Notice2022-08644
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
April 22, 2022
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08644]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
April 19, 2022.
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. 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 May 23,
2022 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
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. 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: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Mobile
Payment Pilots (MPPs).
OMB Control Number: 0584-NEW.
Summary of Collection: Title 7 Section 2016(h)(14) of the U.S.
Code, as amended by Section 4006(e) of the Agricultural Act of 2018
(Pub. L. 115-334), requires the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to
authorize the use of mobile payment technology for accessing
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through smart
phones, tablets, and other personal mobile devices in place of
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
Need and Use of the Information: FNS plans to issue a Request for
Volunteers (RFV) soliciting MPPs proposals from up to 53 SNAP State
agencies; and, approve up to five (5) of those State agencies that, in
partnership with private, for-profit, EBT stakeholders and authorized
SNAP retailers, will implement MPPs that test the use of mobile payment
technology by SNAP households to access and redeem program benefits.
FNS must evaluate the data and observations collected and determine
whether it is feasible to implement this technology nation-wide,
whether further study is required before doing so, or if implementation
is not in the best interest of the program, and submit report to report
to Congress with the basis of its findings. This information collection
is necessary because Congress has specifically mandated that approval
and subsequent evaluation of MPPs by State agencies must occur before
FNS can fulfill its broader statutory obligations to allow mobile
payment technology in SNAP nation-wide.
Description of Respondents: (53) State, Local or Tribal Government
(212) Business-for-profit; and (25,000) Individuals/Households.
Number of Respondents: 25,265.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting: Once, Annually, On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 77,235.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2022-08644 Filed 4-21-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-30-P
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