81 FR 41287 - Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 122 (June 24, 2016)
Food and Nutrition Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 122 (June 24, 2016)
| Page Range | 41287-41288 | |
| FR Document | 2016-14993 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 122 (Friday, June 24, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 41287-41288] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-14993] ======================================================================== Notices Federal Register ________________________________________________________________________ This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. ======================================================================== Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 122 / Friday, June 24, 2016 / Notices [[Page 41287]] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations 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 the proposed collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection codified by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5) and 274.6(b)(6). Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) regulations at 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5) allow State agencies to deny a request for a replacement SNAP Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card until the household makes contact with the State agency if the requests for replacement cards are determined to be excessive. The State agency may determine the threshold for excessive card replacments, not to be less than four replacement cards in a 12-month period. FNS regulations at 274.6(b)(6) require State agencies to monitor EBT card replacement requests and send notices to households when they request four cards within a 12-month period. The State agency shall be exempt from sending this Excessive Replacement Card Notice if it adopts the card withholding option in accordance with 7 CFR 274.6(b)(5) and sends the requisite Withholding Replacement Card Warning Notice on the fourth replacement card request. DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 23, 2016. ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information has practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimated burden for the proposed information collection, including the 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 information collection on those who are to respond, including the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments may be sent to Jane Duffield, Branch Chief, State Administration Branch, Program Accountability and Administration Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 818, Alexandria, VA 22302. You may also download an electronic version of this notice at http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/federal-register-documents/rules/view-all and comment via email at [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, Room 822, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. All comments to this notice will be 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 Clyde Thompson at (703) 305-2461. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Trafficking Controls and Fraud Investigations. OMB Number: 0584-0587. Expiration Date: 9/30/2016. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Abstract: FNS regulations at 7 CFR 274.6 requires State Agencies to issue warning notices to withhold replacement cards or a notice for excessive replacement cards. Withhold Replacement Card Warning Notice: State agencies may require an individual member of a household to contact the State agency to provide an explanation in cases where the number of requests for card replacements is determined excessive. The State agency must notify the household in writing when it has reached the threshold, indicating that the next request for card replacement will require the client to contact the State agency to provide an explanation for the requests, before the replacement card will be issued. The State agency must also notify the household in writing once the threshold has been exceeded and the State agency is withholding the card until contact is made. Excessive Replacement Card Notice: State agencies must monitor all client requests for EBT card replacements and send a notice, upon the fourth request in a 12-month period, alerting the household their account is being monitored for potential, suspicious activity. The State agency is exempt from sending this notice if they have chosen to exercise the option to withhold the replacement card until contact is made with the State agency. The current approval annual burden is 8,336 hours. The updated estimated annual burden is approximately 21,940.41 hours. This revised estimate reflects an increase since the last OMB approval, due to having more accurate figures of State participation and household card request. This updated version also includes the time it takes a household to read the notice required by 274.6(b)(6), which was not included in the original burden. FNS estimates that it will take State personnel approximately 2 minutes to generate and mail each required notice to the client, to comply with 7 CFR 274.6; and that it will take SNAP recipients approximately 2 minutes to read each notice they receive and 28 minutes to make contact with the State agency when required. FNS is currently aware of two State agencies which have opted to follow our regulations at 274.6(b)(5) to withhold replacement cards, with an additional State agency considering the option. All other State agencies follow [[Page 41288]] our regulations at 274.6(b)(6) for the Excessive Replacement Card Notice. Available data from 2015 shows that on average 2,527.5 households in a State request five or more replacement cards within 12 months. FNS estimates that half of all recipients who receive a notice upon issuance of their fourth card (5,055) will not request a fifth card. Annual Reporting Burden Estimates Affected Public: Individual/Household; and State and Local Government Agencies. Estimated Number of Respondents: 275,549. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 550,994. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 21,940. Estimated Annual Burden for 0584-0587 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Trafficking Controls and Fraud, 7 CFR 274 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual CFR Title Number of responses per Total annual Burden hours Total burden respondents respondent responses per response hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Affected Public: State and Local Agencies 274.6(b)(5)........................... Withhold Replacement Card 3 5,055 15,165 0.0334 506.5 Warning Notice. 274.6(b)(5)........................... Replacement Card Withheld 3 2,527.5 7,583 0.0334 253.2 Notice. 274.6(b)(6)........................... Excessive Replacement Card 50 5,055 252,750 0.0334 8,441.85 Notice. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Subtotal.......................... ............................ 53 5,198 275,498 0.0334 9,201.55 Affected Public: Households 274.6(b)(5)........................... Withhold Replacement Card 15,165 1 15,165 0.0334 506.5 Warning Notice. 274.6(b)(5)........................... Replacement Card Withheld 7,581 1 7,581 0.5 3,790.5 Notice. 274.6(b)(5)........................... Excessive Replacement Card 252,750 1 252,750 0.0334 8,441.85 Notice. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Subtotal.......................... ............................ 275,496 1 275,496 .0462 12,738.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Grand Total................... ............................ 275,549 2 550,994 0.0796 21,940.41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dated: June 16, 2016. Yvette S. Jackson, Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. [FR Doc. 2016-14993 Filed 6-23-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
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our regulations at 274.6(b)(6) for the notice upon issuance of their fourth Estimated Number of Respondents:
Excessive Replacement Card Notice. card (5,055) will not request a fifth card. 275,549.
