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The information is used to identify and evaluate the training courses requested by students to enhance their job performance, to calculate the type and number of classes and instructors needed to complete OSM's technical training mission, and to estimate costs for our annual budget.

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This request is for an extension of an existing information collection under OMB Control No. 0648-0151. NMFS does not anticipate that the extension will substantially add to the burden to individual private applicants for incidental take authorizations under the existing Control Number. The main difference we expect related to this extension is that there will be a larger number of applicants/respondents than accounted for in the existing OMB Control Number. In preparing this renewal, it was observed that some totals in the previous Supporting Statement were inaccurate. These have been corrected in this document. The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) prohibits the "taking" of marine mammals unless otherwise authorized or exempted by law. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) uses the information collection to: evaluate the proposed activity's impact on marine mammals; arrive at the appropriate determinations required by the MMPA and other applicable laws prior to issuing or denying the authorization; and monitor impacts of activities for which take authorizations have been issued.

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Section 16 of the Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. 40103, authorizes the Federal Maritime Commission to exempt by rule “any class of agreements between persons subject to this Act or any specified activity of those persons from any requirement of this Act if it finds that the exemption will not result in substantial reduction in competition or be detrimental to commerce. The Commission may attach conditions to any exemption and may, by order, revoke any exemption.” The Commission added 46 CFR 531 to exempt non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) from the more stringent tariff rate publication requirements of the Shipping Act of 1984 and related provisions of the Commission’s regulations to permit them to enter into contracts with shippers similar to ocean common carrier service contracts. 69 FR 75850 (Dec. 20, 2004). The exemption was conditioned upon the filing of NVOCC service arrangements (NSAs) with the Commission by the NVOCC offering the service; publication of the essential terms of NSAs; and confidential treatment of NSAs. In addition, NVOCCs were required to maintain NSAs and associated records for five years. In 2018, the Commission provided further relief of regulatory burdens on NVOCC by removing the NSA filing requirements effective August 22, 2018. (83 FR 34780) The filing exemption is conditioned upon the licensed NVOCC including a prominent notice invoking the exemption in its electronically published rules tariff and indicating their intention to the Commission. NVOCCs must continue to maintain original NSAs and associated records for 5 years in a format easily produced to the Commission, and provide those records promptly upon request from the Commission.

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30 U.S.C. 1257(b) provides that persons conducting coal mining activities submit to the regulatory authority all relevant information regarding ownership and control of the property affected, their compliance status and history. This information is used to ensure all legal, financial and compliance requirements are satisfied prior to issuance of a permit.

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As provided by the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, (HEA) these regulations allow students with intellectual disabilities, who enroll in an eligible comprehensive transition program to receive Title IV, HEA program assistance under the Federal Pell Grant, the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), and the Federal Work Study (FWS) programs. This request is for a extension of the current recordkeeping requirements contained in the regulations at 34 CFR 668.232 and 668.233, related to the administrative requirement of the financial assistance for students with intellectual disabilities program. The information collection requirements are necessary to determine the eligibility to receive program benefits and to prevent fraud and abuse of the program funds.

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This information collection was established as a special control for the class II device type, Novel Influenza A Reagents. This classification results from the review of a request from a device sponsor (CDC) for a diagnostic test intended to diagnose influenza subtype H5 (Asian lineage), commonly known as avian flu. This classification permits the legal distribution of this device, and the information collection addressed here plays a significant role in providing a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of this device and of similar future devices. Specifically, the information collection asks sponsors to obtain and analyze data postmarket to ensure the continued reliability of the device, given the propensity of influenza viruses to mutate and the potential for changes in disease prevalence. This involves collecting data on the clinical performance of the device under new prevalence conditions if there is a change in prevalence of influenza caused by the specific novel virus that the device is intended to detect, as compared to the prevalence of this virus when the clinical studies described in the 510(k) were conducted. The information collection described above is a measure that FDA determined to be necessary to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of Novel Influenza A Reagents.

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The Regional Food Business Centers will support producers and small food businesses by providing localized assistance to access local and regional supply chains, including linking producers to wholesalers and distributors.

