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OMB Control No: 0579-0007	ICR Reference No: 202605-0579-003
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202112-0579-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No: 0579-0007
Title: National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 08/03/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	08/31/2026
Responses	234,529	234,630
Time Burden (Hours)	110,738	111,339
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Abstract: The NPIP is a voluntary Federal-State industry program for controlling certain poultry diseases and for improving poultry breeding flocks and products through disease control techniques.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 429 Name of Law: USDA Organic Act of 1944

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 2329	01/20/2026
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	91 FR 43358	07/15/2026
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Business	VS Form 9-2, VS Form 9-23, VS Form 9-7, VS Form 9-20, VS Form 9-21, VS Form 9-22	, , , , ,
Individual
State	VS Form 10-3, VS Form 9-2, VS Form 9-3, VS Form 9-4, VS Form 9-5, VS Form 9-7, VS Form 9-8, VS Form 9-9, VS Form 9-20, VS Form 9-22, VS Form 9-21	, , , , , , , , , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	234,529	234,630	-2	-99
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	110,738	111,339	-6	-595
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: APHIS is seeking approval of a revision of a currently approved information collection request. The currently approved burden for this request is 2,867 total annual respondents, 234,630 total annual responses and 111,339 total annual burden hours. This request for a renewal) is for 2,867 respondents, 234,529 estimated responses and 110,738 estimated burden hours. This request reflects a decrease of 0 respondents, a decrease of 101estimated responses and a decrease of 601 hours of estimated burden from the previous renewal request. There are no third-party disclosure burden estimates. Program Change(s) in estimate due to Agency discretion include: There are is a program changes decrease of -2 responses resulting in a decrease of -6 burden hours with the removal of VS forms 1-23, 1-23A and 1-26 and reporting in the New VS Permit information collection. Change(s) in estimate due to adjustments in estimate include: There is an adjustment decrease of -230,075 respondents resulting in a decrease of -99 responses and -595 total burden hours • Item 1: The number of respondents/responses for the VS 9-20 dropped from 14 States and 3 private entities to 4 States and 1 private entity. • Item 2: The number of respondents for the VS 9-21 dropped the same amount, while the number of responses dropped from 28 and 30 respectively to 20 for each. • Item 3: The number of respondents for the VS 9-22 also dropped from 14 States and 3 private entities to 4 States and 1 private entity, and from 43 and 3 responses respectively to 10 for each (although this is an increase for private entities). • Item 4: The number of respondents for the component audit fell from three to one, and the number of responses from 108 to 60. • Item 5: The number of respondents for the auditor application rose from one to five, with responses also increasing from one to five. The changes are the result of the leveling off of participation in the NPIP compartmentalization and AI and ND control programs, with an increase in interest in become compartment auditors.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $10,944,501

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: Savannah Busby 770 922-3496 savannah.busby@usda.gov

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