Information is used to determine
borrower compliance with loan covenants, assist borrower in
achieving their business goals, and regular servicing of loan
account such as graduation, subordination, partial release, and use
of proceeds.
Overall, the burden hours have
decreased by 52,250 while the annual responses increased by 1,029.
The number of respondents increased by 39,597. The number of
respondents is 94,121 in this request. The decreased burden hours
were due to an overall 10% decreased in the number of the
respondents since in the last OMB approval and a reevaluation of
the previous burden estimates (for example, the average burden per
collection reduced from 51 minutes to 18 minutes and per respondent
reduced from 1 hour, 31 minutes to 19 minutes) plus the removal of
travel times from the request. Also, the increased responses were
that the borrowers were doing more service with FSA and completing
forms FSA-2040 annually.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.