[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85147-85148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24866]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Food and Nutrition Service


Agency Information Collection Activities: FNS 245--Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program Negative Case Action Review Schedule

AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service (FNS), USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 collection is a revision 
of a currently approved collection. This information collection, the 
FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule, is designed to collect 
quality control (QC) data and serve as the data entry form for negative 
case action QC reviews in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
(SNAP). Revisions to the form, its instructions, and burden hours are 
within.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before December 24, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: John McCleskey, Food and Nutrition 
Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1320 Braddock Place, 5th 
Floor, Alexandria, VA 22314. Comments may also be submitted via email 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6536284b232b4b362b243534263710090016482c263725101601044b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2a1bfdcb4bcdca1bcb3a2a3b1a0879e9781dfbbb1a0b287819693dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a> or may 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 John 
McCleskey at 703-457-7747.

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: FNS-245: SNAP Negative Case Action Review Schedule.
    Form Number: FNS-245.
    OMB Control Number: 0584-0034.
    Expiration Date: December 31, 2024.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Abstract: The FNS-245, Negative Case Action Review Schedule, is 
designed to collect quality control (QC) data and serves as the data 
entry form for negative case action QC reviews in the Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). State agencies complete the FNS-
245 for each negative case in their QC sample. The number of responses 
for reporting and recordkeeping increased from 177,230 to 196,615 
responses; a total increase of 19,385 due to the increase in number of 
cases selected for negative review. The reporting and recordkeeping 
burden associated with the completion of the FNS-245 has increased from 
approximately 112,491.43 hours to 125,778.55 hours. The 13,203.96-hour 
increase in the total burden is largely a result of an administrative 
adjustment due to the increase in total SNAP negative action case 
selections for review from 34,322 cases in fiscal year (FY) 2018 to 
39,323 cases in FY 2023 and due to a program change to add two new 
codes to the form for the head of household's race/ethnic information 
and to include household zip code. The program is adding 1.5 minutes or 
0.025 hours to the case record review burden to now include reviewing 
this information in the case record to properly report the information 
on the form. A summary of the revised reporting and recordkeeping 
estimates are below, along with a revision of the burden table.
    The program is making additional revisions to the form that do not 
impact burden. These include:

--Clarification that Section I must be submitted to FNS for the QC 
review process, though the information contained within will not be 
part of the official Federal record of FNS 245 data, which is 
permanently retained per Federal record requirements.
--In Section II, instead of three case classification codes for item 9, 
there will now be two--included or excluded from the error rate 
calculation.
--For Section III,
--Existing elements 111, 130, 162, 365 and 413 include terminology 
updates for accuracy, and elements 313 and 540 are now 314 and 541 to 
align with the element numbering on the active QC forms, FNS 380-
Worksheet for active QC reviews (OMB 0584-0074 FNS-380 Worksheet for 
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Quality Control Reviews, 
expiration 7-31-25) and FNS 380-1, the Review Schedule for Active cases 
(OMB 0584-0299 FNS-380-1 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's 
Quality Control Review Schedule, expiration 9-30-26).
--Item 10a, Disposition of the review, code 3, is revised to indicate 
the review cannot be processed since no electronic or paper records 
exist.
--Item 14d's code 99 is revised to code 00 to correct the numerical 
association with the code description.
--Items 17 and 18 now have four new possible elements for variance 
identification: Element 214--Substantial Lottery or Gambling Winnings, 
362--Homeless shelter deduction, 540--Missing Required Reports 
(Monthly, Quarterly or Periodic Report Forms), and Element 542--Expired 
Certification Period. All changes may be reviewed on the form provided 
with this notice.

Reporting

    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 2,967.77.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 157,292.
    Estimated Time per Response: 3.175 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 124,850.53.

Recordkeeping

    Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Government.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 53 State Agencies.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 741.94.
    Estimated Total Annual Responses: 39,323.
    Estimated Time per Response: 0.0236 hour.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 928.02.

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    Grand Total Reporting and Recordkeeping Annual Burden: 125,778.55.

                                      Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden for State Agencies FNS 245, OMB 0584-0034
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                                                                          Estimated
                                                             Estimated      total
                                                             frequency      annual      Estimated    Estimated                  Difference
                          Description of       Number of     number of    number of      annual        total       Previous       due to     Difference
      Regulation             activity         respondents    negative      negative     reporting      annual     submission     program       due to
                                                           sample cases     sample      hours per      burden     total hours    changes     adjustments
                                                                per       cases per    respondents     hours
                                                            respondent      annum
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                                                                    Reporting Burden
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275.13(b)............  Household Case                  53        741.94    39,323.00         1.525    59,967.58     53,169.00       983.08      5,815.50
                        Record Review.
275.13(c)............  Error analysis......            53        741.94    39,323.00          1.15    45,221.45     40,762.90  ...........      4,458.55
275.13(d)............  Reporting of review             53        741.94    39,323.00          0.25     9,830.75      8,861.50  ...........        969.25
                        findings.
275.13(e)............  Disposition of case             53        741.94    39,323.00          0.25     9,830.75      8,861.50  ...........        969.25
                        review.
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    Total Reporting Burden.................            53      2,967.77   157,292.00         3.175   124,850.53    111,654.90       983.08     12,212.55
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                                             ............  ............  ...........  ............  ...........  ttl rep diff          13,195.63
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                                                                  Recordkeeping Burden
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275.4................  Record Retention....            53   741.9433962    39,323.00        0.0236     928.0228      836.5256  ...........       91.4972
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                                                               Total Recordkeeping Burden
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Total Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden...            53       3709.72   196,615.00        3.1986   125,778.55    112,491.43       983.08     12,304.05
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                                             ............  ............  ...........  ............  ...........      ttl rep/          13,287.12
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                                                                                                                   difference
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Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator and Assistant Administrator, Food and Nutrition 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-24866 Filed 10-24-24; 8:45 am]
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