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OMB Control No: 0579-0146	ICR Reference No: 201102-0579-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200906-0579-008
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Tuberculosis
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: 11/21/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/31/2013
Terms of Clearance: We note that some of the increased burden reported here is due to violation of the Paperwork Reduction Act and should be reported as such. Specifically, violations of the PRA have occurred with respect to the following forms: VS 6-2 (+30 hours) VS 10-4 (+58 hours) Necropsy Specimen (+58 hours) Request for 15-day extension (+375 hours) Accredited Herd Written Plan (+72 hours) TB Test, Gamma (+200 hours) Affected Herd Data (+160 hours) Approved Herd Plan (individual herd plan) Test and Remove Plan (+240 hours) Affected Herd Testing Results (+64 hours) Depop and Repop Agreement (+240 hours) VS 6-22A (+4 hours) VS 6-4 (+300 hours) VS 6-4A (+75 hours) VS 6-4B (+3750 hours) VS 1-23 (+1338 hours) VS 1-24 (+400 hours) VS 6-35 (+67 hours) VS 1-27 (+2611 hours) VS 6-22 and 6-22B CFT (+8470 hours)

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2016	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2013
Responses	59,766	0	7,285
Time Burden (Hours)	24,499	0	4,807
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	59,766	7,285	52,634	-153
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	24,499	4,807	20,697	-1,005
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Overall, the total burden hours increased 19,692 due to program changes (+20,697 hours) and adjustments (-1,005 hours). The increase is due to adding new burden items, adding previously approved burden items, adding burden items that have been used without OMB approval, and general adjustments in burden. Please see the supporting statement for more detail.