Federal Register: September 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 171)
DOCID: fr04se09-30 FR Doc E9-21373
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr04se09-30
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request--FNS-380, Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Quality Control Reviews
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 3, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the proposed information collection. This collection is a revision of a currently approved collection of FNS380, Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Quality Control Reviews.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Title: Worksheet for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's (SNAP) Quality Control Reviews.
OMB Number: 05840074.
Form Number: FNS380.
Expiration Date: February 28, 2010.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Form FNS380 is a SNAP worksheet used to determine eligibility and benefits for households selected for review in the quality control sample of active cases. We estimate the total reporting burden for this collection of information as 8.9 hours, equating to a total of 498,978 hours collectively. This includes the time for State agencies analyzing the household case record; 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. It also includes an average interview burden of 30 minutes (0.5 hours) for each household. 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 1,323 hours. The total estimated reporting and recordkeeping burden for this collection is 500,301 hours.
The reporting and recordkeeping burden for this form was previously
approved under Office of Management and Budget (OMB) clearance number
05840074. OMB approved the burden through November 30, 2009. Based on
the most recent table of active case sample sizes and completion rates
(FY 2007), we estimate 56,065 FNS380 worksheets and interviews will
now be completed annually. This is a decrease of 1,134 responses from
the estimate made to substantiate the current collection. This estimate
will also cause a corresponding decrease in the reporting and
recordkeeping burden. The decrease in response is a result of a
reduction in the number of cases being pulled for review over the
minimum required review amount. We are requesting a threeyear approval from OMB for this information collection.
Affected Public: State or local governments.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State agencies.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1057 responses.
Estimated Total Number of Responses per Year: 56,065 responses.
Estimated Time per Response: 8.4 hours per State agency.
Affected Public: Individuals or Households.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 56,065 Households.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Number of Responses per Year: 56,065.
Estimated Time per Response: .5 hours per Household.
Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden: 498,978 hours.
Estimated Number of Records: 56,065.
Estimated Time per Record: 0.0236 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Recordkeeping Burden: 1,323 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden: 500,301 hours.
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Total annual
Number of Total Annual Total annual reporting and
Affected public Number of responses responses Time per reporting Number of Time per recordkeeping recordkeeping
respondents per per year response burden records record burden burden
respondent [(c)(d)] [(f)(g)] [(e+h)]
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i)
State Agencies................. 53 1057 56,065 8.4 470,946 56,065 0.0236 1,323 500,301
Households..................... 56,065 1 .5 28,032
Dated: August 27, 2009.
Julia Paradis,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection form and instruction should be directed to Tiffany Susan Wilkinson, (703) 3052410.