80 FR 75044 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Follow Up to an Assessment of the Roles and Effectiveness of Community-Based Organizations in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 230 (December 1, 2015)
Food and Nutrition Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 230 (December 1, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-30442 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 75044-75045] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-30442] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request--Follow Up to an Assessment of the Roles and Effectiveness of Community-Based Organizations in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, USDA. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 an existing collection for the Food and Nutrition Service to describe the roles of community-based organizations (CBOs) in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and to assess if, and how, the use of CBOs to conduct SNAP applicant interviews has impacted SNAP program outcomes such as timeliness, payment error rates, access, and client satisfaction across five (5) States. DATES: Written comments on this notice must be received on or before February 1, 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 will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's burden estimate for the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) 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, and (d) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected. Comments may be sent to: Rosemarie Downer, Food and Nutrition Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Rosemarie Downer at 703-305-2576 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 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 1014, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 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: Requests for additional information or copies of this information collection should be directed to Rosemarie Downer at 703-305-2129. Information requests submitted through email should refer to the title of this proposal. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Follow Up to an Assessment of the Roles and Effectiveness of Community-Based Organizations in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. OMB Number: 0584-0578. Form Number: Not Applicable. Expiration Date: May 31, 2016. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approval information collection. Abstract: To provide more timely and efficient services to the growing number of applicants to SNAP, State and local SNAP offices are partnering with CBOs that have the capacity to provide application assistance and conduct applicant interviews for SNAP across five (5) States. FNS has approved these partnerships as part of a demonstration of ``Community Partner Interviewer Projects.'' In 2015, FNS released a report that assessed whether the use of CBOs to conduct SNAP applicant interviews had an impact on SNAP program performance. Specific program outcomes included efficiency, payment accuracy and client satisfaction. FNS has extended the demonstration projects, and to further assess the impact of these SNAP-CBO partnerships on SNAP program outcomes, FNS is seeking to collect additional data from the five States that are participating in the demonstration. The information collection plan for this follow-up includes a satisfaction survey to be completed by SNAP [[Page 75045]] participants who were interviewed by CBO staff at the time of application or recertification for SNAP, and program administration data (error rates, timeliness, payment accuracy, and eligibility determination) from the five participating States. FNS' data collection strategy aims to maximize both efficiency and data quality. The participant satisfaction survey will take no more than five minutes. FNS will use the information collected to evaluate whether the 10 Community Partner Interviewer projects have helped to improve SNAP access and performance. Affected Public: 3,452 Individuals and Households (3,384 Respondent & 68 Non-Respondent type SNAP participants). Estimated Number of Respondents: 3,384. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1. Estimated Total Annual Response: 3,384. Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.08 hours (4.8 minutes). Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 272.08 burden hours. Affected Public: State Agencies. Estimated Number of Respondents: 5 States. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 10. Estimated Time per Respondent: 1. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 10 burden hours. Affected Public: Business-for-not-for-Profit (Respondent type: Community-Based Organizations (CBOs). Estimated Number of Respondents: 10. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 338.40. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 3,384. Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.08. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 270.40. FNS is requesting 552.48 burden hours. There is no recordkeeping requirements involved in this data collection. Dated: November 24, 2015. Yvette S. Jackson, Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. [FR Doc. 2015-30442 Filed 11-30-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Done at Washington, DC, this 24th day of Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may
Michele Esch, Executive Director, November 2015. also be submitted via fax to the attention
National Agricultural Research, Catherine E. Woteki, of Rosemarie Downer at 703–305–2576
Extension, Education, and Economics Under Secretary, Research, Education, and or via email to rosemarie.downer@
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720– Economics, Chief Scientist, USDA. fns.usda.gov. Comments will also be
8408; fax: (202) 720–6199; or email: [FR Doc. 2015–30450 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am] accepted through the Federal
Michele.esch@ars.usda.gov. BILLING CODE 3410–03–P eRulemaking Portal. Go to http://
www.regulations.gov and follow the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online instructions for submitting
Specialty Crop Committee was DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE comments electronically.
established in accordance with the All written comments will be open for
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of Food and Nutrition Service public inspection at the office of the
2004 under Title III, Section 303 of Food and Nutrition Service during
Public Law 108–465. This Committee is Agency Information Collection regular business hours (8:30 a.m. to 5:00
a permanent subcommittee of the Activities: Proposed Collection; p.m., Monday through Friday) at 3101
National Agricultural Research Comment Request—Follow Up to an Park Center Drive, Room 1014,
Extension, Education, and Economics Assessment of the Roles and Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
Advisory Board (the Board). The Effectiveness of Community-Based All responses to this notice will be
Committee’s charge is to study the scope Organizations in the Supplemental summarized and included in the request
and effectiveness of research, extension, Nutrition Assistance Program for Office of Management and Budget
and economics programs affecting the AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, approval. All comments will also
specialty crop industry. The USDA. become a matter of public record.
