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OMB Control No: 0579-0052	ICR Reference No: 201207-0579-004
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201201-0579-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Phytosanitary Export Certification
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: 10/22/2012
	Date Received in OIRA: 07/17/2012
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2015	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2012
Responses	1,433,566	0	2,607,000
Time Burden (Hours)	352,631	0	1,775,880
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: APHIS provides export certification services to assure other countries that the plants and plant products are free of pests specified by the receiving country.

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

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:
	76 FR 110	06/08/2011
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 14	01/23/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Phytosanitary Export Certificates (State)	PPQ 577 Form, PPQ 572 Form, PPQ 579 Form, PPQ 578 Form	, , ,
Phytosanitary Export Certification (Business)	PPQ Form 572, PPQ Form 579, PPQ Form 577, PPQ Form 578	, , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,433,566	2,607,000	-96,000	-1,077,434
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	352,631	1,775,880	-2,880	-1,420,369
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There is an adjusted decrease of -3,909 respondents because a downturn in the economy has caused fewer people to use the forms associated with this collection, thus resulting in -1,077,434 fewer annual responses. Also, the program determined that the time required to complete PPQ forms 577 and 579 is .5 hours instead of 1.2 hours as previously reported. The reduced time to complete the forms along with the reduction of respondents and annual responses caused a decrease in the burden hours of -1,420,369. The requirement for recordkeeping was removed because the information is now maintained in the Phytosanitary Certificate Issuances Tracking (PCIT) system. This resulted in a program change of -96,000 annual responses and -2,880 burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $20,327,812

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: Christian Dellis 301 734-5233

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