Attachment D2 - Agency Information Collection Activities SNAP Benefit Expungement and Off-Line Storage

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Forest Service
Title: Special Use Administration.
OMB Control Number: 0596–0082.
Summary of Collection: Several
statutes authorize the Forest Service
(FS) to issue and administer
authorizations for use and occupancy of
National Forest System (NFS) lands and
require the collection of information
from the public for those purposes. The
laws for authorizing the use and
managing these uses of NFS lands
include: The Organic Administration
Act of 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551); Title V of
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43
U.S.C. 1761–1771); The Act of March 4,
1915 (16 U.S.C. 497); The National
Forest Ski Area Permit Act (16 U.S.C.
497b); Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing
Act (30 U.S.C. 185); The National Forest
Roads and Trails Act (FRTA, 16 U.S.C.
532–538); Section 7 of the Granger-Thye
Act (16 U.S.C. 480d); The Act of May
26, 2000 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6d); The
Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement
Act (16 U.S.C. 6801–6814); Act of
September 3, 1954 (68 Stat. 1146; 43
U.S.C. 931c, 931d); Archeological
Resource Protection Act of October 31,
1979 (16 U.S.C. 1996); The Rural
Electrification Act of 1936, as amended;
and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964.
Forest Service regulations
implementing these authorities are
found under Title 36, Code of Federal
Regulations, Section 251, Subpart B (36
CFR 251, Subpart B). Information
collected include submission of
applications, execution of forms, and
imposition of terms and conditions that
entail information collection
requirements, such as the requirement
to submit annual financial information;
to prepare and update an operating
plan; to prepare and update a
maintenance plan; and to submit
compliance reports and information
updates.
Need and Use of the Information: The
information collected is evaluated by
the FS to ensure that authorized uses of
NFS lands are in the public interest and
are compatible with the agency’s
mission. The information helps each
agency identify environmental and
social impacts of special uses for
purposes of compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act and
program administration. Information is
collected under six categories: (1)
Information required from proponents
and applicants to evaluate proposals
and applications to use or occupy NFS
lands; (2) information required from
applicants to complete special use
authorizations; (3) annual financial

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information required from holders to
determine land use fees; (4) information
required from holders to prepare and
update operating plans; (5) information
required from holders to prepare and
update maintenance plans; and (6)
information required from holders to
complete compliance reports and
information updates.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals or households; Business or
other for-profit; Not-for-profit
institutions; Farms; Federal
Government; State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Number of Respondents: 153,584.
Frequency of Responses: Reporting:
Annually, On occasion.
Total Burden Hours: 149,803.
Levi S. Harrell,
Departmental Information Collection
Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Food and Nutrition Service
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP) Benefit
Expungement and Off-Line Storage
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 Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) control number. 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. A 60-Day
Federal Register Notice for this
proposed information collection was
previously published on February 11,

SUMMARY:

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2020 (85 FR 7716). The Department was
unable to submit an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB within
a reasonable timeframe following the
publication of the 2020 notice. In an
effort to be fully transparent, the
Department is publishing the notice
again for public comment and plans to
submit an ICR to OMB following an
analysis of comments.
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before December 28,
2021.
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 Shanta Swezy, Chief,
Issuance Support Branch, Retailer and
Issuance Policy and Innovation
Division, Food and Nutrition Service
(FNS), U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA), 1320 Braddock Place, 5th
Floor, 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
should be directed to Shanta Swezy at
703–305–2238.
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 collection.

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Abstract: The Department published
the final rule, ‘‘Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program: 2008 Farm Bill
Provisions on Clarification of Split
Issuance; Accrual of Benefits and
Definition Changes,’’ on August 24,
2020, (85 FR 52025), to implement the
mandatory SNAP benefit storage and
expungement provisions of the Food,
Conservation and Energy Act of 2008,
Public Law 110–234 (2008 Farm Bill). In
the final rule, the Department also
adopted as final the provisions in the
Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,
Public Law 115–334 (2018 Farm Bill),
which made 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 prior to permanently
expunging unused SNAP benefits after
nine months of inactivity. State agencies
that opt to take unused benefits off-line
after three months of SNAP EBT
account inactivity must also provide up
to 10 days advance or concurrent notice
prior to taking such action and to
reinstate benefits stored off-line within
48 hours of a 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. This
information is currently being collected
without OMB approval.
1. Expungement Notice
Affected Public: (a) Individuals/
Households and (b) State agencies:
Respondent groups identified include:
(1) 2,961,834 SNAP households
(Approximately 16 percent of all SNAP
households nationwide) who do not
access their benefits within nine months
and (2) 53 State SNAP agencies. Out of
the 2,961,834 Individuals/Households
involved in this data collection request,
approximately 540,818 will also receive

Respondent

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

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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 Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 4,489 hours.

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.

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.

b. State Agency Annual Burden
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.

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.

2. Off-Line Storage Notice
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.

b. State Agency Annual Burden

a. Individual/Household Annual Burden
Estimated Number of Respondents:
540,818.
Estimated Number of Responses per
Respondent: 1.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
540,818.

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citation

Individuals or Households SNAP
Recipients.

Estimated Time per Response: 3.5
minutes or .0583 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 31,530 hours.

an Off-line Storage Notice. Of that
540,818, approximately 33,260 will
receive an Off-line Benefit
Reinstatement. Therefore, the agency is
not double counting the same
respondents for the different activities
involved in this data collection.

