[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 472-477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-36]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collections;
Comments Request--(1) Food Stamp Application, Verification and
Certification Activities, and (2) State Agency Options
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) is publishing for public comment a
summary of proposed information collections. The information collection
requirements described in this notice are limited to those which are
necessary to carry out the application, verification, and certification
of food stamp applicants and recipients.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 8, 1999 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: 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 has 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 the use of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms
of information technology.
Send comments and request for copies of this information collection
to Margaret Werts Batko, Assistant Branch Chief, Certification Policy
Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA,
3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302, (703) 305-2516.
Comments may also be faxed to the attention of Ms. Batko at (703) 305-
2486. The internet address is: [email protected]. 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: Ms. Batko, (703) 305-2516.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information collection requirements
described in this notice are limited to those which are necessary to
carry out Sections 3, 5, 6, 11 and 13 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977,
and Title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-193, enacted August 26, 1996,
as amended (PRWORA). PRWORA contained numerous amendments to the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (hereinafter referred to as ``the Act''). PRWORA
contained several provisions designed to increase State agency
flexibility in administering the Food Stamp Program--especially in the
area of household application and certification for program benefits.
PRWORA changed the eligibility requirement for aliens without changing
the Food Stamp Act. PRWORA limited the eligibility of most able-bodied
adults without children to three months in a three-year period,
required that some individuals be sanctioned, and allowed some State
agency options. State agencies were notified in an agency memorandum
that they were required to implement the mandatory provisions of PRWORA
upon enactment for applicant households and at recertification for
participant households without waiting for formal regulations. The
alien provisions in PRWORA were subsequently amended by Public Law 104-
208, the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, dated September 30,
1996; Public Law 105-33, the Balanced Budget Act, dated August 5,
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1997; and Public Law 105-185, the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Education Reform Act of 1988, dated June 23, 1998.
This notice contains two separate information requests and takes
the statutory changes discussed in the preceding paragraph into
account. The first information request is related to the collection and
processing of information provided by households. The second one is
related to State agency options.
Request 1
Title: Application and Certification of Food Stamp Households.
OMB Number: 0584-0064.
Form Numbers: None.
Expiration Date: (Three years from 10/31/00.)
Type of Request: Update of a currently approved information
collection and request for approval of new collections.
Abstract: Title 7, Part 273 of the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) sets forth the Food Stamp Program requirements for the
application, certification, and continued eligibility for food stamp
benefits. This rulemaking updates the collection burden and takes into
account changes required by PRWORA, as amended, in these areas. A
majority of the information collection or record keeping requirements
contained in this notice are currently approved by OMB under OMB Number
0584-0064. Proper notice and public comment were obtained prior to OMB
approval (see notice published in Federal Register of February 5, 1997,
62 FR 5380). No comments were received. At the time the February 5
notice was issued, proposed rules to implement the changes in these
areas were still in the development stage and some information
collection or record keeping requirements had not yet been identified.
The proposed rules are still in the Departmental clearance process, but
we have reevaluated and revised the time required to take actions
considering implementation of the new provisions and automation in most
State agencies.
Revisions to Current Burden Estimates Under OMB No. 0584-0064
In the February 5 notice, the new requirements for sponsored aliens
were included as a separate category. Since this is an integral part of
the application process, we have included them and the additional alien
eligibility and verification requirements in this rule in the burden
associated with processing initial applications. We separated
applications for initial application and recertification for both
household and State agency burden. We included burden previously
associated with application worksheets in the State agency's burden
associated with applications for initial certification and
recertification. We included the burden associated with giving an
explanation of monthly reporting and retrospective budgeting to
households in the State agency's burden for application processing
because the household must be given the explanation at the time of
certification and recertification. We separated State agency burden
associated with processing reports and changes during the certification
period into a separate category. We believe this will enable us to more
accurately estimate burden associated with these tasks.
In making the new burden estimates, we factored in savings due to
State agency computerized systems. We do not have reliable data on
which to base our estimates, and we believe that the collection of such
data would be counterproductive. However, we would welcome any data
State agencies would like to submit for our future consideration.
