[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10567-10568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04382]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Comment Request--FNS-380, Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program Quality Control Reviews

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 this proposed information collection. This is a revision of a 
currently approved collection of FNS-380, Worksheet for the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Reviews.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 2, 2016.

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 shall 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 that were 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 use of appropriate automated, 
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    Comments may be sent to: Stephanie Proska, Food and Nutrition 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 
822, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to 
the attention of Stephanie Proska at 703-305-0928 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 responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the 
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will 
be a matter of public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of this information collection should be directed to Stephanie 
Proska at 703-305-2437.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: Quality Control Review Schedule.
    Form Number: FNS 380.
    OMB Number: 0584-0074.
    Expiration Date: May 31, 2016.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: Form FNS-380, is a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Program worksheet used to determine eligibility and benefits for 
households selected for review in the quality control sample of active 
SNAP cases. We estimate the total reporting burden for the collection 
of information to support SNAP quality control as 517,639.20 hours. 
This includes approximately 8.9 hours for State agencies to analyze 
each household case record including planning and carrying out the 
field investigation; gathering, comparing, analyzing and evaluating the 
review data and forwarding selected cases to the Food and Nutrition 
Service for Federal validation, totaling approximately 490,096.30 hours 
for the entire caseload. We are also including an average interview 
burden of 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for each household, creating a 
reporting burden for them for 27,534.00 hours. Additionally, we 
estimate the recordkeeping burden per record for the State agency to be 
0.0236 hours, thereby making the recordkeeping burden associated with 
this information collection for the State agency to be 1,299.61 hours. 
The total estimated reporting and recordkeeping burden for this 
collection is 518,938.81 hours and 165,201 total annual responses for 
reporting and recordkeeping.
    The reporting and recordkeeping burden for this form was previously 
approved under OMB clearance number 0584-0074. OMB approved the burden 
through May 31, 2016. Based on the most recent table of active case 
sample sizes and completion rates (FY2014), we estimate 55,067 FNS-380 
worksheets and interviews will now be completed annually. This is an 
increase of 3,106 responses from the estimate made to substantiate the 
current collection. The increase in response is a result of an increase 
in the number of active cases being pulled for review over the minimum 
required review amount. We are requesting a three-year approval from 
OMB for this information collection.
    Affected Public: 55,120 (Households, State, Local and Tribal 
Government: Respondent groups identified include: 53 State agencies and 
55,067 Households.)
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.997115 (The total 
number of responses per household is 1 and the total estimated number 
of responses per State, Local and Tribal Government respondents is 
1,039.)
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 165,201 (This includes 55,067 
sampled active cases for QC review, 55,067 households to report, and 
the same 55,067 records being kept by the 53 State agencies.)
    Estimated Time per Response: 3.1411999 (The estimated time of 
response for State agencies to report is approximately 534 minutes, 30 
minutes for households to report, and the estimated response time for 
State agencies to do recordkeeping is approximately 1.42 minutes. 
Therefore, the total time per response is approximately 565.42 minutes 
or 9.42 hours.)
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 518,929.38 hours. 
(This includes 491,395.88 for SA reporting and recordkeeping) + 
27,533.50 I/H reporting only) See the table below for estimated total 
annual burden for each type of respondent.

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                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                     Estimated         total         Estimated        average        Estimated
           Respondent                number of       responses     total  annual   number of of     total hours
                                    respondents    annually per      responses       hours per      (Col. dxe)
                                                    respondent      (Col. bxc)       response
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Reporting and Recordkeeping
 Burden:........................
    State Agencies (SA)                       53           1,039          55,067             8.9      490,096.30
     Reporting..................
    State Agencies Recordkeeping              53           1,039          55,067          0.0236        1,299.58
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        Subtotal States                       53           2,078         110,134       4.4617998      491,395.88
         Reporting And
         Recordkeeping..........
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    Individuals/Households (I/            55,067               1          55,067              .5       27,533.50
     H)Reporting................
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        Subtotal Households               55,067               1          55,067              .5       27,533.50
         Reporting Only.........
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            Grand Total                   55,120         2.99711         165,201       3.1411999      518,929.38
             Reporting &
             Recordkeeping
             Burden for the
             entire collection I/
             H and SA...........
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    Dated: February 23, 2016.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-04382 Filed 2-29-16; 8:45 am]
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