Estimated
annual
number
respondent

Activity

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.

Responses
annually per
respondent

Total annual
responses

Estimated
avg. number
of hours
per response
annually

Estimated
annual total
hours

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

2,961,834

1

2,961,834

0.0334

98,925

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

3,535,912

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

66,715 .............................................

3,535,912

0.0667

30,738

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citation

Respondent

Grand Total Reporting
Burden with both Affect
Public.

Estimated
annual number
respondent

Activity

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

This information is currently being
collected without OMB approval.
Cynthia Long,
Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service.
[FR Doc. 2021–23600 Filed 10–28–21; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service
Fiscal Year 2021 Raw Cane Sugar
Tariff-Rate Quota Extension of the
Entry Period

Responses
annually per
respondent

2,961,887

(a)(iv) of Additional U.S. Note 5 has
been delegated to the Under Secretary
for Trade and Foreign Agricultural
Affairs (7 CFR 2.26). The Under
Secretary has subsequently delegated
this authority to the Administrator,
Foreign Agricultural Service (7 CFR
2.601).
These actions are being taken after a
determination that additional supplies
of raw cane sugar are required in the
U.S. market. USDA will closely monitor
stocks, consumption, imports and all
sugar market and program variables on
an ongoing basis.
Daniel Whitley,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service.

Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

[FR Doc. 2021–23679 Filed 10–27–21; 11:15 am]
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The Foreign Agricultural
Service of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture is providing notice of an
extension of the tariff-rate quota (TRQ)
entry period for the fiscal year (FY) 2021
raw cane sugar TRQ.
DATES: Applicable: October 29, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Souleymane Diaby, Multilateral Affairs
Division, Trade Policy and Geographic
Affairs, Foreign Agricultural Service,
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stop
1070, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250–1070; by
telephone (202) 720–2916; or by email
Souleymane.Diaby@usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Foreign Agricultural Service announces
that all sugar entering the United States
under the FY 2021 raw sugar TRQ will
be permitted to enter U.S. Customs
territory through December 31, 2021,
two months later than the previous
extension of October 31. The
Department previously announced on
August 24, 2021, that sugar entering
under the FY 2021 raw sugar TRQ will
be permitted to enter U.S. Customs
territory through October 31, 2021, a
month later than the usual last entry
date. Additional U.S. Note 5(a)(iv) of
Chapter 17 of the U.S. Harmonized
Tariff Schedule provides: ‘‘(iv) Sugar
entering the United States during a
quota period established under this note
may be charged to the previous or
subsequent quota period with the
written approval of the Secretary.’’ The
Secretary’s authority under paragraph

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decision for the
Helena-Lewis and Clark National
Forest Land Management Plan
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of plan approval for the
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

William Avey, the Forest
Supervisor for the Helena-Lewis and
Clark National Forest (referred to as the
Forest), Northern Region, signed the
record of decision (ROD) for the HelenaLewis and Clark National Forest Land
Management Plan (Forest Plan). The
final ROD documents the rationale for
approving the Land Management Plan
and is consistent with the reviewing
officer’s responses to objections and
instructions.
DATES: The revised Land Management
Plan for the Helena-Lewis and Clark
National Forest will become effective 30
days after the publication of this notice
of approval in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: To view the final ROD, final
environmental impact statement (FEIS),
Land Management Plan, and other
related documents, please visit the
Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
Plan Revision website at:
www.fs.usda.gov/goto/hlc/
forestplanrevision. A legal notice of
approval is also being published in the
SUMMARY:

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Total annual
responses

7,071,824

Estimated
avg. number
of hours
per response
annually
0.0232

Estimated
annual total
hours
163,970

Helena-Lewis and Clark National
Forest’s newspaper of record, Helena
Independent Record. A copy of this
legal notice will be posted on the
website listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Entwistle, weekdays, 8:30 a.m.
to 3:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time, at
406–449–5201. Written requests for
information may be sent to HelenaLewis and Clark National Forest, Attn:
Plan Revision, 2880 Skyway Drive,
Helena, MT 59601.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the
hearing-impaired (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time,
Monday through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Land
Management Plan describes the HelenaLewis and Clark National Forest’s
distinctive roles and contributions
within the broader landscape and
details forest wide and geographic area
desired conditions, objectives,
standards, and guidelines. It identifies
suitable uses of National Forest System
lands and provides estimates of the
planned timber sale quantity. The Land
Management Plan identifies priority
watersheds for restoration and includes
recommended wilderness areas and
eligible wild and scenic rivers. This
Land Management Plan provides for
efficient and effective management of
the Helena-Lewis and Clark National
Forest with desired conditions for
coordination, partnerships, and shared
stewardship with State, local, and Tribal
governments, other federal agencies,
adjacent landowners, and stakeholders.
The development of the Land
Management Plan was shaped by the
best available scientific information,
current laws, and public input.
The Helena-Lewis and Clark National
Forest initiated plan revision in spring
2014 with open houses held at multiple
locations across the planning area. The
Forest invited State, local and Tribal
governments, and other federal agencies
from around the region to participate in
the process to revise the Land
Management Plan. An interagency
working group met regularly throughout
the plan revision effort. After two years
of public engagement, the Forest

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