[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43253-43254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18229]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request: FNS-583, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
Employment and Training Program Activity Report

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice 
invites the public and other public agencies to comment on a proposed 
information collection burden for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program (SNAP) Employment and Training (E&T) Program, currently 
approved under OMB No. 0584-0339. This collection is a revision of a 
currently approved collection, which proposes to increase the currently 
approved burden of 21,755 by 4,328 hours. The adjusted burden is 26,083 
hours. An increase in the estimated number of annual work registrants 
accounts for most of the increase.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before September 19, 2011.

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 will have practical 
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the 
proposed collection of information, including 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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other form of information technology.
    Comments may be sent to Moira Johnston, Chief, Program Design 
Branch, Program Development Division, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 810, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302. Comments 
may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Moira Johnston at 
703-305-2454 or via e-mail to [email protected]. Comments 
will also be accepted through the Federal eRulemaking 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, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 810.
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of 
public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Moira Johnston at (703) 305-2515, or 
send comment to [email protected] via the Internet.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Employment and Training Program Activity Report.
    OMB Number: 0584-0339.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2011.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: 7 CFR 273.7(c)(9) requires State agencies to submit 
quarterly E&T Program Activity Reports containing monthly figures for 
participation in the program. FNS uses Form FNS-583 to collect 
participation data. The information collected on the FNS-583 report 
includes:
     On the first quarter report, the number of work 
registrants receiving SNAP as of October 1 of the new fiscal year;
     On each quarterly report, by month, the number of new work 
registrants; the number of able-bodied adults without dependents 
(ABAWDs) applicants and recipients participating in qualifying 
components; the number all other applicants and recipients (including 
ABAWDs involved in non-qualifying activities) participating in 
components; and the number of ABAWDs exempt under the State agency's 
15% exemption allowance;
     On the fourth quarter report, the total number of 
individuals who participated in each component, which is also sorted by 
ABAWD and non-ABAWD participants, and the number of individuals who 
participated in the E&T Program during the fiscal year.
    7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(D) provides that if a State agency will not 
expend all of the funds allocated to it for a fiscal year, FNS will 
reallocate unexpended funds to other State agencies during the fiscal 
year or the subsequent fiscal year as FNS considers appropriate and 
equitable. After FNS makes initial E&T allocations, State agencies may 
request more funds, as needed. Typically, FNS receives fourteen such 
requests per year. The time it takes to prepare these requests is 
included in the burden. After receiving the State requests, FNS will 
reallocate unexpended funds as provided above. Following is the revised 
estimated burden for E&T reporting including the burden for State 
agencies to request additional funds.

FNS-583 Report

Reporting

    Frequency: 4.
    Affected Public: State Agency.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Number of Responses: 212.
    Estimated Time per Response: 140.41 hours per State agency.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 26,038.22 hours.

Recordkeeping

    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Number of Records: 212.
    Number of Hours per Record: 0.136667 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 28.97 hours.

Requests for Additional Funds

Reporting

    Frequency: 1.
    Affected Public: State Agency.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Number of Responses: 14.
    Estimated Time per Response: 1.00 hour per request.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 14 hours.

Recordkeeping

    Number of Respondents: 53.

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    Number of Records: 14.
    Number of Hours per Record: 0.136667 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 1.91 hours.

                                                 Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: Hours
              [Compiling and reporting for the FNS-583 and requests for more funding SNAP employment and training Program activity report]
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      Section of regulation              Title            Number of     Reports filed  Total  responses (C x D)    Estimated  number of     total hours
                                                         respondents      annually                                 hours per  response      (C x D x F)
A                                 B..................               C          D       E.......................  F......................            G
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7 CFR 273.7(c)(8)...............  Compiling work                   53      \2\ 4       \3\ 212.................  75.15 x 212............       15,931.76
                                   registration
                                   status.
7 CFR 273.24(g).................  15% ABAWD                     \1\ 7          4       28......................  20.27 x 28.............          567.42
                                   exemptions.
7 CFR 273.7(f)..................  E&T activities                   53          4       212.....................  44.02 x 212............        9,333.
                                   (placements).
7 CFR 273.7(C)(8)...............  Preparing FNS-583:
                                  States filing                    50          4       200 @ 1 hr..............  .9716 x 212............          200
                                   electronically.
                                  States filing                     3          4       12 @ .3 hr..............  .......................            6.
                                   manually.
Reporting Burden for FNS-583....  ...................  ..............  ..............  ........................  140.4116...............       26,038.22
Recordkeeping burden for FNS-583  ...................              53  ..............  ........................  0.13666 7 x 212........           28.97
Total Reporting & Recordkeeping   ...................  ..............  ..............  ........................  .......................       26,067.19
 for FNS-583.
7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(F).........  Preparing requests               53          0.2641  14 @ 1 hr...............  1 x 14.................           14
                                   for more funds
                                   after initial
                                   allocation.
                                  Recordkeeping        ..............  ..............  ........................  14 x 0.136667..........            1.91
                                   burden for
                                   additional
                                   requests.
Total Reporting & Recordkeeping   ...................  ..............  ..............  ........................  .......................           15.91
 Burden for Addt'l Funds
 Requests.
Reporting Burden for both FNS-    ...................  ..............  ..............  ........................  .......................       26,052.22
 583 and Additional Funds
 Requests.
7 CFR 277.12....................  Total Recordkeeping              53          4.2641  226.....................  0.136667 x 226.........           30.88
                                   Burden for both
                                   FNS-583 &
                                   Additional Funds
                                   Requests.
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    Total All Burdens...........  ...................  ..............         53       4.2641..................  226....................       26,083.10
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\1\ Seven of 53 State agencies use 15% exemptions.
\2\ State agencies report burden elements on the FNS-583, submitted quarterly.
\3\ State agencies submit four FNS-583's annually for a total of 212 submittals plus 14 requests for additional funds for a total of 226 submittals.


    Dated: June 16, 2011.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-18229 Filed 7-19-11; 8:45 am]
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