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["2024 Burden Estimate for 9005 - Advanced Biofuel Payment Program "]
["OMB No. 0570-0063"]
["USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service "]
["Section of Rule","Title","Form No. (if any)","No. of Respondents","Reports Filed","Total Responses  (D) X (E)","Estimated No. of Manhours per response","Estimated Total Manhours  (F) x (E) ","Wage** Class","Total Cost  (H) x (I)"]
["(A)","(B)","(C)","(D)","(E)","(F)","(G)","(H)","(I)","(J)"]
[null,"Reporting - No Forms Approved Under this Docket"]
["4288.120(a)","SAM Registration and Annual Maintenance","sam.gov",101,1,101,3,303,67.06,20319.18]
[4288.103,"Appeals","written",3,1,3,12,36,67.06,2414.16]
["4288.137(a)","Succession request","written",3,1,3,1,3,67.06,201.18]
["4288.110(b)","Additional information (3% of the applicants)","written",3,1,3,1,3,67.06,201.18]
["4288.120(a)(4)(i)","Certification for Contracts, Grants and Loans","RD 1940-Q ",92,1,92,0.5,46,67.06,3084.76]
[]
[null,"Recordkeeping"]
[4288.113,"Recordkeeping",null,92,1,92,1,92,67.06,6169.52]
[]
[null,"Reporting - Forms Approved Under this Docket"]
[4288.12,"Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Annual Application and applicable ","RD 4288-1",92,1,92,1.4,128.79999999999998,67.06,8637.328]
["4288.121(a)","Advanced Biofuel Payment Program Contract","RD 4288-2",13,1,13,1,13,67.06,871.78]
["4288.130(a)","Advanced Biofuel Payment Program - Payment Request","RD 4288-3",92,4,368,1,368,67.06,24678.08]
[]
[null,"TOTALS",null,null,null,767,null,992.8,null,66577.168]
[]
[]
[null,"Forms Approved Under Other OMB Numbers (Not counted in burden totals)"]
["4288.120(a)(4)(ii)","Disclosure of Lobbying Activities","SF LLL (4040-0013)",92,1,92,0.167,15.364,67.06,1030.3098400000001]
["4288.120(a)(4)(iii)","Assurance Agreement","RD 400-4 (0575-0018)",92,1,92,0.25,23,67.06,1542.38]
[]
[]
[]
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[null,null,"Total Respondents",92]
[null,null,"Total Responses",null,null,767]
[null,null,"Total Responses per Respondent",8.33695652173913]
[null,null,"Total Burden Hours",{"$nulls":4},992.8]
[null,null,"Total Burden Hours per Response",1.294393741851369]
[]
[null,"FOOTNOTES:"]
[null,"Appeals and Succession Requests","Assumes 3 appeals and 3 succession requests."]
[]
[null,"Number of Applications","Estimated 101 applicants with 92 eligible participants.  Of the applications - 34 are biodiesel and renewable hydrocarbon producers, 21 are ethanol and alcohol based fuel producers, 19 are anaerobic biogas producers, and 18 are solid fuel pellets and briquettes producers.  These estimates are based on the actual number of producers enrolled for Fiscal Year 2023."]
[null,"Production information","Assumes 92 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests (368 payments per year).  This is based on payment requests received in FY 2023."]
[null,"Payment Requests","Assumes 92 eligible participants submit quarterly payment requests."]
[null,"Recordkeeping","Applies to each of the 92 producers with whom the Agency has contracts."]

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["Wage Category","Mean Wage*","29.6% Benefits**","Total Hourly Wage","Percent Time spent on Burden","Weighted Hourly Salary"]
["11-9199 Managers, All Other",70.35,20.8236,91.1736,60,54.704159999999995,null,"https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_stru.htm"]
["43-4031 Bookkeeping, Accounting and Auditing Clerks",23.84,7.05664,30.896639999999998,40,12.358656]
[{"$nulls":7},"Updated this table based on the most recent information available and included links to that data."]
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[{"$nulls":4},100,67.062816]
[]
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[0.296,null,"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ecec.pdf"]

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["Grade","Based Hourly Cost","Benefits","Total","Percent"]
["GS 7, Step 5",22.79,8.261375,31.051375,20,6.210275,0.3625,null,null,"https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2024/GS_h.pdf"]
["GS 9, Step 5",27.88,10.106499999999999,37.9865,30,11.39595]
["GS 12, Step 5",40.42,14.65225,55.072250000000004,30,16.521675000000002]
["GS 13, Step 5",48.07,17.425375,65.495375,20,13.099075]
[null,null,null,189.6055,100,47.226974999999996]
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["Fed Gov Cost for Advanced Biofuel Payment Program "]
["Item","Number","Hours per item","Rate","Total Cost","NOTES"]
[]
["Determine producer eligibility",92,1.58,47.23,6865.352800000001,"Equal to the number of new applicants; 3 hours per producer plus 0.5 hours per application for the 8 applications with documentation that woody feedstocks cannot be used in higher value product"]
["Review contract forms",13,1,47.23,613.99,"Equal to the number of new contracts"]
["Review contract validity",13,0.7,47.23,429.79299999999995]
["Process payment applications",368,3.3,47.23,57356.11199999999,"Equal to the number of payment requests"]
["Review succession requests",3,2,47.23,283.38]
["Appeals",3,12,47.23,1700.28]
["Conduct site visits",18,8,47.23,6801.12,"Equals 20% of the number of participating producers"]
["Administrative","See footnote a",null,null,50000]
["Total",null,null,null,124050.02779999998]
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["Footnote a","This line item addresses the estimated cost for implementing, and administerting 9005.  The estimate includes cost incurred by USDA staff and other Federal agency groups (e.g., OMB, OGC, FO)."]