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Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–07164 Filed 4–3–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Assessment of
Administrative Costs of Electronic
Healthy Incentives Projects (eHIP)
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), 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 is a new collection for the study
‘‘Assessment of Administrative Costs of
Electronic Healthy Incentives Projects
(eHIP).’’ This study will calculate costs
incurred by eHIP, which will provide
incentives through EBT integration to
increase purchase of healthy foods (e.g.,
fruits and vegetables) by Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
participants.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
received on or before June 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to:
Kathleen Patton, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
1320 Braddock Place, 5th Floor,
Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may
also be submitted via email to
Kathleen.Patton@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 Kathleen Patton at
Kathleen.Patton@usda.gov or 703–305–
2813.
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DATES:
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
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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: Assessment of Administrative
Costs of Electronic Healthy Incentives
Projects (eHIP).
Form Number: Not Applicable.
OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Abstract: The Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP),
administered by the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS),
distributes benefits to eligible lowincome households through Electronic
Benefits Transfer (EBT) card technology.
In fiscal year 2023 FNS awarded grants
to three States, Colorado, Louisianna,
and Washington for implementing
Electronic Healthy Incentives Projects
(eHIP) to leverage EBT integration to
deliver financial incentives at point of
purchase to SNAP households when
they purchase qualifying foods (e.g.,
fruits and vegetables). The aim of this
study is to calculate the costs of eHIP in
the three States to determine the startup
and ongoing costs of administering
incentives to SNAP households through
EBT integration and to estimate the cost
of administering eHIP at scale. The
study will quantify startup and ongoing
administrative costs to State grantees,
retailers, and other eHIP stakeholders. It
will also compare administrative costs
to the amount of funding distributed as
incentives.
Data will be collected from the three
project States and multiple entities
working with these States, including
retailers, EBT processors, third-party
processors (TPPs). These data will
include both cost data, collected
through cost data templates submitted
to the States/entities, as well as
interviews with State and other project
representatives to contextualize the cost
data. In addition, existing national data
(such as SNAP caseloads and SNAPauthorized retailers) and State data from
non-project States (such as State wage
rates) will be examined in order to
estimate the cost of nationwide
expansion of eHIP. Lastly, data from
select Gus Schumacher Nutrition
Incentive Program (GusNIP) grantees—
that do not use EBT integration for
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delivering incentives to SNAP
households for purchasing fruits and
vegetables will be examined to estimate
the costs and return on investment (ROI)
of GusNIP and compare these to the
eHIP costs and ROI, in order to provide
information on how these two incentive
delivery modalities differ in costs and
economic impact.
Data collection is expected to occur
beginning in March 2025 with an
approximate end date of May 2026. Data
collection activities will be designed to
address the three main objectives for the
study:
1. Quantify, to the extent possible, the
cost of administering eHIP;
2. Estimate the cost of nationwide
expansion of eHIP; and
3. Compare the cost of administering
eHIP with other incentive programs for
SNAP households that do not use EBT
integration.
Design consists of building and
populating a central cost model for
estimating the costs of implementing
and administering eHIP. This model
will then be expanded, through the use
of publicly available State and national
data, to estimate the nationwide costs of
implementation and administration.
Finally, existing data on GusNIP
programs will be used to compare costs
between eHIP and GusNIP.
Affected Public: State respondents are
eHIP project staff. For-profit and not-forprofit business respondents are eHIPparticipating EBT vendor staff, TPP
staff, and retailer staff.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
The estimated number of respondents is
38. Within each State, the study expects
responses from 4 State staff (4 staff × 3
States = 12 State staff). In addition, the
study expects to have responses from 6
retailer staff for each eHIP State (6 staff
× 3 States = 18 retailer staff), as well as
2 TPP staff for each eHIP State (2 staff
× 3 States = 6 TPP staff). Finally, the
study expects responses from 2 EBT
processor staff, 1 each from the two EBT
processor firms working with the three
eHIP States.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: Across all respondents, the
average number of responses is 7.3 (277
responses across 38 respondent). The
number of responses will vary by
respondent group and the specific data
collection activity.
For the State SNAP agency staff:
D One staffer within each State will be
asked to respond once to the pre-test of
the cost templates and three times to the
cost data templates data collection.
D Two staffers in each State will be
asked to respond twice to the phone
interview data collection. Staff will
receive an electronic letter (i.e., email)
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for inviting them to participate and for
scheduling the interview. They will also
receive an email reminder for the
interview, as well as a thank you email.
