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OMB Control No: 0579-0212	ICR Reference No: 201010-0579-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200707-0579-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments
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: 04/29/2011
	Date Received in OIRA: 12/07/2010
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2014	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2011
Responses	10,747	0	12,755
Time Burden (Hours)	2,691	0	4,209
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: APHIS performs testing at slaughter and rendering facilities and to prevent the spread of animal diseases within the United States. Disease surveillance plays an important role in the APHIS mission of protecting the health of the US livestock and poultry populations, and testing animals for disease is an important surveillance tool.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 8301 Name of Law: Animal Health Protection Act of 2002

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 121	06/24/2010
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	75 FR 234	12/07/2010
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments	vs 10-5, VS 10-4A, VS 10-4	, ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	10,747	12,755	23	-2,031
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,691	4,209	13	-1,531
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: After carefully reviewing procedures for this program, staff determined that a number of forms: VS 10-4 (Specimen Submission Form) and 10-4A (Continuation Sheet for the Specimen Submission Form), which were accounted for on the last renewal of this collection, are prepared by APHIS scrapie and bovine TB program staff (or, in the case of TB, by Food Safety and Inspection Service staff as well) and are being tracked through information collections for those diseases. Brucellosis is also tracked through a different information collection. This information collection renewal has been corrected to track only those VS Forms 10-4 and 10-4A filled out by contractors collecting BSE specimens. Moreover, few plants are currently being added to the APHIS list of approved slaughter facilities through new listing agreements, so the renewal tracks fewer plants signing listing agreements and undergoing inspections requiring the use of VS Form 10-5. There is an adjustment with the number of respondents decreasing by -112 respondents causing the number of responses to decrease by -2031 resulting in a decrease in the total burden hours by -1531. The Appeal of Denial of Listing, the Appeal of Withdrawal of Listing, and the Withdrawal of Listing through notice from the facility, were not accounted for on the last renewal of this collection. However, they are rarely used and by adding them there is a program change. APHIS now requires Slaughter or Rendering Facilities to enter into Listing Agreement with APHIS causing a program change. The total program change is +20 respondents, +23 responses and +13 burden hours. For all these reasons, while new burden was added, the overall burden on the public is reduced since the last renewal of this collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $190,167

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Deb Cox 3017340828

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