[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27885-27886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11752]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Forms: 
Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, 
this Notice invites the general public and other public agencies to 
comment on proposed information collections. This collection is a 
revision of currently approved burden for the applications, periodic 
reporting, and notices burden calculations for the Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The revision also modifies the net 
estimates for PRA burden associated with proposed rule ``Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Eligibility, Certification, and 
Employment and Training Provisions'' published on May 4, 2011 at 76 FR 
25413.

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before July 14, 2015 to 
be assured consideration.

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 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.
    Send comments to Sasha Gersten-Paal, Chief, Certification Policy 
Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. 
Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 812, 
Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the 
attention of Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2486. 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 during 
regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 
the office of the Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302, Room 
800.
    All comments will be summarized and included in the request for 
Office of Management and Budget approval of the information collection. 
All comments will become a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information 
should be directed to Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2507.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Forms: 
Applications, Periodic Reporting and Notices.
    OMB Number: 0584-0064.
    Form Number: None.
    Expiration Date: April 30, 2016.
    Type of Request: Revision of an existing collection.
    Abstract: This notice revises the Applications, Periodic Reporting, 
and Notices burden for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
(SNAP). The Federal procedures for implementing the application and 
certification procedures in the Act are in Parts 271, 272, and 273 of 
the Title 7 of the Code of Federal Register. Part 271 contains general 
information and definitions, Part 272 contains requirements for 
participating State agencies, and Part 273 contains procedures for the 
certification of eligible households.
    After careful review and consideration of the burden inventory 
under OMB No. 0584-0064, FNS has determined the burden baseline does 
not accurately reflect the burden activities or hours required by the 
SNAP under this collection. We have corrected the burden inventory 
baseline to establish burden estimates under OMB No. 0584-0064 that 
more accurately reflect the information collection burdens of SNAP's 
existing application and recertification process. An overview is 
provided in this notice and additional details are available in the 
docket at [Placeholder].
    Section 3502.2 of the PRA defines burden as ``time, effort, or 
financial resources expended by a person to generate, maintain, or 
provide information to or for a Federal agency.''
    In keeping with the PRA definition of burden, we created sub-
activity categories that allowed for the inclusion of time and effort 
expended on behalf of households and State agencies and revised the 
time estimates. Note that no changes have been made to the existing 
reporting and recordkeeping requirements. The change in burden is due 
to formulating more accurate burden estimates associated with the 
existing requirements.
    The following tables compare the time estimates for activities 
contained in the currently approved information collection with the 
revised burden baseline activities.

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  Time estimates established in the currently approved OMB    Activities and time estimates for revising burden
                       No. 0584-0064                                    baseline for OMB No. 0584-0064
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                        State agency                                             State agency
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                                             Time estimate                                        Time estimate
     Information collection activities         (minutes)      Information collection activities     (minutes)
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Initial Application.......................               19  Initial Application:..............               19
                                                                Interview......................               30
                                                                Verification...................               24
Recertification Application...............               19  Recertification Application:......               15
                                                                Interview......................               20
                                                                Verification...................               10
Reports:                                                     Periodic Reports:
    Monthly Reports.......................               11     Monthly Reports................                7
    Quarterly Reports.....................               12     Quarterly Reports..............                8
    Simplified Reports....................               11     Simplified Reports.............               11
    Change Reports........................               11     Change Report..................               11
Notices:                                                     Notices:
    Notice of Eligibility or Denial.......                2     Notice of Eligibility or Denial                2
    Notice of Missing or Incomplete Report                2     Notice of Missing or Incomplete                2
                                                                 Report.
    Notice of Missed Interview............                1     Notice of Missed Interviews....                1
    Notice of Expiration..................                2     Notice of Expiration...........                2
    Notice of Adverse Action..............                2     Notice of Adverse Action.......                2
    Adequate Notice for Monthly Reports...                2     Adequate Notice................                2
    Request for Contact...................                2     Request for Contact............                2
    Transition Notice.....................                0     Transitional notice............                0
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  Time estimates established in the currently approved OMB    Activities and time estimates for revising burden
                       No. 0584-0064                                    baseline for OMB No. 0584-0064
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                         Households                                               Households
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                                             Time estimate                                        Time estimate
     Information collection activities         (minutes)      Information collection activities     (minutes)
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Initial Application.......................               19  Initial SNAP Application:.........               19
                                                                Interview......................               30
                                                                Travel time--In office                       120
                                                                 interview.
                                                                Verification...................               24
Recertification Application...............               19  SNAP Recertification Application:.               15
                                                                Interview......................               20
                                                                Travel time--In office                       120
                                                                 interview.
                                                                Verification...................               10
Reports:                                                     Periodic Reports:
    Monthly Reports.......................                7     Monthly Reports................                7
    Quarterly Reports.....................                8     Quarterly Reports..............                8
    Simplified Reports....................                8     Simplified or Periodic Reports.               10
Change Report.............................                5     Change Reports.................               10
Notices:                                                     Notices:
    Notice of Missed Interview............                1     Notice of Missed Interviews....                1
    Notice of Adverse Action..............                1     Notice of Adverse Action.......                1
    Adequate Notice.......................                1     Adequate Notice................                1
    Request for Contact...................                2     Request for Contact............                2
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    Additionally, the burden estimates included in this collection 
account for the burden applicable to each SNAP applicant. The estimated 
number of applicants has increased from the prior estimate of 
approximately 11 million applicants to over 14.5 million applicants in 
Fiscal Year 2014.
    The net impact to the burden is summarized below.

Summary of Estimated Burden

    Affected Public: State and local government agencies administering 
SNAP and Individuals/Households.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 14,619,642.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 45.04.
    Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 658,539,827.
    Estimated Hours per Response: .1795.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 118,221,440.
    Current Burden Inventory: 24,897,947.
    Net Increase: 93,323,493.

    Dated: May 4, 2015.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-11752 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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