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OMB Control No: 0579-0212	ICR Reference No: 201404-0579-008
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201010-0579-005
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering and Rendering Establishments
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: 09/30/2014
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/29/2014
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2017	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2014
Responses	9,628	0	10,747
Time Burden (Hours)	1,605	0	2,691
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: The purpose for this collection is for APHIS to perform testing at slaughtering and rendering facilities to prevent the spread of animal diseases within the United States. Disease surveillance plays an important role in the APHIS mission of protecting the health of the US livestock and poultry populations, and testing animals for disease is an important surveillance tool.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 8301 Name of Law: Animal Health Protection Act of 2002

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:
	79 FR 27	02/10/2014
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	79 FR 82	04/29/2014
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Blood and Tissue Collection at Slaughtering Establishments	vs 10-5

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	9,628	10,747	-10,704	9,585
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,605	2,691	-2,676	1,590
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 a program change of -23 respondents, -10,704 annual responses, and -2,676 burden hours resulting from VS reviewing and closely monitoring procedures for this program, and determining that the VS 10-4 (Specimen Submission Form) and VS 10-4A (Continuation Sheet for the Specimen Submission Form) were no longer being used for collecting BSE specimens. Therefore, these forms are being removed from this collection. VS currently collects BSE information on three electronic forms approved under OMB No. 0579-0409, National Veterinary Services Laboratories; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Surveillance Program: (1) Form 17-146 (BSE Surveillance Submission Form); (2) VS 17-146A (BSE Surveillance Submission Continuation Sheet); and (3) VS 17-131 (BSE Surveillance Data Collection Form). However, the total number of respondents has risen from 63 to 1,925, which is an adjustment of +1,862 respondents. The annual responses have increased by 9,585 and the total burden hours have increased by 1,590. VS is continuing to collect Listing Agreements and also Facility and Inspection Reports (VS 10-5), but now is able to collect Listing Agreements and VS 10-5s from nearly all U.S. slaughtering and rendering establishments, which has caused the large increase in respondents. The removal of the VS 10-4 and 10-4A offset the increase of respondents to the decrease in annual responses and total burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $88,878

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: Deb Cox 3017340828

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