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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1220-0032	ICR Reference No: 200707-1220-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200407-1220-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Annual Refiling Survey (ARS) forms
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: 10/19/2007
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/22/2007
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2010	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2007
Responses	1,379,661	0	2,488,105
Time Burden (Hours)	138,235	0	226,409
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,379,661	2,488,105	-1,108,444
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	138,235	226,409	-88,174
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The decrease in burden is the result of the removal of employers in an active status with 2 or fewer employees for the past 12 months which became a permanent reduction in the ARS in 2006. The decrease in burden is also the result of the temporary change to a four-year cycle for ARS collection (change in frequency of collection).