Burden associated with the items--Demand Letter for Overissuance,
Advance Notice of Administrative Disqualification Hearing, and Action
Taken on Administrative Disqualification Hearing, 7 CFR 273.17 and 7
CFR 273.18, are being transferred out of OMB NO. 0584-0064. We plan to
transfer the items to another existing OMB approval number or submit
the items to OMB for a separate approval number. This move is for
administrative management purposes because these forms are handled by a
separate division within the agency.
Burden hours associated with information collection, reporting, and
recordkeeping as it relates to household application, certification,
and continued eligibility are described below and are assessed by using
one of two specific base figures. Burden associated with initial
applicant households is based on the number of initial applications
expected to be received (7,400,000, as reported by State agencies on
form FNS-366B). Burden associated with participating households such as
recertification applicants and reporting of changes in household
circumstances is based on the estimated number of participating
households (10,900,000 as reported by State agencies on form FNS-388).
Using these two base figures, the methodologies used and estimated
burden hours are as follows:
7 CFR 273.2 Initial Food Stamp Application
Household burden: Households must complete an application in order
to obtain benefits. Section 11(e)(2) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(2))
provides that the State agency shall develop an application containing
the information necessary to comply with the Act. The Act requires an
adult representative to sign a statement, under penalty of perjury,
that the information provided on the application is true and correct to
the best of his/her knowledge, including information regarding the
citizenship or alien status of each member. Prior to PRWORA, State
agencies had to use a federally-designed application unless FNS
approved a State-designed deviation. The FNS-designed model application
sought information used to comply with the eligibility requirements of
Sections 5, 6, and 11 of the Act. Certain notices were required to be
provided on or with the State-designed applications to ensure
compliance other Federal laws governing nondiscrimination, civil
rights, privacy, and computer matching. All States were operating with
the FNS-designed model application or an FNS-approved deviation when
PRWORA was enacted.
Section 835 of PRWORA amended Section 11(e) of the Act to eliminate
some mandatory form content requirements and to allow State agencies to
design their own application forms.
Many State agencies have automated the application and application
processing requirements and some have on-line application systems. In
recognition of this, PRWORA provides that nothing in the Act shall
prohibit the use of signatures provided and maintained electronically,
storage of records using automated retrieval systems only, or any other
feature of a State agency's application system that does not rely
exclusively on the collection and retention of paper applications or
other records.
Section 11(e)(4) of the Act and 7 CFR 273.14 of the current
regulations require State agencies to send the household a notice of
expiration when its certification period is going to expire and require
households to submit a new application in order to renew its
eligibility. These requirements were not changed by PRWORA. Section
3(c) of the Act, as amended by section 801 of PRWORA, allows longer
certification periods than were previously allowed. PRWORA allows State
agencies to assign certification periods up to 12 months except that
certification periods may be up to 24 months if all adult
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members are elderly or disabled. A State agency shall have at least one
contact with each certified household every 12 months.
This information collection request takes into account additional
burdens imposed pursuant to PRWORA. These allow State agencies to
sanction food stamp households who are receiving grants under a State's
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program if minor children are
not attending school, or if the adults do not have or are not working
toward attaining a secondary school diploma or its equivalent (Section
103 of PROWRA), makes individuals convicted of drug-related felonies
ineligible for food stamps (Section 115), makes fleeing felons and
probation and parole violators ineligible (Section 821), allows States
to disqualify individuals for failure to cooperate with child support
agencies or who are in arrears in court-ordered child support payments
(Sections 822 and 823), and limits the food stamp participation of most
able-bodied adults without dependents to 3 months in a 3-year period
(Section 824). These requirements mean that additional information has
to be requested on the application.
