Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 58234 [2023-18340]

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• DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 58234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18340]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by 
September 25, 2023 will be considered. Written comments and 
recommendations for the proposed information collection should be 
submitted within 30 days of the publication of this notice on the 
following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this 
particular information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day 
Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control 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.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Operating Guidelines, Forms, Waivers, and Annual State 
Report on Verification of SNAP Participation.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0083.
    Summary of Collection: Under section 16 of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (the Act), 7 U.S.C. 2025, the Secretary is authorized to 
pay each State agency an amount equal to 50 percent of all 
administrative costs involved in each State agency's operation of the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Under corresponding 
SNAP regulations at 7 CFR 272.2(c), the State agency is required to 
submit and maintain annually for FNS approval a (1) Budget Projection 
Statement (FNS-366A), which projects total costs for major areas of 
SNAP operations, and (2) a Program Activity Statement (FNS-366B), which 
provides a summary of SNAP operations during the preceding fiscal year 
both approved by OMB under the Food Processing Reporting Systems 
(FPRS). Additionally, under section 11(o) of the Act each State agency 
is required to develop and submit plans for the use of (3) automated 
data processing (ADP) and information retrieval systems to administer 
SNAP. As for (4) State Plan of Operation Updates, State agencies will 
submit the operations planning documents to the appropriate regional 
office for approval through the SNAP The Waiver Information Management 
System (WIMS) (5) the Federal Financial Reporting Form SF 425 (known as 
SF 425/FNS 778); (6) Other ADP Plan or Updates. Additionally, to 
improve operational efficiency and streamline the agency's information 
collection portfolio, FNS is merging the recordkeeping hours for the 
State Issuance and Participation Estimates (FNS-388) and Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program Project Area Data Format (FNS-388A) into 
this information collection and will submit a discontinuation request 
for 0584-0081. We are not seeking reporting burden hours for FNS 388 or 
388A.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information to 
estimate funding needs and also provide data on the number of 
applications processed, number of fair hearings, and fraud control 
activity. FNS uses the data to estimate funding needs and to monitor 
State agency activity levels and performance. If the information were 
not collected it would disrupt budget planning and delay appropriation 
distributions and FNS would not be able to verify and ensure State 
compliance with statutory criteria. The FNS-388 and FNS-388A records 
State agencies are required to maintained by the same recordkeeping 
activities are essentially the same; three years. We are merging this 
information collection for operational efficiency.
    Description of Respondents: State, local or Tribal government.
    Number of Respondents: 164.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; reporting: annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 1,138.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-18340 Filed 8-24-23; 8:45 am]
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