[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3391-3393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00815]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection:
Comment Request: FNS-583, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Employment and Training Program Activity Report
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, this notice
invites the public and other public agencies to comment on a proposed
information collection burden for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP), Employment and Training (E&T) Program, currently
approved under OMB No. 0584-0339. This is a revision of a currently
approved collection, which proposes to decrease the currently approved
burden of 26,083 hours by 4,194. The adjusted burden is 21,889 hours.
This decrease is due to greater efficiencies in tracking and reporting
E&T component placements. In prior collections, FNS estimated that
State agencies used one minute per component placement to compile and
record this data. This estimate is now reduced to 10 seconds per
component placement, which is the same amount of time allotted for
States to compile and record work registrant data.
DATES: Submit written comments on or before March 18, 2013.
ADDRESSES: 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 will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of burden of the
proposed collection of information, including validity of the
methodology and assumptions 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 through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or
other form of information technology.
Comments may be sent to Moira Johnston, Chief, Program Design
Branch, Program Development Division, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
3101 Park Center Drive, Room 810, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. Comments
may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Moira Johnston at
703-305-2454 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 written
comments will be open for public inspection at the office of the Food
and Nutrition Service during regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Alexandria,
Virginia 22302, Room 810.
All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and Budget approval. All comments will
also become a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information or
copies of this information collection should be directed to Moira
Johnston at (703) 305-2515.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Employment and Training Program Activity Report.
OMB Number: 0584-0339.
Expiration Date: April 30, 2013
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: 7 CFR 273.7(c)(9) requires State agencies to submit
quarterly E&T Program Activity Reports containing monthly figures for
participation in the program. FNS uses Form FNS-583, to collect
participation data. The information collected on the FNS-583 report
includes:
On the first quarter report, the number of work
registrants receiving SNAP as of October 1 of the new fiscal year;
On each quarterly report, by month, the number of new work
registrants; the number of able-bodied adults without dependents
(ABAWDs) applicants and recipients participating in qualifying
components; the number of all other applicants and recipients
(including ABAWDs involved in non-qualifying activities) participating
in components; and the number of ABAWDs exempt under the State agency's
15 percent exemption allowance;
On the fourth quarter report, the total number of
individuals who participated in each component, which is also sorted by
ABAWD and non-ABAWD participants and the number of individuals who
participated in the E&T Program during the fiscal year.
7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(D) provides that if a State agency will not
expend all of the funds allocated to it for a fiscal year, FNS will
reallocate unexpended funds to other State agencies during the fiscal
year or the subsequent fiscal year as FNS considers appropriate and
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equitable. After FNS makes initial E&T allocations, State agencies may
request more funds as needed. Typically FNS receives fourteen such
requests per year.
The time it takes to prepare these requests is included in the
burden. After receiving the State requests, FNS will reallocate
unexpended funds as provided above. Following is the revised estimated
burden for E&T reporting including the burden for State agencies to
request additional funds.
Reporting
FNS-583 Report
Frequency: 4.
Affected Public: State Agency.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Number of Responses: 684. (Note this reflects multiple responses
within the FNS-583 form; In aggregate, 53 State Agencies submit 1 form
each quarter or 212 total responses per year.)
Estimated Time per Response: 31.9363 hours per State agency.
Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 21,844.40 hours.
Requests for Additional Funds
Frequency: .2641
Affected Public: State Agency.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Number of Responses: 14.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.00 hour per request.
Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 14 hours.
Recordkeeping
FNS-583 Report
Number of Respondents: 53.
Number of Records: 212.
Number of Hours per Record: 0.137 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 29.04 hours.
Requests for Additional Funds
Number of Respondents: 53.
Number of Records: 14.
Number of Hours per Record: 0.137 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 1.92 hours.
Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
[Compiling and reporting for the FNS-583 and requests for more funding]
[Snap employment and training program activity report]
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Estimated
Number of Reports filed Total number of Estimated
Section of regulation Title respondents annually responses (C x hours per total hours (C
D) response x D x F)
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A B........................... C D E F G
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REPORTING
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7 CFR 273.7(c)(8)......................... Compile and report new work 53 4 212 90.94 19,278.28
registrants on FNS-583.
7 CFR 273.24(g)........................... Compile and report 15 * 12 4 48 4.59 220.32
percent ABAWD exemptions on
FNS-583.
7 CFR 273.7(f)............................ Compile and report E&T 53 4 212 10.10 2,142.20
activities (placements) on
FNS-583.
7 CFR 273.7(C)(8)......................... Preparing FNS-583:..........
States filing electronically 50 4 200 1.00 200
States filing manually...... 3 4 12 0.3 3.6
7 CFR 273.7(d)(1)(i)(F)................... Preparing requests for more 53 0.2641 14 1 14
funds after initial
allocation.
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Total Reporting for FNS-583 and ............................ 53 13.1698 698 31.32 21,858.40
Additional Funds Requests.
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RECORDKEEPING
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7 CFR 277.12.............................. Recordkeeping burden for FNS- 53 4 212 0.137 29.04
583.
7 CFR 277.12.............................. Record-keeping burden for 53 0.26415 14 0.137 1.92
additional requests.
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Total Recordkeeping Burden for FNS 583 ............................ 53 4.26 226 0.137 30.96
and Additional Funds Requests.
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SUMMARY
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Total All Burdens..................... ............................ 53 17.43 924 23.689 21,889.36
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* There are 12 States without statewide waivers of the time-limit that will likely use 15 percent exemptions in FY2013.
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Dated: January 10, 2013.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-00815 Filed 1-15-13; 8:45 am]
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