Spreadsheet Section 9005

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Overview

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

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Sheet 1: 3-year average

Interim Rule Burden Estimate for Section 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - 3-Year Average
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	63.67	$4,584		$917	$3,667	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	63.67	$382		$76	$306	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	39	1	39	1	39	63.84	$2,511		$502	$2,009	0
	Recordkeeping
	Recordkeeping		388	1	388	1	388	63.86	$24,778		$4,956	$19,823	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application (and all Required Certifications)	RD 4288-1	393	1	393	1.41	555	63.46	$35,251		$7,050	$28,201	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	146	1	146	1	146	62.43	$9,093		$1,819	$7,275	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	388	4	1,552	1	1,552	63.86	$99,113		$19,823	$79,291	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	388	1	388	0.25	97	63.86	$6,195		$1,239	$4,956	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	393	1	393	0.5	197	63.85	$12,546		$2,509	$10,037	0
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	393	1	393	0.16	63	63.85	$4,015		$803	$3,212	0
	Totals				3,704		3,115	63.72	$198,469		$39,694	$158,775	$0
											$79,387	$317,550	$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	393	79	314	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	388	78	310	0	20.00%	80.00%	0

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Sheet 2: Total Rollup

Burden Estimate for Interim Rule for Section 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	63.67	$13,753		$2,751	$11,002	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	18	1	18	1	18	63.67	$1,146		$229	$917	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	118	1	118	1	118	63.84	$7,534		$1,507	$6,027	0
	Recordkeeping
4288.113	Recordkeeping		1,164	1	1164	1	1,164	63.86	$74,335		$14,867	$59,468	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application, all Required Certifications, and, for first time applicants, supporting documentation	RD 4288-1	1,179	1	1179	1.41	1,666	63.46	$105,753		$21,151	$84,603	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	437	1	437	1	437	62.43	$27,280		$5,456	$21,824	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	1,164	4	4656	1	4,656	63.86	$297,340		$59,468	$237,872	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	1,164	1	1164	0.25	291	63.86	$18,584		$3,717	$14,867	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certificationn for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	1,179	1	1179	0.5	590	63.85	$37,637		$7,527	$30,110	0
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	1,179	1	1179	0.16	189	63.85	$12,044		$2,409	$9,635	0
	Totals				11,112		9,345	63.72	$595,406		$119,081	$476,325	$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	1,179	235.8	943.2	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	1,164	232.8	931.2	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	$61.80	$4,450		$890	$3,560	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	$61.80	$371		$74	$297	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	33	1	33	1	33	$61.80	$2,039		$408	$1,632	0
	Recordkeeping
4288.113	Recordkeeping		318	1	318	1	318	$61.80	$19,652		$3,930	$15,722	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application, all Required Certifications, and, for first time applicants, supporting documentation	RD 4288-1	327	1	327	2.03	664	$61.80	$41,023		$8,205	$32,819	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	318	1	318	1	318	$61.80	$19,652		$3,930	$15,722	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	318	4	1272	1	1,272	$61.80	$78,610		$15,722	$62,888	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	318	1	318	0.25	80	$61.80	$4,913		$983	$3,930	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	327	1	327	0.5	164	$61.80	$10,104		$2,021	$8,083	0
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	327	1	327	0.16	52	$61.80	$3,233		$647	$2,587	0
					3,252		2,978		$184,048		$36,810	$147,239	$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	327	65.4	261.6	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	318	63.6	254.4	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	New contracts	318
	FOOTNOTES:
	Appeals and Succession Requests	Assumes 6 appeals and 6 succession requests.
	Number of Applications	Estimated 327 applicants with 318 eligible participants. Based on the 318 eligible applications - 175 are biodiesel, 39 are biogas, 88 are ethanol, and 16 are others.
	Production information	Assumes 40% of the 141 year 1 participants and all 186 applicants submit documentation
	Number of Contracts	Contracts entered into with each of the 177 new eligible producers plus the 141 previous year participants with one-year contracts.
	Payment Requests	The 318 producers will each submit 4 payment requests in the first year.
	Recordkeeping	Applies to each of the 318 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			327
		Respondents with doc on woody feedstocks			9.81	3 percent of 327
		Respondents documenting production and capacity			327
			Total hours		663.81
			Hours per respondent		2.03

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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	$63.65	$4,583		$917	$3,666	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	$63.65	$382		$76	$306	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	41	1	41	1	41	$63.65	$2,610		$522	$2,088	0
	Recordkeeping
4288.113	Recordkeeping		409	1	409	1	409	$63.65	$26,033		$5,207	$20,826	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application, all Required Certifications, and, for first time applicants, supporting documentation	RD 4288-1	414	1	414	1.26	522	$63.65	$33,252		$6,650	$26,602	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	91	1	91	1	91	$63.65	$5,792		$1,158	$4,634	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	409	4	1636	1	1,636	$63.65	$104,131		$20,826	$83,305	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	409	1	409	0.25	102	$63.65	$6,508		$1,302	$5,207	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	414	1	414	0.5	207	$63.65	$13,176		$2,635	$10,540	0
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	414	1	414	0.16	66	$63.65	$4,216		$843	$3,373	0
					3,840		3,153		$200,683		$40,137	$160,546	$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	414	82.8	331.2	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	409	81.8	327.2	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of new contracts	91
	FOOTNOTES:
	Appeals and Succession Requests	Assumes 6 appeals and 6 succession requests.
	Number of Applications	Assumes all 318 participants from year 1 apply plus an additional 96 new applicants, of which all 91 are eligible participants. These 96 new applicants are: 49 biodiesel, 12 biogas, 24 ethanol, and 6 other.
	Production information	Assumes 40% of the 318 year 1 participants and all 96 new applicants submit documentation
	Number of Contracts	Contracts entered into with each of the 91 new eligible producers; previous producers have multiyear contracts and thus would not incur this burden in this fiscal year.
	Payment Requests	The 409 producers will each submit 4 payment requests in the second year.
	Recordkeeping	Applies to each of the 409 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			414
		Respondents with doc on woody feedstocks			12.42	3 percent of 414
		Respondents documenting production and capacity			96
			Total hours		522.42
			Hours per respondent		1.26188405797101

