REPP Burden Spreadsheet

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Overview

REPP ROCIS
Hourly estimates of burden
Annualized Cost to Fed Gov Est.

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Sheet 1: REPP ROCIS

USDA - RBCS				Title of Information Document						OMB No.
				Rural Energy Pilot Program (REPP) Grant
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION COLLECTION										Date Prepared
										Jan-22
INSTRUCTIONS:						>	(f) TOTAL		(h) TOTAL		(k) TOTAL
Use this form when a single information collection document involves multiple reporting and						>	-	= (e) Average	-	= (g) Average	-	= (j) Average
recordkeeping requirements.						>	(d) TOTAL		(f) TOTAL		(i) TOTAL
IDENTIFICATION OF REPORTING AND RECORDKEEPPING REQUIREMENTS								ANNUAL BURDEN
				FORM			REPORTS				RECORDS
				NO(s)	NO. OF	NO. OF	TOTAL	HOURS	TOTAL	NO. OF	ANNUAL	TOTAL
		SECTION OF		(If "none"	RESPON-	RESPONSES	ANNUAL	PER	HOURS	RECORD-	HOURS PER	RECORD-
		REGULATIONS	DESCRIPTION	so state)	DENTS	PER	RESPONSES	RESPONSE	(Col. f & g)	KEEPERS	RECORD-	KEEPING
						RESPON-	(Col. d & e)				KEEPER	HOURS
						DENT						(Col. i & j)
			(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)	(j)	(k)
			Items Cleared Under This Docket - 0570-New
			REPP Required Letter of Intent (Pre-Award)	non-form	25	1	25	40.00
			REPP Technical Report and Planning Documents (Pre-Award)	non-form	25	1	25	50.00	1,250.00
			Reporting and Record Keeping Requirements Under This OMB Docket No. 0570-NEW
			Semi-Annual Report - Project Performance (Post-Award)	non-form	5	2	10	0.50	5.00	5	2	10
		2 CFR 200-343	Final Project and Financial Status report (Post-Award)	non-form	5	1	5	1.00	5.00	5	1	5
			Outcome Project Performance Reports and Final Deliverables (Post-Award)	non-form	5	1	5	1.00	5.00	5	1	5
Total burden hours for forms approved under this OMB Docket 0570-NEW					25	1.00	70	32.14	2,250.00	15	4	20
			Record Keeping hours under this OMB Docket 0570-NEW		15	4	20	1.33	15.00
			Total Burden and Record Keeping Burden						2,265.00
			Items Cleared Under Other OMB Dockets
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 3090-0292
			(FFATA) Transparency Act Reporting (Pre-award)	100	25	1	25	1.33	33.25
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 4040-0004
			Application for Federal Assistance (Pre-Award)	SF 424	25	1	25	1.10	27.50
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 4040-0006
			Budget Information - Non-Construction Programs (Pre-Award)	SF 424A	25	1	25	2.00	50.00
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 4040-0008
			Budget Information - Construction Programs (Pre-Award)	SF 424C	25	1	25	2.00	50.00
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 4040-0009
			Assurances - Construction Programs (Pre-Award)	SF 424D	25	1	25	0.25	6.25
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 4040-0013
			Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF-LLL	25	1	25	0.25	6.25
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 4040-0012
			Request for Advance or Reimbursement (Post-Award)	SF 270	5	1	5	1.00	5.00
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 0575-0018 (to be udated to RD Commom control # ASAP)
			Equal Opportunity Agreement	RD 400-1	25	1	25	0.25	6.25
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 0575-0018 (to be udated to RD Commom control # ASAP)
			Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4	25	1	25	0.25	6.25
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 0575-0197
			Written – Environmental Review Documents (Pre-Award)	written	25	1	25	40.00	1,000.00
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 0570-0035
			Letter of Conditions	Form RD 4280-4	5	1	5	1.00	5.00
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 0570-0061 and 0570-0062 (to be udated to RD Commom control # ASAP)
			Request for Obligation of Funds (Post-Award)	Form RD 1940–1	5	1	5	0.25	1.25
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 0575-0015, 0570-0021, 0570-0061, 0570-0062 and 0572-0137 (to be udated to RD Commom control # ASAP)
			Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions (Post-Award)	Form RD 1942–46	5	1	5	1.00	5.00
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 4040-0014
			Federal Financial Report (Post-Award)	SF–425	5	1	5	1.00	5.00			-
			Cleared Under OMB Docket No. 0570-0050 (to be udated to RD Commom control # ASAP)
			Rural Business-Cooperative Service Financial Assistance Agreement (Grant Agreement) (Post-award)	Form RD 4280-2	5	1	5	1.00	5.00
		Total burden hours for forms approved under other OMB Dockets			25	15	255	4.75	1,212.00
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							Annual Burden Hours		3,462.00
							Record Keeping Hours		15.00
			TOTAL ANNUAL BURDEN AND RECORDKEEPING HOURS				Total Burden Hours		3,477.00
									14.13
									14.19

