Attachment C2 Agency Information Collection Activities

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Federal Register
Vol. 89, No. 199
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit
Expungement and Off-Line Storage
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

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
associated with SNAP benefit storage
and expungement provisions of the
2008 and 2018 Farm Bills. This
collection is an extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection. This collection is for
providing SNAP households advance or
concurrent notice of State agency action
to store unused SNAP benefits offline
due to three or more months of account
inactivity and for those households to
seek reinstatement of benefits prior to
permanent expungement. This
collection is also for providing SNAP
households advance or concurrent
notice prior to the State agency
expunging unused SNAP benefits from
the household’s Electronic Benefit
Transfer (EBT) account due to nine
months of account inactivity.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before December 16,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to
Erica Kain, Chief, Issuance Support
Branch, Issuance Policy and Innovation
Division, Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), 1320 Braddock Place, 5th
Floor, Alexandria, Virginia 22314, or via
email to SM.FN.SNAP.Issuance.Policy@
usda.gov. Comments will also be
accepted through the Federal
eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

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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 Erica Kain at
[email protected]
or (312)–339–1939.
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: SNAP Benefit Storage and
Expungement.
Form Number: Not applicable.
OMB Number: 0584–0673.
Expiration Date: 07/31/2025.
Type of Request: Extension, without
change, of a currently approved
collection.
Abstract: On August 24, 2020, the
Department published the final rule,
‘‘Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program: 2008 Farm Bill Provisions on
Clarification of Split Issuance; Accrual
of Benefits and Definition Changes’’ (85
FR 52025) to implement the mandatory
SNAP benefit storage and expungement
provisions of the Food, Conservation
and Energy Act of 2008, Public Law
110–243 (2008 Farm Bill). In the final
rule, the Department also adopted as
final the provisions in the Agriculture
Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law
115–334 (2018 Farm Bill), that
mandated changes to the requirements
governing the storage and expungement
of unused benefits.

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As a result, State agencies are
required to provide a 30-day advance
notice prior to permanently expunging
unused SNAP benefits that remain in
household’s account nine months after
issuance or after nine months of account
inactivity. State agencies that opt to take
unused benefits off-line after three
months of SNAP EBT account inactivity
must also provide up to 10 days
advance or concurrent notice prior to
taking such action and to reinstate
benefits store off-line within 48 hours of
a household’s request if the benefits
have not reached the expungement
timeframe. Currently, FNS is not aware
of any State agency exercising the
option to store unused benefits off-line
prior to expungement.
1. Expungement Notice
Affected Public: (a) Individuals/
Households and (b) State agencies:
Respondent groups identified include:
(1) 3,505,979 SNAP households
(approximately 18 percent of all SNAP
households nationwide) who do not
access their benefits within nine months
and (2) 53 State SNAP agencies.
a. Individuals/Households Annual
Burden
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 3,505,797.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.17.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
4,101,782.
Estimated Annual Time per Response:
3 minutes or 0.05 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 205,089 hours.
b. State Agency Annual Burden
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 53.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 77,392.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
4,101,782.
Estimated Annual Time per Response:
30 seconds or 0.0083 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 34,045 hours.
c. Grand Total Annual Burden
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 3,505,850.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 2.33996434.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
8,203,564.00.
Estimated Annual Time per Response:
0.02915000.

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Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 239,134.

of any State agency currently exercising
the option to store benefits off-line.

2. Off-Line Storage Notice
Affected Public: No members of the
public are affected as FNS is not aware

3. Off-Line Benefit Reinstatement
Affected Public: No members of the
public are affected as FNS is not aware

Responses
annually per
respondent

Total annual
responses

Estimated avg.
number of
hours per
response
annually

Estimated
annual
total hours

Respondent

Activity

Individual or Household SNAP Recipients ......

Expungement Notice ..............
Off-line Storage Notice ...........
Off-line Benefit Reinstatement

3,505,797
0
0

1.17
0
0

4,101,782
0
0

.05
0
0

205,089
0
0

.................................................

3,505,797

1.17

4,101,782

.05

205,089

State Agencies .................................................

Expungement Notice ..............
Off-line Storage Notice ...........
Off-line Benefit Reinstatement

53
0
0

77,392
0
0

4,101,782
0
0

0.0083
0
0

34,045
0
0

Sub-total of State Agencies ......................

.................................................

53

77,392

4,101,782

0.0083

34,045

.................................................

3,505,850

2.33996434

8,203,564

0.02915000

239,134

Sub-total of Individual/Household SNAP
recipients.

Total Reporting Burden with both Affect Public.

Tameka Owens,
Acting Administrator and Assistant
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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Notice of Public Meeting of the
Arkansas Advisory Committee to the
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights.
ACTION: Notice of virtual meetings.
AGENCY:

Notice is hereby given,
pursuant to the provisions of the rules
and regulations of the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights (Commission) and the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, that
the Arkansas Advisory Committee
(Committee) to the U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights will hold a public meetings
via Zoom. The purpose of this meeting
is for the Committee to discuss postreport activity plans for their recently
completed report regarding the Right to
Counsel in Arkansas. This will be the
final meeting of the current
appointment term.
DATES: Wedneday, October 23, 2024,
from 2 p.m.–3 p.m. Central Time.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
via Zoom.
October 23rd Meeting:
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Estimated
annual
number
respondent

of any State agency exercising the
option to move benefits off-line, thereby
removing the need for reinstatement.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melissa Wojnaroski, Designated Federal
Officer, at [email protected] or 1–
202–618–4158.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
meeting is available to the public
through the registration link above. Any
interested members of the public may
attend. An open comment period will be
provided to allow members of the
public to make oral statements as time
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according to their wireless plan. The
Commission will not refund any
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Members of the public are entitled to
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the scheduled meeting. Written
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Persons who desire additional
information may contact the Regional
Programs Coordination Unit at 1–202–
618–4158.
Records generated from these
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Agenda
I. Welcome and Roll Call
II. Chair’s Comments
III. Post-Report Discussion: Right to
Counsel
IV. Public Comment
V. Adjournment
Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant
to 41 CFR 102–3.150, the notice for this
meeting is given less than 15 calendar
days prior to the meeting because of the
exceptional circumstance of the end of
the current Committee appointment
term.
Dated: October 9, 2024.
David Mussatt,
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit.
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