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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program: 2008 Farm Bill
Provisions on Clarification of Split
Issuance; Accrual of Benefits and
Definition Changes
Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), USDA.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this
notice invites the general public and
other public agencies to comment on
this proposed information collection
associated with SNAP benefit storage
and expungement provisions of the
2008 and 2018 Farm Bills. This
collection involves both a new
collection and an existing collection in
use without an OMB control number
which is in violation of the Paperwork
Reduction Act. The new collection is for
providing SNAP households advance or
concurrent notice prior to the State
agency expunging unused SNAP
benefits from the household’s Electronic
Benefit Transfer (EBT) account due to
nine months of account inactivity. The
existing collection is for providing
SNAP households advance or
concurrent notice of State agency action
to store unused SNAP benefits offline
due to three or more months of account
inactivity and for those households to
seek reinstatement of benefits prior to
permanent expungement.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before April 13, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The Food and Nutrition
Service, USDA, invites interested
persons to submit written comments on
this information collection. Comments
may be submitted in writing by one of
the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the
online instructions for submitting
comments.
• Mail: Comments should be
addressed to Vicky Robinson, Chief,
Retailer Management and Issuance
Branch, Retailer Policy and
Management Division, 1320 Braddock
Place, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
All responses to this notice will be
summarized and included in the request
for Office of Management and Budget
approval. All comments will be a matter
of public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of this information collection
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should be directed to Vicky Robinson at
703–305–2476.
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 that were
used; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Title: SNAP Benefit Storage and
Expungement.
Form Number: Not Applicable.
OMB Number: 0584–NEW.
Expiration Date: Not Yet Determined.
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Abstract: The Department published a
proposed rule, titled ‘‘RIN–0584–AD02
2008 Farm Bill Provisions on
Clarification of Split Issuance; Accrual
of Benefits and Definition Changes,’’
published on September 29, 2016, (81
FR 66866), to implement the mandatory
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program (SNAP) benefit storage and
expungement provisions of the Food,
Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,
Public Law 110–234 (2008 Farm Bill).
However, the Department published the
proposed rule without taking into
consideration the paperwork reduction
act burden activities and publishing a
60-day notice to allow the public to
provide comments. While the off-line
notice and reinstatement provisions had
already been codified in SNAP
regulations and, therefore, are not new
requirements, the 2008 Farm Bill makes
the State option to take inactive SNAP
benefits off-line and the associated
requirements statutory. In the final rule,
the Department also intends to adopt as
final the provisions in the Agriculture
Improvement Act of 2018, Public Law
115–334 (2018 Farm Bill), which makes
additional mandatory changes to the
provisions governing the storage and
expungement of unused benefits.
These Farm Bill provisions require
State agencies to provide a 30-day
advance notice to Individuals/
Households (SNAP recipients) in order
to permanently expunging unused
SNAP benefits after nine months of

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inactivity. State agencies that opt to take
unused benefits off-line after three
months of SNAP Electronic Benefit
Transfer (EBT) account inactivity must
also provide up to 10 days advance or
concurrent notice to the SNAP recipient
before taking such action and to
reinstate benefits stored off-line within
48 hours of an Individual/Household’s
request if the benefits have not reached
the expungement timeframe. Currently,
only six State agencies are exercising
the option to store unused benefits offline prior to expungement, which is
depicted in the burden estimates.
The Department has identified and
outlined these activities and the
estimated burden hours associated with
(1) Expungement Notice (2) Off-line
Storage Notice and (3) Off-line Benefit
Reinstatement for Individuals/
Households and State Agencies.
1. Expungement Notice
Affected Public: (a) Individuals/
Households and (b) State agencies:
Respondent groups identified include:
(1) 2,961,834 Households
(Approximately 16 percent of all SNAP
households nationwide) who do not
access their benefits within nine months
and (2) 53 State SNAP agencies.
a. Individuals/Households Annual
Burden
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 2,961,834.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
2,961,834.
Estimated Annual Time per Response:
2 minutes or 0.0334 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 98,925 hours.

Respondent

Individuals or Households SNAP
Recipients.