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Sheet 2: Hourly estimates of burden

Estimates of the hourly burden of the collection of information.
Total Annual Respondents	Total Annual Responses	Hours per Response	Total Annual Burden	Recordkeeping Burden	Total Burden Hours						The professional wage rate is the median hourly wage rate for Public Relations and Fundraising Managers, (Occupation Code 11-2030) of $65.18. Benefits as a percentage of total compensation for private industry workers in professional and business services industries were 29.2% of total hourly compensation. Total hourly wage and benefits for the professional category, public relations and fundraising manager is $84.21 per hour.
25 applications submitted	325	10.6	3,462	15.00	3,477
Total Annual Respondents	Estimated Hours Per Response	Total Burden	Cost per Hour	Benefits	Total Cost
		Hours	Professional Time	https:www.bls.gov/news.
				Release/pdf/ecec.pdf
25	10.6	3,462	$65.18	29.20%	$291,544
applicants					________		$225,653.16	$65.18
					$225,653		$65,890.72	$19.03
					$65,891		$291,544	$84.21
Record-keeping	Estimated Hours Per Response	Total Hours	Cost per Hour	Benefits	Record Keeping Cost
	(1 hrs. per rpt. x 3 reports)		Professional Time	https:www.bls.gov/news.
				Release/pdf/ecec.pdf
5 award recipients	3	15	$65.18	29.20%	$1,263
							$977.70	$65.18
					$978		$285.49	$19.03
					$285		$1,263	$84.21
					292,807

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Sheet 3: Annualized Cost to Fed Gov Est.

Estimates of annualized cost to the Federal Government  .
											Position	Salary GS13 Step 5	Benefits	TOTAL
											Program Analyst	$55.75	$20.21	$75.96
	Activity	Number of applications	No. of Review hours per application	Total Review Hours	Rate	Benefits	Total Costs
													0.362511210762332
	Step 1:	25	4	100	$56.31	36.25%	$7,672
	Letter of Intent and Complete Application Review
	(Includes the following activities:						$5,631.00		$5,631.00			Salary Table 2021-DCB of the general schedule for a GS-13, step 5 for the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA locality area was used for wage calculation purposes. The cost of total benefits as a percentage of total hourly compensation for Federal Government employees has been calculated by multiplying 36.25% by the hourly OPM wage in accordance with OMB Memorandum M-08 13.
	1) eligibility						$2,041.24		$2,041.24
	2) compliance								$7,672
	3) completeness
	Step 2:	25	4	100	$56.31	36.25%	$7,672
	Evaluation Process
	Includes the following activities:
	1) review of eligible						$5,631.00		$5,631.00
	applications						$2,041.24		$2,041.24
	2) priority scoring								$7,672
	3) determine funding
	priority
	4) awardee selection.
	Step 3:	5	10	50	$56.31	36.25%	$3,836
	Post Award: Includes the following activities)
	1) Advance of funds
	2) Review of Semi-						$2,816		$2,815.50
	Annual reports						$1,021		$1,020.62
	3) Servicing								$3,836
	4) Grant closing
	5) Annual Audit
	review
	Post Award:	5	2	10	$56.31	36.25%	$767
	Record Keeping		(2 hrs. x 3 reports)				$563.10		$563.10
							$204.12		$204.12
									$767
	TOTAL Annual Cost to the Federal Government						$19,948		$19,948