Spreadsheet Section 9005

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Overview

3-year average rollup
Total Rollup
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
FedGov
applicants and participants

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Sheet 1: 3-year average rollup

Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - 3-Year Average Rollup
USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service											Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
Section of Rule	Title	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 (G)	Wage** Class	Total Cost (H) x (I)
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(D)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)
	Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.103	Appeals	written	6	1	6	12	72	$60	$4,320		$864	$3,456	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	$60	$360		$72	$288	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	27	1	27	1	27	$60	$1,610		$322	$1,288	0
4280.120(a)(4)	Production information	written	151	1	151	1	151	$60	$9,084		$1,817	$7,267	0
	Recordkeeping
	Recordkeeping		284	1	284	1	284	$60	$17,060		$3,412	$13,648	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	cheryl.thompson: Recommend including (and all Required Certifications) Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application	RD 4288-1	302	1	302	1.03	311	$60	$18,664		$3,733	$14,931	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	180	1	180	1	180	$60	$10,820		$2,164	$8,656	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	284	varies	996	1	996	$60	$59,780		$11,956	$47,824	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	284	1	284	0.16	45	$60	$2,730		$546	$2,184	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	302	1	302	0.5	151	$60	$9,060		$1,812	$7,248	0
	Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	302	1	302	0.16	48	$60	$2,100		$420	$1,680	0
	Totals				2,842		2,273		$135,587		$27,117	$108,470	$0
			Number			Percent
	Total Program Assumption on Number of Applicants, Participating Applicants, and Distribution among applicant type		Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes	Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
	Number of applicants	302	60	242	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	284	57	227	0	20.00%	80.00%	0

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Sheet 2: Total Rollup

Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Total Rollup
USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service											Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
Section of Rule	Title	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 (G)	Wage** Class	Total Cost (H) x (I)
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)
	Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.103	Appeals	written	18	1	18	12	216	$60	$12,960		$2,592	$10,368	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	18	1	18	1	18	$60	$1,080		$216	$864	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	81	1	81	1	81	$60	$4,830		$966	$3,864	0
4280.120(a)(4)	Production information	written	454	1	454	1	454	$60	$27,252
	Recordkeeping
	Recordkeeping		853	1	853	1	853	$60	$51,180		$10,236	$40,944	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application	RD 4288-1	906	1	906	1.03	933	$60	$55,991		$11,198	$44,793	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	541	1	541	1	541	$60	$32,460		$6,492	$25,968	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	853	varies	2,989	1	2,989	$60	$179,340		$35,868	$143,472	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	853	1	853	0.16	136	$60	$8,189		$1,638	$6,551	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certificationn for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	906	1	906	0.5	453	$60	$27,180		$5,436	$21,744	0
	Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	906	1	906	0.16	145	$60	$8,698		$1,740	$6,958	0
	Totals				8,525		6,819		$409,159		$76,381	$305,526	$0
			Number			Percent
	Total Program Assumption on Number of Applicants, Participating Applicants, and Distribution among applicant type		Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes	Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
	Number of applicants	906	181.2	724.8	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	853	170.6	682.4	0	20.00%	80.00%	0

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Sheet 3: Year 1

Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Year 1
USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service											Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
Section of Rule	Title	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)
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)
	Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.103	Appeals	written	6	1	6	12	72	$60	$4,320		$864	$3,456	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	$60	$360		$72	$288	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	18	1	18	1	18	$60	$1,080		$216	$864	0
4280.120(a)(4)	Production information	written	0	1	0	1	0	$60	$0
	Recordkeeping
	Recordkeeping		141	1	141	1	141	$60	$8,460		$1,692	$6,768	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application	RD 4288-1	180	1	180	1.03	185	$60	$11,124		$2,225	$8,899	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	141	1	141	1	141	$60	$8,460		$1,692	$6,768	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	141	1	141	1	141	$60	$8,460		$1,692	$6,768	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	141	1	141	0.16	23	$60	$1,354		$271	$1,083	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	180	1	180	0.5	90	$60	$5,400		$1,080	$4,320	0
	Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	180	1	180	0.16	29	$60	$1,728		$346	$1,382	0
					1,134		846		$50,746		$10,149	$40,596	$0
			Number			Percent
	Total Program Assumption on Number of Applicants, Participating Applicants, and Distribution among applicant type		Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes	Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
	Number of applicants	180	36	144	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	141	28	113	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	FOOTNOTES:
	Appeals and Succession Requests	Assumes 6 appeals and 6 succession requests.
	Number of Applications	Based on NOFA applications of about 180 with 141eligible participants. Based on the 141 eligible applications - 80 are biodiesel, 16 are biogas, 41 are ethanol, and 4 are others.
	Production information	This information was not requested under the NOFA. Thus, no respondents.
	Number of Contracts	Contracts entered into with each of the new eligible producers.
	Payment Requests	The 141 producers will each submit 1 payment request for FY 2009.
	Recordkeeping	Applies to each of the 141 producers with whom the Agency has contracts.
	RD 4288-1 Hours:	Assumes 3% of the respondents will submit documentation that woody feedstocks cannot be used
		for a higher value end use. This documentation is estimated to take one hour.
		Respondents			180
		Respondents with doc on woody feedstocks			5.4	3 percent of 180
			Total hours		185.4
			Hours per respondent		1.03

