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OMB Control No: 0535-0007	ICR Reference No: 201207-0535-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200902-0535-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Stocks Reports
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: 01/25/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/10/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2016	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2013
Responses	45,383	0	47,750
Time Burden (Hours)	9,889	0	10,267
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Information
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA
   US Code: 7 USC 3306.1 Name of Law: FOIA
   US Code: 7 USC 951-958 Name of Law: Peanut Statistics Act

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	45,383	47,750	-2,367	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	9,889	10,267	-380	2
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 decrease in number of respondents for the Off-farm Grain and Oilseed surveys is due to a program change based on the way NASS calculates respondents. In previous dockets. NASS indicated the number of facilities that data were requested from. Many of these facilities are operated by parent companies where one respondent will report for multiple facilities. In 2011, about 5,300 companies operated the 8,900 facilities. This adjustment resulted in a reduction of 3,600 samples and 3,132 hours of burden. Program changes also include the standardizing of questionnaires, national sampling, along with the addition and removal of several surveys, these program changes have resulted in an increase of 319 samples and 2,754 hours of burden. The most significant program change was for potatoes. Questionnaires, sampling, and surveys have been consolidated based on data needs and industry structure. This request includes a new monthly buyers survey to collect price information. This adds an estimated 2,480 hours of burden. On-farm potato stocks are included in this docket instead of relying on the Agricultural Surveys ICR (0535-0213), The estimated sample for on-farm potato stocks is 1000 with estimated burden of 827 hours.