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83378 

Vol. 88, No. 228 

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Agriculture has 

submitted the following information 

collection requirement(s) to OMB for 

review and clearance under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13. Comments are 

requested regarding; whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of burden including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 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. 

Comments regarding this information 

collection received by December 29, 

2023 will be considered. Written 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection should 

be submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. Find this 

particular information collection by 

selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor a collection of information 

unless the collection of information 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number and the agency informs 

potential persons who are to respond to 

the collection of information that such 

persons are not required to respond to 

the collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. 

Food and Nutrition Service 

Title: Pandemic Electronic Benefit 

Transfer (P–EBT). 

OMB Control Number: 0584–0660. 

Summary of Collection: This is a 

revision of the currently approved 

information collection for activities 

related to the Pandemic Electronic 

Benefit Transfer (P–EBT). The P–EBT is 

part of the U.S. Government response to 

the COVID–19 pandemic. The Families 

First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 

(as amended by the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act 2021 the American 

Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and the 

Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 

provides the Secretary of Agriculture 

authority to administer, through State 

agencies, the PEBT programs. 

States are required to submit an 

operational plan to FNS Regional Office 

for approval. With the expiration of the 

COVID–19 public health emergency 

(PHE) on May 11, 2023, States will not 

receive approval for operational plans 

submitted after Federal fiscal year (FY) 

2023 (i.e., September 30, 2023), 

although States may issue some benefits 

retroactively to households after 

September 30, 2023, based on prior plan 

approvals. However, FNS proposes an 

extension for limited elements of the 

currently approved information 

collection to facilitate the orderly winddown and close-out of the P–EBT 

program. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This information collection is necessary 

to determine eligibility and benefit 

levels for P–EBT. The information 

collected will used to determine the 

benefit levels children are eligible to 

receive, which will vary depending on 

the FY of the approved plan. 

Additionally, during the summer 

months all children eligible for free or 

reduced price meals that are enrolled in 

schools that participate in the National 

School Lunch Program are considered 

eligible for P–EBT. This requires all 

schools to provide the State agency with 

a list of children who have been 

determined eligible for free and reduced 

price meals. 

FNS will provide funding to each 

State’s SNAP State agency for 100% of 

P–EBT-related school level 

administrative costs. Such funding will 

be available for the necessary, 

allowable, and reasonable State agency 

costs associated with the administration 

of P–EBT incurred during FY 2020– 

2023. In order to receive this funding, 

schools must report to their State agency 

on the school level costs incurred to 

administer P–EBT. 

Description of Respondents: State 

agencies, private sector (business-not-for 

profit), individuals and households. 

Number of Respondents: 114,337. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 20,087. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26219 Filed 11–28–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service 

[Docket No. APHIS–2023–0070] 

Addition of Singapore to the List of 

Regions Affected by African Swine 

Fever 

AGENCY: Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are advising the public 

that we have added Singapore to the 

Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service (APHIS) list maintained on the 

APHIS website of regions considered to 

be affected with African swine fever 

(ASF). We have taken this action 

because of the confirmation of ASF in 

Singapore. 

DATES: Singapore was added to the 

APHIS list of regions considered 

affected with ASF effective February 16, 

2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Amber Kerk, Staff Officer, 

Regionalization Evaluation Services, 

Strategy and Policy, Veterinary Services, 

APHIS, 920 Main Campus Drive, 

Venture II, 3rd Floor, Raleigh, NC 

27606; phone: (608) 662–0625; email: 

AskRegionalization@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations in 9 CFR part 94 (referred to 

below as the regulations) govern the 

importation of specified animals and 

animal products to prevent the 

introduction into the United States of 

various animal diseases, including 

African swine fever (ASF). ASF is a 


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