7 CFR 1780, Water and Waste
Loan and Grant Program
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
01/21/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2025
30,117
61,782
109,200
163,203
0
0
This regulation promulgated the
policies and procedures for the Water and Waste loan and grant
program (WWLG & WWPPG, 7 CFR part 1780). The Water and Waste
loan and grant program provides loans and grants to fund the
development of drinking water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal
facilities in rural areas with populations of up to 10,000
residents. In addition, this package also includes the following:
WWLG to Alleviate Health Risks for Colonias (Colonias) and on
Tribal Lands (Tribal) (7 CFR part 1777), Emergency Community Water
Assistance Grants (ECWAG) (7 CFR part 1778), and Grants for Rrual
and Native Alaskan Village (RAVG Regular, RAVG TAT, RAVG PPG)(7 CFR
part 1784).
US Code:
7 USC
1926 Name of Law: Sec. 306 Consolidated Farm & Rural
Development
This a revision of a currently
approved collection. The total number of respondents decreased by
240 from 896 in the previous collection to 656 for this collection.
The total burden hours for this collection are 109,200, a decrease
of 54,003 from the previous information collection package estimate
(which was 163,203 burden hours). Even though decreases occurred
with the total number of respondents and total burden hours since
the last collection package was approved, there is an increase in
the total burden cost. The total burden cost increased by
$1,058,073 from $7,131,927 in the previous collection to $8,190,000
for this collection. The increase in burden cost for this
collection is due to adjustments to burden items to better
represent what occurs with the programs and update to the
professional wage rate to use the most current data.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.