An Information Collection Request (ICR) is a federal agency's request for approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from the public.
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), agencies must justify why the information is needed and how it will be used.
Federal agencies are required to submit an ICR whenever they create, renew, modify, or discontinue an information collection. Each ICR includes a description of the collection,
supporting materials and documentation (such as forms, surveys, or scripts), and proof that the agency has met the requirements of the PRA.
The ICR is submitted to the The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within OMB for review and approval. OIRA grants approval for a maximum of three years, after
which the collection must be renewed through a new ICR submission.
ICRs are publicly available on RegInfo.gov, and additional guidance can be found in the FAQs.
Note: Presidential Action influences are notated for ICRs received between January 20, 2025 and July 19, 2025.
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| 202505-0938-012 | Use Agreement (DUA) Limited Data Set (LDS) Forms Research Identifiable Files (FIF) Forms (CMS-R-235) | HHS/CMS | 2025-06-17 | Active | Revision of a currently approved collection
Use Agreement (DUA) Limited Data Set (LDS) Forms Research Identifiable Files (FIF) Forms (CMS-R-235)
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CMS is permitted to disclose data files for approved research purposes in compliance with 45 45 CFR 164.512(i). Researchers requesting research identifiable files (RIF) must, as part of the request process, complete a research request packet that provides CMS with information pertaining to the research study, including describing how the research results/findings will be disseminated, as well as the data files being requested. Should CMS approve the research request, the data requestor enters into a Data Use Agreement (DUA). This data collection is necessary to ensure that disclosures of data for research purposes comply with federal laws and regulations as well as CMS policy. Researchers requesting RIF files also must complete a Data Management Plan Self-Attestation Questionnaire (DMP SAQ). A DMP SAQ is required each time a DUA is established. Both the DUA and the DMP SAQ forms are valid for one year from the date of approval and are renewable at expiration. If the environment described in a DMP SAQ is the same for multiple DUAs from a single organization, the same DMP SAQ can be used across the DUAs, provided it has not expired. The DMP SAQ is a technical, evidence basedevidence-based questionnaire that DUA users must complete as part of the data request packet. The DMP SAQ will enable CMS to evaluate researcher data systems to ensure that CMS data are adequately secured and appropriately protected, as per the Privacy Act and the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The DMP SAQ also allows CMS to measure compliance through the implementation of security and privacy controls as outlined in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-53 and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Information Security and Acceptable Risk Safeguards (ARS). The second component of the DMP SAQ is to provide ongoing oversight. All organizations will be subject to routine audits of the environments used to store and process CMS data, as described in their organizational-level DMP SAQ. |
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| 202508-0607-002 | Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research | DOC/CENSUS | 2025-08-11 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Clearance for Questionnaire Pretesting Research
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The research will be used by the Census Bureau and the survey sponsors to improve questionnaires and procedures, reduce respondent burden, and ultimately increase the quality of data collected in Census Bureau censuses and surveys. The clearance will be used to conduct pretesting of decennial, demographic, and economic census and survey questionnaires prior to fielding them. Pretesting activities will involve one of the following methods for identifying measurement problems with the questionnaire or survey procedure: cognitive interviews, focus groups, respondent debriefing, behavior coding of respondent/interviewer interaction, and split panel tests. |
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| 202509-1660-001 | Disaster Assistance Registration | DHS/FEMA | 2025-09-09 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Disaster Assistance Registration
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Authorizing Statutes
Pub.L. 93 - 288 0000 (View Law) Pub.L. 116 - 260 133 (View Law) 42 USC 5174 (View Law) 8 USC 1601 (View Law) Abstract
The forms in this collection are used to obtain pertinent information to provide financial assistance, and if necessary, direct assistance to eligible individuals and households who, as a direct result of a disaster or emergency, have uninsured or under-insured, necessary or serious expenses they are unable to meet. This revision of a currently approved information collection will improve the applicant’s experience with the disaster assistance registration process by providing a simpler, more intuitive interface and limiting required responses to those needed based on their needs. These changes will help rebuild trust in the Federal Government by promoting transparency of FEMA’s Disaster Assistance application process. |
