Rural Business Development Grants

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form SF 425 Federal Financial Report	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form RD 1951-4 Report of IRP-RDLT Lending Activvity	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form RD 1942-46 Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form RD 1970-A Environmental (Exhibit C)	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form RD 400-4 Assurance Agreement	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form AD- 1049 Requirements (Grants)Alternative I-for Grantees other than Individ.	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form AD- 1048 Regtarding Debarment, Suspension, Inelig. and Bol. Excl.	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form AD-1047 Cert. Regarding Debarment Suspension & Other Resp. Matters Primary Covd.	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form SF 270 Request for Advance or Reimbursement	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form SF 424 Application for Federal Assistance	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form SF LLL Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form SF LLL RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Repair queued
Form SF 425 Federal Financial Report	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RD 1951-4 IRP-RDLF Lending Activity	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RD 1942 Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form RD 400-4 Assurance Agreement	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form SF 270 Request for Reimbursement	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form SF 424 Application for Federal Assistance	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form SFLLL -Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	Form	Modified	Repair queued
Form SFLLL RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	Repair queued
0570- 0070 RBDG Spreadsheet 10.13.22.xls	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-10-13	Available
0570-0070 Sup Statement 5.25.22 1.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2022-10-19	Repair queued
FR Notice 7.8.22.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-09-15	Repair queued

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Federal Financial Report
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Report of IRP-RDLT Lending Activvity
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Environmental (Exhibit C)
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Assurance Agreement
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Requirements (Grants)Alternative I-for Grantees other than Individ.
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Regtarding Debarment, Suspension, Inelig. and Bol. Excl.
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Cert. Regarding Debarment Suspension & Other Resp. Matters Primary Covd.
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Request for Advance or Reimbursement
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Application for Federal Assistance
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Form	Removed
214891	RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	Other-written	Removed
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	Federal Financial Report
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	IRP-RDLF Lending Activity
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	Assurance Agreement
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	Request for Reimbursement
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	Application for Federal Assistance
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified	-Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Form	Modified
214043	RBDG- Private Sector	Other-written	Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 0570-0070	ICR Reference No: 202209-0570-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201810-0570-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RBS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Rural Business Development Grants
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR:  Yes
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/10/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 10/25/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. The agency is required to display the OMB Control Number and inform respondents of its legal significance in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.5(b).

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2025
Responses	12,847	0	14,197
Time Burden (Hours)	59,823	0	60,161
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: Agricultural Act of 2014, Public Law 113-79 (2014 Farm Bill) (7 USC 1932(c)), authorizes the Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) program to facilitate the development of small and emerging private businesses, industries, and related employment as well as identifying and analyzing business opportunities, establishing business support centers, and providing training, technical assistance, and planning for improving the economy in rural communities.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 7 USC 1932(c) Name of Law: Agricultural Act of 2014
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: US Code: 7 USC 1932(c) Name of Law: Agricultural Act of 2014

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 40782	07/08/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 64200	10/24/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
RBDG- Private Sector	RD 1951-4, SF 425, SFLLL , SF 424, SF 270, RD 400-4, RD 1942	-Disclosure of Lobbying Activities ,   Application for Federal Assistance ,   Request for Reimbursement ,   Assurance Agreement ,   Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions ,   IRP-RDLF Lending Activity ,   Federal Financial Report
RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	AD- 1048, AD-1047, RD 1942-46, RD 1951-4, SF 425, AD- 1049, SF LLL, SF 424, SF 270, RD 400-4, RD 1970-A	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities ,   Application for Federal Assistance ,   Request for Advance or Reimbursement ,   Cert. Regarding Debarment Suspension & Other Resp. Matters Primary Covd. ,   Regtarding Debarment, Suspension, Inelig. and Bol. Excl. ,   Requirements (Grants)Alternative I-for Grantees other than Individ. ,   Assurance Agreement ,   Environmental (Exhibit C) ,   Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions ,   Report of IRP-RDLT Lending Activvity ,   Federal Financial Report

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	12,847	14,197	0	780	-2,130	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	59,823	60,161	0	8,686	-9,024	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There was a decrease of 338 annual burden hours from the previous collection of 60,161 to the current collection of 59,823 annual burden hours. The decrease is due to a calculation correction by removing the burden hours of three (3) common forms (i.e. AD-1047, AD-1048 and AD-1049,)which were discontinued for use. The decrease in annual burden hours directly impacted the total annual responses for the current package. There was a decrease of 1,350 from 14,197 of total annual responses in the previous collection to 12,847 in this collection package.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,260,110

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  Yes

Description/Changes for Common Form Usage:  Common Forms in this IC: RD 400-1, SF-425, RD 400-4, Standard Form LLL, SF-424, SF 270.

Approved RCFs using this ICR

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Agency/Sub Agency	RCF ID	RCF Title	RCF Status	IC Title

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 10/25/2022

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