Restricted, Prohibited, and Controlled Importation of Animal and Poultry Products and ByProducts into the United States
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
04/30/2026
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2027
54,375
64,405
101,504
113,354
0
0
The purpose of this collection is to obtain information for the safe importation of certain animal and poultry products and byproducts, organisms, and vectors to prevent the introduction and spread of livestock and poultry diseases into the United States.
US Code:
7 USC 8301
Name of Law: Animal Health Protection Act of 2002
APHIS is seeking approval of a revision of a currently approved information collection request. The currently approved ICR is for 30,902 respondents, 64,405 total annual responses, and 113,354 total annual burden hours. This request is for 25,806 respondents, 54,375 estimated total responses and 101,504 estimated burden hours.
The third-party disclosure burden estimates are 2 hours.
Change(s) in estimate due to Agency discretion include:
There is a program change decrease of -5106 respondents and -9,836 respondents resulting in a decrease of -11,685 annual total burden hours.
⢠APHIS has moved all uses of the VS forms 16-3 in this collection into a new universal âcommon formsâ permit package. Uses of this form were formerly spread over four different collection packages, including this one. Removing the activities using VS Form 16-3 from this collection removed 5,106 respondents, 9,896 responses, and 11,695 burden hours form this collection.
⢠APHIS also added the activities under 9 CFR 94.12(c) for pork-filled pasta products, which were previously in their own information collection (0579-0214) to this collection, adding 10 respondents, 10 responses, and 10 burden hours to this collection.
Change(s) in estimate due to adjustments in estimate include:
There is an adjustment increase of +1 respondent, however there is an adjustment decrease of -194 responses and -165 total burden hours.
$9,092,780
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
Nathaniel Koval 301 851-3434
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 VS 16-29 Agreement for Handling Restricted Imports or Animals Byproducts and Controlled Materials
0015 SS 20260415.docx
0015 APHIS 79 (20260415).xlsx
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