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OMB Control No: 0596-0085	ICR Reference No: 202511-0596-001
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202111-0596-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Forest Products Removal Permits and Contracts
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 11/26/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2026
Responses	263,152	261,299
Time Burden (Hours)	54,812	39,211
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 16 USC 492
   US Code: 16 USC 551
   US Code: 16 USC 607, 607a
   PL: Pub.L. 110 - 246 122 Name of Law: The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
   US Code: 25 USC 32A Name of Law: Cultural and Heritage Cooperation Authority
   US Code: 16 USC 477

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	263,152	261,299	1,853
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	54,812	39,211	15,601
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: The hours in this renewal account for recordkeeping burden that does not appear to have been captured in past submissions. Members of the public who are issued forest product permits must keep a copy with them while collecting products such as firewood from National Forest System lands to prove they make legally make the collection.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $973,788

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