| 0570-0063 2014 Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Typical Year |
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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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Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket |
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| 4288.103 |
Appeals |
written |
3 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
36 |
$35.15 |
$1,265 |
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| 4288.137(a) |
Succession request |
written |
3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
$35.15 |
$105 |
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| 4288.110(b) |
Additional information (3% of the applicants) |
written |
8 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
8 |
$35.15 |
$281 |
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Recordkeeping |
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| 4288.113 |
Recordkeeping |
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270 |
1 |
270 |
1 |
270 |
$35.15 |
$9,491 |
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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 |
275 |
1 |
275 |
1.40 |
385 |
$35.15 |
$13,533 |
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| 4288.121(a) |
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract |
RD 4288-2 |
13 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
13 |
$35.15 |
$457 |
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| 4288.130(a) |
Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request |
RD 4288-3 |
216 |
4 |
864 |
1 |
864 |
$35.15 |
$30,370 |
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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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| 4288.120(a)(4)(iii) |
Assurance Agreement |
RD 400-4 (0575-0018) |
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| 4288.120(a)(4)(i) |
Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans |
RD 1940-Q |
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TOTALS |
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1436.00 |
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1579.00 |
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$55,501.85 |
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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 275 applicants with 270 eligible participants. Of the applications - 124 are biodiesel, 65 are anaerobic digesters, 30 are ethanol, 50 are pellets, and 6 are others. These estimates are based on the number of producers enrolled for 2013 plus 5% increase of new enrollees. |
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Production information |
Assumes 80% of the 270 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests (864 payments per year). This is based on payment requests received in FY 2012 and 2013. |
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Number of Contracts |
New contracts entered into with new the 13 new producers. The balance of the contracts are carried forward from previous years and do not require updates. |
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Payment Requests |
Assumes 80% of the 270 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests. |
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Recordkeeping |
Applies to each of the 270 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 |
275 |
1.58 |
35.15 |
$15,273 |
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 |
35.15 |
$457 |
Equal to the number of new contracts |
| Review contract validity |
13 |
0.7 |
35.15 |
$320 |
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| Process payment applications |
864 |
3.3 |
35.15 |
$100,220 |
Equal to the number of payment requests |
| Determine annual payment amounts |
5 |
44.1 |
35.15 |
$7,751 |
Calculated quarterly plus the incremental payment calculationer (5 pmt calculations/year). |
| Review succession requests |
3 |
2 |
35.15 |
$211 |
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| Appeals |
3 |
12 |
35.15 |
$1,265 |
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| Conduct site visits |
135 |
8 |
35.15 |
$37,962 |
Equals half the number of participating producers |
| Administrative |
See footnote a |
$50,000 |
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| Total |
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$213,458 |
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| *based on 2013 GS Grade 9 (rural area) |
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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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