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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0535-0220	ICR Reference No: 201308-0535-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201204-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Cotton Ginnings
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: 03/21/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 12/11/2013
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2017	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2014
Responses	6,850	0	8,820
Time Burden (Hours)	1,104	0	819
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 2204(a) Name of Law: Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 13 USC 41 Name of Law: Collection and Publication of Cotton Data
   US Code: 7 USC 3601.1 Name of Law: Freedom of Information Act
   US Code: 13 USC 42 Name of Law: Contents of Reports for Cotton Ginnings
   US Code: 13 USC 43 Name of Law: Records and Reports for Cotton Ginnings
   US Code: 13 USC 45 Name of Law: Simultaneous Publication of Cotton Reports
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Inormation
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503 Name of Law: CIPSEA - Confidentiality of Data

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	6,850	8,820	-1,970
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,104	819	285
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The target population was reduced from 826 operations to 675. An estimated 151 plants either closed or were merged with other plants and are now reporting as combined units. The estimated average number of minutes it takes to complete a questionnaire was increased due to feedback from respondents.