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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0581-0178	ICR Reference No: 202005-0581-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201906-0581-003
Agency/Subagency: USDA/AMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Vegetable and Specialty Crops
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 03/19/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/28/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2021
Responses	79,213	0	97,806
Time Burden (Hours)	21,655	0	25,273
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	79,213	97,806	-4,901	-13,692
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	21,655	25,273	-571	-3,047
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: Changing Forms

Short Statement: Decrease in burden due to combining of several previously separate amendatory ballots into one form and does the same for continuance referendum ballots in an effort to streamline AMS’s forms catalog, and several industries experiencing the loss of grower and handling operations.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $115,300

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

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? No

Agency Contact: Fiona Pexton 202 720-8139 fiona.pexton@ams.usda.gov