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OMB Control No: 1220-0032	ICR Reference No: 201307-1220-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201212-1220-001
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Annual Refiling Survey
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: 12/20/2013
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 11/08/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	12/31/2016	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2013
Responses	1,605,915	0	1,586,512
Time Burden (Hours)	153,642	0	147,564
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,605,915	1,586,512	19,403
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	153,642	147,564	6,078
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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 increase in total hours requested, from 147,564 to 153,642, is due to returning from a four-year cycle to a three-year ARS review cycle in FY 2012 so that changes in the industrial and geographical compositions of the U.S. economy are captured in a timelier manner and reflected in the BLS statistical programs. The changes in the hours requested for the different obligations to respond are due to the fact that one State made completion of the ARS mandatory rather than voluntary.