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OMB Control No: 0572-0152	ICR Reference No: 202502-0572-009
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202310-0572-003
Agency/Subagency: USDA/RUS	Agency Tracking No: 0572-0152
Title: The Rural eConnectivity Program (ReConnect)
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 02/19/2025

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved	12/31/2025
Responses	230,400	19,450
Time Burden (Hours)	1,468,032	156,090
Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,434,739,200	14,443,185

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	230,400	19,450	5,524	205,426
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	1,468,032	156,090	15,871	1,296,071
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	4,434,739,200	14,443,185	-3,982,349	4,424,278,364

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 is an increase in burden of 15,871 hours and 5,524 responses since the last submission.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $6,439,720

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: Crystal Pemberton 202 556-8038 crystal.pemberton@usda.gov