Notice2022-02002
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request-Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)
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Published
February 1, 2022
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Agriculture DepartmentFood and Nutrition Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice invites the general public and other public agencies to comment on the planned information collection. This is a revision of a currently approved collection associated with requests by State agencies to operate a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) to temporarily provide food assistance to households following a disaster.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5457-5459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02002]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program--Disaster
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP)
AGENCY: Food and Nutrition Service, 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 the planned information collection. This is a revision of a
currently approved collection associated with requests by State
agencies to operate a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (D-SNAP) to temporarily provide food assistance to households
following a disaster.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 4, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Certification Policy Branch,
Program Development Division, 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#04574a4554475446567168617744717760652a636b72"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bae9f4fbeaf9eaf8e8cfd6dfc9facfc9dedb94ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>. Comments will also be accepted through the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a> and follow
the online instructions for submitting comments electronically. All
responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request
for OMB approval. All comments will be a matter of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information
should be directed to the Certification Policy Branch at (703) 305-
2022.
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
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection
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techniques or other forms of information technology.
Title: Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).
Form: N/A.
OMB Number: 0584-0336.
Expiration Date: 10/31/2022.
Type of Request: Revision of a previously approved collection.
Abstract: Pursuant to Sec. 412 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5179) and Sec. 5(h)(1)
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)), the Secretary of
Agriculture has the authority to establish a Disaster Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP), which is a temporary program
that State agencies may operate to provide food assistance to
households affected by disasters. D-SNAP is separate and distinct from
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) because it has
different standards of eligibility, is operated for a limited duration,
and only provides one month's worth of benefits to eligible households.
State agencies submit formal requests to operate D-SNAP to the Food
and Nutrition Service (FNS) for approval and may only request to
operate D-SNAP in areas that have received a Presidential Disaster
Declaration with authorization for Individual Assistance, also known as
an IA declaration, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
In their D-SNAP requests, State agencies outline their proposed
procedures for conducting D-SNAP facility, designate the areas where
they wish to operate, and provide sufficient supporting information.
FNS reviews all D-SNAP requests and supporting information to ensure
that all necessary requirements to operate D-SNAP are met. Using
clearly defined FNS' criteria, FNS created a template for State
agencies submit their D-SNAP requests electronically through the Waiver
Information Management System (WIMS).
Once the original request to operate D-SNAP is approved by FNS to
operate D-SNAP, State agencies will submit any subsequent request to
modify or expand operations to newly eligible areas via WIMS to FNS for
approval. These modification or expansion requests are typically
reserved for when a large-scale disaster impacts different areas of a
State in different ways or at different times. Subsequent modification
and expansion requests require substantially less time to prepare than
initial D-SNAP requests.
This information collection request contains only burden estimates
associated with the State agency request to operate a D-SNAP. All
burden imposed on State agencies and households associated with the
certification of D-SNAP households performed by State agencies is
approved under OMB Control Number 0584-0064 (SNAP Forms: Applications,
Periodic Reporting, Notices; expiration date: 2/29/2024).
Burden for State reporting of both the D-SNAP data on the FNS-292A
(Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief) and FNS-292B
(Report of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefit Issuance)
are approved under two separate OMB Control Numbers. The recordkeeping
burden for FNS-292A and FNS-292B is approved under OMB Control Number
0584-0037 (expiration date: 05/31/2024), and the reporting burden for
the FNS-292A and FNS-292B is approved under OMB Control Number 0584-
0594 (Food Programs Reporting System; expiration date: 07/31/2023).
None of the burden activities for the other approved OMB control
numbers cited in this notice have been outlined in this submission.
Because it is impossible to predict the number of natural disasters
and extreme weather events that result in an IA declaration in a given
year, and because some State agencies may find that operation of a D-
SNAP is not warranted even upon receipt of an IA declaration, FNS is
revising this burden estimate based on the annual average number of
formal D-SNAP requests submitted and approved since this collection was
last approved. From Federal Fiscal Year 2019 to 2021 an average of 5
State agencies requested and were approved to operate D-SNAP each year
and an average of 2 State agencies requested and were approved for a
modification or extension. The number of hours per response has not
changed, but the estimated total burden hours has increased due to the
higher number of State agency requests. The agency understands based on
respondent threshold outlined in the Paperwork Reduction Act, 1995 FNS
does not need to submit a request to OMB; however, to err on the side
of caution, the agency is seeking OMB approval in case more than nine
States need to submit D-SNAP requests, which will require the agency to
seek OMB approval.
In light of this, we also understand seeking and obtaining OMB
approval now will allow the agency to request a change justification
for any modifications in the burden estimates due to increase of the
number of State agency respondents rather than complete the entire
full-blown OMB process again for any changes in burden estimates due to
an increase in respondents.
Summary of Burden Hours
Affected Public: State agencies and local governments.
Estimated Total Annual Number of Respondents: 5. The total
estimated number of respondents is 5. An average of 5 State agencies
submit D-SNAP requests each year, and out of those original 5 State
agencies, an average of 2 State agencies will submit subsequent
requests to modify or expand those already approved D-SNAPs. Therefore,
the agency is not double counting these 5 State agencies in our
estimates.
Estimated Frequency of Responses per Respondents: 2.8. State
agencies submit an average of 2 D-SNAP requests per year and average of
2 subsequent modification or expansion requests per year.
Estimated Total Annual Responses: 14.
Estimated Total Hours per Response: 8. Approximately 10 hours for
State agency D-SNAP requests, and approximately 3 hours for each
subsequent modification or expansion request.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 112.
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Estimated avg.
Estimated Responses Total annual number of Estimated
Respondent number of annually per responses hours per total hours
respondents respondent response
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State Agency--Submission of D- 5 2 10 10 100
SNAP Request...................
State Agency--Submission of D- 2 2 4 3 12
SNAP modification or expansion
request........................
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Total Reporting Burden...... 5 2.8 14 8 112
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Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-02002 Filed 1-31-22; 8:45 am]
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