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OMB Control No: 0572-0127	ICR Reference No: 202208-0572-005
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 201907-0572-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Broadband Grant 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	04/30/2024
Responses	73	95
Time Burden (Hours)	12,286	13,380
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	73	95	-9	-13
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,286	13,380	-834	-260
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: The Agency has seen a decrease in the number of applications for this grant program over the last several years. This submission reflects a decrease in the average number of annual respondents from 82 to 73 (FY20-FY21 average). The decrease in respondents resulted in an adjustment decrease of 834 burden hours from 13,380 to 12,286 hours.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $92,598

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: Kimble Brown 202 692-0042 kimble.brown@wdc.usda.gov