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OMB Control No: 0579-0040	ICR Reference No: 202012-0579-007
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201708-0579-005
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Importation of Animals and Poultry, Animal and Poultry Products, Certain Animal Embryos, Semen, and Zoological Animals
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 04/16/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/11/2021
Terms of Clearance: Before this ICR is renewed, APHIS should explore converting VS forms 10-4, 10-4A, 16-3, 16-78, 17-8, 17-29, 17-129, and PPQ 523 to common forms. If this is not done before the renewal, an explanation should be provided as to what challenge(s) APHIS has for the conversion.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2024	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2021
Responses	733,997	0	545,050
Time Burden (Hours)	462,503	0	313,851
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	733,997	545,050	174,769	14,178
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	462,503	313,851	145,347	3,305
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: This request shows an increase of 5,229 respondents, 188,947 responses, and 148,652 hours of burden over the previous submission. 97% of the changes are attributed to 8 newly reported activities. One other activity was discontinued.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $21,966,200

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

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

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? No

Agency Contact: Bettina Helm 301 851-3300 bettina.t.helm@aphis.usda.gov