USDA should work
to have only one OMB control number on this form, such as
consolidating multiple ICRs under one OMB control number.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
09/30/2018
36 Months From Approved
09/30/2015
20,832
0
20,200
7,660
0
8,646
0
0
0
There is a program change/increase in
the total annual responses from 20,200 to 20,832. The +632 increase
in responses, as show in the chart above, is due to: (1) the report
of accurate numbers of respondents in this renewal, (2) the
combining of two other information collections into this
collection; and (3) APHIS inadvertently overlooked burden in the
past which has now been accounted for in this collection regarding
the following: Contingency Plans, approved by APHIS; Written
Request for Facility Approval – and Recertification; Facilities
Must Provide APHIS Updated Maps Identifying Places Where
Horticultural or Other Crops are Grown; and Decertification of
Pest-Free Areas – and Reinstatement. There is a program
change/decrease in the annual burden hours from 8,646 to 7,660. The
-986 decrease in burden hours, as shown in the chart above, is due
to the extremely high burden estimate of respondents reported in
the last renewal, which has now been properly adjusted. There is a
decrease in respondents from 600 to 278. As stated above, this is
due to APHIS' miscalculation in accounting for the same number of
respondents several times in the calculation of respondents in
2012. All burden figures are now correct and accurate in this
renewal package.
With this renewal submission,
the Agency is merging the burden from 0579-0198 and 0579-0281 into
this collection package. Also, when reviewing the collection for
renewal, the Agency discovered it had omitted accounting for burden
in the previous submission, yet had been collecting this
information in violation. These actions resulted in a program
change increase as shown below. Responses Burden Hours Merging of –
0596-0198 – 4,200 3,096 Merging of – 0596-0281 – 225 6 Subtotal:
4,425 3,102 Violations: Contingency Plans – 10 40 Updated Map – 10
5 Recordkeeping 10 10 Subtotal: 30 55 Total program increase: 4,455
3,157 A group of respondents was counted several times inflating
the true number of respondents in the last submission. This error
is corrected in this submission with a decrease from 600 to 178
respondents. This renewal also has an adjustment decrease of -3,823
responses and -4,143 burden hours. The decreases are a result of a
more accurate account of, and fluctuation in, the responses per
respondent since the last submission. With the combined increase in
program change and decrease in adjustments, there is an overall
increase of 632 responses and a decrease of -986 burden hours.
$201,471
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
David Lamb 301 734-8758
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.