| 0570-0063 2020 Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Typical Year |
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| USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service |
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| Section of Rule |
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Form No. (if any) |
No. of Respondents |
Reports Filed |
Total Responses (D) X (E) |
Estimated No. of Manhours per response |
Estimated Total Manhours (F) x (E) |
Wage** Class |
Total Cost (H) x (I) |
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(B) |
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(H) |
(I) |
(J) |
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Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket |
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| 4288.103 |
Appeals |
written |
3 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
36 |
$36.00 |
$1,296 |
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129 |
92 |
| 4288.137(a) |
Succession request |
written |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
$36.00 |
$108 |
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69 |
49 |
| 4288.110(b) |
Additional information (3% of the applicants) |
written |
9 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
9 |
$36.00 |
$324 |
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32 |
23 |
| 4288.120(a)(4)(i) |
Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans |
RD 1940-Q |
206 |
1 |
206 |
0.5 |
103 |
$36.00 |
$3,708 |
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52 |
37 |
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6 |
4 |
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Recordkeeping |
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288 |
206 |
| 4288.113 |
Recordkeeping |
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206 |
1 |
206 |
1 |
206 |
$36.00 |
$7,416 |
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Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket |
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| 4288.120 |
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application |
RD 4288-1 |
206 |
1 |
206 |
1.40 |
288 |
$36.00 |
$10,382 |
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| 4288.121(a) |
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract |
RD 4288-2 |
13 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
13 |
$36.00 |
$468 |
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| 4288.130(a) |
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request |
RD 4288-3 |
162 |
4 |
648 |
1 |
648 |
$36.00 |
$23,328 |
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| 4288.120(a)(4)(iii) |
Assurance Agreement |
RD 400-4 (0575-0018) |
206 |
1 |
206 |
0.16 |
33 |
$36.00 |
$1,187 |
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Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers |
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| 4288.120(a)(4)(ii) |
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities |
SF LLL (4040-0013) |
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TOTALS |
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1,500 |
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1,339 |
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$48,216.96 |
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FOOTNOTES: |
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Appeals and Succession Requests |
Assumes 3 appeals and 3 succession requests. |
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Number of Applications |
Estimated 206 applicants with 202 eligible participants. Of the applications - 92 are biodiesel, 49 are anaerobic digesters, 23 are ethanol, 37 are pellets, and 4 are others. These estimates are based on the number of producers enrolled for Fiscal Year 2020. |
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Production information |
Assumes 80% of the 202 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests (648 payments per year). This is based on payment requests received in FY 2019 and 2020. |
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Payment Requests |
Assumes 80% of the 202 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests. |
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Recordkeeping |
Applies to each of the 202 producers with whom the Agency has contracts. |
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| Fed Gov Cost for Interim Rule for Section 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Typical year |
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| Item |
Number |
Hours per item |
Rate |
Total Cost |
NOTES |
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| Determine producer eligibility |
206 |
1.58 |
40.34 |
$13,130 |
Equal to the number of new applicants; 3 hours per producer plus 0.5 hours per application for the 8 applications with documentation that woody feedstocks cannot be used in higher value product |
| Review contract forms |
13 |
1 |
40.34 |
$524 |
Equal to the number of new contracts |
| Review contract validity |
13 |
0.7 |
40.34 |
$367 |
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| Process payment applications |
824 |
3.3 |
40.34 |
$109,693 |
Equal to the number of payment requests |
| Review succession requests |
3 |
2 |
40.34 |
$242 |
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| Appeals |
3 |
12 |
40.34 |
$1,452 |
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| Conduct site visits |
50 |
8 |
40.34 |
$16,136 |
Equals 20% of the number of participating producers |
| Administrative |
See footnote a |
$50,000 |
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| Total |
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$191,544 |
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| Footnote a |
This line item addresses the estimated cost for implementing, and administerting 9005. The estimate includes cost incurred by USDA staff and other Federal agency groups (e.g., OMB, OGC, FO). |
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