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This United States Patent and Trademark Office Quality Survey is an instrument designed to measure opinions about the services that USPTO provides its patent application customers. The results from this voluntary survey will assist us in guiding improvements and enhancements in the future. The USPTO conducts the Patents External Quality Survey as part of its quality improvement efforts under E.O. 14058, Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government (Dec. 13, 2021). This survey narrows the focus of customer satisfaction to examination quality and uses a longitudinal, rotating panel design to assess changes in customer perceptions and to identify key areas for examiner training and opportunities for improvement. The USPTO surveys patent agents, attorneys, and other individuals from large domestic corporations (including those with 500+ employees), small and medium-size businesses, and universities and other non-profit research organizations. This survey does not include foreign entities. The USPTO random sample used in this survey is drawn from the Patent Application and Location Management (PALM) database. The sample population is drawn from the top filing firms and entities that have filed more than 5 patent applications in a 12-month period. This ongoing survey is generally conducted twice a year. USPTO uses a rotating panel design where participants will take the survey twice in back-to-back survey periods. Half the participants in each survey period are new, completing the survey for the first time, and half are returning to complete the survey for a second time. This design allows a precise measurement of changes in customer experience over time. The Patents External Quality Survey is primarily a web-based survey, although respondents can also complete the survey via paper and mail if they prefer. The content of both versions is identical. Potential respondents are sent either an email or mailed pre-survey letter, depending on noted preferences for contact. At the beginning of each survey period, respondents are provided instructions for accessing and completing the survey electronically. After a specified response period, a survey packet containing the questionnaire, a separate cover letter prepared by the Deputy Commissioner for Patents, and a postage-paid, pre-addressed return envelope are mailed to all sample members that have not yet submitted a response. Sampled members receiving a paper survey can still complete the survey electronically if they prefer. Reminder/thank you postcards and telephone calls are used to encourage response from sample members.

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Section 8(c) of the Shipping Act of 1984 (1984 Act) (46 U.S.C. 40502), as amended by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 (OSRA), requires ocean common carriers and agreements among such carriers to file their service contracts confidentially with the Commission and to publish certain essential terms of those service contracts. Service contracts are written contracts between one or more shippers or a shippers’ association and an individual ocean common carrier or an agreement between or among ocean common carriers in which the shipper makes a commitment to provide a certain minimum quantity or portion of its cargo or freight revenue over a fixed period, and the ocean common carrier or the agreement commits to a certain rate or rate schedule as well as defined service level, such as assured space, transit time, port rotation, etc. Authority to file or delegate the authority to file must be requested by a responsible official of the service contract carrier in writing by submitting the Form FMC-83, Service Contract Registration.

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This collection of information is necessary to enable NIAID to garner customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with our commitment to improving service delivery. The information collected from our customers and stakeholders will help ensure that users have an effective, efficient, and satisfying experience with the Agency's programs.

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The guidance assists institutions in managing the compliance and reputation risks associated with reverse mortgages. It ensures that institutions' risk management and consumer protection practices adequately address the compliance and reputation risks raised by reverse mortgage lending.

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The collection activities for this Part ensure that the public has the opportunity to review permit applications prior to their approval, and that applicants for permanent program permits or their associates who are in violation of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act do not receive surface coal mining permits pending resolution of their violations. This collection request includes permit applicant processing fees in Federal Program States and on Indian lands.

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The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) is an accredited federal services academy that confers BS and MS degrees. The USMMA will conduct an annual voluntary survey of its immediate, five-year and ten-year alumni, consisting of approximately 600 individuals each year. The survey will be administered by the Academic Division of the Academy under the supervision of the Office of Institutional Assessment. The information gathered will be analyzed and used to measure success in meeting institutional and academic program goals and improvement of administrative and educational services provided to students. The survey consists of four categories: 1) Employment which includes employment status, time to obtain employment, type of employment and position, and salary with results used to ensure job placement of graduates within the maritime industry; 2) Education and Institutional Assessment which surveys the Academy’s overall academic program in preparing its graduates for employment with results used to modify institutional learning goals and/or Academic Division Goals to better prepare students for employment in the maritime industry and other administrative areas which are used to improve student support services; 3) Departmental Assessment which surveys specific department and course learning goals with results used to modify or improve the curriculum; and 4) Program Assessment which surveys the quality of the program in preparing students for the U.S. Coast license exam and whether the programs itself along with its particular components contains the requisite courses to best prepare graduates for today’s workforce in a domestic and international environment. Summary of findings will serve as supporting evidence to inform senior leadership in decision-making in terms of the curriculum and allocation of resources and most importantly in meeting the criteria established by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) by demonstrating continuous improvement in assessment and strategic planning efforts to meet the Academy’s mission statement. Summary of findings will serve as supporting evidence to inform senior leadership in decision-making in terms of the curriculum and allocation of resources and most importantly in meeting the criteria established by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) by demonstrating continuous improvement in assessment and strategic planning efforts to meet the Academy’s mission statement.

