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OMB Control No: 0579-0128	ICR Reference No: 201010-0579-020
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200709-0579-009
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Importation of Fruits and Vegetables
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: 10/17/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/11/2011
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2014	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2011
Responses	900	0	1,034
Time Burden (Hours)	200	0	883
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The purpose of this collection is to inspect all fruits and vegetables to ensure that no plant pests are inadvertently brought into the United States.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 7701-et seq. Name of Law: The Plant Protection Act

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 50	03/15/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	76 FR 129	07/06/2011
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Importation of Fruits and Vegetables (Foreign Government)
Importation of Fruits and Vegetables (Private Sector)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	900	1,034	-134
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	200	883	-683
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There is an adjustment decrease of -134 annual responses. This is due to the number of respondents who require a phytosanitary certificate decreasing from 1,034 to 900. Papayas are currently not being shipped by El Salvador under this regulation and since certain areas of Guatemala were recognized as Medfly free, papayas do not ship under this regulation. There is also an adjustment decrease of -683 burden hours. This change reflects a more accurate response time and decreases the total burden hours from 883 to 200. The hours per response time for phytosanitary certificates has changed from 1 to .5 burden hours. The total burden hours for labeling of boxes changed from 2 burden hours to 1 burden hour. This is due to businesses not shipping to El Salvador. The fruit fly monitoring/recordkeeping burden hours remain unchanged.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,722

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Jo-Ann Bentz-Blanco 301 734-5930

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