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OMB Control No: 0596-0226	ICR Reference No: 201801-0596-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201406-0596-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Forest Service Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery
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: 07/27/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/30/2018
Terms of Clearance: OMB approves this collection for a period of three years. To request approval of information collections under this generic approval, the agency must do the following: 1) Unless an agency is using multiple modes of collection (e.g., paper forms and electronic submissions), provide a Generic Clearance Submission Template for each Instrument; 2) If the agency is using multiple modes of collection (e.g., paper forms and electronic submissions), the same Generic Clearance Submission Template may be used for both instruments; 3) each Generic Clearance Submission Template must be uploaded as a Supplementary document using a naming convention that allows the public to identify the associated instrument; 4) submit no more than three Generic Submission Templates with each request.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2018
Responses	1,875,000	0	3,500,000
Time Burden (Hours)	468,750	0	875,000
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	1,875,000	3,500,000	-1,625,000
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	468,750	875,000	-406,250
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: Burden estimates were revised to reflect better data on number of respondents and number of responses, and costs were updated to reflect current values. This re-evaluation was conducted after the 60-day Federal Register notice was released to the public. Based on the better use data, the number of responses decreased from 3,500,000 to 1,875,000 and the burden hours decreased from 875,000 to 468,750 from the previously approved generic information collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $50,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. 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: Ann Goode 202 720-7123 aegoode@fs.fed.us

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