[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6757-6758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2730]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

February 3, 2011.
    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 
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy 
of the agency's estimate of burden 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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk 
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or 
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO, 
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these 
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if 
received

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within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the submission(s) may be 
obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
    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: Issuance Reconciliation Report, FNS-46.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0080.
    Summary of Collection: Section 7(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
of 2008, as amended, (the Act) (7 U.S.C. 2016(d)) and Regulations at 7 
CFR 274.4(a) and 274.4(b)(2), requires State agencies to report on 
their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit issuance 
operations not less than monthly, through a reconciliation process. The 
Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), administers the SNAP in cooperation 
with State and local governments. States are held liable by Section 
7(f) of the Act, for any financial losses involved in the issuance of 
SNAP benefits.
    Need and Use of the Information: FNS uses form FNS-46 form, 
Issuance Reconciliation Report, to ensure that State agencies are 
responsible for preventing losses or shortages of Federal funds in the 
issuance of benefits. The FNS-46 is used as a management tool used for 
the analysis of other problems in the issuance of Program benefits that 
are not liabilities of the State agency but are indicators of 
administrative problems. The FNS-46 report enables State agencies to 
identify other acts of fraud and/or waste so that corrective action can 
be taken. The data from the FNS-46 report is also used for reports to 
Congress, to establish State issuance liabilities, and to determine 
national performance measures for Quality Control.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 54.
    Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Monthly.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,592.

Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-2730 Filed 2-7-11; 8:45 am]
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