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OMB Control No: 0579-0055	ICR Reference No: 202008-0579-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201706-0579-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: APHIS Credit Account and User Fee Programs
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: 01/04/2021
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/24/2020
Terms of Clearance: Before this ICR is renewed, APHIS should convert VS Forms 17-129, 16-3, 16-7 and PPQ Forms 577, 578, and 579 to common forms. If this is not done before the renewal, an explanation should be provided as to what challenge(s) APHIS has for the conversion.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2024	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2020
Responses	1,396,239	0	261
Time Burden (Hours)	93,465	0	65
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Individual	PPQ 577, APHIS 89, APHIS 81, APHIS 192, PPQ 578, PPQ 579, VS 17-129	, , , , , ,
Private	APHIS 81, APHIS 89, APHIS 192, PPQ 250, PPQ 950, PPQ 577, VS 16-3, VS 16-7, VS 17-129, PPQ 578, PPQ 579	, , , , , , , , , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	1,396,239	261	1,395,978
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	93,465	65	93,400
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: One activity remains unchanged from the previous submission. The remaining nine activities are reinstated from previously discontinued 0579-0094 and account for 1,395,978 responses and 93,400 hours of burden. 95%, or 88,372 hours, of the burden hours are attributed to three activities: User Fees Veterinary Diagnostics and User Fees VS Import/Export (APHIS 81), 63,849 hours; Phytosanitary Certificates and State Issuance of Certificates (PPQ Forms 577, 578, and 579), 19,083 hours; and Recordkeeping, 5,440 hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $605,829

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. 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: Kris Caraher 301 734-5901

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