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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0575-0197	ICR Reference No: 201508-0575-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201205-0575-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RHS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: 7 CFR part 1970 - Environmental Policies and Procedures
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 06/22/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/20/2016
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2019	36 Months From Approved
Responses	3,712	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	410,050	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	3,712	3,712
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	410,050	410,050
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: This is a new package combining the environmental policies and procedures of RBS/RHS and RUS. Since the proposed rule, the final rule estimated number of responses decreased from 4,954 to 3,712. However, total burden hours increased from 262,923 to 410,050 because the estimated response time range increased from between 32 and 2,200 hours to 80 and 2,200 hours. The annual total cost to respondents calculates to $17, 907,846.

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