The information collection requires
States agencies to issue a warning notice to withhold replacement
electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards or a warning notice for
excessive EBT card replacements for individual members of a
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) household
requesting four EBT cards in a 12-month period. These notices are
being issued to educate SNAP recipients on use of the EBT card and
to deter fraudulent activity.
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USC 2011-2036 Name of Law: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
This is a revision of a
currently approved information collection; we are requesting
21,940.85 rounded up to 21,941 burden hours. The current overall
burden for this collection is 8,336 burden hours. The reporting
hours in this submission will increase by 13,605 burden hours. This
revision is a more accurate burden request as FNS now has access to
almost three years of data collection. This revision is due to
adjustments. Data shows that there are more excessive replacement
cards than originally estimated. In the previous request we
estimated households were 23,811 and we now estimate the number of
households at 267,915, an increase of 244,103. The total number of
annual responses was previously estimated at 59,528 and now we have
increased to 550,994 an increase of 491,466 due to adjustments.
Further, the original request did not include any estimate of how
long it would take households required to make contact with a State
Agency when an EBT card is being withheld. Finally, this revision
more accurately reflects the time it takes a State agency to
process and send the required notice to a household and the time it
would take a household to read the notice sent by the State agency
and make contact when necessary.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.