82 FR 57948 - Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Pre-Screening Tool
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 235 (December 8, 2017)
Food and Nutrition Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 235 (December 8, 2017)
| Page Range | 57948-57949 | |
| FR Document | 2017-26494 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 57948-57949] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-26494] [[Page 57948]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Food and Nutrition Service Agency Information Collection Activities; Comment Request; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Pre-Screening Tool AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), 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 a currently approved collection for a web-based pre-screening tool used by the general public to determine potential eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 6, 2018. ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Sasha Gersten-Paal, Branch Chief, Certification Policy Branch, Program Development Division, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 812 Alexandria, VA 22302. Comments may also be submitted via fax to the attention of Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2507 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 Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2705. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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. Title: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pre-Screening Tool. Form Number: None. OMB Number: 0584-0519. Expiration Date: 03/31/2018. Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection. Abstract: In June 2003, The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) deployed an interactive web-based pre-screening tool that can be utilized by the general public to determine the potential eligibility for benefits in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The pre-screening tool allows the English and Spanish speaking user to enter the household size, income, expenses and resource information in order to calculate an estimated range of benefits that the household may be eligible to receive. Since SNAP eligibility and benefit amount may vary based on program options States have implemented, FNS makes it clear that the tool is only an estimator and the household will need to contact the local agency to determine actual eligibility and the associated benefit amount. Some other data requested by the tool include:State or territory in which the user resides; Number of People: Number of people living in the household; First Name/Age/Disability; Citizenship: Whether each member is a U.S. citizen; Earned Income/Assets/Motor Vehicle Ownership; Migrant Workers: Whether anyone in the household is a seasonal or migrant farm worker; Homeless: Whether the household is homeless or living in a shelter; Utility expenses: Whether the client is billed for utility costs. Although the tool also requests the name and age of the user, FNS does not retain this information nor does it request other personally identifiable information such as social security numbers or birthdates of the household members. Once the user logs out of the system, none of the user-provided information is retained by FNS. FNS estimates it will take approximately 380,283 users about 10 minutes (.167 hours) to provide the required information to receive potential eligibility benefit information using the pre-screening tool. Users are expected to access the system once for a total annual response of 380,283. FNS estimates 63,507 burden hours for this activity. In reviewing SNAP participation data for FY 2014 to FY 2016, it was noticed that participation has decreased each year and this downward trajectory suggests that household participation in SNAP may continue to decline. Based on this analysis, and the number of potential applicants estimated to use the prescreening tool, FNS requests an annual burden inventory of 63,507 hours, which represents a decrease in 3,716 hours since the last extension of this collection, which approved for 67,223 hours. Affected Public: Individuals and households, potential SNAP clients. Estimated Number of Respondents: 380,283. Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1. Estimated Total Annual Responses: 380,283. Estimated Time per Response: 0.167. Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 63,507. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Estimated Responses OMB No. 0584-0519 Requirement number of annually per Total annual Hours per Annual burden respondents respondent responses response hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Affected Public........................... INDIVIDUAL AND HOUSEHOLDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potential SNAP Clients -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reporting Burden.......................... Completion of SNAP Pre-screening Tool.......... 380,283 1 380,283 0.167 63,507 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reporting Totals.................................................... 380,283 1 380,283 0.167 63,507 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 57949]] Dated: October 23, 2017. Brandon Lipps, Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 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Dated: October 23, 2017. In addition, RLF recipients must also The reduction in burden associated
Brandon Lipps, submit on a semi-annual basis a with the revised Form ED–209 and
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. completed Form ED–209I, RLF Income eliminated Form ED–209I is not a
[FR Doc. 2017–26494 Filed 12–7–17; 8:45 am] and Expense Statement, if either of the distinct ‘‘deregulatory action’’ for the
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following conditions apply: RLF purposes of Executive Order 13771,
administrative expenses for the ‘‘Reducing Regulation and Controlling
reporting period exceeded $100,000, or Regulatory Costs.’’ The revised Form
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE RLF administrative expenses for the ED–209 and eliminated Form ED–209I
reporting period exceeded 50 percent of are one piece of EDA’s transition to a
Submission for OMB Review; RLF income earned during the reporting risk-based approach to monitor and
Comment Request period (13 CFR 307.14(c)). EDA requires manage the RLF Program. As such, the
both reports to be completed using reduction in burden stemming from the
The Department of Commerce (DOC) standardized, auto-calculable fillable shortened and simplified Form ED–209
will submit to the Office of Management PDF (Portable Document Format) forms. and eliminated Form ED–209I are
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the EDA is revising its regulations already accounted for as part of the
following proposal for collection of implementing the RLF Program through broader ‘‘deregulatory action’’ made
information under the provisions of the a final rule published in the Federal pursuant to the recently published final
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Register on December 1, 2017, rule that revised the regulations
3501 et seq.). ‘‘Revolving Loan Fund Program Changes governing the RLF Program.
