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OMB Control No: 0579-0040	ICR Reference No: 202404-0579-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202301-0579-007
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Importation of Animals and Poultry, Animal and Poultry Products, Certain Animal Embryos, Semen, and Zoological Animals
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: 09/13/2024
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/30/2024
Terms of Clearance: APHIS will merge 0579-0485 into this collection within the next 12 months.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	09/30/2027	36 Months From Approved	09/30/2024
Responses	795,301	0	733,997
Time Burden (Hours)	600,320	0	462,503
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 4

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Business	VS 17-31A, VS 17-36, VS 17-41, VS 17-33, VS 17-128, VS 17-65A, VS 17-65B, VS 17-65D, VS 17-13, VS 17-29, VS 17-32, VS 17-30, VS 10-4, VS 10-4A, VS 16-3, VS 17-136, VS 16-78, VS 16-79, VS 17-139, PPQ 523, VS 17-65C, VS 17-12, VS 17-129, VS 17-37, VS 17-31	, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
Foreign Government
Individuals	VS 17-128, VS 16-78, VS 17-8, VS 17-29	, , ,
State, Local, and Tribal Government

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	795,301	733,997	49,932	11,372
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	600,320	462,503	49,626	88,191
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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: This request for renewal reflects an increase of 60,905 respondents, 61,304 responses, and 137,817 hours of burden over the previous submission. The estimate adjustments are the result of fluctuations in trade for live animal commodities. There are two discretionary changes. VS dropped use of the VS Form 17-11 (Application for Approval of Quarantine Facilities and Request for Transfer of Operations to Another Facility for Birds or Poultry) and added use of the VS Form 17-33 (Animals Imported for Immediate Slaughter).

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $20,397,884

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: Alexandra MacKenzie 301 851-3411 alexandra.mackenzie@aphis.usda.gov

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