Section 402(a)(2) of PRWORA, as amended, conditions food stamp
eligibility of some aliens on factors not related to their alien
status. For example, refugees and asylees are only eligible for 7 years
from the date of entry or the date status was granted. Some aliens
lawfully admitted for permanent residence must have earned or be
credited with 40 qualifying quarters of work as determined under title
II of the Social Security Act. Others have to have a military
connection, be battered, belong to certain Indian tribes, or belong to
certain Hmong or Highland Laotian Tribes during a certain period of
time. Some aliens are only eligible if they were lawfully residing in
the United States on August 22, 1996, or were age 65 or older on that
date. Determining and verifying these complicated new eligibility
requirements will significantly increase the information that must be
obtained on the application, and the household will have to submit
additional verification. Title IV of PRWORA requires the Department of
Justice (DOJ) to develop regulations to be used to verify citizenship
and eligible alien status. Under DOJ's August 4, 1998, proposed
regulations (63 FR 41662), applicants for food stamps must provide
verification of citizenship or alien status, each alien applicant 18
years of age or over must go to the food stamp office in person and
present his or her immigration document, and many aliens may be
required to submit an additional description identification document.
The total number of respondents is the number of initial
applications expected to be received (7,400,000 less 200 alien
households that will not apply = 7,399,800). Household burden to
complete an initial application (assuming entries on every line) is
estimated to average at least 11 minutes (.1833 hour). In some States
the applications are on paper and in others they are on-line in
computerized systems. In States that have multiple program
applications, we are only considering the time it takes to complete the
food stamp portion. Normally, verification is done through documentary
evidence from a household's own records, such as birth certificates,
bank statements, income tax returns, and utility bills. OMB does not
require a burden assessment when collection of the information is
provided from a respondent's own records, but it may take time to
gather exact information from various documents such as wage stubs,
immigration documents, social security number cards, and so forth. We
estimate total annual household burden for initial applications to be
1,356,630 hours (7,399,800 x .1833).
State agency burden in processing initial applications: The State
agency must interview the household to obtain all necessary
information; explain the program; obtain required verification; and,
for households determined to be eligible, explain the reporting
requirements and compute the benefit level. Section 11(e)(3) of the Act
requires that the State agency verify the household's eligibility and
provide a clear written statement explaining what acts the household
has to perform to cooperate in obtaining verification and otherwise
completing the application process. As the result of PRWORA, additional
information relating to the work history of able-bodied adults without
dependents, the eligibility of aliens, disqualifications, and fleeing
felon status must now be determined and verified.
At one time FNS designed a worksheet format to provide State
agencies a place to document additional information provided or
clarified by households during the interview; the type of verification
provided by the household; and computations of ineligibility or
eligibility and benefit levels. FNS does not have authority to approve
State forms, and many States have automated the eligibility
determination process. In some States the workers complete on-line
applications with households during the interview. The system stores,
interprets, and processes the information to determine if the household
is eligible and, if eligible, the correct benefit level. FNS will no
longer be making a worksheet format available to State agencies. State
agencies may develop a paper worksheet if they want one.
In estimating the burden, we considered the changes in the
eligibility criteria and the simplified procedures pursuant to PRWORA,
reductions due to computerized systems which vary from State to State,
and increases due to including the explanation for monthly reporting.
Some applications may be denied for obvious reasons such as excess
resources or income in a short period of time while other applications
may take an extremely long time to process if the household contains
aliens or has self-employment income. We estimate that on average a
minimum of 15 minutes or .25 hours is required to perform an initial
certification. We estimate total annual burden to be 1,849,950 hours
(7,399,800 x .25).
7 CFR 273.14(b) Food Stamp Application for Recertification
Household burden: The number of households expected to file an
application for recertification is based on the number of current
participants (10,900,000 less 228,000 ineligible aliens = 10,672,000).
Elderly and disabled households may now be certified for up to 24
months and other households may be certified for up to 12 months. A few
State agencies assign three-month certification periods to prevent
quality control errors. Our burden assessment assumes on average
participating households will submit one application for
recertification each year. We estimate that most States will choose to
simplify the recertification form since FNS approval is no longer
required and that the burden time will be reduced as households become
familiar with the form. We estimate burden time for completing and
submitting a recertification application to be 8 minutes (.1333 hour).
