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.

Notices Federal Register

47281 

Vol. 86, No. 161 

Tuesday, August 24, 2021 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

August 19, 2021. 

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 September 23, 

2021 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 

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. The Families 

First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 

(FFCRA, Pub. L. 116–127), enacted 

March 18, 2020, included a general 

provision that allows the Department of 

Agriculture to approve state plans to 

provide temporary emergency 

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance 

Program (SNAP) assistance to 

households with children who would 

otherwise receive free or reduced-price 

meals if not for their schools being 

closed due to the COVID–19 emergency 

(also known as Pandemic EBT, or P– 

EBT). The authority for P–EBT under 

FFCRA expired on September 30, 2020. 

The Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2021 and Other Extensions Act (Pub. L. 

116–159), enacted October 1, 2020 

extended the authority for P–EBT 

through September 30, 2021. This 

legislation also expanded the program to 

include childcare facilities affected by 

the closures and schools with reduced 

attendance hours. The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116– 

260), enacted December 27, 2020, 

provided additional eligibility 

requirements and State flexibilities for 

both school and childcare components 

of this program. The American Rescue 

Plan Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 117–2) enacted 

March 11, 2021, added a summer 

component to P–EBT for school 

children and children in childcare and 

extended P–EBT through the end of 

COVID–19 emergency declaration. 

Need and Use of the Information: 

This information collection is necessary 

to ensure that households impacted by 

COVID–19 receive emergency food 

assistance and that State agencies and 

schools receive reimbursement of their 

administrative costs. 

States impacted by COVID–19 could 

issue P–EBT benefits to SNAP (currently 

participating in SNAP) and non-SNAP 

(not currently participating in SNAP) 

households with children who have 

temporarily lost access to free or 

reduced-price school meals due to 

pandemic related school closures, 

reduced school hours, or reduced school 

attendance. These households are 

eligible for P–EBT if they meet the 

following eligibility standards: 

• Households include a child or 

children who, if not for a COVID–19 

related school closure, reduced school 

hours, or reduced school attendance, 

would have received a receive free or 

reduced-price school meals under the 

Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act, as amended, and 

• The child’s school has been closed, 

had reduced hours, or reduced 

attendance due to pandemic for at least 

5 consecutive days. 

FNS will provide funding to each 

State’s SNAP State agency for 100% of 

P–EBT-related administrative costs. 

Such funding will be available for the 

necessary, allowable, and reasonable 

State agency and school costs associated 

with the administration of P–EBT 

incurred during FY 2021. This includes 

administrative costs associated with the 

issuance of retroactive FY 2020 benefits 

incurred in FY 2021. States interested in 

the 100% funding will be expected to 

submit a P–EBT administrative cost 

plan for the intended period of 

operations for USDA approval. 

The estimates for the number of 

burden hours have increased from the 

numbers included in the original 60 Day 

Notice by 12,844,628 burden hours. 

There were 27 burden hours added due 

to a reporting requirement which was 

mistakenly omitted when the 60 Day 

Notice was published. As a result, from 

comment received to add burden for the 

time it takes schools to provide 

eligibility data to State agencies and for 

State agencies to determine eligibility 

and complete administrative costs 

plans. There is an increase of 12,844,601 

burden hours. 

Description of Respondents: State 

Agencies, Private Sector (Business-notfor profit), Individuals and Households. 

Number of Respondents: 675,820. 

Frequency of Responses: Reporting: 

Once, Quarterly, Annually. 

Total Burden Hours: 16,529,556. 

Ruth Brown, 

Departmental Information Collection 

Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2021–18155 Filed 8–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–30–P 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1