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OMB Control No: 0570-0070	ICR Reference No: 202209-0570-001
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201810-0570-001
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RBS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Rural Business Development Grants
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: Yes
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 01/10/2025
	Date Received in OIRA: 10/25/2022
Terms of Clearance: In accordance with 5 CFR 1320, the information collection is approved for three years. The agency is required to display the OMB Control Number and inform respondents of its legal significance in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.5(b).

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	01/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	01/31/2025
Responses	12,847	0	14,197
Time Burden (Hours)	59,823	0	60,161
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
RBDG- Private Sector	RD 1951-4, SF 425, SFLLL , SF 424, SF 270, RD 400-4, RD 1942	, , , , , ,
RBDG- State, Local, and Tribal Governments	AD- 1048, AD-1047, RD 1942-46, RD 1951-4, SF 425, AD- 1049, SF LLL, SF 424, SF 270, RD 400-4, RD 1970-A	, , , , , , , , , ,

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	12,847	14,197	780	-2,130
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	59,823	60,161	8,686	-9,024
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There was a decrease of 338 annual burden hours from the previous collection of 60,161 to the current collection of 59,823 annual burden hours. The decrease is due to a calculation correction by removing the burden hours of three (3) common forms (i.e. AD-1047, AD-1048 and AD-1049,)which were discontinued for use. The decrease in annual burden hours directly impacted the total annual responses for the current package. There was a decrease of 1,350 from 14,197 of total annual responses in the previous collection to 12,847 in this collection package.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $5,260,110

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: Lynn Gilbert 202 690-2682 lynn.gilbert@usda.gov

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