[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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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
                                                                          **.
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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