congressional legislation defines ACTION: Notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
‘‘specialty crops’’ as fruits, vegetables, Requests for additional information or
tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops SUMMARY: In accordance with the copies of this information collection
(including floriculture). Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this should be directed to Rosemarie Downer
In order to carry out its notice invites the general public and at 703–305–2129. Information requests
responsibilities effectively, the other public agencies to comment on submitted through email should refer to
Committee is holding a stakeholder this proposed information collection. the title of this proposal.
listening session. The listening session This is a revision of an existing SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
collection for the Food and Nutrition Title: Follow Up to an Assessment of
will elicit stakeholder input from
Service to describe the roles of the Roles and Effectiveness of
industry and state representatives,
community-based organizations (CBOs) Community-Based Organizations in the
national organizations and institutions,
in the Supplemental Nutrition Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
local producers, and other groups
Assistance Program (SNAP), and to Program.
interested in the issues with which the
assess if, and how, the use of CBOs to OMB Number: 0584–0578.
Specialty Crop Committee is charged. conduct SNAP applicant interviews has
This session will be an opportunity to Form Number: Not Applicable.
impacted SNAP program outcomes such Expiration Date: May 31, 2016.
share ideas on the specialty crop as timeliness, payment error rates,
industry with members of USDA’s Type of Request: Revision of a
access, and client satisfaction across five currently approval information
Specialty Crop Committee, including: (5) States.
measures designed to improve the collection.
DATES: Written comments on this notice Abstract: To provide more timely and
efficiency, productivity, and
must be received on or before February efficient services to the growing number
profitability of specialty crop
1, 2016. of applicants to SNAP, State and local
production in the United States;
measures designed to improve ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: SNAP offices are partnering with CBOs
(a) Whether the proposed collection of that have the capacity to provide
competitiveness through research,
information is necessary for the proper application assistance and conduct
extension, and economics programs
performance of the functions of the applicant interviews for SNAP across
affecting the specialty crop industry;
agency, including whether the five (5) States. FNS has approved these
and programs that would: enhance
information will have practical utility; partnerships as part of a demonstration
quality and shelf-life, development of
(b) the accuracy of the agency’s burden of ‘‘Community Partner Interviewer
new crop protection tools, preventing
estimate for the proposed collection of Projects.’’ In 2015, FNS released a report
foreign invasive pests and diseases,
information, including the validity of that assessed whether the use of CBOs
developing new and improved
the methodology and assumptions that to conduct SNAP applicant interviews
marketing tools, and enhancing food
were used; (c) ways to minimize the had an impact on SNAP program
safety, improvement of mechanization
burden of the collection of information performance. Specific program
of production practices, and enhancing outcomes included efficiency, payment
on those who are to respond, including
irrigation techniques. Input received accuracy and client satisfaction. FNS
use of appropriate automated,
will help formulate recommendations has extended the demonstration
electronic, mechanical, or other
from the Specialty Crop Committee to technological collection techniques or projects, and to further assess the
USDA. other forms of information technology, impact of these SNAP–CBO
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Written comments by attendees and and (d) ways to enhance the quality, partnerships on SNAP program
other interested stakeholders will be utility and clarity of the information to outcomes, FNS is seeking to collect
welcomed as additional public input by be collected. additional data from the five States that
December 21, 2015. All verbal and Comments may be sent to: Rosemarie are participating in the demonstration.
written statements will become part of Downer, Food and Nutrition Service/ The information collection plan for
the official public record of the REE U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 this follow-up includes a satisfaction
Advisory Board Office. Park Center Drive, Room 1014, survey to be completed by SNAP
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participants who were interviewed by DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE and south slopes of the Uinta Mountains
CBO staff at the time of application or and are located in the Ashley or Uinta-
recertification for SNAP, and program Forest Service Wasatch-Cache NFs.
administration data (error rates, DATES: Comments concerning the scope
timeliness, payment accuracy, and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
of the analysis must be received by
eligibility determination) from the five and Ashley National Forest; Utah; High
December 31, 2015. The draft
participating States. FNS’ data Uintas Wilderness Domestic Sheep
environmental impact statement is
collection strategy aims to maximize Analysis
expected around November, 2016 and
both efficiency and data quality. The AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. the final environmental impact
participant satisfaction survey will take statement is expected around October,
ACTION:Notice of intent to prepare an
no more than five minutes. FNS will use 2017.
environmental impact statement.
the information collected to evaluate
whether the 10 Community Partner ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
SUMMARY: In 2007, the Wasatch-Cache David Whittekiend, Uinta-Wasatch-
Interviewer projects have helped to National Forest, now the Uinta-
improve SNAP access and performance. Cache National Forest Supervisor at 857
Wasatch-Cache National Forest West South Jordan Parkway, South
Affected Public: 3,452 Individuals and (UWCNF), along with other forests in Jordan, UT 84095. Comments may also
Households (3,384 Respondent & 68 the Nation issued a number of decisions be sent via email to comments-intermtn-
Non-Respondent type SNAP reissuing term grazing permits on range ashley@fs.fed.us or comments-intermtn-
participants). allotments using a provisional uwc@fs.fed.us, or via facsimile to 801–
Estimated Number of Respondents: categorical exclusion (CE) authorized by 253–8118.
