Aquaculture Surveys

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form QID Pennsylvania - Aquaculture Census	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form QID Pennsylvania Aquaculture Census	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form QID Aquaculture Loss Survey	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form SurveyId 3684 Annual Aquaculture Survey - 2022 - Hawaii	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form Survey ID 3163 Trout Production Survey - January	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form Survey ID 3195 Catfish Production Survey - July	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form Survey ID 3152 Catfish Production Survey - January	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Available
Form Survey ID 3152 Aquaculture Surveys	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Repair queued
0535-0000 NonSub Change for NASS CIPSEA Statement .docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2026-01-30	Available
0535-0000 NonSub Change for NASS CIPSEA Statement .docx	Justification for No Material/Nonsubstantive Change	Uploaded 2026-01-23	Repair queued
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2024 Substantive Change Request for Census Program Changes - Supplementary SSB - May, 2024.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2024-05-09	Available
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2024 Substantive Change Request for Census Program Changes - Supplementary SSB - May, 2024.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2024-05-09	Available
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2024 Substantive Change Request for Census Program Changes - Supplementary SSA - May, 2024.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2024-05-09	Available
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2024 Substantive Change Request for Census Program Changes - Supplementary SSA - May, 2024.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2024-05-09	Available
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2023 - SSA - April, 2023.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2023 - SSA - April, 2023.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2023 - SSB - April, 2023.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150-Aquaculture Surveys - 2023 - SSB - April, 2023.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Pennsylvania Aquaculture Census - 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Pennsylvania Aquaculture Census - 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Trout Survey - 2023.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Trout Survey - 2023.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Hawaii Aquaculture - 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Hawaii Aquaculture - 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
NASDA - 004 Revised - Dec 2020.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
NASDA - 004 Revised - Dec 2020.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
PIA - NASS DA MA PIA v2_2 - Dec 1, 2017.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
PIA - NASS DA MA PIA v2_2 - Dec 1, 2017.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
FRN - SORN - Apr 27, 2009.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
FRN - SORN - Apr 27, 2009.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
Public Law 96-362 National Aquaculture Act of 1980.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Public Law 96-362 National Aquaculture Act of 1980.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
Public Law 115-435 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Public Law 115-435 - Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
Title 18 USC - Sec 1905 - Disclosure.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Title 18 USC - Sec 1905 - Disclosure.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Title 7 USC - Sec 2276-Confidentiality[1] - Section 1770 of Food Security Act.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Title 7 USC - Sec 2276-Confidentiality[1] - Section 1770 of Food Security Act.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Title 7 USC - Sec 2204(a) Gen Duties.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Title 7 USC - Sec 2204(a) Gen Duties.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Title 7 USC - Sec 3601.1 - General Statement of Public Information (FOIA).docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
Title 7 USC - Sec 3601.1 - General Statement of Public Information (FOIA).docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Catfish Survey - 2023.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Cover Letter Sample for Catfish Survey - 2023.docx	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Trout Production - Feb 27, 2023.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Trout Production - Feb 27, 2023.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
0150 - Hawaii Aquaculture Sales - Sept 8, 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Hawaii Aquaculture Sales - Sept 8, 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
0150 - Catfish Production - July 20, 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Catfish Production - July 20, 2022.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued
0150 - Catfish Production - Feb 10, 2023.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Available
0150 - Catfish Production - Feb 10, 2023.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-04-06	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
251066	Pennsylvania Aquaculture Census	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Pennsylvania - Aquaculture Census
251066	Pennsylvania Aquaculture Census	Form and Instruction	Unchanged
180937	Aquaculture - non-response	Other-Non response statement	Unchanged
1124	Aquaculture Surveys	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Aquaculture Loss Survey
1124	Aquaculture Surveys	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Annual Aquaculture Survey - 2022 - Hawaii
1124	Aquaculture Surveys	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Trout Production Survey - January
1124	Aquaculture Surveys	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Catfish Production Survey - July
1124	Aquaculture Surveys	Form and Instruction	Unchanged	Catfish Production Survey - January
1124	Aquaculture Surveys	Form and Instruction	Unchanged

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0535-0150	ICR Reference No: 202601-0535-014
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202405-0535-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/NASS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Aquaculture 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 with change	Conclusion Date: 03/27/2026
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/26/2026
Terms of Clearance: The change to the package is approved with the clarified language regarding the protections of CIPSEA.

table that charts list comparision

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2027	08/31/2027	08/31/2027
Responses	2,950	0	2,950
Time Burden (Hours)	551	0	551
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) requests approval for non-substantive change to NASS’s Confidentiality Pledge. In the summer of 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) requested that NASS update its confidentiality pledge. This change to NASS Confidentiality Pledge would affect all surveys conducted under NASS’s 34 active Information Collections (ICs). Current Language: “Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.” Proposed Revision: “Your responses will be kept confidential and any person who willfully discloses ANY identifiable information about you or your operation without your consent is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both.”

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 2204 Name of Law: General Duties
   PL: Pub.L. 96 - 362 2801 Name of Law: National Aquaculture Act of 1980
   PL: Pub.L. 115 - 435 301 Name of Law: CIPSEA - Confidentiality of Data
   US Code: 7 USC 2276 Name of Law: Confidentiality of Information
   US Code: 18 USC 1905 Name of Law: Disclosure of Confidential Information
   US Code: 7 USC 3601.1 Name of Law: Freedom of Information 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:
	88 FR 338	01/04/2023
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 43370	05/17/2024
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

table that charts list of burden

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Aquaculture - non-response
Aquaculture Surveys	Survey ID 3152, Survey ID 3195, Survey ID 3163, SurveyId 3684, QID	Catfish Production Survey - January ,   Catfish Production Survey - July ,   Trout Production Survey - January ,   Annual Aquaculture Survey - 2022 - Hawaii ,   Aquaculture Loss Survey
Pennsylvania Aquaculture Census	QID	Pennsylvania - Aquaculture Census

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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	2,950	2,950	0	0	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	551	551	0	0	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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement:

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $500,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

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.     Yes

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.     Yes

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? No

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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: 01/26/2026

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