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The Evaluation of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative is sponsored by the Children’s Bureau (CB) in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Evaluation activities have been underway since initially approved in September 2021. Through these initial activities, the study team has identified additional information that is necessary for a full understanding of the functioning and outcomes of the Child Welfare Capacity Building Collaborative. As a result, CB currently seeks approval for six additional data collection efforts, which were conceptualized and planned as a result of what has been learned. They represent a second part of the data collection activities already underway for this study. These additional information collection activities support the approved data collections under this OMB number and are necessary to reach the overarching goals of the evaluation: to track, monitor, and evaluate the activities of the Collaborative which includes three federally funded Centers (Center for States [CBCS], Center for Tribes [CBCT], and Center for Courts [CBCC]) that deliver national child welfare expertise and evidence-informed training and technical assistance (TA) services to state, tribal, and territorial public child welfare agencies and Court Improvement Programs (CIPs) [henceforth referred to as jurisdictions]. The collective goal of the Centers is to build the capacities of jurisdictions to successfully undertake practice, organizational, and systemic reforms necessary to implement federal policies, meet federal standards, and achieve better outcomes for the children, youth, and families they serve.

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Under section 469, credits from passive activities, to the extent they do not exceed the tax attributable to net passive income, are not allowed. Form 8582-CR is used to figure the passive activity credit allowed and the amount of credit to be reported on the tax return.

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The Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) is a trade data processing system that is replacing the Automated Commercial System (ACS), the current import system for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operations. ACE is authorized by Executive Order 13659 which mandates implementation of a Single Window through which businesses will transmit data required by participating agencies for the importation or exportation of cargo. See 79 FR 10655 (February 25, 2014). ACE supports government agencies and the trade community with border-related missions with respect to moving goods across the border efficiently and securely. Once ACE is fully implemented, all related CBP trade functions and the trade community will be supported from a single common user interface. To establish an ACE Portal account, participants submit information such as their name, their employer identification number (EIN) or social security number (SSN), and if applicable, a statement certifying their capability to connect to the internet. This information is submitted through the ACE Secure Data Portal which is accessible at: http://www.cbp.gov/trade/automated. Please Note: A CBP-assigned number may be provided in lieu of your SSN. If you have an EIN, that number will automatically be used and no CBP number will be assigned. A CBP-assigned number is for CBP use only. There is a standalone capability for electronically filing protests in ACE. This capability is available for participants who have not established ACE Portal Accounts for other trade activities, but desire to file protests electronically. A protest is a procedure whereby a private party may administratively challenge a CBP decision regarding imported merchandise and certain other CBP decisions. Trade members can establish a protest filer account in ACE through a separate application and the submission of specific data elements. See 81 FR 57928 (August 24, 2016).

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HUD collects this information to establish a manufactured housing dispute resolution program for states that choose not to operate their own dispute resolution programs. Form HUD-310-DRSC allows a state to certify that its state dispute resolution program meets the program requirements. Form HUD-311-DR allows persons who have initiated their participation in the federal dispute resolution program to submit the necessary information regarding their request to the federal program for further action There are two groups of respondents. The first group is the 50 states; the second group consists of individual purchasers, manufacturers, retailers, and installers of manufactured housing. HUD has engaged dispute resolution professionals from various federal agencies to review the submissions and then possibly contact the submitting party or agency, and to act as neutrals, mediators, and arbitrators.

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The Science Mission Directorate (SMD) within NASA is undertaking an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) change effort. NASA SMD began these efforts as a response to their 2019 FEVS results by choosing Diversity and Inclusion as a focus area. This survey will be used as an evidence-building tool to baseline SMD staff (civil servants and contractors) views on the SMD culture, then periodically (approximately annually) re-assess to determine whether the culture is improving as IDEA efforts are implemented. Data obtained is intended for SMD internal use only and will not be publicly released; it will be used to design its IDEA initiatives and improve its internal environment. This survey will provide insights that the IDEA Working Group will consider to form, refine and prioritize their initiatives, and will serve as an evaluation mechanism to determine if implemented initiatives have had positive effects by comparing this baseline to future assessments.

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The OSM-76 form is used to update the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement's inventory of abandoned mine lands in the e-AMLIS computer system. From this inventory, the most serious problem areas are selected for reclamation through the apportionment of funds to States and Indian tribes.

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Plan administrators are required to notify IRS of any plan mergers, consolidations, spinoffs, or transfers of plan assets or liabilities to another plan. Employers are required to notify IRS of separate lines of business for their deferred compensation plans. Form 5310-A is used to make these notifications.