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OMB Control No: 0579-0409	ICR Reference No: 202308-0579-004
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202011-0579-005
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: National Veterinary Services Laboratories; Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy Surveillance Program
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: 03/26/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 08/24/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2027	36 Months From Approved	03/31/2024
Responses	21,568	0	25,640
Time Burden (Hours)	3,421	0	2,565
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Business	VS 17-146, VS 17-146A, VS 17-131	, ,
State	VS 17-146A, VS 17-131, VS 17-146	, ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	21,568	25,640	-3,249	-823
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	3,421	2,565	937	-81
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: This request for renewal is for 21,568 estimated annual responses and 3,421 estimated annual burden hours, reflecting a decrease of 4,072 responses and an increase of 856 burden hours from the previous renewal request. The number of respondents decreasing from 1,099 to 178. This renewal includes program changes. APHIS attributes the changes to APHIS’ more carefully calculating its testing patterns as needed to align its surveillance efforts with the amount of testing required to maintain the United States’ WOAH BSE negligible risk status. The change is also attributable to changes in APHIS’ method of calculating the number of responses and burden hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $95,239

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: Christina Loiacono 515 337-7911 christina.m.loiacono@usda.gov

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