Notice2023-26219
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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Published
November 29, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 29, 2023)]
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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: 2023-26219]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
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 December
29, 2023 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: Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT).
OMB Control Number: 0584-0660.
Summary of Collection: This is a revision of the currently approved
information collection for activities related to the Pandemic
Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT). The P-EBT is part of the U.S.
Government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Families First
Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (as amended by the Consolidated
Appropriations Act 2021 the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and the
Consolidated Appropriations Act 2023 provides the Secretary of
Agriculture authority to administer, through State agencies, the PEBT
programs.
States are required to submit an operational plan to FNS Regional
Office for approval. With the expiration of the COVID-19 public health
emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023, States will not receive approval for
operational plans submitted after Federal fiscal year (FY) 2023 (i.e.,
September 30, 2023), although States may issue some benefits
retroactively to households after September 30, 2023, based on prior
plan approvals. However, FNS proposes an extension for limited elements
of the currently approved information collection to facilitate the
orderly wind-down and close-out of the P-EBT program.
Need and Use of the Information: This information collection is
necessary to determine eligibility and benefit levels for P-EBT. The
information collected will used to determine the benefit levels
children are eligible to receive, which will vary depending on the FY
of the approved plan. Additionally, during the summer months all
children eligible for free or reduced price meals that are enrolled in
schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program are
considered eligible for P-EBT. This requires all schools to provide the
State agency with a list of children who have been determined eligible
for free and reduced price meals.
FNS will provide funding to each State's SNAP State agency for 100%
of P-EBT-related school level administrative costs. Such funding will
be available for the necessary, allowable, and reasonable State agency
costs associated with the administration of P-EBT incurred during FY
2020-2023. In order to receive this funding, schools must report to
their State agency on the school level costs incurred to administer P-
EBT.
Description of Respondents: State agencies, private sector
(business-not-for profit), individuals and households.
Number of Respondents: 114,337.
Frequency of Responses: Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 20,087.
Ruth Brown,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2023-26219 Filed 11-28-23; 8:45 am]
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