Available data from 2015 shows that on Estimated Number of Responses per
Annual Reporting Burden Estimates Respondent: 2.
average 2,527.5 households in a State
request five or more replacement cards Affected Public: Individual/ Estimated Total Annual Responses:
within 12 months. FNS estimates that Household; and State and Local 550,994.
half of all recipients who receive a Government Agencies. Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 21,940.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BURDEN FOR 0584–0587 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: TRAFFICKING
CONTROLS AND FRAUD, 7 CFR 274
Annual Total Burden
Number of Total burden
CFR Title responses per annual hours per
respondents hours
respondent responses response
Affected Public: State and
Local Agencies
274.6(b)(5) ................... Withhold Replacement 3 5,055 15,165 0.0334 506.5
Card Warning Notice.
274.6(b)(5) ................... Replacement Card With- 3 2,527.5 7,583 0.0334 253.2
held Notice.
274.6(b)(6) ................... Excessive Replacement 50 5,055 252,750 0.0334 8,441.85
Card Notice.
Subtotal ................. ............................................. 53 5,198 275,498 0.0334 9,201.55
Affected Public: Households
274.6(b)(5) ................... Withhold Replacement 15,165 1 15,165 0.0334 506.5
Card Warning Notice.
274.6(b)(5) ................... Replacement Card With- 7,581 1 7,581 0.5 3,790.5
held Notice.
274.6(b)(5) ................... Excessive Replacement 252,750 1 252,750 0.0334 8,441.85
Card Notice.
Subtotal ................. ............................................. 275,496 1 275,496 .0462 12,738.85
Grand Total ... ............................................. 275,549 2 550,994 0.0796 21,940.41
Dated: June 16, 2016. information is necessary for the proper All responses to this notice will be
Yvette S. Jackson, performance of the functions of the summarized and included in the request
Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition agency, including whether the for Office of Management and Budget
Service. information shall have practical utility; (OMB) approval. All comments will be
[FR Doc. 2016–14993 Filed 6–23–16; 8:45 am] (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate a matter of public record.
BILLING CODE 3410–30–P of the burden of the proposed collection FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
of information, including the validity of Requests for additional information or
the methodology and assumptions that copies of this information collection
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE were used; (c) ways to enhance the should be directed to Leysha López
quality, utility, and clarity of the Recci at 703–605–0253.
Food and Nutrition Service
information to be collected; and (d) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agency Information Collection ways to minimize the burden of the Title: Supplemental Nutrition
Activities: Supplemental Nutrition collection of information on those who Assistance Program (SNAP), State Law
Assistance Program (SNAP), State Law are to respond, including use of Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) Fraud
Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) Fraud appropriate automated, electronic, Investigations.
Investigations mechanical, or other technological Form Number: Not Yet Assigned.
collection techniques or other forms of OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
(FNS), USDA. information technology. Comments may Type of Request: New collection.
be sent to: Daniel Wilusz, Food and Abstract: The Food and Nutrition
ACTION: Notice.
Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Service (FNS) of the U.S. Department of
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Agriculture is the Federal agency
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this Room 422, Alexandria, VA 22302. responsible for the Supplemental
notice invites the general public and Comments may also be submitted via Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP),
other public agencies to comment on fax to the attention of Daniel Wilusz at (7 U.S.C. 2011–2036), which offers
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this proposed information collection. 703–305–1863 or via email to nutrition assistance to millions of
This collection is a new collection for Daniel.wilusz@fns.usda.gov. Comments eligible, low-income individuals and
SNAP, SLEB Fraud Investigations. will also be accepted through the families and provides economic benefits
DATES: Written comments must be Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to to communities. FNS works with State
received on or before August 23, 2016. http://www.regulations.gov, and follow partners to establish State Law
ADDRESSES: Comments are invited on: the online instructions for submitting Enforcement Bureau (SLEB) agreements
(a) Whether the proposed collection of comments electronically. to improve program administration and
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