[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6536-6538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02256]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request: Form 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 is an extension without revision 
of a currently approved collection. The burden estimate remains 21,889 
hours.

DATES: Submit written comments on or before April 7, 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 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 Sasha Gersten-Paal, Acting 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 Sasha 
Gersten-Paal at 703-

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305-2454 or via email 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 located at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 810, 
Alexandria, Virginia 22302, during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday).
    All responses to this notice will be summarized and 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: Request for additional information or 
copies of this information collection should be directed to Sasha 
Gersten-Paal at (703) 305-2507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Employment and Training Program Activity Report.
    OMB Number: 0584-0339.
    Expiration Date: June 30, 2014.
    Type of Request: Extension without 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 of 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 percent 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. The following is the estimated 
burden for E&T reporting including the burden for State agencies to 
request additional funds.

Reporting

FNS-583 Report

    Frequency: 4.
    Affected Public: State Agency.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Number of Responses: 684. (Note this reflects multiple responses 
within the FNS-583 form; In aggregate, 53 State Agencies submit 1 form 
each quarter or 212 total responses per year.)
    Estimated Time per Response: 31.9363 hours per State agency.
    Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 21,844.40 hours.

Requests for Additional Funds

    Frequency: .2641.
    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

FNS-583 Report

    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Number of Records: 212.
    Number of Hours per Record: 0.137 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 29.04 hours.

Requests for Additional Funds

    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Number of Records: 14.
    Number of Hours per Record: 0.137 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 1.92 hours.

                                                     Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
                                         [Compiling and reporting for the FNS-583 and requests for more funding]
                                                 [Snap Employment and Training Program Activity Report]
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                                                                                                                             Estimated
                                                                             Number of     Reports filed       Total         number of       Estimated
           Section of regulation                        Title               respondents      annually      responses  (C     hours per      total hours
                                                                                                               x D)          response       (C x D x F)
A                                           B...........................               C               D               E               F               G
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                                                                        REPORTING
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7 CFR 273.7(c)(8).........................  Compile and report new work               53               4             212           90.94       19,278.28
                                             registrants on FNS-583.
7 CFR 273.24(g)...........................  Compile and report 15                   12 *               4              48            4.59          220.32
                                             percent ABAWD exemptions on
                                             FNS-583.
7 CFR 273.7(f)............................  Compile and report E&T                    53               4             212           10.10        2,142.20
                                             activities (placements) on
                                             FNS-583.
7 CFR 273.7(C)(8).........................  Preparing FNS-583:
                                            States filing electronically              50               4             200            1.00             200
                                            States filing manually......               3               4              12             0.3             3.6

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7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(F)...................  Preparing requests for more               53          0.2641              14               1              14
                                             funds after initial
                                             allocation.
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    Total Reporting for FNS-583 and         ............................              53         13.1698             698           31.32       21,858.40
     Additional Funds Requests.
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                                                                      RECORDKEEPING
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7 CFR 277.12..............................  Recordkeeping burden for FNS-             53               4             212           0.137           29.04
                                             583.
7 CFR 277.12..............................  Record-keeping burden for                 53         0.26415              14           0.137            1.92
                                             additional requests.
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    Total Recordkeeping Burden for FNS 583  ............................              53            4.26             226           0.137           30.96
     and Additional Funds Requests.
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                                                                         SUMMARY
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    TOTAL ALL BURDENS.....................  ............................              53           17.43             924          23.689       21,889.36
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* There are 12 States without statewide waivers of the time-limit that will likely use 15 percent exemptions.


    Dated: January 24, 2014.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator,Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-02256 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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