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 â and Recertification; Facilities Must Provide APHIS Updated Maps Identifying Places Where Horticultural or Other Crops are Grown; and Decertification of Pest-Free Areas â 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 â 0596-0198 â 4,200 3,096
Merging of â 0596-0281 â 225 6
Subtotal: 4,425 3,102
Violations:
Contingency Plans â 10 40
Updated Map â 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.
Form PPQ 586 Business
Supporting Statement Combo Final.docx
REVISED JUNE 71.xls
Business