In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years.
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Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
04/30/2018
36 Months From Approved
07/31/2016
5,560
0
10,145
3,085
0
7,661
0
0
0
The purpose of the Long-Term Contracting information collection is to provide for those programs to extend financial and technical assistance through easements and long-term contracts to landowners and others.
The previous inventory represented 7,661 but this was an error and the number should have been 7,689.35 of burden hours. When the burden hours for the exempted conservation program and the associated form NRCS-CPA-38 being removed from the package are subtracted and the submission of the two new forms to this information collection are added, there is a reduction in burden hours of 4,150. Due to a calculation error in last approval 28.35 burden hours are being added back to this collection. The estimation for the forms remaining in the inventory is 3,085.4 burden hours.
The programs that are not exempt from the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act and have forms that remain as part of this inventory have significantly fewer respondents and responses than the programs that are exempted. The number of contracts entered into for the programs that are remaining as part of the inventory should remain roughly unchanged from year to year and therefore, the information collection needs should remain somewhat static over the next several years.
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.
Long Term Contracting (Individuals)