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| 202506-0607-001 | Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing | DOC/CENSUS | 2025-06-11 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Generic Clearance for Internet Panel Pretesting and Qualitative Survey Methods Testing
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The information collected in this program of developing and testing questionnaires and advertising that will be used by the Census Bureau to evaluate and improve the quality of the data in the surveys and censuses that are ultimately conducted. Because the questionnaires being tested under this clearance are still in the process of development, the data that result from these collections are not considered official statistics of the Census Bureau or other Federal agencies. Data will be included in research reports prepared for sponsors inside and outside of the Census Bureau. The results may also be prepared for presentations related to survey methodology at professional meetings or publications in professional journals. |
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| 202506-0938-010 | Conditions of Participation for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID) (CMS-10777) | HHS/CMS | 2025-06-24 | Active | Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection
Conditions of Participation for Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID) (CMS-10777)
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During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE), individuals residing in congregate settings, such as ICFs-IID and Long-Term Care (LTC) facilities were at greater risk of acquiring COVID-19 infections and once infected, were at greater risk of severe illness or death. As a result, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) revised the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) for many of CMS’ certified providers including hospitals and institutional care settings in order to reduce the risk of exposure to and the severity from contracting the COVID-19 virus for medical and non-medical staff and patients. In addition to the CoPs, health care facilities were obligated to establish an infection control program that would protect the health and safety of residents, personnel, and the general public under Sections 1819(d)(3)(B) and 1919(d)(3) of the Act. Individuals housed at ICFs-IID facilities are mentally and intellectually impaired, receive Medicaid assistance, and live in congregate settings. ICF-IID clients may also have other underlying medical conditions such as visual or hearing impairments, or seizure disorder. Based on their living situation and underlying health conditions, these clients were at higher risk of exposure and severe consequences from COVID-19 and continue to be at higher risk due to new variants of COVID-19 and other similar acute respiratory illnesses. |
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| 202506-0938-013 | Certification Statement for Electronic File Interchange Organizations that Submit NPI Data to the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (CMS-10175) | HHS/CMS | 2025-06-27 | Active | Reinstatement without change of a previously approved collection
Certification Statement for Electronic File Interchange Organizations that Submit NPI Data to the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (CMS-10175)
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Health care providers can currently obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI) via a paper application or over the Internet through the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES). These applications must be submitted individually, on a per-provider basis. The Electronic File Interchange (EFI) process allows provider-designated organizations (EFIOs) to capture multiple providers' NPI application information on a single electronic file for submission to NPPES. (This process is also referred to as "bulk enumeration.") To ensure that the EFIO has the authority to act on behalf of each provider and complies with other Federal requirements, an authorized official of the EFIO must sign a certification statement and mail it to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). |
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| 202509-1405-005 | Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) | STATE/AFA | 2025-09-24 | Active | No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection
Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP)
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This is an on line Internet Based system to permit U.S. citizens residing or traveling aboard to register their destination and emergency contacts with the Department of State. This wll permit the Department and our Embassies and Consulates abroad to communicate with U.S. citizens during periods of crisis or disaster, and provide emergency assistance. |
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| 202505-0938-003 | Quality Measures and Administrative Procedures for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program and Quality Reporting Program for the FY 2025 SNF PPS Proposed Rule (CMS-10895) | HHS/CMS | 2025-07-01 | Active | Existing collection in use without an OMB Control Number
Quality Measures and Administrative Procedures for the Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program and Quality Reporting Program for the FY 2025 SNF PPS Proposed Rule (CMS-10895)