For the EBT processors, one staff from
each of the two EBT processors will be
asked to respond two times to phone
interview data collection (including
invitation to schedule, reminder,
interview, and thank you note). For the
retailer staff, 6 retailer staff from each
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reminder, interview, and thank you
note). For the TPP staff, two staff from
each State will be asked to respond two
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(including invitation to schedule,
reminder, interview, and thank you
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We expect a 100 percent response rate
from all categories of respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
The estimated number of total annual
responses is 277 (38 respondents and no
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annual burden on respondents 178.315
hours. See the table below for estimated
total annual burden for each type of
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Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
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Alaska Regional Office
Decisions of the Alaska Regional
Forester: Juneau Empire, published
daily except Saturday and official
holidays in Juneau, Alaska; and the
Anchorage Daily News, published daily
in Anchorage, Alaska.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Newspapers Used for Publication of
Legal Notices by the Alaska Region
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Chugach National Forest
This notice lists the
newspapers that will be used by the
Ranger Districts, Forests, and Regional
Office of the Alaska Region to publish
legal notices required under Forest
Service regulations. The intended effect
of this action is to inform interested
members of the public which
newspapers the Forest Service will use
to publish notices of proposed actions
and notices of decision. This will
provide the public with constructive
notice of Forest Service proposals and
decisions; provide information on the
procedures to comment, object, or
appeal; and establish the date that the
Forest Service will use to determine if
comments, appeals, or objections were
timely.
SUMMARY:
This list of newspapers will
remain in effect for one year from the
date of publication when another notice
will be published in the Federal
Register.
DATES:
Robin Dale, Alaska Region
Group Leader for Administrative
Reviews, Litigation, FOIA, Records, and
Directives; Forest Service, Alaska
Region; P.O. Box 21628; Juneau, Alaska
99802–1628.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robin Dale; Alaska Region Group
Leader for Administrative Reviews,
Litigation, FOIA, Records, and
Directives; (907) 586–9344 or
robin.dale@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
administrative procedures at 36 CFR
parts 218 and 219 require the Forest
Service to publish notices in a
newspaper of general circulation. The
content of the notices is specified in 36
CFR parts 218 and 219. In general, the
notices will identify: the decision or
project by title or subject matter; the
name and title of the official making the
decision; how to obtain additional
information; and where and how to file
comments or appeals/objections. The
date the notice is published will be used
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beginning of the comment, appeal, or
objection period. The newspapers to be
used are as follows:
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Tongass National Forest
Decisions of the Tongass Forest
Supervisor and the Craig, Ketchikan/
Misty Fjords, and Thorne Bay District
Rangers: Ketchikan Daily News,
published daily except Sundays and
official holidays in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Decisions of the Admiralty Island
National Monument, the Juneau District
Ranger, the Hoonah District Ranger, and
the Yakutat District Ranger: Juneau
Empire, published daily except
Saturday and official holidays in
Juneau, Alaska.
Decisions of the Petersburg District
Ranger: Petersburg Pilot, published
weekly in Petersburg, Alaska.
Decisions of the Sitka District Ranger:
Daily Sitka Sentinel, published daily
except Saturday, Sunday, and official
holidays in Sitka, Alaska.
Decisions of the Wrangell District
Ranger: Wrangell Sentinel, published
weekly in Wrangell, Alaska.
Supplemental notices may be
published in any newspaper, but the
timeframes for filing objections will be
calculated based upon the date that
legal notices are published in the
newspapers of record listed in this
notice.
Dated: March 29, 2024.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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Forest Service
Newspapers Used for Publication of
Legal Notices by the Pacific Northwest
Region, Oregon, Washington, and
Parts of California
AGENCY:
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION:
Notice of newspapers of record.
This notice lists the
newspapers that will be used by the
ranger districts, national forests, and the
regional office of the Pacific Northwest
Region to publish legal notices required
under the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR). The intended effect of this action
is to inform interested members of the
public which newspapers the Forest
Service will use to publish notices of
proposed actions and notices of
decision. This will provide the public
with constructive notice of Forest
Service proposals and decisions;
provide information on the procedures
to comment, object or appeal; and
establish the date that the Forest Service
will use to determine if comments or
appeals/objections were timely.
SUMMARY:
Decisions of the Chugach Forest
Supervisor and the Glacier and Seward
District Rangers: Anchorage Daily News,
published daily in Anchorage, Alaska.
Decisions of the Cordova District
Ranger: Cordova Times, published
weekly in Cordova, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The list of newspapers will
remain in effect for one year from the
date of publication when another notice
will be published in the Federal
Register.
DATES:
Christine Pyle, Program
Specialist, Pacific Northwest Region,
1220 Southwest Third Avenue,
Portland, OR 97204.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christine Pyle, Program Specialist,
Pacific Northwest Region, by telephone
at 971–245–0269 or by email at
Christine.pyle@usda.gov.
The
administrative procedures at 36 CFR
214, 218, and 219 require the Forest
Service to publish notices in a
newspaper of general circulation. The
content of the notices is specified in 36
CFR 214, 218, and 219. In general, the
notices will identify: the decision or
project by title or subject matter; the
name and title of the official making the
decision; how to obtain additional
information; and where and how to file
comments or appeals/objections. The
date the notice is published will be used
to establish the official date for the
beginning of the comment or appeal/
objection period.
