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OMB Control No: 0535-0002	ICR Reference No: 201203-0535-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200812-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Field Crops Production
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: 08/10/2012
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/01/2012
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320 and prior terms of clearance (2009), the information collection is approved for three years conditional on the following: 1) a plan to evaluate the extent of nonresponse and nonresponse bias for probability sample surveys, censuses, and coverage surveys with an observed response rate of less than 80% will be received by OMB no later than six months from the date of this approval; 2) the complete evaluation will be received prior to the next request for clearance for this docket.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2015	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2012
Responses	791,340	0	892,000
Time Burden (Hours)	146,977	0	173,290
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   PL: Pub.L. 110 - 246 2110 Name of Law: Annual Rental Payments
   US Code: 16 USC 3834 Name of Law: Rental Rates
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	791,340	892,000	0	-100,660	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	146,977	173,290	0	-26,313	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	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: Changing Forms

Short Statement: The total burden of 146,977 hours is down 26,313 hours from the current inventory of 173,290 hours. This decrease is due to several factors: by redesigning the CAPS surveys we were able to decrease the estimated number of minutes it takes to complete each questionnaire; we were also able to reduce the overall CAPS sample sizes by 90,000 operations per year; reductions in frequency and sample sizes were also incurred on several of the smaller surveys.