We estimate total annual burden for recertification applications to be
1,422,933 hours (10,672,000 x .1333).
State agency burden in processing applications for recertification:
We are assuming that the recertification process will be performed on
all applications for recertification (10,672,000). We expect State
agencies to streamline the recertification process, and previously
verified information does not have to be reverified. We estimate it
will take an average of 11 minutes or .1833 hours to process an
application for
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recertification. We estimate total annual burden to be 1,956,533 hours
(10,672,000 x .1833).
7 CFR 273.10(g) Notices of Eligibility, Denial, or Pending Status
State agency burden: Each household that submits an initial
application or a reapplication must receive a notice of eligibility,
notice of denial notice, or notice of pending status awaiting
additional information. Estimates are based on the number of
applications for initial certification and recertification expected to
be received (18,071,800). There will be a decrease in the number of
responses because of a decrease in the number of households that apply
and the fact that longer certification periods will likely be assigned.
Based on the fact that most State agencies have computerized notices,
we estimate that it will take 2 minutes or .0333 hours to input data
and initiate the notice. We estimate total annual burden to be 602,393
hours (18,071,800 x .0333).
7 CFR 273.21 Monthly Reports
Household burden: State agencies have the option to require certain
households to report information about household circumstances, changed
or unchanged, on a monthly basis. State agencies determine what
information is to be reported and how. The content of each State
agency's report is not readily available from which to estimate burden
time per response. When monthly reporting was a Federal mandate, about
32% of the caseload was submitting monthly reports. When monthly
reporting became optional, we previously estimated that 16% of the
caseload would still be subject to monthly reporting. A few State
agencies have since eliminated monthly reporting for households on
Indian reservations when the Act was changed to impose restrictions on
reporting, and some State agencies have reduced the number of monthly
reporting households for their own administrative reasons over the past
several years. Based on this, we estimate a further reduction to 15% of
the caseload. We estimate that 1,600,800 participating households
(10,672,000 x .15 = 1,600,800 ) will be subject to monthly reporting
and total annual responses would be 19,209,600 (1,600,800 x 12
months). We estimate burden time for a household to complete a monthly
report to be 7 minutes or .1167 hour. The monthly report is not
affected by automation and households must complete and return a paper
form. We estimate total annual burden to be 2,241,120 hours (19,209,600
x .1167).
7 CFR 273.12 (a) Change Report
Household burden: As stated earlier, we estimate that 15% of the
caseload will be required to report monthly. The remaining 85% of the
caseload (10,672,000 x .85 = 9,071,200 households) must report
changes in circumstances that may affect their eligibility or benefit
level within 10 days of the date the change becomes known. Data is not
collected on the number of such change reporters or how often they
report. Previous estimates assumed that 75% of those subject to change
reporting would actually report, 25% of those households would report
at least once a year, and 50% would report at least twice a year. State
agencies may require households not subject to monthly reporting to
submit information about child support payments quarterly on a change
report form that is used for reporting other changes, or State agencies
may develop a separate child support report form. Under PRWORA, States
may assign longer certification periods which will result in more
changes being reported. Taking these factors into consideration, we
estimate that each change reporting household on average will submit 1
report a year for a total of 9,071,200 responses. We estimated the time
to complete a report to be 5 minutes or .08333 hours. This burden time
is not affected by automation as households must complete and submit a
paper form. We estimate total annual burden to be 755,933 hours
(9,071,200 x .0833).
7 CFR 273.21(j)(2) Notice of Late or Incomplete Monthly Reports
State agency burden: State agencies must notify households if a
monthly report is late or additional information or verification is
needed. We estimate that 5% (19,209,600 x .05 = 960,480) of the
monthly reports expected to be received will be late or incomplete
resulting in the need to generate this notice. We estimate burden time
per response to be 2 minutes or .0333 hours and total annual burden to
be 32,016 hours (960,480 x .0333).
