Please note that the OMB number and expiration date may not have been determined when this Information Collection Request and associated Information Collection forms were submitted to OMB. The approved OMB number and expiration date may be found by clicking on the Notice of Action link below.

View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0581-0093	ICR Reference No: 201512-0581-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201403-0581-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/AMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Programs
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/21/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/11/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2017	06/30/2017	06/30/2017
Responses	516,976	0	509,254
Time Burden (Hours)	171,948	0	169,395
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 7481-7491 Name of Law: Popcorn Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act
   US Code: 7 USC 4801-4819 Name of Law: Pork Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Act of 1985
   US Code: 7 USC 2611-2627 Name of Law: Potato Research and Promotion Act
   US Code: 7 USC 6101-6112 Name of Law: Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990
   US Code: 7 USC 6301-6311 Name of Law: Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act
   US Code: 7 USC 4901-4916 Name of Law: Watermelon Research and Promotion Act
   US Code: 7 USC 2101-2118 Name of Law: Cotton Research & Promotion Act of 1966
   US Code: 7 USC 2901-2911 Name of Law: Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985
   US Code: 7 USC 7411-7425 Name of Law: Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996
   US Code: 7 USC 2701-2718 Name of Law: Egg Research and Consumer Information Act
   US Code: 7 USC 6401-6417 Name of Law: Fluid Milk Promotion Act of 1990
   US Code: 7 USC 7801-7813 Name of Law: Hass Avocado Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 2000
   US Code: 7 USC 4501-4514 Name of Law: Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: PL: Pub.L. 113 - 79 10004 Name of Law: Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill)

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute
Annual Number of Responses	516,976	509,254	7,722
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	171,948	169,395	2,553
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: The 2014 Farm Bill allows all organic handlers to apply for an exemption from assessments on products certified as organic or 100 percent organic. This action created an increase in the number of respondents, responses, and burden hours for the AMS-15 form even though the per response time for the form was reduced to 15 minutes versus 30 minutes..