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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 1 / Monday, January 4, 2021 / Notices status and correct benefit amount for SNAP applicants. The rule also amended regulations to increase the frequency of the requirement for State agency submission of the Program Activity Statement from an annual requirement based on the State fiscal year to a quarterly requirement. The burden hours for the increase in submission frequency for the Program Activity Statement, form FNS366B, have been merged into the Food Programs Reporting System FPRS
information collection, OMB 0584
0594 expiration 7/31/2023. Therefore, this notice seeks to renew the burden hours associated with the National Directory of New Hires portion of this information collection only and removes burden hours and references for the Program Activity Statement, form FNS366B.
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 agencys 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 Requirement for National Directory of New Hires Employment Verification.
Form Number: N/A.
OMB Number: 05840608.
Expiration Date: 5/31/2019.
Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
Abstract: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP regulations at 7 CFR 272.16 require that each State agency must establish a system to compare identifiable information about each adult household member against data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS National Directory of New Hires NDNH. This comparison will be used to determine the eligibility status of the household and determine the correct benefit amount the household should receive.
Applicant and Recipient Screening:
The State agency must compare identifiable information about each adult household member against information from the NDNH. States must make the comparison of matched data at the time of application and recertification and must independently verify any positive match results.
Verification of Match: The State agency must independently verify the information prior to taking any adverse action against an individual. Should the State agency receive employment information via the NDNH that was previously unreported by the household, the State agency may issue a Request for Contact to the household to verify the information or contact the employer directly, depending upon applicable reporting requirements as defined at 7 CFR 273.12.
Estimated number of respondents
Notice: The Notice of Adverse Action or Notice of Denial is issued by State agencies to participating households whose benefits will be reduced or terminated as the result of a change in household circumstances. Should the State agency independently verify unreported or underreported income discovered through NDNH, and that income results in a reduction of benefits or change in eligibility, the State agency must take action by issuing the household a Notice of Adverse Action or Notice of Denial and adjusting benefits accordingly.
Burden Estimates: The previous burden for this collection was 252,432
reporting hours 209,899 reporting burden hours for State agencies + 41,583
reporting burden hours for households.
The requested burden is 521,719.02
482,290.88 reporting burden hours for State agencies + 39,428.14 reporting burden hours for households, which represents an increase of 269,287.02
hours due to program adjustments.
There are no recordkeeping requirements associated with this collection.
Affected Public: State and local agencies, households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,180,536.20.
Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 8.8567.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
10,455,713.40.
Estimated Time per Response:
0.04989.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 521,719.02 hours. See the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of respondent.
Estimated total annual responses
Estimated responses per respondent
Estimated hours per response
Estimated total annual hours
Regulation
Burden activity
272.2
272.15
272.15
272.15

Program Activity Statement
NDNHApplicant/Recipient Screening
NDNHVerification of Match
NDNDNotice of Adverse Action or Notice of Denial.

0
53
53
53

0
147,162.75
19,886.85
7,954.74

0
7,799,626.00
1,054,003.00
421,601.20

0
0.0501
0.0668
0.0501

0
390,761.26
70,407.40
21,122.22

State Agency Total

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175,004.34

9,275,230.20

0.051997726

482,290.88

State Agency Reporting Burden
Household Reporting Burden 272.15
272.15

NDNHResponse to Request for Contact
NDNHResponse to Notice of Adverse Action or Notice of Denial.

758,882.00
421,601.20

1.00
1.00

758,882.00
421,601.20

0.0334
0.0334

25,346.66
14,081.48

Household Reporting Total

1,180,483.20

1

1,180,483.20

0.0334

39,428.14

Grand Totals

1,180,536.20

8.856749501

10,455,713.40

0.049897984

521,719.02

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