Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
| Published date | 29 July 2020 |
| Citation | 85 FR 45574 |
| Record Number | 2020-16381 |
| Section | Notices |
| Court | Agriculture Department |
Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 146 (Wednesday, July 29, 2020)
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 45574]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16381]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
July 24, 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 August
28, 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: Operating Guidelines, Forms and Waivers.
OMB Control Number: 0584-0083.
Summary of Collection: Under Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition
Act of 2008 (the Act), 7 U.S.C. 2025, the Secretary is authorized to
pay each State agency an amount equal to 50 percent of all
administrative costs involved in each State agency's operation of the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Under corresponding
SNAP regulations at 7 CFR 272.2(c), the State agency is required to
submit and maintain annually for FNS approval a (1) Budget Projection
Statement (FNS-366A), which projects total costs for major areas of
SNAP operations, and (2) a Program Activity Statement (FNS-366B), which
provides a summary of SNAP operations during the preceding fiscal year
both approved by OMB under the Food Processing Reporting Systems
(FPRS). Additionally, Under Section 11(o) of the Act each State agency
is required to develop and submit plans for the use of (3) automated
data processing (ADP) and information retrieval systems to administer
SNAP. As for (4) State Plan of Operation Updates, State agencies will
submit the operations planning documents to the appropriate regional
office for approval through the SNAP The Waiver Information Management
System (WIMS) (5) the Federal Financial Reporting Form SF 425 (known as
SF 425/FNS 778); (6) Other ADP Plan or Updates. Additionally, to
improve operational efficiency and streamline the agency's information
collection portfolio, FNS is merging the recordkeeping hours for the
State Issuance and Participation Estimates (FNS-388) and Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Project Area Data Format (FNS-388A) into
this information collection and will submit a discontinuation request
for 0584-0081. We are not seeking reporting burden hours for FNS 388 or
388A.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS will collect information to
estimate funding needs and also provide data on the number of
applications processed, number of fair hearings, and fraud control
activity. FNS uses the data to estimate funding needs and to monitor
State agency activity levels and performance. If the information were
not collected it would disrupt budget planning and delay appropriation
distributions and FNS would not be able to verify and ensure State
compliance with statutory criteria. The FNS-388 and FNS-388A records
State agencies are required to maintained by the same recordkeeping
activities are essentially the same; three years. We are merging this
information collection for operational efficiency.
Description of Respondents: State, Local or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 1,124.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2020-16381 Filed 7-28-20; 8:45 am]
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