[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41373-41374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10272]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    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 June 12, 
2024 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: Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief (FNS-
292A) And Report Of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
Benefit Issuance (FNS-292B).
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0037.
    Summary of Collection: State distributing agencies may release 
commodity or donated foods procured by the United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA) to disaster organizations to provide nutritional 
assistance to disaster victims. Under the Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) at 7 CFR 250.69(f), a State distributing agency, including an 
Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) administering FNS programs, must 
submit its final FNS-292A to FNS within 45 days of terminating disaster 
operations, and under 7 CFR 250.19 (a)(b), must maintain a record of 
this form for three years.
    State agencies may operate a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program (D-SNAP), a separate program

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from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to address 
the temporary food needs of applicants in an affected area of a State 
that has received a Presidential declaration of Major Disaster with 
Individual Assistance. According to FNS's D-SNAP Guidance handbook, a 
State agency must submit its final FNS-292B to FNS within 45 days of 
terminating D-SNAP operations, and under 7 CFR 250.19 272.1(f), must 
maintain a record of this form for three years.
    Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief: Form FNS-
292A, Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief, is used by 
State distributing agencies and ITOs administering the Food 
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). State distributing 
agencies and ITOs use this form to provide a summary report to FNS 
following termination of disaster commodity assistance and to request 
replacement of donated foods distributed during the disaster or 
situation of distress. State distributing agencies and ITOS must 
provide this form to FNS within 45 days following termination of the 
disaster assistance and maintain records of this form for three years.
    Form FNS-292B, Report of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 
Benefit Issuance, is used by State agencies that administer D-SNAP. 
This form is used by State agencies to report to FNS the number of 
households and persons certified for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits as well as the value of benefits 
issued. If approved to operate D-SNAP by FNS, a State agency must 
submit this form to FNS within 45 days of terminating D-SNAP 
operations, and maintain records of this form for three years.
    Retention and Custody of Records. Distributing agencies, recipient 
agencies, processors, and other entities must maintain records of 
agreements and contracts, reports, audits, and claim actions, funds 
obtained as an incident of donated food distribution, and other records 
specifically required in this part or in other Departmental 
regulations, as applicable. In addition, distributing agencies must 
keep a record of the value of donated foods each of its school food 
authorities receives, in accordance with Sec.  250.58(e), and records 
to demonstrate compliance with the professional standards for 
distributing agency directors established in Sec.  235.11(g) of this 
chapter. Specific recordkeeping requirements relating to the use of 
donated foods in contracts with food service management companies are 
included in Sec.  250.54. Failure of the distributing agency, recipient 
agency, processor, or other entity to comply with recordkeeping 
requirements must be considered prima facie evidence of improper 
distribution or loss of donated foods and may result in a claim against 
such party for the loss or misuse of donated foods, in accordance with 
Sec.  250.16, or in other sanctions or corrective actions. Records 
relating to requirements for donated foods must be retained for a 
period of three years from the close of the fiscal or school year to 
which they pertain. However, records pertaining to claims or audits 
that remain unresolved in this period of time must be retained until 
such actions have been resolved.
    Need and Use of the Information: The distributing agency must 
report to FNS the number and location of sites where donated foods are 
used in congregate meals or household distribution as these sites are 
established. The distributing agency must also report the types and 
amounts of donated foods from distributing or recipient agency storage 
facilities used in disaster assistance, utilizing form FNS-292A, Report 
of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief, which must be submitted 
electronically, within 45 days from the termination of disaster 
assistance. This form must also be used to request replacement of 
donated foods, in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section. The 
distributing agency must maintain records of reports and other 
information relating to disasters.
    If the issuance of D-SNAP benefits has been approved, the 
distributing agency must ensure that the disaster organization obtains 
the information in Sec.  250.69(d) from households receiving donated 
foods and reports such information to the distributing agency.
    Description of Respondents: State.
    Number of Respondents: 108.
    Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Occasionally; 
Annually.
    Total Burden Hours: 14.

Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-10272 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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