Notice2024-10272
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Published
May 13, 2024
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Agriculture Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 93 (Monday, May 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41373-41374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10272]
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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 June 12,
2024 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: Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief (FNS-
292A) And Report Of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Benefit Issuance (FNS-292B).
OMB Control Number: 0584-0037.
Summary of Collection: State distributing agencies may release
commodity or donated foods procured by the United States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) to disaster organizations to provide nutritional
assistance to disaster victims. Under the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 7 CFR 250.69(f), a State distributing agency, including an
Indian Tribal Organization (ITO) administering FNS programs, must
submit its final FNS-292A to FNS within 45 days of terminating disaster
operations, and under 7 CFR 250.19 (a)(b), must maintain a record of
this form for three years.
State agencies may operate a Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (D-SNAP), a separate program
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from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to address
the temporary food needs of applicants in an affected area of a State
that has received a Presidential declaration of Major Disaster with
Individual Assistance. According to FNS's D-SNAP Guidance handbook, a
State agency must submit its final FNS-292B to FNS within 45 days of
terminating D-SNAP operations, and under 7 CFR 250.19 272.1(f), must
maintain a record of this form for three years.
Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief: Form FNS-
292A, Report of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief, is used by
State distributing agencies and ITOs administering the Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR). State distributing
agencies and ITOs use this form to provide a summary report to FNS
following termination of disaster commodity assistance and to request
replacement of donated foods distributed during the disaster or
situation of distress. State distributing agencies and ITOS must
provide this form to FNS within 45 days following termination of the
disaster assistance and maintain records of this form for three years.
Form FNS-292B, Report of Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Benefit Issuance, is used by State agencies that administer D-SNAP.
This form is used by State agencies to report to FNS the number of
households and persons certified for Disaster Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits as well as the value of benefits
issued. If approved to operate D-SNAP by FNS, a State agency must
submit this form to FNS within 45 days of terminating D-SNAP
operations, and maintain records of this form for three years.
Retention and Custody of Records. Distributing agencies, recipient
agencies, processors, and other entities must maintain records of
agreements and contracts, reports, audits, and claim actions, funds
obtained as an incident of donated food distribution, and other records
specifically required in this part or in other Departmental
regulations, as applicable. In addition, distributing agencies must
keep a record of the value of donated foods each of its school food
authorities receives, in accordance with Sec. 250.58(e), and records
to demonstrate compliance with the professional standards for
distributing agency directors established in Sec. 235.11(g) of this
chapter. Specific recordkeeping requirements relating to the use of
donated foods in contracts with food service management companies are
included in Sec. 250.54. Failure of the distributing agency, recipient
agency, processor, or other entity to comply with recordkeeping
requirements must be considered prima facie evidence of improper
distribution or loss of donated foods and may result in a claim against
such party for the loss or misuse of donated foods, in accordance with
Sec. 250.16, or in other sanctions or corrective actions. Records
relating to requirements for donated foods must be retained for a
period of three years from the close of the fiscal or school year to
which they pertain. However, records pertaining to claims or audits
that remain unresolved in this period of time must be retained until
such actions have been resolved.
Need and Use of the Information: The distributing agency must
report to FNS the number and location of sites where donated foods are
used in congregate meals or household distribution as these sites are
established. The distributing agency must also report the types and
amounts of donated foods from distributing or recipient agency storage
facilities used in disaster assistance, utilizing form FNS-292A, Report
of Commodity Distribution for Disaster Relief, which must be submitted
electronically, within 45 days from the termination of disaster
assistance. This form must also be used to request replacement of
donated foods, in accordance with paragraph (g) of this section. The
distributing agency must maintain records of reports and other
information relating to disasters.
If the issuance of D-SNAP benefits has been approved, the
distributing agency must ensure that the disaster organization obtains
the information in Sec. 250.69(d) from households receiving donated
foods and reports such information to the distributing agency.
Description of Respondents: State.
Number of Respondents: 108.
Frequency of Responses: Recordkeeping; Reporting: Occasionally;
Annually.
Total Burden Hours: 14.
Rachelle Ragland-Greene,
Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. 2024-10272 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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