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OMB Control No: 0535-0218	ICR Reference No: 201006-0535-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200806-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys
Type of Information Collection: 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: 09/09/2010
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/06/2010
Terms of Clearance: Prior to the commencement of the Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys forms distribution, the National Agricultural Statistics Service shall provide on its Internet site prominent links to a set of finalized survey forms, including instructions and cover letters, comparable to those provided for the 2007 Census of Agriculture report forms. The final forms and letters shall reflect any changes in the survey year, OMB number expiration date, and NASS leadership from those submitted for review. Previous 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	12/31/2011	12/31/2011
Responses	101,367	0	133,002
Time Burden (Hours)	61,568	0	61,134
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): 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 136i-2 Name of Law: Collection if pesticide use informatioin
   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	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	101,367	133,002	-8,550	-23,085
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	61,568	61,134	434	0
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The small increase in burden is due to the adjustment in some of the sample sizes, along with the reinstatement of some of the annual surveys that had been postponed due to budget cuts. The decrease in overall responses is due primarily to the correction of an accounting error. The remainder of the decrease is due to the adjustment in samples that caused the slight burden increase.