Burden Statement

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Overview

Table 1-Burden Hours Worksheet
Table 2-Annualized Cost Fed Gov

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Sheet 1: Table 1-Burden Hours Worksheet

Urban Forest Engagement in Atlanta, GA (0596-0237)
				Respondents					Non-Respondents
Affected Public	Type of Instrument(s)		Sample Size	Number of Respondents (D x.response rate*)	Frequency of Responses per Person	Annual Number of Responses (ExF)	Estimated Time per Response (In Minutes)	Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (GxH/60)	Number of Non-Respondents (Dx.47*)	Frequency of Responses per Person	Responses per Project (JxK)	Estimated Time per Response (In Minutes)	Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (LxM/60)
Residents in single family homes and multi-family homes in Atlanta, GA neighborhoods	Survey pretest: Winter 2022		20	20	1	20	12	4	0	0	0	0	0
	Spring/Summer/Fall 2022		211	112.00	1	112	12	22	100	1	100	1	1.67
Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden Estimate			231	132		132		26	100		100		1.67
Key numbers for supporting statement:
Total Annual Responses for Respondents & Non-Respondents			232
Total Annual Burden Hours for Respondents & Non-Respondents			28
Total Annual Cost (D11 x$15.60**)			$438
*Assumes 100% response rate for pre-survey consultationre-test, 53% response rate for survey, 47% response rate for non-respondents.
**This is the 2021 mean hourly wage rate for “Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan” (occupational code 43-4111) for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta metropolitan area--$15.60. Obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_12060.htm#43-0000.volunteer wage rate: https://independentsector.org/value-of-volunteer-time-2021/

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Sheet 2: Table 2-Annualized Cost Fed Gov

Annualized Cost to Federal Government	Projected Cost 2022
­Employee labor and materials for developing, printing, storing forms. This cost relates to work time for a GS-4-15 Research Social Scientist to modify the questionnaire and format contact information sheets that will be left with the respondent. The $70.42 is the employee’s hourly wage rate. : 20 hours x $ 70.42= $1,408	$1,408
­Employee labor to statistically analyze data. This cost relates to work time for a GS-4-15 Research Social Scientist to modify the questionnaire and format contact information sheets that will be left with the respondent. The $70.42 is the employee’s hourly wage rate. 160 hours x $70.42= $11,267	$11,267
­Employee labor and materials for developing computer systems, screens, or reports to support the collection--8 hours x $70.42= $563. This cost relates to work time for a GS-4-15 Research Social Scientist to modify the collection instrument and develop an input form on Survey Monkey that will store responses that can be downloaded to a spreadsheet.	$563
Employee costs related to submission of OMB application. Roughly 80 hours of work time for a GS-4-15 Research Social scientist to develop and respond to comments on this information collection request: (80 hours x $70.42=$5,634.	$5,634
Employee travel costs. Cost for Forest Service employee to travel to Atlanta, GA from Athens, GA to assist with data collection. 24 day trips are estimated at 160 miles round trip for a total of 3,840 miles @$0.17 per mile = $870.	$653
­Cost of contractor services or other reimbursements to individuals or organizations assisting in the collection of information. Two University of Georgia students will be paid to administer the survey in tandem with a Forest Service researcher. We expect to contact 950 potential respondents over a period of 16 weekends, or 32 days total. Surveyors will work for 8 hours each day. Survey administrators will be compensated at the mean hourly wage rate for “Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan” (occupational code 43-4111) for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta metropolitan area. The hourly wage rate was obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_12060.htm#43-0000. This rate is $15.60: 8 hrs./day x24 days = 192 hrs. per surveyor 192 hrs. x $15.60/hr.= $2,995 per surveyor $2,995 x 2 surveyors= $5,990 Transportation for the student surveyors will be provided by the USDA Forest Service. The 8 hours of daily work includes roughly two-hour travel time to and from Atlanta and four hours of survey administration.	$5,990
Cost for unit scientist to report development research papers describing the conceptual basis, methodology, and findings of the larger environmental equity study. GS-4-15 360 hrs. x $70.42=$25,351	$25,351
TOTAL COSTS	$50,866