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OMB Control No: 0551-0015	ICR Reference No: 202108-0551-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201806-0551-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FAS	Agency Tracking No: RefSugar-0015-2021
Title: Sugar Imported for Export as Refined Sugar or as a Sugar- Containing Product, or used in the production of certain polyhydric alcohols
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: 09/01/2022
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/01/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2025	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2022
Responses	1,486	0	1,449
Time Burden (Hours)	428	0	434
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,486	1,449	37
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	428	434	-6
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 number of responses increased slightly from 1,449 to 1,486, a gain of 37. Certain companies have increased their exporting through third-party exporters to sell their products overseas. Use of this business strategy, included in the regulation, has contributed to generating slightly more responses, which has also increased the number of respondents from 325 to 333, an increase of 8. Increased requests for waivers also contributed to the increase in responses. The increase in responses led to an increase in estimated burden hours from 414 to 428.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $114,338

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. No

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. 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? No

Agency Contact: Ronald Croushorn 202 720-3038 ron.croushorn@fas.usda.gov