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Overview

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FedGov

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Sheet 1: Typical Year

0570-0063 2017 Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Typical Year
USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service
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	3	1	3	12	36	$35.80	$1,289
4288.137(a)	Succession request	written	3	1	3	1	3	$35.80	$107
4288.110(b)	Additional information (3% of the applicants)	written	9	1	9	1	9	$35.80	$322
4288.120(a)(4)(i)	Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans	RD 1940-Q	288	1	288	0.5	144	$35.80	$5,155
	Recordkeeping
4288.113	Recordkeeping		288	1	288	1	288	$35.80	$10,310
	Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket
4288.120	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application	RD 4288-1	288	1	288	1.40	403	$35.80	$14,435
4288.121(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract	RD 4288-2	13	1	13	1	13	$35.80	$465
4288.130(a)	Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request	RD 4288-3	226	4	904	1	904	$35.80	$32,363
4288.120(a)(4)(iii)	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0018)	288	1	288	0.16	46	$35.80	$1,650
	Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers
4288.120(a)(4)(ii)	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (4040-0013)
	TOTALS				2084.00		1846.28		$66,096.82
	FOOTNOTES:
	Appeals and Succession Requests	Assumes 3 appeals and 3 succession requests.
	Number of Applications	Estimated 288 applicants with 282 eligible participants. Of the applications - 129 are biodiesel, 69 are anaerobic digesters, 32 are ethanol, 52 are pellets, and 6 are others. These estimates are based on the number of producers enrolled for 2016 plus 5% increase of new enrollees.
	Production information	Assumes 80% of the 282 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests (904 payments per year). This is based on payment requests received in FY 2015 and 2016.
	Payment Requests	Assumes 80% of the 282 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests.
	Recordkeeping	Applies to each of the 288 producers with whom the Agency has contracts.

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Sheet 2: FedGov

Fed Gov Cost for Interim Rule for Section 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Typical year
Item	Number	Hours per item	Rate	Total Cost	NOTES
Determine producer eligibility	275	1.58	37.12	$16,129	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	37.12	$483	Equal to the number of new contracts
Review contract validity	13	0.7	37.12	$338
Process payment applications	864	3.3	37.12	$105,837	Equal to the number of payment requests
Determine annual payment amounts	5	44.1	37.12	$8,185	Calculated quarterly plus the incremental payment calculationer (5 pmt calculations/year).
Review succession requests	3	2	37.12	$223
Appeals	3	12	37.12	$1,336
Conduct site visits	135	8	37.12	$40,090	Equals half the number of participating producers
Administrative	See footnote a			$50,000
Total				$222,619
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).