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OMB Control No: 0581-0186	ICR Reference No: 200803-0581-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200410-0581-003
Agency/Subagency: USDA/AMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999
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: 12/01/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/16/2008
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved until 2010. The agency should continue to evaluate the program, including the utility of collecting data more than once a day (as currently required by statute), and seek other ways to minimize the burden of this collection on the industry.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2010	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2008
Responses	118,092	0	135,928
Time Burden (Hours)	21,567	0	24,429
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	118,092	135,928	-17,836
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	21,567	24,429	-2,862
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: Changing Regulations

Short Statement: Burden is reduced by -2,862 hours. Changes made to the swine reporting requirement by the Reauthorization Act resulted in a decrease of swine respondents. Other changes are the result of changes to the Program that will reduce the reporting burden on packers where possible. In other cases AMS has deleted individual data fields from reporting forms but since this information is submitted electronically, there is no measureable reduction to the burden per response.