Burden Worksheet

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Overview

FPEP Burden Hours
Not Inc in Burden Hours
Annualized Cost to Fed Gov Est.

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Sheet 1: FPEP Burden Hours

	OMB No. 0570-NEW Fertilizer Production Expansion Program
	USDA - Rural Business - Cooperative Service
Line No.	RFA Reference	Title	Form No. (if any)	Percent of respondents line items is applicable to	Estimated No. of Respondents	Reports Filed Annually	Total Responses (D) x (E)	Estimated No. of Hours per response	Estimated Total Hours (F) x (G)	Wage Class	Total Cost (H) x (I)		The professional wage rate is the mean hourly wage rate for General and Operations Managers, (Occupation Code 11-1021) of $55.41. Benefits as a percentage of total compensation for private industry workers in professional and business services industries were 29.6% of total hourly compensation. Total hourly wage and benefits for the professional category, General and Operations Managers is $71.81 per hour.
	(A)	(B)	(C)		(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)
		Est. No. of Total Respondents (Applicants)			135
		Est. No. of Total Awards (Awardees)			50
		Application
	2.5.1	SAM Registration	Electronic	100%	135	1.00	135	2.00	270	$71.81	$19,389
	3.2	FPEP Project Narrative (Pre-Award)	written	100%	135	1.00	135	40.00	5,400	$71.81	$387,774
	3.2	FPEP Financial Viability (Pre-Award)	written	100%	135	1.00	135	10.00	1,350	$71.81	$96,944
	3.2	FPEP Feasibility Study (Pre-Award)	written	60%	81	1.00	81	50.00	4,050	$71.81	$290,831
	3.2	Source Documentation (Pre-Award)	written	100%	135	1.00	135	2.00	270	$71.81	$19,389
	2.5.1 and 3.2	Applicant certifications (Pre-Award)	written	100%	135	1.00	135	1.00	135	$71.81	$9,694
	3.2	Design and Construction documents (Pre-Award)	written	100%	135	1.00	135	10.00	1,350	$71.81	$96,944
	1.4 and 3.2	Environmental Review Documents (Pre-Award)- CATEX with Report	written	100%	135	1.00	135	40.00	5,400	$71.81	$387,774
	2.5.2	Tribal Government Resolution of Consent	written	1%	1	1.00	1	4.00	4	$71.81	$287
	2.6	Tribal Matching Fund Waiver	written	1%	1	1.00	1	1.00	1	$71.81	$72
		Application Burden					1028		18,230		$1,309,096
		Award Processing
	LOC	Letter of Intent to meet conditions	RD 1942-46	100%	50	1.00	50	1.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
	LOC	Request for Obligation of Funds	RD 1940-1	100%	50	1.00	50	0.25	13	$71.81	$898
	2.1	Rural Business Cooperative Service Financial Assistance Agreement	RD 4280-2	100%	50	1.00	50	2.00	100	$71.81	$7,181
	2.5.1	SAM Registration Maintenance	written	100%	50	1.00	50	1.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
	2 CFR 200	Insurance requirements	written	100%	50	1.00	50	1.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
	LOC	Contractor's Final Release and Waiver of Lien	RD 1924-9	100%	50	1.00	50	0.25	13	$71.81	$898
	LOC	Release by Claimants	RD 1924-10	100%	50	1.00	50	0.50	25	$71.81	$1,795
	LOC	Surety	written	100%	50	1.00	50	1.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
	LOC	Technical services	written	50%	25	4.00	100	1.00	100	$71.81	$7,181
	LOC	Final plans and specs	written	50%	25	1.00	25	2.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
	LOC	Construction Contract	written	50%	25	1.00	25	2.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
		Award Processing Burden					550		550		$0
		Servicing and Reporting
	2.4	Time Extensions	written	5%	3	1.00	3	0.50	2	$71.81
	5.4.1	Semi-Annual Report - Project Performance (Post-Award)	written	100%	50	2.00	100	0.50	50	$71.81	$3,591
	5.4.1	Final Project and Financial Status report (Post-Award)-2CFR 200-343	written	100%	50	1.00	50	1.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
	5.4.1	Outcome Project Performance Reports and Final Deliverables (Post-Award)	written	100%	50	1.00	50	1.00	50	$71.81	$3,591
		Servicing and Reporting Burden					203		152		$50,267
		Recordkeeping
	2 CFR 200	Recordkeeping	written	100%	50	1.00	50	3.00	150	$71.81	$10,772
		Recordkeeping Burden					50		150		$10,772
						Total Annual Responses	1,831
						Total Est.Hours			19,082
						Total Burden					$1,370,135
						Estimated Hours Per Response		10.42

