Conservation Effects Assessment Project

Forms and Documents

Document Name	Status
Form SurveyID: 3641 Conservation Effects Assessment Project Form and Instruction	Unchanged
0535-0000 NonSub Change for NASS CIPSEA Statement .docx Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	2026-01-23
0245 - CEAP - Supplementary Supporting Statements AB - Substantive Change Request - SPD-15 Exemption Request - April 2025.docx Supplementary Document	2025-04-18
PC - 0245 - CEAP - Public Comment - Anonymous Anonymous - Reply - 01-18-2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Operator Card - January 30, 2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Door Hanger - January 30, 2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Customer Relationship Mgmt Postcard - January 30, 2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
Public Law 115-435 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
Title 7 USC - Sec 3601.1 - General Statement of Public Information (FOIA).docx Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
Title 18 USC - Sec 1905 - Disclosure.docx Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
Title 7 USC - Sec 2276-Confidentiality[1] - Section 1770 of Food Security Act.docx Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
Title 7 USC - Sec 2204(a) Gen Duties.docx Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
0245 - Final Report from the Blue Ribbon Panel Conducting an External Review of the US Department of Agriculture Conservation Effects Assessment Project - 2006.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
0245 - CEAP - SSB - 2024 - Jan 17, 2024.docx Supporting Statement B	2024-01-17
0245 - CEAP - SSA - 2024 - Jan 31, 2024.docx Supporting Statement A	2024-01-31
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Highlights - January 30, 2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - NRCS Impacts of Conservation Adoption on Cultivated Acres of Cropland in the Chesapeake Bay Region - 2003-06 to 2011 - Dec 2013.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
0245 - Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland A Comparison of CEAP I and CEAP II Survey Data and Modeling - March 2022.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
0245 - Statistical Methodology for the Conservation Effects Assessment Project Cropland Farmer National Surveys - Feb 2021.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
FRN - SORN - Apr 27, 2009.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Thank You Postcard - January 30, 2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Backgrounder - January 30, 2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Presurvey Letter - Phase 2 - January 30, 2024.docx Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Presurvey Letter - Phase 1 - January 30, 2024.docx Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - News Release Template - January 30, 2024.docx Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Full Page Ad - January 30, 2024.JPG Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
0245 - Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Brochure - January 30, 2024.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-30
PIA - NASS DA MA PIA v2_2 - Dec 1, 2017.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17
NASDA - 004 Revised - Dec 2020.pdf Supplementary Document	2024-01-17

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Document Title	Status
198565	CEAP Non-response Other-Non Response Statement	Unchanged
1187	Conservation Effects Assessment Project Form and Instruction	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0535-0245	ICR Reference No: 202601-0535-021
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202504-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Conservation Effects Assessment Project
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 01/26/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	03/31/2027	03/31/2027
Responses	36,000	36,000
Time Burden (Hours)	17,173	17,173
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

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Abstract: The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) requests approval for non-substantive change to NASS’s Confidentiality Pledge. In the summer of 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested that NASS update its confidentiality pledge. This change to NASS Confidentiality Pledge would affect all surveys conducted under NASS’s 34 active Information Collections (ICs). Current Language: “Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.” Proposed Revision: “Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you and your operations without your consent is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.”

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   US Code: 7 USC 3601.1 Name of Law: General Statement of Public Information (FOIA)
   PL: Pub.L. 115 - 435 302 Name of Law: CIPSEA
   US Code: 7 USC 2204(a) Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	88 FR 65652	09/25/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 22056	05/23/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
CEAP Non-response
Conservation Effects Assessment Project	SurveyID: 3641, SurveyID: 3273, SMETA 3273, Survey ID: 9119, SurveyID: 3273	Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Screener ,   Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Questionnaire ,   Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Chemical & Pesticide Applications Consent Form ,   Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Quality Control Worksheet ,   Conservation Effects Assessment Project - Questionnaire

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	36,000	36,000	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	17,173	17,173	0	0	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $15,933,333

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 01/26/2026

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