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OMB Control No: 0581-0240	ICR Reference No: 201608-0581-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201306-0581-005
Agency/Subagency: USDA/AMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: AMS Grant Programs
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: 11/01/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/29/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2019	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2016
Responses	20,026	0	432
Time Burden (Hours)	51,821	0	5,363
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: AMS Grant Programs provide funding to State and local agricultural departments and other local entities to offer support to rural America and the Nation's agricultural sector. Grant Program funding supports a variety of programs including efforts to expand farmers markets and other local food sources.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 3001 Name of Law: Farmer to Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976
   US Code: 7 USC 1621 note Name of Law: Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
   US Code: 7 USC 1623 (b) Name of Law: Agricultural Marketing Act 1946
   US Code: 7 USC 1621 Name of Law: Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

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:
	81 FR 80	04/26/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 66620	09/28/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 7

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Farmers Market Promotion Program ((Private)	None, None, None, None, AMS-33, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, HUD Form 50153, AMS-34	, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Farmers Market Promotion Program (State)	None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, AMS-33, None, HUD Form 50153, AMS-34 , None	, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Federal State Marketing Improvement Prog. (State, Local, Tribal Gov't.)	AMS-33, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, HUD Form 50153	, , , , , , , , , , , ,
Local Food Promotion Program (Private)	None, None, HUD Form 50153, None, None, None, None, None, None, AMS-33, None, None, AMS-34, None, None, None	, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Local Food Promotion Program (State)	None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, AMS-34, None, AMS-33, None, None, HUD Form 50153	, , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Specialty Crop Block Grant Program-Farm Bill (State)	None, None, AMS-33, None, None, None	, , , , ,
Specialty Crop Multi-State Program (State)	None, None, None, AMS-33, None, None, AMS-34, None, None, None, None, None, None	, , , , , , , , , , , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	20,026	432	-20,970	40,564
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	51,821	5,363	-9,731	56,189
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This renewal submission includes the merging of 3 currently approved collections, and introduced a new collection resulting in an overall increase in burden of 46,458 hours and 19,594 responses but a decrease in respondents to 1,866. When merging the other grant programs standardized forms were created for all programs where possible; previous errors in affected public and per response times were also corrected resulting in a decrease of -11,143 burden hours. Combining all the grant programs under 0581-0240, the collection package was renamed "AMS Grant Programs."

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $3,365,441

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: Evan Hughes 202 205-3941 evanh.hughes@ams.usda.gov

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