7 CFR 271.2 and 7 CFR 273.21(j)(2) Adequate Notice to Monthly
Reporters
State agency burden: State agencies must send monthly reporting
households a written notice if their benefits will be or have been
increased, reduced, or terminated based on information contained on the
monthly report. We estimate that 30% (19,209,600 x .30 = 5,762,880)
of the monthly reports received will result in an increase, reduction,
or termination of benefits. The remaining 70% of the monthly reports
will not require a change in benefits, so no notice is necessary. We
estimate burden time per response to be 2 minutes or .0333 hours and
total annual burden to be 192,096 hours (5,762,880 x .0333).
7 CFR 273.13 Advance Notice of Adverse Action
State agency burden: Households that submit a change report form
must receive a written notice of any action to reduce or terminate
benefits in advance of the date the action will become effective. We
estimate that 50% of the change reports expected to be received
(9,071,200 x .50 = 4,535,600) will result in a reduction or
termination of benefits which will require the State agency to generate
this notice. We estimate the burden per notice to be 2 minutes or .0333
hours and total annual burden to be 151,187 hours (4,535,600 x
.0333).
7 CFR 273. 14(b) Notice of Expiration
State agency burden: The State agency must send each participating
household a notice when its certification period is about to expire
that informs the household it must reapply to receive continued
benefits. Based on a 1995 report on the Characteristics of Food Stamp
Households, the average certification period of all households,
including those with elderly and disabled members was 9.8 months. (The
number of annual notices was underestimated in the prior request.)
Under PRWORA and this proposal, State agencies may establish longer
certification periods--up to12 months for most households and 24 months
for households in which all adult members are elderly or disabled.
Households with an elderly or disabled person represent 34% of the
caseload, but all adult members in these households may not be elderly
or disabled. However, based on this new authority, it is anticipated
that State agencies will in general establish somewhat longer
certification periods to conserve resources. We estimate that on
average each certified household (10,672,000) will receive at least one
notice of expiration every 12 months. We estimate burden time per
response to be 2 minutes or .0333 hours and total annual burden to be
355,733 hours (10,672,000 x .0333).
7 CFR 273.12(c) and 273.21(j) State Agency Burden in Processing
Reports and Changes
When a report is submitted that shows a change, the State agency
must determine if and how the change will affect the household's
eligibility and benefit level, resolve questionable information, and
obtain additional
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verification. We estimate that this will be performed on all change
reports and 30 percent of the monthly reports (9,071,200 + 5,762,800 =
14,834,080) received. We estimate that this will take approximately 5
minutes or .0833 hour per change and the annual burden to be 1,236,173
hours (14,834,080 x .0833).
Record keeping burden only: Local agencies are required to maintain
client case records for three years, 7 CFR 272.1(f), and to perform
duplicate participation checks on individual household members to
ensure that a member is not participating in more than one household, 7
CFR 272.4(f).
Data is not available on the actual number of local food stamp
offices in each State or the actual number of workers (recordkeepers)
that would be maintaining case files and performing duplicate
participation checks. Previous estimates reflected one record keeper
per State, but we believe this was too low. We are using the number of
food stamp project areas which is 2,715 for purposes of this
submission.
(A) Case Files: The number of case files to be established and
maintained is equal to the number of applications expected to be
received for initial application and recertification. The number of
times recordkeepers must access these case files is equal to the number
of documents (105,910,560 responses) expected to be filed annually. We
estimate that each action will take a minimum of 2 minutes or .0333
hours. We estimate annual recordkeeping burden associated with
creating, filing, and maintaining household case files to be 3,526,822
hours (105,910,560 x .0333).
(B) Monitoring Duplicate Participation: The estimated annual record
keeping burden for maintaining this system which is automated by most
States is based on the number of applications expected to be received
(18,071,800) and the average number of persons (2.5) in each applicant
household. Assuming that at least 80% of the applications expected to
be received will be subject to this check, the estimated number of
duplicate participation checks (responses) that must be performed by
State agencies is 36,143,600 (18,071,800 x .80 x 2.5). Burden is
estimated to be 15 seconds (or .0042 hours) per response, for a total
burden of 151,803 hours annually.
