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OMB Control No: 0584-0446	ICR Reference No: 200910-0584-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200609-0584-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FNS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Federal Collection Methods for Food Stamp Program Recipient Claims
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 02/03/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/14/2009
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	02/28/2013	36 Months From Approved	02/28/2010
Responses	556,364	0	834,081
Time Burden (Hours)	49,404	0	69,451
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	556,364	834,081	-106	-277,611
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	49,404	69,451	-530	-19,517
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This is a revision of a currently approved information collection. The current burden inventory is 69,451 the proposed burden 49,404 = -20,047 burden reduction. The main reason for the decrease in the reporting burden is that fewer debts were submitted by the State agencies. The record keeping burden increased by 159 burden hours from 530 to 689 this adjustment is due to the agencys view of what activity fell under that burden.