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Sheet 4: Year 2

Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Year 2
USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service											Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
Section of Rule	Title	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 (G)	Wage** Class	Total Cost (H) x (I)
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)
	Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.103	Appeals	written	6	1	6	12	72	$60	$4,320		$864	$3,456	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	$60	$360		$72	$288	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	22	1	22	1	22	$60	$1,320		$264	$1,056	0
4280.120(a)(4)	Production information	written	236	1	236	1	236	$60	$14,184		$2,837	$11,347
	Recordkeeping
	Recordkeeping		312	1	312	1	312	$60	$18,720		$3,744	$14,976	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application	RD 4288-1	321	1	321	1.03	331	$60	$19,838		$3,968	$15,870	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	312	1	312	1	312	$60	$18,720		$3,744	$14,976	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	312	4	1248	1	1,248	$60	$74,880		$14,976	$59,904	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	312	1	312	0.16	50	$60	$2,995		$599	$2,396	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	321	1	321	0.5	161	$60	$9,630		$1,926	$7,704	0
	Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	321	1	321	0.16	51	$60	$3,082		$616	$2,465	0
					3,417		2,801		$168,049		$33,610	$134,439	$0
			Number			Percent
	Total Program Assumption on Number of Applicants, Participating Applicants, and Distribution among applicant type		Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes	Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
	Number of applicants	321	64.2	256.8	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	312	62.4	249.6	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	FOOTNOTES:
	Appeals and Succession Requests	Assumes 6 appeals and 6 succession requests.
	Number of Applications	Assumes all 80 biodiesel producers, all 41 ethanol producers, all 16 biogas producers, and all 4 other producers from FY 2009 apply plus an additional 180 new applicants, of which all 171 are eligible participants. These 180 new applicants are: 100 biodiesel, 24 biogas, 50 ethanol, and 6 other.
	Production information	Assumes 40% of the 141 year 1 participants and all 180 applicants submit documentation
	Number of Contracts	Contracts entered into with each of the 171 new eligible producers plus the 141 previous producers who only had one year contracts.
	Payment Requests	The 312 producers will each submit 4 payment requests for FY 2010.
	Recordkeeping	Applies to each of the 312 producers with whom the Agency has contracts.
	RD 4288-1 Hours:	Assumes 3% of the respondents will submit documentation that woody feedstocks cannot be used
		for a higher value end use. This documentation is estimated to take one hour.
		Respondents			321
		Respondents with doc on woody feedstocks			9.63	3 percent of 321
			Total hours		330.63
			Hours per respondent		1.03

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Sheet 5: Year 3

Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Year 3
USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service											Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
Section of Rule	Title	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 (G)	Wage** Class	Total Cost (H) x (I)
(A)	(B)	(C)	(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)
	Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.103	Appeals	written	6	1	6	12	72	$60	$4,320		$864	$3,456	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	$60	$360		$72	$288	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	41	1	41	1	41	$60	$2,430		$486	$1,944	0
4280.120(a)(4)	Production information	written	218	1	218	1	218	$60	$13,068		$2,614	$10,454
	Recordkeeping
	Recordkeeping		400	1	400	1	400	$60	$24,000		$4,800	$19,200	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application	RD 4288-1	405	1	405	1.03	417	$60	$25,029		$5,006	$20,023	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	88	1	88	1	88	$60	$5,280		$1,056	$4,224	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	400	4	1600	1	1,600	$60	$96,000		$19,200	$76,800	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	400	1	400	0.16	64	$60	$3,840		$768	$3,072	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	405	1	405	0.5	203	$60	$12,150		$2,430	$9,720	0
	Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	405	1	405	0.16	65	$60	$3,888		$778	$3,110	0
					3,973		3,173		$190,365		$38,073	$152,292	$0
			Number			Percent
	Total Program Assumption on Number of Applicants, Participating Applicants, and Distribution among applicant type		Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes	Private individuals	Private not individuals	S/L gov/Tribes
	Number of applicants	405	81	324	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	400	80	320	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	FOOTNOTES:
	Appeals and Succession Requests	Assumes 6 appeals and 6 succession requests.
	Number of Applications	Assumes the 312 participants from FY 2010 apply plus an additional 93 new applicants, all of which 88 are eligible participants. These 93 new applicants are: 52 biodiesel, 12 biogas, 26 ethanol, and 3 other.
	Production information	Assumes 40% of the 312 year 2 participants and all 93 new applicants submit documentation
	Number of Contracts	Contracts entered into with each of the 88 new eligible producers; previous producers have multiyear contracts and thus would not incur this burden in this fiscal year.
	Payment Requests	The 400 producers will each submit 4 payment requests for FY 2011.
	Recordkeeping	Applies to each of the 400 producers with whom the Agency has contracts.
	RD 4288-1 Hours:	Assumes 3% of the respondents will submit documentation that woody feedstocks cannot be used
		for a higher value end use. This documentation is estimated to take one hour.
		Respondents			405
		Respondents with doc on woody feedstocks			12.15	3 percent of 405
			Total hours		417.15
			Hours per respondent		1.03