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Sheet 2: Not Inc in Burden Hours

RFA Reference	Title	Form No. (if any)	Percent of respondents line items is applicable to	Estimated No. of Respondents	Reports Filed Annually	Total Responses (D) x (E)	Estimated No. of Hours per response	Estimated Total Hours (F) x (G)	Wage Class	Total Cost (H) x (I)
(A)	(B)	(C)		(D)	(E)	(F)	(G)	(H)	(I)	(J)
	Est. No. of Total Respondents (Applicants)			135
	Est. No. of Total Awards (Awardees)			50
	Cleared in other Packages
3.2	Application for Federal Assistance	SF 424 (4040-0004)	100%	135	1.00	135.00	1.00	135	$71.81	$9,694
3.2	Budget Information - Construction Programs	SF 424C (4040-0008)	100%	135	1.00	135.00	2.00	270	$71.81	$19,389
3.2	Assurances - Construction Programs	SF 424D (4040-0009)	100%	135	1.00	135.00	0.50	68	$71.81	$4,847
3.2	Disclosure of Lobbying Activities	SF LLL (4040-0013)	100%	135	1.00	135.00	0.17	23	$71.81	$1,619
5.4	Federal Financial Report	SF 425 (4040-0014)	100%	50	2.00	100.00	1.00	100	$71.81	$7,181
5.4.2	Outlay Report and Request for Reimbursement for Construction Programs	SF 271 (4040-0011)	100%	50	12.00	600.00	1.00	600	$71.81	$43,086
3.2	Optional Form to Assist in Assessment of USDA Compliance with Civil Rights Laws	AD-2106 (0503-0019)	20%	10	1.00	10.00	0.03	0.33	$71.81	$24
LOC	Equal Opportunity Agreement	RD 400-1 (0575-0201)	100%	50	1	50	0.16	8	$71.81	$574
LOC	Assurance Agreement	RD 400-4 (0575-0201)	100%	50	1	50	0.25	13	$71.81	$898
										$87,312

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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	$58.01	$21.03	$79.04
	Activity	Number of applications	No. of Review hours per application	Total Review Hours	Rate	Benefits	Salary	Total Costs
	Step 1:	135	4	540	$58.01	36.25%	$79.04	$42,681
	FPEP Application Completeness and Eligibility Review
	(Includes the following activities:												Salary Table 2022-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) compliance
	3) completeness
	Step 2:	135	4	540	$58.01	36.25%	$79.04	$42,682
	Evaluation Process
	Includes the following activities:
	1) review of eligible
	applications
	2) priority scoring
	3) determine funding
	priority												SALARY TABLE 2022-DCB (opm.gov)
	4) awardee selection
	Step 3:	50	10	500	$58.01	36.25%	$79.04	$39,520
	Post Award: Includes the following activities)
	1) Advance of funds
	2) Review of Semi-
	Annual reports
	3) Servicing
	4) Grant closing
	5) Annual Audit review
	Post Award:	50	2	100	$58.01	36.25%		$7,904
	Record Keeping		(2 hrs. x 3 reports)				$79.04
	TOTAL Annual Cost to the Federal Government							$132,786