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Abstract (2000 characters maximum) The Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing (SNF VBP) Program is authorized by section 1888(h) of the Social Security Act (the Act), and it applies to freestanding SNFs, SNFs affiliated with acute care facilities, and all non-Critical Access Hospital (CAH) swing-bed rural hospitals. Beginning with payment for services furnished on October 1, 2018, section 1888(h) of the Act requires the Secretary to reduce the adjusted Federal per diem rate determined under section 1888(e)(4)(G) of the Act otherwise applicable to a SNF for services furnished during a fiscal year (FY) by 2 percent, and to adjust the resulting rate for a SNF by the value-based incentive payment amount earned by the SNF based on the SNF’s Performance Score for that FY under the SNF VBP Program. Through the SNF VBP Program, incentive payments are awarded to SNFs to encourage improvements in the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries. The Skilled Nursing Facility Quality Reporting Program (SNF QRP) is authorized by section 1888(e)(6) of the Act, and it applies to freestanding SNFs, SNFs affiliated with acute care facilities, and all non-CAH swing-bed rural hospitals. Section 1888(e)(6)(A)(i) of the Act requires the Secretary to reduce by 2 percentage points the otherwise applicable Annual Payment Update (APU) to a SNF for a FY if the SNF does not comply with the requirements of the SNF QRP for that FY. Section 1888(e)(6)(B)(i)(II) of the Act requires that each SNF submit data on quality measures specified under section 1899B(c)(1) of the Act and data on resource use and other measures specified under section 1899B(d)(1) of the Act in a manner and within the timeframes specified by the Secretary. In addition, section 1888(e)(6)(B)(i)(III) of the Act requires, for FYs beginning on or after October 1, 2018, that each SNF submit standardized patient assessment data required under section 1899B(b)(1) of the Act in a manner and within the timeframes specified by the Secretary. Section 1888(h)(12)(A) of the Act (as added by section 111(a)(4) of Division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116–260)), requires the Secretary to apply a process to validate data submitted under the SNF VBP Program and the SNF QRP. |
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| 202501-3235-002 | Form 40-F | SEC | 2025-03-20 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Form 40-F
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Form 40-F is used by certain Canadian issuers to register a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) or (g) or to satisfy their annual reporting obligations pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
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| 202505-2133-001 | Request for Waiver of Service Obligation, Request for Deferment of Service Obligation, Application for Review | DOT/MARAD | 2025-08-27 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Request for Waiver of Service Obligation, Request for Deferment of Service Obligation, Application for Review
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This collection may be used by US Merchant Marine Academy and State Maritime Academy graduates who participated in the Student Incentive Payment (SIP) Program to request: (1) a waiver of their service obligation requirement; (2) request deferring their service obligation; or (3) request a review of the MARAD decision made on these requests by the Maritime Administrator. |
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| 202508-2133-003 | Maritime Administration Annual Service Obligation Compliance Report | DOT/MARAD | 2025-08-28 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Maritime Administration Annual Service Obligation Compliance Report
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This mandatory Annual Report is submitted by every graduate of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and graduates of the State Maritime Academies who have received Student Incentive Payment (SIP) Federal funds. The Maritime Administration uses the collection of these annual reports to monitor the fulfillment of the graduates’ service obligation for compliance. |
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| 202412-1219-006 | Pattern of Violations | DOL/MSHA | 2025-09-02 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Pattern of Violations
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The Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act), as amended, places the ultimate responsibility on mine operators for ensuring the safety and health of miners. The legislative history of the Mine Act emphasizes that Congress included the pattern of violations (POV) provision for mine operators who demonstrated a disregard for the safety and health of miners through a recurring pattern of significant and substantial (S&S) violations. MSHA was to use the POV provision in situations where other enforcement actions had been ineffective at bringing the mines into compliance with safety and health standards. This final rule will simplify the POV criteria, improve consistency in applying the POV criteria, and more adequately achieve the statutory intent. It also will encourage chronic violators to take proactive measures to comply with the Mine Act and MSHA's safety and health standards to bring their mines into compliance. This final rule contains a provision subject to review and approval by OMB under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). MSHA is submitting this information collection package to OMB for review under 44 U.S.C. § 3504, paragraph (h) of the PRA, as amended (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). The existing rule included mitigating circumstances under the initial screening criteria, but does not define mitigating circumstances. MSHA explains its intent in policy. The final rule incorporates the initial screening criteria into the pattern criteria for placing a mine in a POV status. The preamble to the final rule states that MSHA will consider an operator's effective implementation of an MSHA-approved corrective action program as a mitigating circumstance. MSHA expects that most mine operators, who compare their compliance record with the POV criteria on MSHA's Web site and determine that they are approaching a POV level, will submit a written corrective action program to the District Manager for approval and work to bring their mines into compliance to avoid being issued a POV notice, which could result in the temporary closure of the mine or sections of the mine. MSHA believes that an operator who implements a corrective action program is demonstrating a commitment to complying with MSHA's standards and regulations, and to restoring safe and healthful conditions for miners. |