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Affected Public: (a) Households and
(b) State agencies: Respondent groups
identified include: (1) 540,818 SNAP
households (Approximately 14 percent
of all SNAP households in the six States
that currently take benefits off-line) who
do not access their benefits within three
months and (2) Six State SNAP agencies
that have opted to store unused benefits
off-line.
a. Indvidual/Household Annual Burden
Estimated Number of Respondents:
540,818.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
540,818.
Estimated Time per Response: 3.5
minutes or .0583 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 31,530 hours.
b. State Agency Annual Burden
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 90,136.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
540,818.
Estimated Time per Response: 30
seconds or 0.0083 hours.
Estimated
annual
number
respondent

Activity

3. Off-line Benefit Reinstatement
Affected Public: (a) Households and
(b) State agencies: Respondent groups
identified include: (1) 33,260 SNAP
households (Approximately 6 percent of
the estimated number of households
whose benefits are taken off-line) who
get their off-line benefits reinstated and
(2) Six State SNAP agencies that have
opted to store unused benefits off-line.
a. Individual/Household Annual Burden
Estimated Number of Respondents:
33,260.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
33,260.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes or 0.0835 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 2,777 hours.
b. State Agency Annual Burden
Estimated Number of Respondents: 6.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 5,543.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
33,260.
Estimated Time per Response: 3
minutes or .0501 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 1,666 hours.
The grand total annual burden hours
is 163,970.49 (133,232.16 for
individuals/households + 30,738.34 for
State agencies) and 5,923,688 total
annual responses (2,961,834 for
individuals/household + 2,961,834 for
State agencies).

Responses
annually per
respondent

Total annual
responses

Estimated
average
number
of hours
per response
annually

Estimated
annual total
hours

Expungement Notice .......................

2,961,834

1

2,961,834

0.0334

98,925

TBD
TBD

Off-line Storage Notice ...................
Off-line Benefit Reinstatement ........

540,818
33,260

1
1

540,818
33,260

0.0583
0.0835

31,530
2,777

.........................................................

2,961,834

1

2,961,834

0.1752

133,232

Expungement Notice .......................
Off-line Storage Notice ...................
Off-line Benefit Reinstatement ........

53
6
6

55,884
90,136
5,543

2,961,834
540,818
33,260

0.0083
0.0083
0.0501

24,583
4,489
1,666

.........................................................

53

55,884

2,961,834

0.0677

30,738

.........................................................

2,961,887

2

5,923,668

0.0277

163,970

TBD
TBD
TBD

Grand Total Reporting
Burden with both Affect
Public.

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2. Off-Line Storage Notice

Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4,489 hours.

TBD

Sub-total of State Agencies .....

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Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 53.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: 55,884.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
2,961,852.
Estimated Annual Time per Response:
30 seconds or 0.0083 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 24,583 hours.

CFR
citation

Sub-total of Individual/Households SNAP Recipients.
State Agencies ................................

b. State Agency Annual Burden

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Dated: February 5, 2020.
Pamilyn Miller,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Umatilla National Forest, Columbia
County Resource Advisory Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Umatilla National Forest,
Columbia County Resource Advisory
Committee will meet in Dayton,
Washington. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (the Act) and
operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. The meeting is open to the
public. The purpose of the meeting is to
conduct general business and review
proposed projects.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
March 16, 2020, and will begin at 6:00
p.m.
All RAC meetings are subject to
cancellation. For status of meeting prior
to attendance, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUMMARY:

The meeting will be held at
the Best Western Hotel, 507 E Main St.,
Dayton, WA.
Written comments may be submitted
as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION. All comments, including
names and addresses when provided,
are placed in the record and are
available for public inspection and
copying. The public may inspect
comments received at Walla Walla
Ranger District, 1415 West Rose Street,
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ahead to facilitate entry into the
building.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mike Rassbach, RAC Designated Federal
Official, USDA Umatilla National
Forest, Walla Walla Ranger District,
1415 West Rose Street, Walla Walla, WA
99362; (509) 522–6293; Email
mike.rassbach@usda.gov.
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Relay Service at 1–800–377–3529, 24
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Dated: February 5, 2020.
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USDA Committee Management Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Tri-County Resource Advisory
Committee
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

The Tri-County Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Deer Lodge, Montana. The committee is
authorized under the Secure Rural
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operates in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act. The purpose
of the committee is to improve
collaborative relationships and to
provide advice and recommendations to
the Forest Service concerning projects
and funding consistent with Title II of
the Act. RAC information can be found
at the following website: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/main/bdnf/working
together/advisorycommittees.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2020 at 9 a.m.
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INFORMATION CONTACT.
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MT 59722.
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as described under SUPPLEMENTARY
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are placed in the record and are
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copying. The public may inspect
comments received at the BeaverheadDeerlodge National Forest Supervisor’s
Office. Contact 406–683–3987 to
facilitate entry into the building.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeanne Dawson, RAC Coordinator, by
phone at 406–683–3987 or by email at
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would recommend fee change proposals
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National Forest lands;
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