[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10567-10568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04382]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--FNS-380, Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program Quality Control Reviews
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. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection of FNS-380, Worksheet for the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Reviews.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before May 2, 2016.
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 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.
Comments may be sent to: Stephanie Proska, Food and Nutrition
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room
822, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to
the attention of Stephanie Proska at 703-305-0928 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 Stephanie
Proska at 703-305-2437.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Quality Control Review Schedule.
Form Number: FNS 380.
OMB Number: 0584-0074.
Expiration Date: May 31, 2016.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Form FNS-380, is a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program worksheet used to determine eligibility and benefits for
households selected for review in the quality control sample of active
SNAP cases. We estimate the total reporting burden for the collection
of information to support SNAP quality control as 517,639.20 hours.
This includes approximately 8.9 hours for State agencies to analyze
each household case record including planning and carrying out the
field investigation; gathering, comparing, analyzing and evaluating the
review data and forwarding selected cases to the Food and Nutrition
Service for Federal validation, totaling approximately 490,096.30 hours
for the entire caseload. We are also including an average interview
burden of 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for each household, creating a
reporting burden for them for 27,534.00 hours. Additionally, we
estimate the recordkeeping burden per record for the State agency to be
0.0236 hours, thereby making the recordkeeping burden associated with
this information collection for the State agency to be 1,299.61 hours.
The total estimated reporting and recordkeeping burden for this
collection is 518,938.81 hours and 165,201 total annual responses for
reporting and recordkeeping.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden for this form was previously
approved under OMB clearance number 0584-0074. OMB approved the burden
through May 31, 2016. Based on the most recent table of active case
sample sizes and completion rates (FY2014), we estimate 55,067 FNS-380
worksheets and interviews will now be completed annually. This is an
increase of 3,106 responses from the estimate made to substantiate the
current collection. The increase in response is a result of an increase
in the number of active cases being pulled for review over the minimum
required review amount. We are requesting a three-year approval from
OMB for this information collection.
Affected Public: 55,120 (Households, State, Local and Tribal
Government: Respondent groups identified include: 53 State agencies and
55,067 Households.)
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2.997115 (The total
number of responses per household is 1 and the total estimated number
of responses per State, Local and Tribal Government respondents is
1,039.)
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 165,201 (This includes 55,067
sampled active cases for QC review, 55,067 households to report, and
the same 55,067 records being kept by the 53 State agencies.)
Estimated Time per Response: 3.1411999 (The estimated time of
response for State agencies to report is approximately 534 minutes, 30
minutes for households to report, and the estimated response time for
State agencies to do recordkeeping is approximately 1.42 minutes.
Therefore, the total time per response is approximately 565.42 minutes
or 9.42 hours.)
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 518,929.38 hours.
(This includes 491,395.88 for SA reporting and recordkeeping) +
27,533.50 I/H reporting only) See the table below for estimated total
annual burden for each type of respondent.
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Estimated Estimated
Estimated total Estimated average Estimated
Respondent number of responses total annual number of of total hours
respondents annually per responses hours per (Col. dxe)
respondent (Col. bxc) response
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Reporting and Recordkeeping
Burden:........................
State Agencies (SA) 53 1,039 55,067 8.9 490,096.30
Reporting..................
State Agencies Recordkeeping 53 1,039 55,067 0.0236 1,299.58
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Subtotal States 53 2,078 110,134 4.4617998 491,395.88
Reporting And
Recordkeeping..........
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Individuals/Households (I/ 55,067 1 55,067 .5 27,533.50
H)Reporting................
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Subtotal Households 55,067 1 55,067 .5 27,533.50
Reporting Only.........
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Grand Total 55,120 2.99711 165,201 3.1411999 518,929.38
Reporting &
Recordkeeping
Burden for the
entire collection I/
H and SA...........
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Dated: February 23, 2016.
Audrey Rowe,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-04382 Filed 2-29-16; 8:45 am]
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