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["2014 Burden Estimate for Value Added Producer Grant Program  - 0570-0064 - 2014"]
["USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service "]
["Section of Regulations","Title","Form No. (if any)","Estimated No. of Respondents","Reports Filed Annually","Total Annual Responses                      (D) X (E)","Estimated Number of Man Hours per Response","Estimated Total Man Hours              (F) X (G)","Wage Class $/hr","Total Cost to the Public              (H)x(I)"]
["(A)","(B)","(C)","(D)","(E)","(F)","(G)","(H)","(I)","(J)"]
["APPLICANT Burden"]
[null,null,"      PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS:"]
[4284.951,"Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters - Primary Covered Transactions","Form AD-1047",274,1,274,0.25,68.5,36.49,2499.565]
[4284.951,"Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters - Lower-Tier Covered Transactions","Form AD-1048",274,1,274,0.25,68.5,36.49,2499.565]
[4284.951,"Certification Regarding Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (Grants)","Form AD-1049",274,1,274,0.25,68.5,36.49,2499.565]
[4284.924,"Report of Separation from the U.S. Military","DD-214",27,1,27,0.2,5.4,36.49,197.04600000000002]
[4284.931,"Assurance Agreements","RD 400-4         (0575-0018)           ",274,1,274,0.25,68.5,36.49,2499.565]
[4284.951,"Letter of Intent to Meet Conditions","RD 1942-46     (0570-0062)",274,1,274,0.5,137,36.49,4999.13]
[4284.951,"Request for Obligation of Funds","RD-1940-1      (0575-0062)",274,1,274,0.25,68.5,36.49,2499.565]
[null,"Subtotal",null,null,null,1671,null,484.9,null,17694.001]
[4284.931,"Application for Federal Assistance","SF-424            (4040-0004)",576,1,576,1,576,36.49,21018.24]
[]
["PAPERWORK REQUIREMENTS – NO FORMS"]
[null,"Reporting - No Forms "]
[null,"Project Proposal - Applicants"]
[4284.931,"Project Proposal- Working Capital Grants of $50,000 or more","written ",231,1,231,76,17556,36.49,640618.4400000001]
[4284.932,"Project Proposal-Simplified Working Capital Applications of less than $50,000","written ",259,1,259,64,16576,36.49,604858.24]
[null,"Project Proposal-Planning Grant Applications","written ",86,1,86,64,5504]
[4284.924,"Priority Point Requirement for \"Best Contributes\"","written ",43,1,43,3,129,36.49,4707.21]
[null,"Subtotal",null,null,null,619,null,39765,null,1250183.8900000001]
[]
[null,"Grantee Requirements"]
[4284.951,"Grant Agreement","written",274,1,274,1,274,35.2,9644.800000000001]
[4284.96,"Performance Reports","written",274,2,548,9,4932,35.2,173606.40000000002]
[4284.96,"Final Report","written",274,1,274,30,8220,35.2,289344]
["Dept Regulations","Recordkeeping","written",274,1,274,3,822,35.2,28934.4]
[null,"Subtotal",null,null,null,1370,null,14248,null,501529.60000000003]
[]
[null,"GRAND TOTAL",null,null,null,3660,null,54497.9,null,1769407.4910000002]
[]
[]
[null,"Form Burden Approved Under Other OMB Numbers"]
[4284.931,"Budget Information – Non-Construction","SF-424A                (4040-0006)",576,1,576,3,1728]
[4284.931,"Assurances – Non-Construction","SF-424B                (4040-0007)",576,1,576,0.25,144]
[4284.931,"Federal Financial Report","SF-425                   (4040-0014)",274,2,548,0.5,274]
[4284.931,"Request for Advance or Reimbursement","SF-270                    (4040-0012)",274,12,3288,1,3288]
[4284.951,"Disclosure of Lobbying Activities","SF-LLL           (4040-0013)",102,1,102,0.25,25.5]
["*Application and award  numbers based on FY2014 results, revised by an expected 5 percent increase in number of applicants, and similar future funding levels."]

