Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamling Initiative (ACRSI)

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form FSA-578 Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative	Form and Instruction	Modified	Repair queued
ACRSI - Supporting Statement ROCIS 9-25-18.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2018-09-26	Available
ACRSI burden grid 8-31-18.xlsx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2018-09-19	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
199568	Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative	Form and Instruction	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0563-0084	ICR Reference No: 201807-0563-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201411-0563-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/FCIC	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamling Initiative (ACRSI)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/30/2018
	Date Received in OIRA: 09/26/2018
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2018
Responses	501,012	0	468,800
Time Burden (Hours)	187,880	0	358,925
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) is an initiative to improve and streamline the existing information collection activities currently approved by OMB by eliminating or minimizing the duplication of information collected. The improvements and streamlining will reduce the overall burden on the public, USDA employees, and Approved Insurance Providers (AIPs) by eliminating the need for farmers and ranchers to report the same information multiple times and eliminate the need for USDA employees, AIPs and insurance agents to input the same data multiple times, thus reducing USDA administrative and operating costs.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC Section 508(f)(3) Name of Law: Federal Crop Insurance Act
  

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:
	83 FR 28182	06/18/2018
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	83 FR 48409	09/25/2018
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Acreage/Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative	FSA-578	Report of Acreage

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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	501,012	468,800	0	0	32,212	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	187,880	358,925	0	0	-171,045	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: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The indicated 501,012 total estimated respondents reflect actual CIMS data for the 2017 crop year. There is an increase of respondents by 208,012, due to the continued expansion of ACRSI to more crops and nationwide use. The travel time was removed from the burden hours for the respondents going to the county offices to do regular and customary business with RMA and FSA for any FSA or CCC programs; this means no travel time is required specifically for the information collection and therefore, it is no longer included in the burden hour reporting; this reduced the burden hours by 29,300 hours. The total burden hour reduction of 171,045 hours also reflects the change to only include the additional times for customers (15 minutes) to provide RMA specific information after having provided the shared information to FSA county offices.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $10,000,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     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: 09/26/2018

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