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OMB Control No: 0572-0137	ICR Reference No: 202006-0572-002
Status: Historical Inactive	Previous ICR Reference No: 201712-0572-002
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Servicing of Water Programs Loans and Grants, 7 CFR 1782
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Improperly submitted and continue	Conclusion Date: 06/02/2021
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 05/19/2021
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2021	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2022
Responses	313	0	313
Time Burden (Hours)	729	0	729
Cost Burden (Dollars)	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: In this collection, RUS uses several Rural Housing Service (RHS) forms that are approved under different RHS collection packages. As the number of documents submitted varies greatly each year, the fluctuation from last submittal to this year is due to the loans changes outside of the Agency control. The total burden has stayed relatively constant, just the number of respondents in this 3 year period increased, but the burden did not significantly change per respondent. Additionally, we have an adjustment to the number of annual responses for this burden cycle going from 313 to 304, in addition we have an adjustment in the number of respondents going 62 to 304. This is based on servicing actions listed under this burden package varies from year to year along with how many respondents participate in a particular action. Not all respondents will participate in any or every single action, yet, a respondent can participate in multiple actions, which is why the Number of Respondents varies so drastically from the overall caseload composition. The cost to the federal government correspondently changed as the number of borrowers and what service they needed worked on changed. The wages of federal employees slightly increased from the last submittal, but the overall amount of time spent in each type of servicing (routine or advanced) remained the same. As the number of respondents varied greatly, that impacted the total cost to the government.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $78,384

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: Lauren Cusick 202 720-1414 lauren.cusick@usda.gov