[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 171 (Friday, September 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45802-45803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21373]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--FNS-380, Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program Quality Control Reviews

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment 
on the proposed information collection. This collection is a revision 
of a currently approved collection of FNS-380, Worksheet for the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Reviews.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 3, 
2009.

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; (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.
    Comments may be sent to: Tiffany Susan Wilkinson, Program Analyst, 
Quality Control Branch, Program Accountability and Administration 
Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 822, Alexandria, VA 22302. You may also 
download an electronic version of this notice at http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/rules/regulations/default.htm and comment via e-
mail at [email protected] or use the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. 
Go to http://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 3101 Park Center Drive, 
Room 822, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
    All responses to this notice will be included in the request for 
Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will also become 
a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection form and instruction should be 
directed to Tiffany Susan Wilkinson, (703) 305-2410.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program's (SNAP) Quality Control Reviews.
    OMB Number: 0584-0074.
    Form Number: FNS-380.
    Expiration Date: February 28, 2010.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Form FNS-380 is a SNAP worksheet used to determine 
eligibility and benefits for households selected for review in the 
quality control sample of active cases. We estimate the total reporting 
burden for this collection of information as 8.9 hours, equating to a 
total of 498,978 hours collectively. This includes the time for State 
agencies analyzing the household case record; planning and carrying out 
the field investigation; gathering, comparing, analyzing and evaluating 
the review data and forwarding selected cases to the Food and Nutrition 
Service for Federal validation. It also includes an average interview 
burden of 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for each household. Additionally, we 
estimate the recordkeeping burden per record for the state agency to be 
0.0236 hours, thereby making the recordkeeping burden associated with 
this information collection for the state agency to be 1,323 hours. The 
total estimated reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection 
is 500,301 hours.
    The reporting and recordkeeping burden for this form was previously 
approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance number 
0584-0074. OMB approved the burden through November 30, 2009. Based on 
the most recent table of active case sample sizes and completion rates 
(FY 2007), we estimate 56,065 FNS-380 worksheets and interviews will 
now be completed annually. This is a decrease of 1,134 responses from 
the estimate made to substantiate the current collection. This estimate 
will also cause a corresponding decrease in the reporting and 
recordkeeping burden. The decrease in response is a result of a 
reduction in the number of cases being pulled for review over the 
minimum required review amount. We are requesting a three-year approval 
from OMB for this information collection.
    Affected Public: State or local governments.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State agencies.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1057 responses.
    Estimated Total Number of Responses per Year: 56,065 responses.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8.4 hours per State agency.

    Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 56,065 Households.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Number of Responses per Year: 56,065.
    Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours per Household.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 498,978 hours.
    Estimated Number of Records: 56,065.
    Estimated Time per Record: 0.0236 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 1,323 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 500,301 
hours.

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                                                                                                                                            Total annual
                                               Number of      Total                     Annual                               Total annual  reporting and
        Affected public           Number of    responses    responses     Time per    reporting    Number of     Time per   recordkeeping  recordkeeping
                                 respondents      per        per year     response      burden      records       record        burden         burden
                                               respondent                              [(c)(d)]                                [(f)(g)]       [(e+h)]
                                         (a)          (b)          (c)          (d)          (e)          (f)          (g)           (h)            (i)
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State Agencies.................           53         1057       56,065          8.4      470,946       56,065       0.0236         1,323        500,301
Households.....................       56,065            1                        .5       28,032
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    Dated: August 27, 2009.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. E9-21373 Filed 9-3-09; 8:45 am]
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