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OMB Control No: 0535-0249	ICR Reference No: 202107-0535-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201908-0535-003
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Organic Survey
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 08/30/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 07/22/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	11/30/2022	11/30/2022	11/30/2022
Responses	97,040	0	97,040
Time Burden (Hours)	19,743	0	19,743
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 (g) Name of Law: Authority of Secretar of Ag to Conduct Census of Agriculture
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   PL: Pub.L. 110 - 246 12023 Name of Law: Contracts for Additional Policies and Studies
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   PL: Pub.L. 110 - 246 10301 Name of Law: National Organic Certification Cost Sharing Program
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 (a) Name of Law: General Duties of the Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 3601.1 Name of Law: General Statement of Public Information (FOIA)
   PL: Pub.L. 113 - 79 508 Name of Law: Agricultural Adjustement Act of 1938 and Federal Crop Insurance Act
   US Code: 7 USC 5925c Name of Law: Organic Production and Market Data Initiatives

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses	97,040	97,040
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	19,743	19,743
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: This is a reinstatement of a previously retired docket. Once every five years this survey is conducted as a follow-on survey to the Census of Agriculture as a mandatory survey. In the years that follow the mandatory survey, if supplemental funding is provided by other data users, the survey will be conducted again as a voluntary survey, following an approval by OMB to a change request issued at that time.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $2,500,000

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