The purpose of this collection is to ensure the safe movement of horses through the use of several forms certifying their well being, and to report activities involved in approving laboratories to conduct testing for equine infectious anemia.
US Code:
21 USC 117
Name of Law: Animal Industry Act of 1884
APHIS is seeking approval of a revision of a currently approved information collection request. The currently approved ICR is for 235,018 respondents, 1,156,728 total annual responses, and 92,610 total annual burden hours. This request is for 235,015 respondents, 1,156,816 estimated total responses and 96,225 estimated burden hours.
There are no third-party disclosure burden estimates hours.
Change(s) in estimate due to Agency discretion include:
There is a program change decrease of -3 responses and -1 total burden hours.
⢠Item 1: Removal of the VS Form 1-27 from this collection, resulting in 3 fewer responses and 1 less burden hour. This form has been moved to the new VS Permit information collection.
Change(s) in estimate due to adjustments in estimate include:
There is an adjustment decrease of -3 respondents, however; there is an increase of +91 responses and +3,615 total burden hours.
⢠Item 1: Adjusting the number of responses to the investigation information collection (formerly VS 10-12) from 15 to 100, the number of respondents from 3 to 40, and the number of burden hours from 8 to 150. This is due to an increase in the number of inspections owing to an increase in a type of illicit racing called âbushtrackâ racing, often supported by illegal animal movements. This activity can involve EIA-exposed animals which in turn expose other equines, spreading the disease.
⢠Item 2: Adjusting the number of respondents for the agreement to approve livestock facilities from 4 to 10, the number of responses from 4 to 10, and the number burden hours from one to five. The program added several approved facilities to the overall number since the previous renewal, and corrected the time needed to review and approve accordingly (doubling the previous estimate from .25 to .5).
⢠Item 3: The program adjusted the amount of time needed to review requirements and interview laboratory personnel from half an hour to 2 hours to more accurately reflect the process, resulting in an increase of burden hours from 5 to 20. Time corrections were based on consultation with the experts named in the answer to Question 8, who wanted to ensure APHIS accounted for the time needed for follow up questions and other time contributors.
⢠Item 4: Adjusted the response time for completing the VS 1-11 to represent what is posted on the form from .08 to .083 has added 455 total annual burden hours.
$10,811,876
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Lisa Rochette 919 855-7276
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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:
(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 10-16 Application to Conduct Laboratory Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA) Testing
0127 Comment - Sneed.pdf
0127 SS 20260428.docx
0127 APHIS 79 20260427.xlsx
Communicable Diseases in Horses - State