Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form QID Repondent Booklet Rice - ARMS II	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form ADM-043 Cerification and Restrictions on Use of Unpublished Data	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2012 Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS II	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 044005 2013 Agricultural Resource Management Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 044001 2013 Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2014 Potato Production Practices Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Corn Production Practices Report for 2014	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2014 Hogs Costs and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2014 Oats Costs and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2014 Cotton Costs and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2014 Oats Production Practices and Costs Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2014 Cotton Production Practices and Costs Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2013 Cattle and Calves Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2013 Rice Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2013 Peanut Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Quality Control Worksheet - VCUS	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Fertilizer Supplement - VCUS	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Chemical Supplement - CA & WA Enterprise	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Chemical Supplement - US Enterprise	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Applications Consent Form - VCUS	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Respondent Booklet - VCUS - CA Enterprise	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 035219 2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - WA Enterprise Version	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 035219 2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - PA Enterprise Version	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 035219 2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - CA Enterprise Version	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 035219 2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - AZ Enterprise Version	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Pesticide Supplement - ARMS II	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Respondent Booklet Peanuts - ARMS II	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Field Operations Supplement - ARMS II	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Fertilizer Supplement - ARMS II	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Rice Production Practices and Cost Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Peanuts Production Practices and Cost Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 2014 Integrated Screening Survey - HQ Master Copy	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form QID Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS III	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Screening Supplement - ARMS III	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Scoring Supplement - Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Respondent Booklet - Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Irrigation Supplement - Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form QID Turkeys Contractor Expense Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Processed Vegetables Contractor Expense Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form QID Layers Contractor Expense Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Hogs/Pigs Contractor Expense Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID Broilers/Starter Pullets Contractor Expense Survey	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 044-002 2012 Soybean Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
Form QID 044-001 2012 Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
Form QID 035219 2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - US Enterprise Version	Form and Instruction	Modified	Available
0218- ARMS - Non-substantive Change Request - Sept 2014.docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2014-09-03	Available
0218 - ARMS Summary and Classification Variables.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-10-01	Available
0218-arms-2012_PartA - Revised.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2012-09-27	Available
0218 - ARMS Progress Report July 2012.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-10-01	Available
0218 - ARMS Progress Report - Communications Plan.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-26	Available
0218 - Farm Production Expenditures Methodology and Quality Measures.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - Scientific Integrity Statement.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - NAS-004 NASDA 2009.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - ChemUseBarleySorghumStatisticalMethodology.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Vegetable Methodology.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Repair queued
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - ARMS II Statistical Methodology.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Usage - Vegetables Methodology and Quality Measures - 2011.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Usage - Field Crop Methodology and Quality Measures - 2012.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - 2012 ARMS I Presurvey Letter.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - 2011 ARMS III General Backgrounder.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - 2011 ARMS III Draft News Release.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - 2010 Veg chem backgrounder.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Barley-Sorghum.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-06-22	Available
Assessing the Effect of Calibration on Nonresonse Bias in 2008.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-12-16	Available
PIA - NASS UNIX MA Oct. 2011.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-10-17	Available
0218-arms-2012_PartB.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2012-06-26	Available
0218-ARMS II - 2011_Backgrounder_Final.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
0218-ARMS III -2010_ARMS_Appointment_Letter_FINAL.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
2006 PHCUS Respondent Letter - Oats.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
2013_veg_chem_respondent_letter.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-08-24	Available
Endorsement Letter - Potato Council.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
postharvest_chem_background.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
2013_veg_chem_ltr_to_assns.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-08-24	Available
2013_veg_chem_newsrelease.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2012-08-24	Available
3-draft_ltr_for_assn_to-send.doc	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
0218-ARMS II Chem Use 2011 postcard 4x6 prime.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
0218-ARMS II_Brochure.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
0218-ARMS II_Magazine Advertisement.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-28	Available
EDR General Instructions Page.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Economic Research Service - Briefing Rooms.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Post Harvest Wheat 2010.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Wheat 2009.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Corn, Cotton, and Fall Potatoes 2010.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Vegetable Crops - 2010.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Fruit Crops - 2009.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Organic Dairy Farming - ERS - 2009.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Marketing Organic Foods - ERS - 2009.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Agricultural Income and Finance Outlook - ERS - 2010.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Agricultural Chemical Use - Field Crops Summary - 2008.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available
0218 - Farm Production Expenditures - 2010 Summary.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2011-09-27	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
185364	Non-Responses	Other-Non-Response Statement	Modified
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repondent Booklet Rice - ARMS II
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Cerification and Restrictions on Use of Unpublished Data
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2012 Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS II
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2013 Agricultural Resource Management Survey
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2013 Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Potato Production Practices Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Corn Production Practices Report for 2014
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Hogs Costs and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Oats Costs and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Cotton Costs and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Oats Production Practices and Costs Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Cotton Production Practices and Costs Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2013 Cattle and Calves Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2013 Rice Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2013 Peanut Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Quality Control Worksheet - VCUS
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Fertilizer Supplement - VCUS
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Chemical Supplement - CA & WA Enterprise
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Chemical Supplement - US Enterprise
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Applications Consent Form - VCUS
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Respondent Booklet - VCUS - CA Enterprise
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Instruction	Modified
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - WA Enterprise Version
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - PA Enterprise Version
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - CA Enterprise Version
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - AZ Enterprise Version
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Pesticide Supplement - ARMS II
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Respondent Booklet Peanuts - ARMS II
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Field Operations Supplement - ARMS II
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Fertilizer Supplement - ARMS II
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Rice Production Practices and Cost Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Peanuts Production Practices and Cost Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Integrated Screening Survey - HQ Master Copy
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS III
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Screening Supplement - ARMS III
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Scoring Supplement - Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Respondent Booklet - Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Irrigation Supplement - Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Turkeys Contractor Expense Survey
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Processed Vegetables Contractor Expense Survey
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Layers Contractor Expense Survey
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Hogs/Pigs Contractor Expense Survey
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	Broilers/Starter Pullets Contractor Expense Survey
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2012 Soybean Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2012 Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report
1148	Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	Form and Instruction	Modified	2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - US Enterprise Version