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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	$65.56	$4,720		$944	$3,776	0
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	6	1	6	1	6	$65.56	$393		$79	$315	0
4288.110(b)	Additional information (10% of the applicants)	written	44	1	44	1	44	$65.56	$2,885		$577	$2,308	0
	Recordkeeping
4288.113	Recordkeeping		437	1	437	1	437	$65.56	$28,650		$5,730	$22,920	0
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application, all Required Certifications, and, for first time applicants, supporting documentation	RD 4288-1	438	1	438	1.10	480	$65.56	$31,478		$6,296	$25,182	0
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	28	1	28	1	28	$65.56	$1,836		$367	$1,469	0
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	437	4	1748	1	1,748	$65.56	$114,599		$22,920	$91,679	0
4288.120(a)(5)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	437	1	437	0.25	109	$65.56	$7,162		$1,432	$5,730	0
4288.120(a)(5)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q, Exhibit A-1	438	1	438	0.5	219	$65.56	$14,358		$2,872	$11,486	0
4288.120(a)(5)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (0348-0046)	438	1	438	0.16	70	$65.56	$4,594		$919	$3,676	0
					4,020		3,213		$210,675		$42,135	$168,540	$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	438	87.6	350.4	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of participating advanced biofuel producers	437	87.4	349.6	0	20.00%	80.00%	0
	Number of new contracts	28
	FOOTNOTES:
	Appeals and Succession Requests	Assumes 6 appeals and 6 succession requests.
	Number of Applications	Assumes the 409 participants from year 2 apply plus an additional 29 new applicants, all of which 28 are eligible participants. These 29 new applicants are: 11 biodiesel, 3 biogas, 4 ethanol, and 10 other.
	Production information	Assumes 40% of the 409 year 2 participants and all 29 new applicants submit documentation
	Number of Contracts	Contracts entered into with each of the 28 new eligible producers; previous producers have multiyear contracts and thus would not incur this burden in this fiscal year.
	Payment Requests	The 437 producers will each submit 4 payment requests in the third year.
	Recordkeeping	Applies to each of the 437 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			438
		Respondents with doc on woody feedstocks			13.14	3 percent of 438
		Respondents documenting production and capacity			29
			Total hours		480.14
			Hours per respondent		1.0962100456621

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Sheet 6: FedGov

Fed Gov Cost for Interim Rule for Section 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Total Rollup
Item	Number	Hours per item	Rate*	Total Cost	NOTES
Determine producer eligibility	311	3.06	41	$39,018	Equal to the number of new applicants; 3 hours per producer plus 0.5 hours per application for the 35 applications with documentation that woody feedstocks cannot be used in higher value product
Review contract forms	437	0.5	41	$8,959	Equal to the number of new contracts
Review contract validity	437	2	41	$35,834
Process payment applications	4656	2	41	$381,792	Equal to the number of payment requests
Determine payment application eligibility (e.g., fuel eligibility)	4656	6	41	$1,145,376
Determine quarterly payments for actual production	12	20	41	$9,840	Calculated once per fiscal year quarter for three years equals 12.
Determine incremental production payments	3	12	41	$1,476	Calculated once after each fiscal quarter for three years.
Review succession requests	18	8	41	$5,904
Appeals	18	16	41	$11,808
Conduct site visits	1,165	8	41	$382,120	Equals the number of participating producers
Administrative	See footnote a			$197,355
Total				$2,219,482
*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 Interim Rule for Section 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - 3-Year Average
Item	Number of Items	Hours per item	Rate*	Cost
Determine producer eligibility	104	3.06	41	$13,048
Review contract forms	146	0.5	41	$2,993
Review contract validity	146	2	41	$11,972
Process payment applications	1552	2	41	$127,264
Determine payment application eligibility (e.g., fuel eligibility)	1552	6	41	$381,792
Determine quarterly payments for actual production	4	20	41	$3,280
Determine incremental production payments	1	12	41	$492
Review succession requests	6	8	41	$1,968
Appeals	6	16	41	$3,936
Conduct site visits	388	8	41	$127,264
Administrative	See footnote a			$65,785
Total				$739,794
*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	Year One			Year two			Year three
			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	186	327	318	96	414	409	29	438	491
	Biodiesel	100	80	100	180	175	52	227	224	10	234	262
	ethanol	50	41	50	91	88	26	114	112	6	118	132
	biogas	24	16	24	40	39	12	51	51	3	54	63
	other	6	4	12	16	16	6	22	22	10	32	34
		180	141	186	327	318	96	414	409	29	438	491
Participants	All	141	141	177	krmeardon: Assumes 95% of new applicants will be eligible and will participate 318	318	krmeardon: Assumes 95% of new applicants will be eligible and will participate 91	409	409	krmeardon: Assumes 95% of new applicants will be eligible and will participate 28	437	437
	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	12	16	16	6	22	22	10	32	32
		141	141	177	318	318	91	409	409	28	437	437
	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