Burden Hours

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Overview

Table 1-Burden Hours Worksheet
Table 2-Annualized Cost Fed Gov

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Sheet 1: Table 1-Burden Hours Worksheet

NTFP Renewal in 2020 (OMB # 0596-0243)
				Respondents					Non-Respondents
Affected Public	Type of Instrument(s)		Sample Size	Number of Respondents (D x.40*)	Frequency of Responses per Person	Annual Number of Responses (ExF)	Estimated Time per Response (In Minutes)	Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (GxH/60)	Number of Non-Respondents (Dx.60*)	Frequency of Responses per Person	Responses per Project (JxK)	Estimated Time per Response (In Minutes)	Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours (LxM/60)
Individual/Households; Business; Not-for-profit organizations; State, Local or Tribal Government; etc.	Survey		1,200	480	1	480	25	200	720	1	720	2	24
	Focus Group		50	20	1	20	90	30	30	1	30	2	1
	Interview		50	20	1	20	60	20	30	1	30	2	1
Estimated Total Annual Reporting Burden Estimate			1,300	520		520		250	780		780		26
Estimated Three-Year Total Reporting Burden Estimate			3,900	1,560		1,560		750	2,340		2,340		78
Key numbers for supporting statement:
Total Annual Responses for Respondents			520
Three Year Total Responses for Respondents			1,560
Total Annual Responses for Respondents & Non-Respondents			1,300
Three Year Annual Responses for Respondents & Non-Respondents			3,900
Total Annual Burden Hours for Respondents & Non-Respondents			276
Three Year Total Burden Hours for Respondents & Non-Respondents			828
Total Annual Cost (D14x$27.20**)			$7,507
Three Year Total Cost (D15x$27.20**)			$22,522
*Assumes 40% response rate for all methods.
**This amount ($27.20) is the 2020 volunteer wage rate (https://independentsector.org/value-of-volunteer-time-2020/, accessed: 9/28/20).

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Sheet 2: Table 2-Annualized Cost Fed Gov

Personnel & Responsibilities	Annual Portion of Salary or Projected Cost	Total 3 Year Cost
Project PI - Project development, oversight, leadership coordination, and data analysis (we've selected Denver, CO, GS-14, step 1, in CY2020, to approximate average; assuming 20% of time)	$23,640.40	$70,921.20
Project Technician - Outreach, data collection, management, and analysis (we've selected Denver, CO, GS-9, step 1, in CY2020, to approximate average; assuming 25% time)	$14,501.50	$43,504.50
Travel - Assume $500 in travel per year	$500.00	$1,500.00
One-time Cost - Possible purchase of relevant data organization, analysis software, sampling frames, etc.	$5,000.00	$5,000.00
TOTAL COSTS	$43,641.90	$120,925.70