OCCSP provides cost share assistance
to producers and handlers of agricultural products for the costs of
obtaining or maintaining organic certification under the National
Organic Program (NOP). Section 10606 of H.R. 1 (Pub. L. 119-21,
also referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) authorized
$10,000,000 in National OCCSP funding for fiscal years 2025 through
2031 (7 U.S.C. 6523(d)). An additional $1,000,000 in Agricultural
Management Assistance funding is available for each fiscal year (7
U.S.C. 1524(b)).
The current burden inventory is
15,659 estimated annual respondents; 78,533 estimated annual
responses and 78,650 estimated annual burden hours. With this
revision the agency is seeking 12,030 estimated annual respondents,
44,790 estimated annual responses and 29,031 estimated annual
burden hours. This reflects a decrease of 3,629 in the number of
estimated respondents, a decrease of 33,743 in the estimated number
of responses, and a decrease of 49,529 in the number of estimated
annual burden hours since the last OMB submission. These changes
are the result of several updates: Program changes: • FSA has
removed unused forms and updated the number of responses for
several other forms to accurately reflect annual submissions per
respondent. • FSA has corrected reporting of exempt burden hours
for Standard Forms. • FSA has reduced the time per response for the
producer’s organic certification. Adjustments • The estimated
number of respondents has been updated based on the number of
program participants in recent years, which is less than the
estimated number of respondents in the last OMB submission.
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.
03/26/2026
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