Local Food Directories and Survey

OMB Control No: 0581-0169	ICR Reference No: 201603-0581-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201302-0581-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/AMS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Local Food Directories and Survey
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 07/21/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/20/2016
Terms of Clearance: OMB appreciates that AMS is committed to providing quality, useful information to the public through the National Farmers Market Directory, and to conducting relevant and timely research on farmers’ markets through the associated survey collections. AMS agrees to sponsor a working group composed of stakeholders across the Department of Agriculture, focused on identifying efficiencies and developing the sampling methods and procedures necessary to allow these survey collections to be generalized across the population of US farmers’ markets. Until this work can be completed and approved by OMB through a revision to the clearance package, AMS agrees to not present results from these collections as Nationally representative, and to include a statement of limitations on all official publications resulting from these collections based on the limitations section in Supporting Statement Part B.

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	07/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	07/31/2016
Responses	7,625	0	5,500
Time Burden (Hours)	1,619	0	833
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Marketing Services Branch (MSB) of AMS, Transportation and Marketing Program identifies marketing opportunities, provides analysis to help take advantage of those opportunities and develops and evaluates solutions including improving farmers markets and other direct-to-consumer marketing activities.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 1621-1627 et seq. Name of Law: Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946

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:
	81 FR 12	01/20/2016
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	81 FR 23269	04/20/2016
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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

IC Title Form No. Form Name Respondents TM-6 TM-6 Local Food directory & Survey FM Manager Questionnaire Non-respondents

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	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	7,625	5,500	0	0	2,125	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,619	833	0	0	786	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: Increase in burden hours is due to the merging of 0581-0289 into the renewal of this collection.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $15,375

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

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? 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? Uncollected

Agency Contact: Edward Ragland 2026901327 [email protected]

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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: 04/20/2016

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