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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0535-0003	ICR Reference No: 202008-0535-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201908-0535-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Agricultural Prices
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: 11/18/2020
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/14/2020
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2023	36 Months From Approved	11/30/2020
Responses	165,497	0	171,920
Time Burden (Hours)	32,416	0	32,045
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 501 Name of Law: Confidential Information
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 7 USC 3601.1 Name of Law: General Statement of Public Information (FOIA)
   US Code: 7 USC 1446 Name of Law: Price Support for Designated Nonbasic Agricultural Commodities
   US Code: 7 USC 1303 Name of Law: Parity Payments
   US Code: 7 USC 1391 Name of Law: Parity Deffinitions

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	165,497	171,920	4,360	-10,783
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	32,416	32,045	611	-240
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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The following program changes will be made to the Prices Received surveys: - The Prices Received survey for sugar and the annual Livestock and Crops Survey in Alaska, were both discontinued. - Some of the States that were conducting monthly milk price surveys dropped back to collecting the data quarterly. There are no program changes made to the Prices Paid surveys. The remainder of the changes are just adjustments to the sample sizes and burden minutes.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,600,000

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. Yes

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. Yes

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: David Hancock 202-690-2388 dhancock@nass.usda.gov