies, six State
agencies have opted to follow our regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5) to
withhold replacement cards. The remaining 47 State agencies follow our
regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(6) for the Excessive Replacement Card
Notice.
Affected Public: Individuals/Households participating in SNAP and
State Government Agencies that administer SNAP.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 372,338 (372,285 individuals/
households + 53 State agencies). Card replacement data, adjusted for
changes in SNAP caseload, suggest that approximately 372,285 households
request four replacement EBT cards within a 12-month period annually.
These households, plus the 53 State agencies that must send the notices
required by 7 CFR 274.6(b) make up the respondents.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: There is an average
estimated 2.11 responses (7,413.13 per State agency + 1.06 per
individual/household) for each respondent. See the table below for
estimated responses for each type of respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 785,791 (392,896 individuals/
households total annual response + 392,896 States agencies total annual
response). See the table below for estimated responses for each type of
respondent. Of the 372,285 households requesting four replacement EBT
cards, approximately 41,222 are estimated to be in the six States where
the agencies have opted to follow our regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5)
to withhold replacement cards. FNS estimates that half of all
recipients who receive a notice upon issuance of their fourth
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card will request a fifth card for approximately 20,611 households
receiving the replacement card withheld notice.
Estimated Time per Response: FNS estimates that it will take State
personnel approximately 2 minutes (.0334 hours) to generate and mail
each required notice to the client, to comply with 7 CFR 274.6; and
that it will take SNAP recipients approximately 2 minutes (.0334 hours)
to read each notice they receive and 28 minutes (.4676 hours) to make
contact with the State agency when required for a total of 30 minutes
(.5 hours) for this activity. There is an average estimated time of
2.74 minutes (0.0456 hours) for each response (0.0334 for State
agencies + 0.058 for individuals/households).
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 35,863 hours
(22,739.75 burden hours for individuals/households and 13,122.72 for
State agencies). The currently approved annual burden is 22,989 hours.
The revision reflects the increase in the number of households
participating in SNAP therefore, we have more excessive replacement EBT
card requests and notices than previously reported.
There is no third party reporting associated with this information
collection request.
See the table below for estimated total reporting annual burden for
each type of respondent.
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Number of Total annual Burden hours Total burden
CFR Title respondents Annual reports responses per response hours
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State Agencies
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274.6(b)(5)............................ Withhold Replacement Card 6 6,870.29 41,221.76 0.0334 1,376.81
Warning Notice.
274.6(b)(5)............................ Replacement Card Withheld 6 3,435.15 20,610.88 0.0334 688.40
Notice.
274.6(b)(6)............................ Excessive Replacement Card 47 7,043.90 331,063.09 0.0334 11,057.51
Notice.
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Subtotal........................... ............................... 53 7413.13 392,895.73 0.0334 13,122.72
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Participating Households
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274.6(b)(5)............................ Reading Withhold Replacement 41,221.76 1 41,221.76 0.0334 1,376.81
Card Warning Notice.
274.6(b)(5)............................ Reading Replacement Card 20,610.88 1 20,610.88 0.50 10,305.44
Withheld Notice and making
contact with State agency.
274.6(b)(6)............................ Reading Excessive Replacement 331,063.09 1 331,063.09 0.0334 11,057.51
Card Notice.
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Subtotal........................... ............................... 372,284.85 1.06 392,895.73 0.058 22,739.75
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Grand Total........................ ............................... 372,337.85 2.11 785,791.46 0.0456 35,862.47
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* Note: The 20,610.88 Individuals/Households SNAP participants are the same I/H accounted for in the 41,221.76 and therefore not double counted.
Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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