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| 202506-2120-010 | Certification of Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft | DOT/FAA | 2025-08-18 | PreApproved | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Certification of Airmen for the Operation of Light-Sport Aircraft
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Authorizing Statutes
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This information collection mandates that applicants who wish to obtain or maintain certification as sport pilots or light sports aircraft flight instructors report information to the FAA on occasion. The Airman certificate and/or Rating Application Form and the required records/logbooks/statements required by the federal regulations are submitted to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) district offices or its representatives to determine qualifications of the applicant for issuance of a pilot or instructor certificate, rating, privilege, or authorization. Since light-sport airman certificates do not expire, these information-reporting and recordkeeping activities are conducted on occasion (i.e., when an individual decides to pursue a light-sport airman certificate, or fails a knowledge or practical test and decides to retake that test). There is no requirement for periodic re-testing or certificate-renewal. Approximately 10,000 pilots and flight instructors have sought certification to date. Applicants for a new certificate for the student pilot, sport pilot, ground, and flight instructor with a sport pilot rating or new category or class privileges are required to submit FAA Form 8710-11, Sport Pilot Airman Certificate and/or Rating Application. |
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| 202501-1219-001 | Underground Coal Mine Fire Protection | DOL/MSHA | 2025-08-28 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Underground Coal Mine Fire Protection
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Underground mine operators are required to submit to MSHA for approval, a plan for the instruction of miners in firefighting and evacuation procedures to be followed in event of an emergency. In addition, fire drills are to be conducted quarterly, equipment tested, and a record kept of the drills and testing results. |
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| 202507-2133-001 | Quarterly Readiness of Strategic Seaport Facilities Reporting | DOT/MARAD | 2025-08-20 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Quarterly Readiness of Strategic Seaport Facilities Reporting
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his collection of information supports MARAD's emergency planning and preparedness actions related to Commercial Strategic Seaport readiness pursuant to E.O. 12656 and 49 CFR 1.81. In this regard, MARAD issues a Port Readiness Plan (PRP) to designated Strategic Commercial Seaports that identify specific facilities that DoD may need to support the deployment of United States Armed Forces, as well as national emergencies, or national defense needs. This collection of information on a quarterly basis is necessary to validate all PRP-identified facilities to DoD within the PRP-defined timeline. |
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| 202508-2133-002 | U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for Admission | DOT/MARAD | 2025-08-20 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Candidate Application for Admission
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The Candidate Application for Admission is administered through the USMMA Student Information System (SIS), PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (UCAS). Candidates must create an applicant account and log into the SIS via ogin.gov. The application system will be used by the Office of Admissions and the Candidate Evaluation Board (CEB) to select the best qualified candidates for admission. Candidates will also provide contact information for guidance counselors, teachers and physical fitness evaluations, who are asked to provide information on the applicant's behalf that is also used in the admission process. |
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| 202506-2133-003 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey | DOT/MARAD | 2025-07-31 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Survey
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The United States Merchant Marine Academy is an accredited Federal service academy that confers Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees. The Academy is expected to assess its educational outcomes and report those findings to its regional and programmatic accreditation authorities to maintain the institution's degree granting status. Periodic survey of alumni cohorts and analysis of the data gathered is a routine higher education assessment practice in the United States. |
