[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 210 (Thursday, October 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 68555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-23934]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

October 26, 2020.
    The Department of Agriculture has submitted the following 
information collection requirement(s) to OMB for review and clearance 
under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13. Comments 
are requested regarding; whether the collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; the 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of 
the methodology and assumptions used; ways to enhance the quality, 
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; and 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.
    Comments regarding this information collection received by November 
30, 2020 will be considered. Written comments and recommendations for 
the proposed information collection should be submitted within 30 days 
of the publication of this notice on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function.
    An agency may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information 
unless the collection of information displays a currently valid OMB 
control number and the agency informs potential persons who are to 
respond to the collection of information that such persons are not 
required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays 
a currently valid OMB control number.

Food and Nutrition Service

    Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Regulations, Part 
275--Quality Control.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0303.
    Summary of Collection: Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008, provides the legislative basis for the operation of the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Quality Control 
system. The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), as administrator of the 
SNAP, requires each State agency to implement a quality control system 
to provide basis for determining each State agency's error rates 
through review of a sample of SNAP cases. Each State agency is 
responsible for the design and selection of the quality control samples 
and must submit a quality control sampling plan for approval to FNS. 
However, State agencies are required to maintain case records for three 
years to ensure compliance with provisions of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008. In addition, the date of an administrative closure could 
cause the case to be kept more than three years after the initial case 
review. This particularly impacts the arbitration component of this 
collection.
    Need and Use of the Information: The quality control sampling plan 
is necessary for FNS to monitor State operations and is essential to 
the determination of a State agency's error rate and corresponding 
entitlement to increased Federal share of its administrative costs or 
liability for sanctions.
    Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government; 
Federal Government.
    Number of Respondents: 53.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: On occasion; 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 2,136.

Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-23934 Filed 10-28-20; 8:45 am]
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