(C) We estimate total recordkeeping burden to be 3,678,625 hours
annually (3,526,822 + 151,803). Burden per recordkeeper would be 1,355
hours annually (3,678,625/2,715 recordkeepers).
Summary of burden hours for public--State and local governments,
potential applicants, and current participants:
Respondents: 18,071,800
Annual responses: 119,261,240
Total burden hours: 16,275,901
The net affect of these Program changes and adjustments is a reduction
in total burden hours of 3,752,042 from 20,027,943 to 16,275,901 due
primarily to a reevaluation based on State agencies' automated systems.
Request 2
Title: State Agency Options.
OMB Number: Will be assigned when approved.
Form Number: None.
Expiration Date: Three years after OMB approved.
Type of Request: New.
Abstract: The collections covered under OMB Number 0584-0064
address information that will become part of a household's case file.
The information collection and burden estimates associated with the
following 4 collections will be assigned a separate OMB number because
they are not related to household case files. The number that is
assigned will be included in the preamble to the regulations which
implements the PRWORA changes.
1. Homeless shelter estimate--7 CFR 273.9(d): Section 5(e) of the
Act, 7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(5), as amended by section 809 of PRWORA, allows
State agencies to use a homeless shelter cost estimate as a separate
deduction (instead of allowing only the amount that exceeds 50 percent
of income under the excess shelter cost deduction.) We estimate that 20
State agencies will choose this option and that these States will spend
1 hour per year updating the estimate for an annual burden of 20 hours.
2. Establishing and reviewing standard utility allowances--7 CFR
273.9(d): State agencies may establish standard utility allowances to
be used in lieu of actual utility costs in determining a deduction from
household income for shelter expenses. Currently, 49 State agencies
have a standard that includes heating or cooling costs and 21 have a
standard for utility costs other than heating or cooling. Of the 49
States, we estimate that 10 will develop one or more additional
standards each year for the next 3 years. We estimate that this process
will take an average of 4 hours since the basic information will likely
already be included as a component of the main standard that is now
being used. We also estimate that State agencies will continue to
review the standards yearly, although they will no longer be required
to do so, to determine if increases are needed due to the cost of
living. We estimate a minimum of 2.5 hours annually to make this review
and adjustment. Total burden for this provision is estimated to be
162.5 hours per year.
3. Mandatory utility standards--7 CFR 273.9(d). Section 809 of
PRWORA amended Section 5(e)(7)(C) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(7)(C))
to allow State agencies to mandate use of standard utility allowances
when the excess shelter cost deduction is computed instead of allowing
households to claim actual utility costs provided the standards will
not increase program costs. We expect less than 7 States will choose
this option so information collection and reporting burden is not
required to be assessed.
4. Establishing methodology for offsetting cost of producing self-
employment income--7 CFR 273.10. The gross amount of self-employment
income is reduced by the cost of producing such income. Section 5(m) of
the Act, 7 U.S.C. 2014(m), as amended by section 812 of PRWORA allows
State agencies to use a reasonable estimate of self-employment costs
rather than actual costs to compute net income from self-employment
provided the method will not increase program costs. Requests to use
such estimates must be submitted to FNS and must include a description
of the proposed method; the number, type, and percent of households
affected; and documentation indicating that the procedure would not
increase Program costs. We estimate that 10 State agencies will submit
requests each year for the next three years. It is estimated that these
States will incur a one-time burden of at least 10 working hours
gathering and analyzing data, developing the methodology, determining
the cost implications, and submitting a request to FNS for a total
burden of 100 hours annually. State agencies are not required to
periodically review their approved methodologies. We do not anticipate
that State agencies will voluntarily review their methodologies for
change on a regular basis, thus burden is not being assessed for this
purpose at this time.
Affected Public: State and local governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 49.
Estimated Number of Responses: 138.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 286.
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Dated: December 14, 1998.
Samuel Chambers, Jr.,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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