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OMB Control No: 0579-0052	ICR Reference No: 201701-0579-006
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201207-0579-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Phytosanitary Export Certification
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/17/2017
	Date Received in OIRA: 02/09/2017
Terms of Clearance: When this ICR is renewed, please revise the estimates to take into account the use of improved information systems, such as ITDS.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2020	36 Months From Approved
Responses	56,015,610	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	369,977	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Abstract: APHIS provides export certification services to assure other countries that the plants and plant products are free of pests specified by the receiving country.

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

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:
	80 FR 67698	11/03/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	82 FR 9985	02/09/2017
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 2

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Phytosanitary Export Certificates (State)	PPQ 572 Form, PPQ 579 Form, PPQ 578 Form, PPQ 577 Form	, , ,
Phytosanitary Export Certification (Business)	PPQ Form 572, PPQ Form 579, PPQ Form 577, PPQ Form 578	, , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	56,015,610	56,015,610
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	369,977	369,977
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: This reinstatement is a program change of 9,101 respondents, 56,015,610 responses, and 369,977 burden hours. The following burden was inadvertently omitted from the last renewal but is now captured in this reinstatement: (1) Application for Phytosanitary Inspection and Certification Recordkeeping (State); (2) Federal Phytosanitary Certificate (PPQ 577) (County Agencies); (3) Export Certificate for Processed Plant Products (County Agencies); (4) Federal Phytosanitary Certificate for Reexport (County Agencies); (5) Memorandum of Understanding Including the Inspector Training Program (County and State Agencies); (6) Request for APHIS to Negotiate with NPPOs for Industry-Issued Certificates and Documentation (businesses and foreign government); and (7) Applying ISPM Mark (businesses). In addition, after careful review of the information collection requirements associated with this program, the number of respondents has decreased in many of the original entries due to more accurate agency estimates.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $16,958,667

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: Christian Dellis 301 734-5233

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