| 2018 Burden Estimate for Value Added Producer Grant Program - 0570-0064 - 2018 |
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| USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service |
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| Section of Regulations |
Title |
Form No. (if any) |
Estimated No. of Respondents |
Reports Filed Annually |
Total Annual Responses (D) X (E) |
Estimated Number of Man Hours per Response |
Estimated Total Man Hours (F) X (G) |
Wage Class $/hr |
Total Cost to the Public (H)x(I) |
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(B) |
(C) |
(D) |
(E) |
(F) |
(G) |
(H) |
(I) |
(J) |
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| APPLICANT Burden |
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PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS: |
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| 4284.951 |
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters - Primary Covered Transactions |
Form AD-1047 |
249 |
1 |
249 |
0.25 |
62.25 |
$41.13 |
$2,560.34 |
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| 4284.951 |
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters - Lower-Tier Covered Transactions |
Form AD-1048 |
249 |
1 |
249 |
0.25 |
62.25 |
$41.13 |
$2,560.34 |
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| 4284.951 |
Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Grants) |
Form AD-1049 |
249 |
1 |
249 |
0.25 |
62.25 |
$41.13 |
$2,560.34 |
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| 4284.924 |
Report of Separation from the U.S. Military |
DD-214 |
10 |
1 |
10 |
0.2 |
2 |
$41.13 |
$82.26 |
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| 4284.931 |
Assurance Agreements |
RD 400-4 (0575-0018) |
249 |
1 |
249 |
0.25 |
62.25 |
$41.13 |
$2,560.34 |
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| 4284.951 |
Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions |
RD 1942-46 (0570-0062) |
249 |
1 |
249 |
0.5 |
124.5 |
$41.13 |
$5,120.69 |
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| 4284.951 |
Financial Asisstance Agreement |
RD 4280-2
(0570-0067) |
249 |
1 |
249 |
1 |
249 |
$41.13 |
$10,241.37 |
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| 4284.951 |
Request for Obligation of Funds |
RD-1940-1 (0575-0062) |
249 |
1 |
249 |
0.25 |
62.25 |
$41.13 |
$2,560.34 |
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Subtotal |
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1753 |
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686.75 |
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$28,246.03 |
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| PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS – NO FORMS |
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Reporting - No Forms |
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Project Proposal - Applicants |
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| 4284.931 |
Project Proposal-Working Capital Applications |
written |
313 |
1 |
313 |
76 |
23,788 |
$41.13 |
$978,400 |
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| 4284.932 |
Project Proposal-Simplified Applications |
written |
171 |
1 |
171 |
64 |
10,944 |
$41.13 |
$450,127 |
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Project Proposal-Planning Grant Applications |
written |
72 |
1 |
72 |
64 |
4,608 |
$41.13 |
$189,527 |
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| 4284.924 |
Priority Point Requirement for "Best Contributes" |
written |
10 |
1 |
10 |
3 |
30 |
$41.13 |
$1,234 |
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Subtotal |
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566 |
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39,370 |
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$1,619,288 |
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Recipient Requirements |
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| 4284.960 |
Performance Reports |
written |
249 |
2 |
498 |
9 |
4,482 |
$41.13 |
$184,345 |
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| 4284.960 |
Final Report |
written |
249 |
1 |
249 |
30 |
7,470 |
$41.13 |
$307,241 |
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| 2 CFR 418.110 |
Certification Regarding Lobbying |
written |
249 |
1 |
249 |
0.25 |
62 |
$41.13 |
$2,560 |
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| Dept Regulations |
Recordkeeping |
written |
249 |
1 |
249 |
3 |
747 |
$41.13 |
$30,724 |
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Subtotal |
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1,245 |
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12,761 |
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$524,870 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
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3,564 |
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52,818 |
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$2,172,404 |
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Form Burden Approved Under Other OMB Numbers |
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| 4284.931 |
Application for Federal Assistance |
SF-424 (4040-0004) |
556 |
1 |
576 |
1 |
576 |
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| 4284.931 |
Budget Information – Non-Construction |
SF-424A (4040-0006) |
556 |
1 |
556 |
3 |
1668 |
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| 4284.931 |
Assurances – Non-Construction |
SF-424B (4040-0007) |
556 |
1 |
556 |
0.25 |
139 |
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| 4284.931 |
Federal Financial Report |
SF-425 (4040-0014) |
249 |
2 |
498 |
0.5 |
249 |
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| 4284.931 |
Request for Advance or Reimbursement |
SF-270 (4040-0012) |
249 |
12 |
2988 |
1 |
2,988 |
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| 4284.951 |
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities |
SF-LLL (4040-0013) |
102 |
1 |
102 |
0.25 |
