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OMB Control No: 0572-0079	ICR Reference No: 202208-0572-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201901-0572-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Preloan Procedures and Requirements for Telecommunications Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 11/03/2022

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	05/31/2024
Responses	302	37
Time Burden (Hours)	11,445	9,618
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	302	37	265
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	11,445	9,618	1,827
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	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 is an adjustment of an overall increase of 1,827 estimated public burden hours for this collection – which is now 11,445 from 9,618 burden hours in the previous collection. This is attributed to an adjustment in the estimate of respondents and responses. The agency has seen an increase in the number of applications for this loan program over the last several years. For this estimate the projected number of respondents expected to submit loan requirements and preloan information has been increased from 37 from the previous collection to 43 for this collection, while respondents submitting proposals for acquisitions and mergers remained at 0. This is based on the FY19-FY21 average.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $225,424

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

Agency Contact: Susan Woolard 202 720-9631 susan.woolard@usda.gov