| Burden Estimate for the Biofuel Producer Program - FY 2021 |
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| USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service |
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| Section of the Funding Opportunity Notice |
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) |
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(B) |
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(D) |
(E) |
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(G) |
(H) |
(I) |
(J) |
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Non-Forms Approved Under this Docket |
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| Section E |
Appeals |
written |
10 |
1 |
3 |
12 |
36 |
$39.00 |
$1,404 |
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129 |
121 |
| Section E |
Additional information (3% of the applicants) |
written |
30 |
1 |
30 |
2 |
60 |
$39.00 |
$2,340 |
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32 |
30 |
| Section D |
Certifications for Contracts, Grants and Loans |
RD 1940-Q, Ex A-1 |
300 |
1 |
300 |
0.5 |
150 |
$39.00 |
$5,850 |
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52 |
49 |
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6 |
6 |
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Recordkeeping |
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219 |
206 |
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Recordkeeping |
written |
285 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
$0.00 |
$0 |
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Forms Approved Under this Docket |
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| Section D |
Biofuel Producer Program Application |
RD 4288-7 |
300 |
1 |
300 |
2.50 |
750 |
$39.00 |
$29,250 |
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TOTALS |
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300 |
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633 |
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996 |
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$38,844 |
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Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers |
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| Section D |
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities |
SF LLL (4040-0013) |
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| Section D |
Automated Clearing House Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form |
SF 3881 (1530-0069) |
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| Section D |
Assurance Agreement |
RD 400-4 (0575-0018) |
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FOOTNOTES: |
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Appeals |
Assumes 10 appeal requests. |
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Number of Applications |
Estimated 300 applicants. These estimates are based on the number of producers producing ethanol in the U.S. and the number of other producers enrolled in the Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels for Fiscal in Year 2021. |
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Production information |
Assumes 95% of the estimated 300 applicants are determined to be eligible producers. |
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Recordkeeping |
No reporting to the Agency. All recipients are required to keep records for 3 years after the date in which payments are made. The 3 years retention is in case the Agency requires further review of the records. Producers will make records available for Agency inspection as necessary. |
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Hours per Response |
1.57 |
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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 |
300 |
1.58 |
54.77 |
$25,960.98 |
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| Follow-up/Clarificationt Related Work |
30 |
1.7 |
54.77 |
$2,793.27 |
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| Process payment applications |
285 |
3.3 |
54.77 |
$51,511.19 |
Equal to the number of payments |
| Appeals |
3 |
12 |
54.77 |
$1,971.72 |
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| Administrative |
See footnote a |
$50,000.00 |
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| Total |
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$132,237.16 |
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| Footnote a |
This line item addresses the estimated cost for implementing, and administerting the Biofuel Producer Program. The estimate includes cost incurred by USDA staff and other Federal agency groups (e.g., OMB, OGC, FO). |
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