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0535-0218	ICR Reference No: 201406-0535-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201206-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Post-harvest Chemical Use Surveys
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 09/03/2014
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 06/17/2014
Terms of Clearance: The previous terms of clearance apply.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2015	10/31/2015	10/31/2015
Responses	108,434	0	120,634
Time Burden (Hours)	54,736	0	70,840
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: This is a non-substantive change request. Some additional questions have been added to the ARMS 1, ARMS 2 and Vegetable Chemical Use questionnaires. These changes are for adding clarity and improving the data series. Annually, the ARMS and Chem Use programs are adjusted to keep up with changes in the farming community that impact the data collected by NASS. In addition NASS will be suspending the collection of data by the ARM 3 questionnaire in 2015 since similar data will be collected on farm economics by the TOTAL survey (0535-0240).

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 43 USC 1905 Name of Law: Grazing Fees
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties of Secretary
   US Code: 7 USC 7998 Name of Law: Estimates of Farm Income
   US Code: 7 USC 136i-2 Name of Law: Collection if pesticide use informatioin
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 7 USC 1441 Name of Law: Price Support Levels
   US Code: 7 USC 35 Name of Law: Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938
   US Code: 7 USC 3601.1 Name of Law: General Statement of Public Information
   PL: Pub.L. 107 - 347 503(a) Name of Law: CIPSEA
   PL: Pub.L. 104 - 170 101 Name of Law: Food Quality Protection Act of 1996
   US Code: 36 USC 222.51 Name of Law: Grazing Fees
  

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:
	77 FR 58	03/26/2012
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	77 FR 51748	08/27/2012
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Agricultural Resource Management, Chemical Use, and Contractor Expense Surveys	QID, QID, QID 044001, QID 044005, QID, ADM-043, QID, QID 044-001, QID 044-002, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID , QID, QID, QID, QID, QID 035219, QID, QID, QID 035219, QID 035219, QID 035219, QID 035219, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID, QID	2012 Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report ,   2012 Soybean Cost and Returns Report ,   Broilers/Starter Pullets Contractor Expense Survey ,   Hogs/Pigs Contractor Expense Survey ,   Layers Contractor Expense Survey ,   Processed Vegetables Contractor Expense Survey ,   Turkeys Contractor Expense Survey ,   Irrigation Supplement - Cost and Returns Report ,   Respondent Booklet - Cost and Returns Report ,   Scoring Supplement - Agricultural Resource Management Survey Cost and Returns Report ,   Screening Supplement - ARMS III ,   Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS III ,   2014 Integrated Screening Survey - HQ Master Copy ,   Peanuts Production Practices and Cost Report ,   Rice Production Practices and Cost Report ,   Fertilizer Supplement - ARMS II ,   Field Operations Supplement - ARMS II ,   Respondent Booklet Peanuts - ARMS II ,   Pesticide Supplement - ARMS II ,   2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - US Enterprise Version ,   2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - AZ Enterprise Version ,   2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - CA Enterprise Version ,   2013 Vegetable Chemical Use - PA Enterprise Version ,   2014 Vegetable Chemical Use - WA Enterprise Version ,   Respondent Booklet - VCUS - CA Enterprise ,   Applications Consent Form - VCUS ,   Chemical Supplement - US Enterprise ,   Chemical Supplement - CA & WA Enterprise ,   Fertilizer Supplement - VCUS ,   Quality Control Worksheet - VCUS ,   2013 Peanut Cost and Returns Report ,   2013 Rice Cost and Returns Report ,   2013 Cattle and Calves Cost and Returns Report ,   2014 Cotton Production Practices and Costs Report ,   2014 Oats Production Practices and Costs Report ,   2014 Cotton Costs and Returns Report ,   2014 Oats Costs and Returns Report ,   2014 Hogs Costs and Returns Report ,   Corn Production Practices Report for 2014 ,   2014 Potato Production Practices Report ,   2013 Cost and Returns Report ,   2013 Agricultural Resource Management Survey ,   2012 Quality Control Worksheet - ARMS II ,   Cerification and Restrictions on Use of Unpublished Data ,   Repondent Booklet Rice - ARMS II
Non-Responses

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ICR Summary of Burden

table that charts list 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	108,434	120,634	0	-12,200	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	54,736	70,840	0	-16,104	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: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Cutting Redundancy

Short Statement: This non-substantive change is due to the suspension of one survey in 2015. The economic data that would have been collected by this survey will be replaced by another survey included in the TOTAL docket 0535-0240. In 2016 the ARMS 3 survey will be returned to it's normal data collection cycle.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $16,700,000

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

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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: 06/17/2014

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