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OMB Control No: 0596-0217	ICR Reference No: 201310-0596-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 200906-0596-003
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Federal and Non-Federal Financial Assistance Instruments
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: 11/10/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/04/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2017	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2014
Responses	30,127	0	35,655
Time Burden (Hours)	49,751	0	39,352
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 565al-a3 Name of Law: Cooperative Funds and Deposits Act of 12/12/1975, Pub. L. 95-442
   US Code: 16 USC 572 Name of Law: Granger-Thye Act of 4/24/1950
   US Code: 16 USC 498 Name of Law: Cooperative Funds Act of 6/30/1914, as amended by Pub. L. 104-127
   US Code: 31 USC 6301-6308 Name of Law: Federal Grants and Cooperative Agreements Act of 1977, as amended (Pub. L. 97-258, as amended)
   PL: Pub.L. 102 - 154 Challenge Cost Share Name of Law: Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1992
   US Code: 5 USC 3343, 3581-3584 Name of Law: Federal Employees International Organization Service Act, as amended
   US Code: 16 USC 551a Name of Law: Cooperative Law Enforcement Act of August 10, 1971 (Pub. L. 92-82)
   US Code: 15 USC 3710a Name of Law: Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, Pub. L 96-480
   US Code: 16 USC 1701-1706 Name of Law: Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970, as amended
   US Code: 16 USC 1641-1646 Name of Law: Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L 95-307)
   US Code: 16 USC 2101-2114 Name of Law: Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978, as amended (Pub. L. 95-313)
   US Code: 7 USC 6601 Name of Law: National Forest Dependent Rural Communities Economic Diversification Act of 1990
   US Code: 42 USC 1856a Name of Law: Reciprocal Fire Act of May 27, 1955 (Pub. L. 84-46)
   US Code: 16 USC 532-538 Name of Law: National Forest Roads and Trails Act of 10/13/1965 (Pub. L. 88-657)
   US Code: 16 USC 1246(h) Name of Law: National Trails System Act (Pub. L. 90-543)
   US Code: 16 USC 1271 et seq. Name of Law: Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Pub. L. 90-542)
   US Code: 7 USC 2814 Name of Law: Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-629, Pub. L. 101-624)
   US Code: 42 USC 12501 Name of Law: National and Community Service Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-610)
   US Code: 7 USC 2269 Name of Law: Acceptance of Gifts Act of October 10, 1978
   US Code: 7 USC 3318-3319 Name of Law: Food Security Act of 1985
   US Code: 16 USC 670g-670l, 670o Name of Law: Sikes Act of September 1, 1960
   PL: Pub.L. 111 - 11 30001 Name of Law: Wyden Amendment
   PL: Pub.L. 106 - 393 All Name of Law: Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000
   PL: Pub.L. 108 - 7 323 Name of Law: Stewardship Authority

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	30,127	35,655	859	-6,387
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	49,751	39,352	559	9,840
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Annualized burden estimates increased due to the incorporation of Standard Forms (8,622 burden hours), optional administrative form to report performance (17,172 burden hours), and new information collections and reporting related to USDA Office of Inspector General Audit (1,350 burden hours). At the same time, total estimate decreased by 13,853 due to better accounting of the average number of awards and agreements executed on a yearly basis and the average number of responses per partner in a given year. Forest Service is requesting a total of 49,751 burden hours which is an increase from the previous OMB approved 39,352 burden hours. This revised estimate reflects the total annual burden on the public to develop grant and agreement proposals, scope of works, budgets and budget justifications, and administrative activities related to requesting, accepting, and spending Federal dollars under the associated statute and regulatory requirements.