25.5 |
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| *Application and award numbers based on FY2018 results and similar future funding levels. |
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| 2014 Burden Estimate for Value Added Producer Grant Program - 0570-0064 - 2014 |
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| USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service |
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| Section of Notice |
Form No. (if any) |
No. of Respondents |
Reports Filed Annually |
Total Annual Responses (C) x (D) |
Estimated No. of Manhours per response |
Estimated Total Manhours (E) x (F) |
Wage** Class |
Total Cost (G) x (H) |
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(B) |
(C) |
(D) |
(E) |
(F) |
(G) |
(H) |
(I) |
| Annual Cost to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| VAPG Application Handling |
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| Receipt and Handling of Applications |
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556 |
1 |
556 |
1 |
556 |
$36.89 |
$20,511 |
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| Non-federal Reviewer Recruitment and Coordination |
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90 |
2 |
180 |
2 |
360 |
$86.49 |
$31,136 |
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| Eligibility Review-Working Capital Grant Applications |
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313 |
1 |
313 |
3 |
939 |
$77.82 |
$73,073 |
| Eligibility Review-Planning Grant Applications |
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72 |
1 |
72 |
2 |
144 |
$77.82 |
$11,206 |
| Eligibility Review-Simplified Applications |
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171 |
1 |
171 |
2 |
342 |
$77.82 |
$26,614 |
| Eligibility Review-Veterans category |
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10 |
1 |
10 |
0.1 |
1 |
$77.82 |
$78 |
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| Application Evaluation-Non-Federal Review, All Application Types |
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378 |
2 |
397 |
3 |
1191 |
$33.33 |
$39,696 |
| Application Evaluation-State Office Review, All Application Types |
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378 |
1 |
378 |
3 |
1134 |
$77.82 |
$88,248 |
| Application Evaluation-Priority Points for 'best contributes' |
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10 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
10 |
$77.82 |
$778 |
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| Grant Award |
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| Ranking and program summary |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
8.5 |
8.5 |
$86.49 |
$735 |
| Award Announcement |
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249 |
1 |
249 |
1 |
249 |
$77.82 |
$19,377 |
| Legal Document Preparation |
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249 |
1 |
249 |
1 |
249 |
$77.82 |
$19,377 |
| Applicant Notification |
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556 |
1 |
556 |
1 |
556 |
$77.85 |
$43,285 |
| Appeals |
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2 |
1 |
2 |
20 |
40 |
$77.82 |
$3,113 |
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| Post Award |
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| Monitoring |
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249 |
1 |
249 |
36 |
8964 |
$77.82 |
$697,578 |
| Administrative |
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249 |
1 |
249 |
3 |
747 |
$36.89 |
$27,557 |
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| TOTAL |
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$1,102,363 |
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| ** $22.46 (adj $36.89) is the rest-of-the-US rate for a GS-7, step 5; $39.85 (adj $65.45) is the average rest-of-the-US rate for a GS-12, Step 5 and $47.38 (adj $77.82) for a GS-13, step 5; $44.28 (adj $72.73) is the WDC rate for a GS-12, step 5 and $52.66 (adj $86.49) for a GS-13, step 5. $33.33 is the hourly rate of non-Federal Reviewers. Wage rates above include 36.25% for fringe benefits and 28% for overhead costs. Those rates are paranthetically noted as "adj" amounts in this note. |
| The estimates provided on the previous pages were generated using the following assumptions |
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| Total number of Applications |
556 |
2018 actual |
| Working capital applications |
484 |
2018 actual |
| Planning applications |
72 |
2018 actual |
| Simplified applications |
171 |
2018 actual. Note that this category is a subset of working capital applications. |
| Eligible applications |
378 |
2018 actual |
| Veterans priority |
10 |
2018 actual |
| 'Best contributes' priority |
10 |
2018 actual |
| Number of awards |
249 |
2018 actual |
| Number of appeals |
2 |
The window for appeals from 2018 applicants is still open, therefore the final number is not available. |
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| Assumes a 3 hour increase in man-hours for additional information for 'best contributes'. |
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| Assumes .2 man-hours for veterans to supply the required DD-214. |
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| Assumes .1 man-hours for State Office staff to review the required DD-214. |
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| Non-federal Reviewer Recruitment and Coordination includes pre-review paperwork (system access, conflict of interest and confidentiality, automated payment information) and post-review payment. |
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| Award Announcement is generation and correction of project information sheets and press release |
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| Number of responses for SF-LLL based on percentage of awards over $100,000 in 2018 |
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