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| 202412-1219-004 | Surface Coal Mines Daily Inspection; Certified Person; Reports of Inspection | DOL/MSHA | 2025-09-02 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Surface Coal Mines Daily Inspection; Certified Person; Reports of Inspection
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Mine operators ensure a safe working environment for miners by conducting on shift examinations for hazardous conditions in working areas and surface installations. Section 77.1713, Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations requires coal mine operators to conduct examinations of each active working area of surface mines, active surface installations at these mines, facilities and preparation plants not associated with underground coal mines for hazardous conditions during each shift. A report of hazardous conditions detected must be entered into a record book along with a description of any corrective actions taken. |
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| 202508-2133-004 | Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Small Passenger Vessels | DOT/MARAD | 2025-08-28 | Active | Extension without change of a currently approved collection
Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Small Passenger Vessels
Key Information
Authorizing Statutes
46 USC 12132 (View Law) 46 USC 55102 (View Law) 46 USC 55103 (View Law) 46 USC 12101 (View Law) 46 USC 12121 (View Law) Abstract
Owners of foreign-built small passenger vessels must request an eligibility determination from the Maritime Administration (MARAD) to engage in coastwise trade. OMB 2133-0529 (Application for Waiver of the Coastwise Trade Laws for Small Passenger Vessels) is used to provide justification for a positive determination and a uniform mean for MARAD to obtain relevant information to perform its administrative function in accordance with statute. |
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| 202506-2120-014 | Certification Procedures for Products and Parts | DOT/FAA | 2025-08-11 | PreApproved | Revision of a currently approved collection
Certification Procedures for Products and Parts
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Authorizing Statutes
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The FAA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), 88 FR 47650, July 24, 2024, that proposed amendments of rules related to the certification, maintenance, and operation of light-sport category aircraft. That NPRM also provided notice of amendments to this information collection to align with final rulemaking, including changes to both FAA Form 8130-6 and FAA Form 8130-15. The specific changes to FAA Form 8130-6 include updated the “LIGHT-SPORT” field to accommodate any aircraft class, Updated the “RESTRICTED” filed to add newly codified operations, Experimental number 8 operating light-sport is a single option with new name “operating former light-sport category aircraft,” Updated the “EXPERIMENTAL” field to add new purpose for “operating light-sport category kit-built aircraft,” Updated the “EXPERIMENTAL” field to add new purpose for “operating former-military aircraft. The specific changes to FAA Form 8130-15 include updated name of form to “Light-Sport Category Aircraft / Kit Statement of Compliance, updated the “Check applicable items” field to change the 14 CFR reference for kits, accommodate any aircraft class, and indicate whether the aircraft meets eligibility requirements in part 61 for a sport pilot. Updated the “FAA Applicable Accepted Standard(s)” and revise statement(s) to remove references to 14 CFR LSA definition and ensure new statements required by this rule are included and updated the certifying statement field to add training/certification credentials for the person signing the form. All responses to this collection of information are required to obtain or retain benefits per 14 CFR Part 21. Any identity may initiate a certification. This information is used to (1) collect the name of the party, corporation, or organization to whom the Type Certificate, Amended Type Certificate, Production Certificate, Supplemental Type Certificate, or Amended Supplemental Type Certificate will be issued. This is necessary because the same name will appear on the certificate exactly as it is entered in this form. Also, to obtain the signature of the certifying official which must be the holder or the person duly authorized to sign for the holder, company, or corporation. FAA Airworthiness safety inspectors, designated inspectors, engineers, and designated engineering representatives review the required data submittals to determine whether the aviation products and /or articles, or their manufacturing facilities, comply with the applicable regulatory requirements, and that the products and articles have no unsafe features. Those products and articles, and their facilities that do comply with the minimum regulatory requirements, are issued an appropriate approval or certificate. A probable unsafe condition could exist for the owner /operator of the product or article, and /or the public, if the certification procedures for products and articles required by Title 14 CFR Part 21 were not followed. The collection of the information referenced herein is based on the applicants need, not a set time or frequency. Information collected is required as needed, to be used by the Aircraft Certification Office Branch in the geographical area of the applicant in order to initiate the certification project and gather resources to work on the particular certification project. |
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