3,384. Congress. In 2010, the United States
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
Forest Service was sued for authorizing
Estimated Number of Responses per Cowley, Interdisciplinary Team Leader,
grazing on allotments using this CE
Respondent: 1. at the Uinta-Wasatch Cache Supervisor’s
authority. In December 2013, the
Estimated Total Annual Response: Office (telephone: 801–999–2177; email:
Intermountain Region and the United
3,384. pcowley@fs.fed.us).
States District Court for the District
Individuals who use
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.08 Court of Idaho agreed to the Range CE
telecommunication devices for the deaf
hours (4.8 minutes). settlement agreement. This agreement
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
stipulated that the UWCNF would issue
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
a scoping notice by May 2014 on five
Respondents: 272.08 burden hours. between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern
domestic sheep allotments.
Affected Public: State Agencies. Time, Monday through Friday.
These were Gilbert Peak, Hessie Lake-
Estimated Number of Respondents: 5 Henry’s Fork, Red Castle, East Fork SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
States. Blacks Fork, and the Middle Fork Blacks Purpose and Need for Action
Estimated Number of Responses per Fork allotments. In reviewing the
management of these domestic sheep In response to the requirements of the
Respondent: 2. 2013 settlement, the UWC is required to
allotments it became apparent that the
Estimated Total Annual Responses: effects of grazing had to be considered reassess the effects of domestic sheep
10. for both the north and south slope of the grazing on the Gilbert Peak, Hessie
Estimated Time per Respondent: 1. Uinta Mountains because sheep trailed Lake-Henry’s Fork, Red Castle, East Fork
from the north slope of the Uinta Blacks Fork, and the Middle Fork Blacks
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Mountains to the south slope for the Fork allotments. As such there is a need
Respondents: 10 burden hours.
summer grazing season. Therefore, the to respond to the requirements of the
Affected Public: Business-for-not-for- 2013 settlement. Since the Ashley NF
Profit (Respondent type: Community- analysis was then extended to include
the Painter Basin, Tungsten, Oweep, neighbors those allotments to the south
Based Organizations (CBOs). (Painter Basin, Tungsten, Oweep,
Ottoson Basin, and Fall Creek sheep
Estimated Number of Respondents: allotments on the Ashley National Ottoson Basin, and Fall Creek), and
10. Forest, which are some of the domestic domestic sheep utilize both the north
Estimated Number of Responses per sheep allotments on the south slope of and south slopes of the High Uintas, it
Respondent: 338.40. the Uinta Mountains. was determined that an analysis of all
Since 2007, various species of 10 allotments was needed.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: With the addition of new species to
3,384. terrestrial and aquatic animals as well as
plants have been added to or removed the RFSS,1 the Forest Service must
Estimated Time per Respondent: 0.08. from the Regional Forester’s Sensitive design and manage projects when they
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Species (RFSS) list. The RFSS will be are initiated and implemented to
Respondents: 270.40. analyzed as part of the EIS. account for impacts to those species.2
FNS is requesting 552.48 burden In May of 2014, scoping was initiated 1 RFSS are ‘‘those plant and animal species
hours. for this project; at that time, it was identified by a regional forester for which
There is no recordkeeping anticipated that the project would be population viability is a concern . . .’’ (FSM
requirements involved in this data completed as an Environmental 2670.5).
2 Forest Service Manual 2670.32 required that the
collection. Assessment. Since then, it has become
Forests ‘‘Avoid or minimize impacts to species
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apparent that there is a potential for whose viability has been identified as a concern.’’
Dated: November 24, 2015. significant impacts and that an The Forests are also required to ‘‘Analyze, if
Yvette S. Jackson, Environmental Impact Statement is impacts cannot be avoided, the significance of
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition needed. This project will evaluate the potential adverse effects on the population or its
Service. habitat within the area of concern and on the
effects of continued domestic sheep species as a whole. (The line officer, with project
[FR Doc. 2015–30442 Filed 11–30–15; 8:45 am] grazing on these 10 allotments. These 10 approval authority, makes the decision to allow or
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P sheep allotments located on the north Continued
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