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OMB Control No: 0572-0059	ICR Reference No: 202410-0572-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202001-0572-005
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RUS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Telecommunications System Construction Policies and Procedures
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 01/21/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	3,335	3,318
Time Burden (Hours)	7,703	6,610
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	3,335	3,318	17
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	7,703	6,610	1,093
Annual 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: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a revision to a currently approved package. Since the previous submission, there has been an increase of two (2) respondents (1,432 to 1,434), an increase of 17 responses (3,318 to 3,335) and an increase of 1,093 burden hours (6,610 to 7,703). The data employed was made up of the quantity of actual borrower responses during the time period over 2020 through 2022 as included in the Engineering Branch logs of the RUS Telecommunications Program. The increase can be attributed to the last burden worksheet having several items marked as zero. However, even though the items may not have been used over the last couple of years, they are still active forms and it is possible they may be submitted. Based on this, a one (1) was used as a placeholder to account for the possibility of burden.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $1,492,943

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: Pamela Bennett 202 720-9639 pamela.bennett@usda.gov