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OMB Control No: 0535-0218	ICR Reference No: 200806-0535-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200801-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys
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: 12/01/2008
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/09/2008
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. However, within the first six months of this approval, NASS will discuss with OMB their plans for conducting methodological research on the ARMS -- based on the recommendations in the report from the National Academy of Sciences.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2011	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2008
Responses	133,002	0	94,673
Time Burden (Hours)	61,134	0	58,345
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 136i-2 Name of Law: Collection if pesticide use informatioin
   US Code: 43 USC 1905 Name of Law: Grazing Fees
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 7998 Name of Law: Estimates of Farm Income
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 7 USC 1441 Name of Law: Price Support Levels
   US Code: 7 USC 35 Name of Law: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	133,002	94,673	38,329
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	61,134	58,345	2,789
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: The increase in burden is due in part to the expansion of the publicity materials focused on increasing response rates. In addition we have added a Contractor Expense Survey to each year to coincide with the ARMS III survey.