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["2014 Burden Estimate for Value Added Producer Grant Program  - 0570-0064 - 2014"]
["USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service "]
["Section of Notice","Form No.      (if any)","No. of Respondents","Reports Filed Annually","Total Annual Responses (C) x (D)","Estimated No. of Manhours per response","Estimated Total Manhours (E) x (F)","Wage** Class","Total Cost (G) x (H)"]
["(A)","(B)","(C)","(D)","(E)","(F)","(G)","(H)","(I)"]
["Annual Cost to the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT"]
[]
["VAPG Application Handling"]
["Receipt and Handling of Applications",null,576,1,576,1,576,38.4,22118.399999999998]
[]
["Non-federal Reviewer Recruitment and Coordination",null,90,2,180,2,360,68.13,24526.8]
[]
["Eligibility Review-Working Capital Grant Application $50,000 or more*",null,231,1,231,3,693,68.13,47214.09]
["Eligibility Review-Simplified Working Capital Application of less than $50,000",null,259,1,259,2,518,68.13,35291.34]
["Eligibility Review-Planning Grant Application",null,86,1,86,2,172,68.13,11718.359999999999]
["Eligibility Review-Veterans category",null,27,1,27,0.1,2.7,68.13,183.951]
[]
["Application Evaluation-Non-Federal Review, All Application Types",null,397,2,397,3,1191,38.4,45734.4]
["Application Evaluation-State Office Review, All Application Types",null,397,1,397,3,1191,68.13,81142.83]
["Application Evaluation-Priority Points for 'best contributes'",null,43,1,43,1,43,68.13,2929.5899999999997]
[]
["Grant Award"]
["Ranking and program summary",null,1,1,1,8.5,8.5,81,688.5]
["Award Announcement ",null,274,1,274,1,274,68.13,18667.62]
["Legal Document Preparation",null,274,1,274,1,274,68.13,18667.62]
["Applicant Notification",null,576,1,576,1,576,68.13,39242.88]
["Appeals",null,15,1,15,20,300,68.13,20439]
[]
["Post Award "]
["Monitoring",null,274,1,274,36,9864,68.13,672034.32]
["Administrative",null,274,1,274,3,822,38.4,31564.8]
[]
["TOTAL",{"$nulls":7},1072164.501]
[]
["** $21.28 is the rest-of-the-US rate for a GS-7, step 5;  $37.74 is the average rest-of-the-US rate for a GS-12, Step 5 and $46.20 for aGS-13, step 5; $41.07 is the WDC rate for a GS-12, step 5 and $48.83 for a GS-13, step 5. $33.33 is the hourly rate of non-Federal Reviewers. "]

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["The estimates provided on the previous pages were generated using the following assumptions"]
[]
["Total number of Applications ",576,"Actual submitted in 2014 actual 549 plus  5 percent increase (27)  resulting from the new Veterans category"]
["Eligible applications ",397,"69 percent eligible in 2014"]
["Simplified applications ",259,"45 percent of all applications received in 2014"]
["Planning applications",86,"15 percent of all applications received in 2014"]
["Veterans priority",27,"Because the Veterans category is tied to the Beginning Farmer and Rancher category, it is not expected to result in more than a 5 percent increase in applications"]
[" 'Best contributes' priority",43,"Assumes no increase in group applications (15 percent of all applicants in 2014) as a result of \"best contributes\" but assumed half of those applying in those applicant categories (50 percent of 86 2014 applicants = 43) would request those points."]
["Number of awards",274,"65 percent of eligible applications receiving awards in 2014"]
["Number of appeals",15,"Approximate number of appeals in 2012 (the window for appeals from 2014 applicants is still open, therefore the final number is not available)"]
[]
["Assumes a 3 hour increase in man-hours for additional information for 'best contributes'. "]
["Assumes .2 man-hours for veterans to supply the required DD-214."]
["Assumes .1 man-hours for State Office staff to review the required DD-214."]
["Non-federal Reviewer Recruitment and Coordination includes pre-review paperwork (system access, conflict of interest and confidentiality, automated payment information) and post-review payment. "]
["Award Announcement is generation and correction of project information sheets and press release"]
["Number of responses for SF-LLL based on percentage of awards over $100,000 in 2014"]