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Sheet 6: FedGov

Fed Gov Cost for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Total Rollup
Item	Number	Hours per item	Rate*	Total Cost	NOTES
Determine producer eligibility	453	3.04	41	$56,462	Equal to the number of new applicants; includes 0.5 hours per application to review the 20 applications with documentation that woody feedstocks cannot be used in higher value product
Review production documentation for production estimates	454	0.5	41	$9,307
Review contract forms	541	0.5	41	$11,091	Equal to the number of new contracts
Review contract validity	541	2	41	$44,362
Process payment applications	2989	2	41	$245,098	Equal to the number of payment requests
Determine payment application eligibility (e.g., fuel eligibility)	2989	6	41	$735,294
Determine annual payment amounts	4	12	41	$1,968
Review succession requests	18	8	41	$5,904
Appeals	18	16	41	$11,808
Conduct site visits	853	8	41	$279,784	Equals the number of participating producers
Administrative	See footnote a			$197,355
Total				$1,598,432
*based on 2009 GS Grade 12, step 6 (DC location)
Footnote a	This line item addresses the estimated cost for developing, implementing, and administerting 9005. The estimate includes cost incurred by USDA staff and other Federal agency groups (e.g., OMB) and contractors (rule development, regulatory impact analysis).
Fed Gov Cost for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - 3-Year Average
Item	Number of Items	Hours per item	Rate*	Cost	NOTES
Determine producer eligibility	151	3.04	41	$18,821	Equal to the number of new applicants
Review production documentation for production estimates	151.333333333333	0.5	41	$3,102
Review contract forms	180.333333333333	0.5	41	$3,697	Equal to the number of new contracts
Review contract validity	180.333333333333	1.5	41	$11,091
Process payment applications	996.333333333333	2	41	$81,699	Equal to the number of payment requests
Determine payment application eligibility (e.g., fuel eligibility)	996.333333333333	6	41	$245,098
Determine annual payment amounts	1.33333333333333	12	41	$640
Review succession requests	6	8	41	$1,968
Appeals	6	16	41	$3,936
Conduct site visits	284.333333333333	8	41	$93,261	Equals the number of participating producers
Administrative	See footnote a			$65,785
Total				$529,098
*based on 2009 GS Grade 12, step 6 (DC location)
Footnote a	This line item addresses the estimated cost for developing, implementing, and administerting 9005. The estimate includes cost incurred by USDA staff and other Federal agency groups (e.g., OMB) and contractors (rule development, regulatory impact analysis).

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Sheet 7: applicants and participants

	Type of Biofuel	FY2009	FY2010			FY2011			FY2012
			From previous FY	New for current FY	FY2010 Total	From previous FY	New for current FY		From previous FY	New for current FY		Total Applicants
Applicants	All	180	141	180	321	312	93	405	400	20	420	473	473
	Biodiesel	100	80	100	180	175	52	227	224	10	234	262	0.555555555555556
	ethanol	50	41	50	91	88	26	114	112	6	118	132	0.277777777777778
	biogas	24	16	24	40	39	12	51	51	3	54	63	0.133333333333333
	other	6	4	6	10	10	3	13	13	1	14	16	0.033333333333333
		180	141	180	321	312	93	405	400	20	420	473	1
Participants	All	141	141	171	krmeardon: Assumes 95% of new applicants will be eligible and will participate 312	312	krmeardon: Assumes 95% of new applicants will be eligible and will participate 88	400	400	krmeardon: Assumes 95% of new applicants will be eligible and will participate 19	419	419
	Biodiesel	80	80	95	175	175	49	224	224	11	235	235
	ethanol	41	41	47	88	88	24	112	112	4	116	116
	biogas	16	16	23	39	39	12	51	51	3	54	54
	other	4	4	6	10	10	3	13	13	1	14	14
		141	141	171	312	312	88	400	400	19	419	419
	Total number of advanced biofuel producers	630	krmeardon: assumes 75% of advanced biofuel producers apply for the program 0.75	473						assume 95% of new applicants will be eligible and participate
										assume 100% of participants will carry over to the next FY
	rural	388
	nonrural	175
	unknown	67
		630