[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 120 (Friday, June 21, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 29029-29030]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12910]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 120 / Friday, June 21, 2019 / Rules
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
7 CFR Parts 271, 272 and 273
[FNS-2015-0038]
RIN 0584-AE41
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Student Eligibility,
Convicted Felons, Lottery and Gambling, and State Verification
Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2014; Correction
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains technical corrections to the Paperwork
Reduction Act section of final rule entitled ``Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program: Student Eligibility, Convicted Felons, Lottery and
Gambling, and State Verification Provisions of the Agricultural Act of
2014,'' published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2019.
DATES:
Effective date: This document is effective June 21, 2019.
Compliance date: Compliance with the final rule published on April
15, 2019 (84 FR 15083), and effective on June 14, 2019, is as noted in
the specific regulatory provisions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sasha Gersten-Paal, Branch Chief,
Certification Policy Branch, Program Development Division, Food and
Nutrition Service (FNS), 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 810, Alexandria,
Virginia 22302, (703) 305-2507, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Food and Nutrition Service published a
final rule on April 15, 2019, (84 FR 15083), that implements four
sections of the Agricultural Act of 2014 affecting eligibility,
benefits, and program administration requirements for the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This document makes a technical
correction to add the burden on SNAP individuals/households to report
lottery or gambling winnings to State SNAP agencies to the burden
details below based on a prior estimate in IC 0584-0064. It is
estimated that a total of 27,500 participants, or 550 SNAP participants
per State, will spend a total of 4,593 hours at a rate of .167 hours
per response to report their substantial winnings to the State SNAP
agency at a rate of $7.25 per hour for a total estimated cost of
$33,296 for all respondents annually. FNS utilized the estimate of .167
hours to report a change based on a prior estimate in IC 0584-0064 on
how long it takes a household to complete a simplified periodic report.
FNS is not including the burden on SNAP individuals/households to
reapply for benefits should they become eligible again. Since
individuals/households applying for SNAP benefits are already required
to report income and assets, the impact of this decision is negligible.
Need for Correction
As published, the text in the Paperwork Reduction Act section of
the final rule does not include the burden on SNAP individuals/
households to report lottery or gambling winnings to State SNAP
agencies and requires a technical correction to the affected public,
respondent type, number of responses, annual burden hours, and
estimated cost to respondents.
Correction
In final rule FR Doc. 2019-07194, beginning on page 15083 in the
issue of April 15, 2019, make the following correction, in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section:
1. On page 15091 in the first column, revise the 13 lines of text
before the heading ``Description of Costs and Assumptions'' to read as
follows:
Affected public: State agencies, State gambling entities, gaming
entities, households.
Regulation Section: 7 CFR 272.17.
Respondent Type: State agencies, gaming entities, households.
Estimated number of respondents: 27,750.
Total annual responses: First year 1,584,650; Ongoing 1,584,100.
Estimated annual burden hours: First year 560,814 hrs; Ongoing
192,814 hrs.
Estimated cost to respondents: First year $23,228,636; Ongoing
$3,785,436.
2. On page 15092, add a table before the heading ``E-Government Act
Compliance'' to read as follows:
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Annual Number of Estimated
Estimated report or Total burden total Hourly wage Estimate
Reg. section Respondent type Description of activity number of record annual hours per burden rate * cost to
respondents filed responses response hours respondents
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7 CFR 273.11(r).......................... SNAP Individuals/Households. Report lottery r gambling 27,500 1 27,500 0.167 4,593 $7.25 $33,296
winnings to state SNAP
Agency.
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SNAP Individual/Household Subtotal Reporting..................................................... 27,500 1 27,500 ........... 4,593 ........... 33,296
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7 CFR 272.17............................. State SNAP Agency Managers.. Establish cooperative 50 5 250 320 80,000 59.35 4,748,000
agreements with State
public agency and gaming
entities **.
7 CFR 272.17............................. State Public Agency Gaming Establish cooperative 50 1 50 320 16,000 $59.35 949,600
Entity Managers. agreements with State SNAP
agency **.
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7 CFR 272.17............................. State SNAP IT Staff......... Create a data matching 50 1 50 4,160 208,000 53.74 11,177,920
system with State public
agency and gaming entities
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272.17 and 273.11(r)..................... State SNAP Agency Eligibility worker follow- 50 260 13,000 0.667 8,671 21.45 185,993
Eligibility Worker. up--misidentified winners.
7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)......... State SNAP Agency Eligibility worker follow- 50 460 23,000 1 23,000 21.45 493,350
Eligibility Worker. up--true winners.
7 CFR 272.17 and 7 CFR 273.11(r)......... State SNAP Agency Eligibility worker work new 50 411 20,550 1 20,550 21.45 440,798
Eligibility Worker. applications (churn).
7 CFR 272.17............................. State Public Agency Gaming Input data into data 50 6,000 300,000 0.08 24,000 19.56 469,440
Entity Staff Member. matching system for use by
State SNAP agency.
7 CFR 272.17............................. State SNAP IT Staff......... Maintain a data matching 50 1 50 320 16,000 53.74 859,840
system with State public
agency and gaming entities.
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State Agency Subtotal Reporting...................................................................... 50 7,139 356,950 ........... 396,221 ........... 19,324,940
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7 CFR 272.17............................. Gaming Entity Managers...... ** Establish cooperative 200 1 200 320 64,000 40.12 2,567,680
agreements with State SNAP
agency.
7 CFR 272.17............................. Gaming Entity Staff Member.. Input data into data 200 6000 1,200,000 0.08 96,000 13.57 1,302,720
matching system for use by
State SNAP agency.
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Business Subtotal Reporting...................................................................... 200 6,001 1,200,200 ........... 160,000 ........... 3,870,400
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Individual, States and Business Reporting Grand Total Burden Estimates....................... 27,750 13,141 1,584,650 ........... 560,814 ........... 23,228,636
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* Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2017 Occupational and Wage Statistics. The salaries of State SNAP agency managers and public gaming entity managers are considered to be ``General
and Operations Managers (11-1021).'' The salaries of gaming entity managers are considered to be ``Gaming Managers (11-9071).'' The salaries of State SNAP IT Staff are considered to be
``Software Developers, Systems Software (15-1133).'' The salaries of the eligibility workers are considered to be ``Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs (43-4061).'' The salaries of
public gaming entity staff member are considered to be ``Information and Record Clerks, All Other (43-4199).'' The salaries of gaming entity staff member are considered to be ``Gaming Cage
Workers (43-3041).'' (http://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm).
** These are only first year costs and are next expected to re-occur annually.
Dated: June 5, 2019.
Brandon Lipps,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-12910 Filed 6-20-19; 8:45 am]
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