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OMB Control No: 0572-0150	ICR Reference No: 202101-0572-002
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201809-0572-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RUS	Agency Tracking No: 0572-0150
Title: The Rural Alaska Village Grant (RAVG) Program
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 04/21/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 02/22/2022
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	04/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2023
Responses	324	0	345
Time Burden (Hours)	523	0	469
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	324	345	-260	239
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	523	469	-263	317
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: Currently, there are no changes in the regulations or program operations, however, there was an increase in the estimated number of burden hours from the previous submission of 469 to 523 resulting from an increase in the number of applications received and the number of applications obligated. The three-year average of applications received resulted in an increased number of respondents from 25 to 36, while the number of applications obligated increased from 15 to19. It is important to note that all applications received are not obligated in the same fiscal year received. There was also an unexpected increase in the estimated cost to deliver the RVAG program from 552,639 to 928499, from both the public and private sectors. The increased cost was due to more applications received during that timeframe along with a rise in wages for both the public and private sector.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,252,563

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: Taylor Marable 615 772-8726 taylor.marable@usda.gov