[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2815-2816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00762]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Form FNS-245, Negative QC Review Schedule

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 the proposed collection.
    Form FNS-245, is currently used in the Quality Control process for 
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This is a revision of a 
currently approved collection in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program and concerns the Negative QC Review Schedule.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before March 17, 2014.

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 through the use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments may be sent to: Patrick Lucrezio, Chief, 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 email 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 FNS 
office located at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 822, Alexandria, VA 
22302, during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday 
through Friday). 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, 
copies or to view a draft version of the information collection form 
and instructions should be directed to SNAP QC at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Negative Quality Control Review Schedule.
    OMB Number: 0584-0034.
    Form Number: FNS-245.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2016.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Form FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule:
    Abstract: Form FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule, is 
designed to collect quality control (QC) data and serve as the data 
entry form for Negative case action QC reviews in the Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). New QC procedures for Negative 
cases (now referred to as Case and Procedural cases) went into effect 
for the 2012 QC review year. State agencies complete form FNS-245 for 
each Negative Case in their QC sample. SNAP has determined the form 
associated with the reporting of these cases needs to be updated to 
reflect the new name and reorganized in order to not only streamline 
the data elements being reported, but to also add nine data elements to 
more effectively and efficiently record what is now being reviewed. By 
streamlining the form's elements to make it more efficient, the 
additional elements are not expected to increase the collection's 
burden on State Agencies using the form. We are also requesting to 
rename this information collection from ``Negative QC Review Schedule'' 
to ``Case and Procedural Quality Control Review Schedule''.
    The reporting and recordkeeping burden associated with the 
completion of form FNS-245, has decreased from approximately 177,351 
hours to 121,784.1602 hours. The decrease in total burden is largely a 
result of the

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decrease in total SNAP Negative case selection from 59,831 cases in 
FY2010 to 41,085 Case and Procedural cases in FY 2012.
    Affected Public: State, Local & Tribal Governments.
    Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
    Number of Responses per Respondent: 775.1887 Records.
    Total Annual Responses: 41,085.
    Reporting Time per Response: 2.9406 Hours.
    Estimated Annual Reporting Burden: 120,814.5542 Hours.
    Number of Record Keepers: 53.
    Number of Records per Record Keeper: 775.1887 Records.
    Estimated Number of Records to Keep: 41,085 Records.
    Recordkeeping Time per Response: .0236 Hours.
    Total Estimated Recordkeeping: 969.6060 Hours.
    Annual Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden: 121,784.1602 Hours.

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                                                                                   Estimated       Number of       Total
               Affected public                            Instrument               number of     responses per     annual     Hours per    Annual burden
                                                                                  respondents     respondent     responses     response        hours
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                                                                    Reporting Burden
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State agencies...............................  FNS-245, Case and Procedural QC           53.00        775.1887       41,085       2.9406    120,814.5542
                                                Review Schedule.
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    Reporting Totals.........................  ...............................           53.00  ..............       41,085  ...........    120,814.5542
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                                                                  Recordkeeping Burden
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State agencies...............................  Maintain Records...............           53.00        775.1887       41,085       0.0236        969.6060
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    Total Recordkeeping and Reporting Burden.  ...............................           53.00  ..............       82,170       2.9642    121,784.1602
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    Dated: January 9, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-00762 Filed 1-15-14; 8:45 am]
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