The newspapers to be used are as
follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Assessment of
Administrative Costs of Electronic Healthy Incentives Projects (eHIP)
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 new collection for
the study ``Assessment of Administrative Costs of Electronic Healthy
Incentives Projects (eHIP).'' This study will calculate costs incurred
by eHIP, which will provide incentives through EBT integration to
increase purchase of healthy foods (e.g., fruits and vegetables) by
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Kathleen Patton, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th
Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may also be submitted via email
to [email protected]. 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 Kathleen
Patton at [email protected] or 703-305-2813.
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: Assessment of Administrative Costs of Electronic Healthy
Incentives Projects (eHIP).
Form Number: Not Applicable.
OMB Number: 0584-NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New Collection.
Abstract: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), distributes benefits to eligible low-
income households through Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card
technology. In fiscal year 2023 FNS awarded grants to three States,
Colorado, Louisianna, and Washington for implementing Electronic
Healthy Incentives Projects (eHIP) to leverage EBT integration to
deliver financial incentives at point of purchase to SNAP households
when they purchase qualifying foods (e.g., fruits and vegetables). The
aim of this study is to calculate the costs of eHIP in the three States
to determine the startup and ongoing costs of administering incentives
to SNAP households through EBT integration and to estimate the cost of
administering eHIP at scale. The study will quantify startup and
ongoing administrative costs to State grantees, retailers, and other
eHIP stakeholders. It will also compare administrative costs to the
amount of funding distributed as incentives.
Data will be collected from the three project States and multiple
entities working with these States, including retailers, EBT
processors, third-party processors (TPPs). These data will include both
cost data, collected through cost data templates submitted to the
States/entities, as well as interviews with State and other project
representatives to contextualize the cost data. In addition, existing
national data (such as SNAP caseloads and SNAP-authorized retailers)
and State data from non-project States (such as State wage rates) will
be examined in order to estimate the cost of nationwide expansion of
eHIP. Lastly, data from select Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive
Program (GusNIP) grantees--that do not use EBT integration for
delivering incentives to SNAP households for purchasing fruits and
vegetables will be examined to estimate the costs and return on
investment (ROI) of GusNIP and compare these to the eHIP costs and ROI,
in order to provide information on how these two incentive delivery
modalities differ in costs and economic impact.
Data collection is expected to occur beginning in March 2025 with
an approximate end date of May 2026. Data collection activities will be
designed to address the three main objectives for the study:
1. Quantify, to the extent possible, the cost of administering
eHIP;
2. Estimate the cost of nationwide expansion of eHIP; and
3. Compare the cost of administering eHIP with other incentive
programs for SNAP households that do not use EBT integration.
Design consists of building and populating a central cost model for
estimating the costs of implementing and administering eHIP. This model
will then be expanded, through the use of publicly available State and
national data, to estimate the nationwide costs of implementation and
administration. Finally, existing data on GusNIP programs will be used
to compare costs between eHIP and GusNIP.
Affected Public: State respondents are eHIP project staff. For-
profit and not-for-profit business respondents are eHIP-participating
EBT vendor staff, TPP staff, and retailer staff.
Estimated Number of Respondents: The estimated number of
respondents is 38. Within each State, the study expects responses from
4 State staff (4 staff x 3 States = 12 State staff). In addition, the
study expects to have responses from 6 retailer staff for each eHIP
State (6 staff x 3 States = 18 retailer staff), as well as 2 TPP staff
for each eHIP State (2 staff x 3 States = 6 TPP staff). Finally, the
study expects responses from 2 EBT processor staff, 1 each from the two
EBT processor firms working with the three eHIP States.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: Across all
respondents, the average number of responses is 7.3 (277 responses
across 38 respondent). The number of responses will vary by respondent
group and the specific data collection activity.
For the State SNAP agency staff:
[ssquf] One staffer within each State will be asked to respond once
to the pre-test of the cost templates and three times to the cost data
templates data collection.
[ssquf] Two staffers in each State will be asked to respond twice
to the phone interview data collection. Staff will receive an
electronic letter (i.e., email)
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for inviting them to participate and for scheduling the interview. They
will also receive an email reminder for the interview, as well as a
thank you email.
For the EBT processors, one staff from each of the two EBT
processors will be asked to respond two times to phone interview data
collection (including invitation to schedule, reminder, interview, and
thank you note). For the retailer staff, 6 retailer staff from each
State will be asked to respond two times to phone interview data
collection (including invitation to schedule, reminder, interview, and
thank you note). For the TPP staff, two staff from each State will be
asked to respond two times to phone interview data collection
(including invitation to schedule, reminder, interview, and thank you
note).
We expect a 100 percent response rate from all categories of
respondents.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: The estimated number of total
annual responses is 277 (38 respondents and no nonrespondents).
Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time of response varies
from 0.083 hours to 7 hours depending on the instrument, as shown in
the table below. The average estimated time per response is 0.644
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The estimated total
annual burden on respondents 178.315 hours. See the table below for
estimated total annual burden for each type of respondent.
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Tameka Owens,
Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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