[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 238 (Friday, December 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 76931]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-31183]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
December 7, 2015.
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
regarding (a) 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; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of burden including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility and clarity of the information to be collected; (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 forms of information technology should be addressed to: Desk
Officer for Agriculture, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), [email protected] or
fax (202) 395-5806 and to Departmental Clearance Office, USDA, OCIO,
Mail Stop 7602, Washington, DC 20250-7602. Comments regarding these
information collections are best assured of having their full effect if
received within 30 days of this notification. Copies of the
submission(s) may be obtained by calling (202) 720-8958.
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: Annual State Report on Verification of Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program Participation.
OMB Control Number: 0584--NEW.
Summary of Collection: The purpose of the Annual State Report of
Verification of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Participants is to ensure that no person who is deceased, or has been
permanently disqualified from SNAP, improperly received SNAP benefits.
Section 4032 of the Agriculture Act of 2014 mandates that States will
``submit to the Secretary a report containing sufficient information
for the Secretary to determine whether the State agency has, for the
most recently concluded fiscal year preceding that annual date,
verified that the State agency in that fiscal year--(1) did not issue
benefits to a deceased individual; and (2) did not issue benefits to an
individual who had been permanently disqualified from receiving
benefits.''
Need and Use of the Information: To ensure that benefits are not
issued to deceased individuals or those permanently disqualified from
SNAP.
Description of Respondents: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 53.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting and Recordkeeping: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 57.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-31183 Filed 12-10-15; 8:45 am]
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