[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 82969-82970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23727]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 15, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit Expungement and Off-Line Storage
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 associated with SNAP benefit
storage and expungement provisions of the 2008 and 2018 Farm Bills.
This collection is an extension, without change, of a currently
approved collection. This collection is for providing SNAP households
advance or concurrent notice of State agency action to store unused
SNAP benefits offline due to three or more months of account inactivity
and for those households to seek reinstatement of benefits prior to
permanent expungement. This collection is also for providing SNAP
households advance or concurrent notice prior to the State agency
expunging unused SNAP benefits from the household's Electronic Benefit
Transfer (EBT) account due to nine months of account inactivity.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 16,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to Erica Kain, Chief, Issuance Support
Branch, Issuance Policy and Innovation Division, Food and Nutrition
Service (FNS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), 1320 Braddock
Place, 5th Floor, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, 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 Erica Kain
at [email protected] or (312)-339-1939.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
Title: SNAP Benefit Storage and Expungement.
Form Number: Not applicable.
OMB Number: 0584-0673.
Expiration Date: 07/31/2025.
Type of Request: Extension, without change, of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: On August 24, 2020, the Department published the final
rule, ``Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: 2008 Farm Bill
Provisions on Clarification of Split Issuance; Accrual of Benefits and
Definition Changes'' (85 FR 52025) to implement the mandatory SNAP
benefit storage and expungement provisions of the Food, Conservation
and Energy Act of 2008, Public Law 110-243 (2008 Farm Bill). In the
final rule, the Department also adopted as final the provisions in the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law 115-334 (2018 Farm
Bill), that mandated changes to the requirements governing the storage
and expungement of unused benefits.
As a result, State agencies are required to provide a 30-day
advance notice prior to permanently expunging unused SNAP benefits that
remain in household's account nine months after issuance or after nine
months of account inactivity. State agencies that opt to take unused
benefits off-line after three months of SNAP EBT account inactivity
must also provide up to 10 days advance or concurrent notice prior to
taking such action and to reinstate benefits store off-line within 48
hours of a household's request if the benefits have not reached the
expungement timeframe. Currently, FNS is not aware of any State agency
exercising the option to store unused benefits off-line prior to
expungement.
1. Expungement Notice
Affected Public: (a) Individuals/Households and (b) State agencies:
Respondent groups identified include: (1) 3,505,979 SNAP households
(approximately 18 percent of all SNAP households nationwide) who do not
access their benefits within nine months and (2) 53 State SNAP
agencies.
a. Individuals/Households Annual Burden
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 3,505,797.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.17.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 4,101,782.
Estimated Annual Time per Response: 3 minutes or 0.05 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 205,089 hours.
b. State Agency Annual Burden
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 53.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 77,392.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 4,101,782.
Estimated Annual Time per Response: 30 seconds or 0.0083 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 34,045 hours.
c. Grand Total Annual Burden
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 3,505,850.
Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.33996434.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 8,203,564.00.
Estimated Annual Time per Response: 0.02915000.
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Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 239,134.
2. Off-Line Storage Notice
Affected Public: No members of the public are affected as FNS is
not aware of any State agency currently exercising the option to store
benefits off-line.
3. Off-Line Benefit Reinstatement
Affected Public: No members of the public are affected as FNS is
not aware of any State agency exercising the option to move benefits
off-line, thereby removing the need for reinstatement.
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Estimated avg.
Estimated Responses number of Estimated
Respondent Activity annual number annually per Total annual hours per annual total
respondent respondent responses response hours
annually
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Individual or Household SNAP Recipients... Expungement Notice.......... 3,505,797 1.17 4,101,782 .05 205,089
Off-line Storage Notice..... 0 0 0 0 0
Off-line Benefit 0 0 0 0 0
Reinstatement.
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Sub-total of Individual/Household SNAP ............................ 3,505,797 1.17 4,101,782 .05 205,089
recipients.
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State Agencies............................ Expungement Notice.......... 53 77,392 4,101,782 0.0083 34,045
Off-line Storage Notice..... 0 0 0 0 0
Off-line Benefit 0 0 0 0 0
Reinstatement.
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Sub-total of State Agencies........... ............................ 53 77,392 4,101,782 0.0083 34,045
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Total Reporting Burden with both ............................ 3,505,850 2.33996434 8,203,564 0.02915000 239,134
Affect Public.
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Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-23727 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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