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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 0596-0010	ICR Reference No: 202111-0596-008
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201809-0596-003
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Forest Industries Post Data Collection Systems
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: 06/20/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/14/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2023
Responses	6,448	0	5,737
Time Burden (Hours)	2,269	0	2,223
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	6,448	5,737	711
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	2,269	2,223	46
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The overall annual burden hours will decrease 87 hours from 2,147 hours for the current OMB approval to 2,060 hours for this OMB renewal submission. The decrease in the annual burden hours is based partially on a smaller mill population (closures) and changes to the survey forms which reduced the number of questions and simplified the wood procurement question (volume by species and county of origin) from a matrix for to a listing format. The estimated cost to respondents is expected to increase from $43,174 estimated for the currently approved OMB collection to $46,127 for this OMB renewal submission. The increase in costs to respondents is the result of increase in average per hour income across all categories. Increase costs to government are based on higher costs to deliver an annual survey. Fixed costs associated with planning and analysis are higher due to the additional steps needed to update a mill list, plan, and analyze data within a year rather than over the course of 2-5 years.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,732,295

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? No

Agency Contact: Amy Jewell 573 408-0636 amy.jewell@usda.gov