Agency: Economic Development and General Updates to Public Works This notice clarifies the notice
Administration (EDA or Agency). and Economic Development Act previously published in the Federal
Title: Revolving Loan Fund Reporting Register on November 2, 2017 relating
Regulations’’ (82 FR 57034). The revised
and Compliance Requirements. to this information collection (82 FR
regulations update RLF Program
OMB Control Number: 0610–0095. 50858) and extends the 30-day period
Form Number(s): ED–209. requirements to reflect best practices
within financial institutions and to for public comment established in that
Type of Review: Revision of a
strengthen EDA’s efforts to evaluate, notice to 30 days after publication of
collection currently under review.
Number of Respondents: 866. monitor, and improve RLF performance this notice.
Average Hours per Response: 1.5 by moving to a risk-based approach to Affected Public: EDA RLF recipients,
hours. assess individual RLFs. The measures including state and local governments,
Burden Hours: 1,299 hours. EDA plans to use to assess performance Indian tribes, and non-profit
Needs and Uses: The EDA Revolving under the new risk-based approach were organizations.
Loan Fund (RLF) Program, authorized published in a notice in the Federal Frequency: Semiannually or annually,
under section 209 of the Public Works Register on December 1, 2017, depending on the RLF recipient’s rating
and Economic Development Act of ‘‘Implementation of Revolving Loan under the risk-based oversight
1965, as amended (42 U.S.C. 3149), has Fund Risk Analysis System’’ (82 FR approach, as explained above.
been part of EDA investment programs 56942). Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
since the establishment of the RLF In the transition to a risk-based This information collection request
Program in 1975. The purpose of the approach, EDA has revised the RLF may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
RLF Program is to provide regions with regulations to eliminate the requirement the instructions to view DOC collections
a flexible and continuing source of that RLF recipients submit Form ED– currently under review by OMB.
capital, to be used with other economic 209I. The revised RLF regulations Written comments and
development tools, for creating and instead encourage RLF recipients to recommendations for the proposed
retaining jobs and inducing private keep administrative expenses to a information collection should be sent
investment that will contribute to long- minimum in order to maintain and grow within 30 days of publication of this
term economic stability and growth. the capital base of RLFs, in part by notice to OIRA_Submission@
EDA provides RLF grants to eligible incorporating the percentage of RLF omb.eop.gov or faxed to (202) 395–5806.
recipients, which include State and income used for administrative Sheleen Dumas,
local governments, Indian tribes, and expenses as a performance measure in Departmental PRA Lead, Office of the Chief
non-profit organizations, to operate a the new risk-based approach. Because of Information Officer.
lending program that offers loans with this change, EDA has determined that it [FR Doc. 2017–26471 Filed 12–7–17; 8:45 am]
flexible repayment terms, primarily to is no longer necessary for RLF recipients BILLING CODE 3510–24–P
small businesses in distressed to submit income and expense
communities that are unable to obtain statements through Form ED–209I. In
traditional bank financing. These loans addition, EDA is revising Form ED–209 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
enable small businesses to expand and to reflect the new regulations and to
lead to new employment opportunities ensure that the Form collects only the International Trade Administration
that pay competitive wages and benefits. data necessary, including individual [A–570–992]
A unique feature of the RLF Program loan detail, to oversee the RLF Program
is that EDA must monitor RLF grants in under the new risk-based approach. As Monosodium Glutamate From the
perpetuity because, absent statutory such, the revised Form ED–209 is People’s Republic of China: Final
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EDA regulations currently require RLF recipients that earn a high rating under
recipients to submit a financial report to the new risk-based monitoring approach AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
EDA on a semi-annual basis for each to be placed on an annual reporting International Trade Administration,
RLF (13 CFR 307.14(a)), which is cycle, while RLF recipients receiving Department of Commerce.
currently submitted via Form ED–209, lower ratings will be required to SUMMARY: On August 7, 2017, the
Revolving Loan Fund Financial Report. maintain semi-annual reporting. Department of Commerce (the
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| Dates | Written comments must be received on or before February 6, 2018. | |
| Contact | Requests for additional information or copies of this information collection should be directed to Sasha Gersten-Paal at 703-305-2705. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 57948 |
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