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Vol. 74, No. 160 

Thursday, August 20, 2009 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request—Federal Claims 

Collection Methods for Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program 

Recipient Claims 

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 

proposed information collections. This 

collection is a revision of a currently 

approved collection associated with 

initiating and conducting Federal 

collection actions against households 

with delinquent Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly 

known as the Food Stamp Program) 

recipient debts. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before October 19, 

2009. 

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 estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, 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 collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

through the use of appropriate, 

automated, electronic, mechanical, or 

other technological collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Send comments to Jane Duffield, 

Chief, State Administration Branch, 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program, Food and Nutrition Service, 

USDA, 3101 Park Center Drive, Room 

818, Alexandria, Virginia 22302. 

Comments may also be submitted via 

fax to the attention of Jane Duffield at 

703–605–0795. 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, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, 3101 Park 

Center Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 

22302, Room 818. 

All comments will be summarized 

and included in the request for Office of 

Management and Budget approval of the 

information collection. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Rowe at (703) 305–2480. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Federal Claims Collection 

Methods for Supplemental Nutrition 

Assistance Program Recipient Claims. 

OMB Number: 0584–0446. 

Form Number: None. 

Expiration Date: December 31, 2009. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Abstract: Section 13(b) of the Food 

and Nutrition Act of 2008, as amended 

(7 U.S.C. 2022(b)), and Supplemental 

Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) 

regulations at 7 CFR 273.18 require 

State agencies to refer delinquent 

debtors for SNAP benefit over-issuance 

to the U.S. Department of the Treasury 

for collection. The Debt Collection 

Improvement Act of 1996, 31 U.S.C. 

3701, et seq., requires these debts to be 

referred to Treasury for collection when 

they are 180 days or more delinquent. 

Through the Treasury Offset Program 

(TOP), 31 CFR Part 285, payments such 

as Federal income tax refunds, Federal 

salaries and other Federal payments 

payable to these delinquent debtors will 

be offset and the amount applied to the 

delinquent debt. TOP places a reporting 

burden on State agencies and 

Individuals/Households (former SNAP 

recipients) who owe delinquent debts as 

detailed in the following charts. 

We are basing our estimate on an 

average of the number of records for 

claims the States sent to TOP for 

calendar years 2006, 2007 and 2008. 

TABLE 1—REPORTING FOR INDIVIDUALS OR HOUSEHOLDS

Reporting burden per activity (b) 

Form No. 

(c) 

Number of 

respondents 

(d) 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

(e) 

Estimated total 

annual 

responses 

(c×d) 

(f) 

Hours per 

response 

(g) 

Total burden 

hours 

(e×f) 

Reading State issued notice ................ N/A 253,671 1 253,671 .0835 21,181 .528 

Reading FNS issued letter to Federal 

employees ........................................ N/A 3,000 1 3,000 .0835 250 .5 

Phone inquiries and informal appeals 

for State notice ................................. N/A 17,757 1 17,757 .25 4,439 .25 

Phone Inquires and informal appeals 

for FNS letter .................................... N/A 900 1 900 .25 225 

Formal appeals to State ...................... N/A 1,522 1 1,522 .5 761 

Formal appeals to FNS ........................ N/A 20 1 20 .5 10 

Summary of Reporting Burden ............ ........................ 1 253,671 1.09 276,870 .......................... 26,867 .278 

1 I/H counted once. 


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TABLE 2—REPORTING FOR STATE AGENCIES

Reporting burden per activity (b) 

Form No. 

(c) 

Number of 

respondents 

(d) 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

(e) 

Estimated total 

annual 

responses 

(c×d) 

(f) 

Hours per 

response 

(g) 

Total burden 

hours 

(e×f) 

State agency notice production ......... N/A 53 4,786 .2452 253, 671 .0167 4,236 .3057 

Responding to phone inquiries and 

informal appeals for State notice ... N/A 153 335 .03773 17,757 .25 4,439 .25 

Responding to formal appeals to 

State ............................................... N/A 53 28 .716981 1,522 .5 761 

Providing documents for formal appeals to FNS .................................. N/A 53 0 .3773584 20 .5 10 

Submit yearly certification letter ......... N/A 53 1 53 .5 26 .5 

System accountability file .................. N/A 53 1 53 11 .5 609 .5 

Address file ........................................ N/A 53 8 424 1 .6346 693 .0704 

Match/No match report ...................... N/A 53 8 424 6 .5 2,756 

Testing New system .......................... N/A 5 1 5 7 35 

State agency profile ........................... N/A 53 1 53 0 .25 13 .25 

Weekly Files ....................................... N/A 53 52 2,756 1 .5 4,134 

Weekly files—Post data ..................... N/A 53 52 2,756 1 .5 4,134 

Summary of Reporting Burden .......... ........................ 1 53 5,273 .4716 279,494 .......................... 21,847 .875 

1States counted once. 

The current reporting burden for 

individuals/households and State 

governments is 380,053 respondents 

and 68,921 hours. The proposed 

reporting burden, totaled from Tables 1 

and 2, is 253,724 respondents and 

48,715.153 hours. This reduction of 

20,205.847 reporting hours is due to a 

combination of fewer notices being 

mailed by States and acted on by 

individuals/households; a decrease in 

required documents and activities for 

State governments; and, changes due to 

agency adjustments. 

TOP places a recordkeeping burden 

on State governments which is 

contained in the following Table 3. 

There is no recordkeeping burden for 

individuals and households. 

TABLE 3—RECORDKEEPING FOR STATE AGENCIES

Recordkeeping burden per activity (b) 

Form No. 

(c) 

Number of 

respondents 

(d) 

Number of responses per 

respondent 

(e) 

Estimated total 

annual 

responses 

(c×d) 

(f) 

Hours per 

response 

(g) 

Total burden 

hours 

(e×f) 

Weekly Files ............................................. N/A 53 52 2,756 0.25 689 

Summary of Recordkeeping Burden ....... ........................ 1 53 52 2,756 ........................ 689 

1States counted once. 

The current recordkeeping burden is 

based on 53 respondents and 530 

burden hours. The proposed burden is 

for 53 respondents and 689 hours. This 

represents an increase of 159 

recordkeeping hours due to the way that 

responses are considered with a 

corresponding reduction in the time per 

response. 

Dated: August 11, 2009. 

Julia Paradis, 

Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–19721 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Food Safety and Inspection Service 

[Docket No. FSIS–2009–0023] 

Codex Alimentarius Commission: 

Meeting of the Codex Committee on 

Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary 

Uses 

AGENCY: Office of the Acting Under 

Secretary for Food Safety, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the Acting 

Under Secretary for Food Safety, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), and 

the Food and Drug Administration 

(FDA), U.S. Department of Health and 

Human Services (HHS), are sponsoring 

a public meeting on October 8, 2009. 

The objective of the public meeting is to 

provide information and receive public 

comments on agenda items and draft 

United States positions that will be 

discussed at the 31st Session of the 

Codex Committee on Nutrition and 

Foods for Special Dietary Uses 

(CCNFSDU) of the Codex Alimentarius 

Commission (Codex), which will be 

held in Du ̈ sseldorf, Germany on 

November 2–November 6, 2009. In 

addition, a working group will meet on 

October 31st on the Development of 

Nutrient Reference Values for Nutrients 

Associated with Increased or Decreased 

Risk of Non-communicable Diseases. 

The Acting Under Secretary for Food 

Safety and FDA recognize the 

importance of providing interested 

parties the opportunity to obtain 

background information on the 31st 

Session of the CCNFSDU and to address 

items on the agenda. 


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