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A uniform grant application package for non-entitlement discretionary grant programs is needed to evaluate and rank applicants and protect the integrity of the grantee selection process.

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The FHA Appraiser Roster is a national listing of eligible appraisers who prepare appraisals on single-family properties that will be security for FHA insured mortgages. The FHA Inspector Roster is a national listing of eligible inspectors who determine the quality of construction of single-family properties that will be security for FHA insured mortgages. FHA Roster Appraisers and Inspectors assist in protecting the interest of HUD, the taxpayers, and the FHA insurance fund. Appraisal report forms are industry standards for single-family property types.

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A consolidated supporting statement is being submitted for the Final Rule RM21-11 that will affect the FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric) and 60. This consolidated request does not include the 3-Q (gas), 61, or 555A that has previously been approved as separate collections. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the updates (from Final Rule RM21-11) to FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric), and 60 for three years. The collections impacted by this Final Rule M21-11 are as follows: 1) FERC Form No. 1 (Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others; OMB Control No. 1902-0021) 2) FERC Form No. 1-F (Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees; OMB Control No. 1902-0029) 3) FERC Form No. 3-Q (Quarterly Financial Report of Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0205) 4) FERC Form No. 60 (Annual Reports of Centralized Service Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0215) The Final Rule RM21-11-000 specifically is proposing updates to the Uniform System of Accounting (USofA). The current accounting system, according to public comment in response to FERC's Notice of Inquiry, is burdensome and difficult to account for renewable energy sources, energy storage, computer hardware and software, and communication equipment. The NOPR proposes updates to the USofA to account for these expenses. These updates will impact the information collections for accounting related collections, which are the FERC Form 1,1-F, 3-Q (electric), and 60. This Final Rule will impact the burden estimates of each collection in two ways. The first estimate will be one-time burden of updating, modifying, or adding accounts within the respondent's current accounting processes and systems. The second estimate is the ongoing burden related to maintaining and submitting accounting records to the Commission. The Commission estimates that the former (one-time) burden would be completed within the first year and is accounted for as such in the attached supporting statement. Furthermore, the Commission estimates the latter (ongoing after year one) burden will remain the same as currently approved by OMB.

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A consolidated supporting statement is being submitted for the Final Rule RM21-11 that will affect the FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric) and 60. This consolidated request does not include the 3-Q (gas), 61, or 555A that has previously been approved as separate collections. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the updates (from Final Rule RM21-11) to FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric), and 60 for three years. The collections impacted by this Final Rule M21-11 are as follows: 1) FERC Form No. 1 (Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others; OMB Control No. 1902-0021) 2) FERC Form No. 1-F (Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees; OMB Control No. 1902-0029) 3) FERC Form No. 3-Q (Quarterly Financial Report of Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0205) 4) FERC Form No. 60 (Annual Reports of Centralized Service Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0215) The Final Rule RM21-11-000 specifically is proposing updates to the Uniform System of Accounting (USofA). The current accounting system, according to public comment in response to FERC's Notice of Inquiry, is burdensome and difficult to account for renewable energy sources, energy storage, computer hardware and software, and communication equipment. The NOPR proposes updates to the USofA to account for these expenses. These updates will impact the information collections for accounting related collections, which are the FERC Form 1,1-F, 3-Q (electric), and 60. This Final Rule will impact the burden estimates of each collection in two ways. The first estimate will be one-time burden of updating, modifying, or adding accounts within the respondent's current accounting processes and systems. The second estimate is the ongoing burden related to maintaining and submitting accounting records to the Commission. The Commission estimates that the former (one-time) burden would be completed within the first year and is accounted for as such in the attached supporting statement. Furthermore, the Commission estimates the latter (ongoing after year one) burden will remain the same as currently approved by OMB.

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A consolidated supporting statement is being submitted for the Final Rule RM21-11 that will affect the FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric) and 60. This consolidated request does not include the 3-Q (gas), 61, or 555A that has previously been approved as separate collections. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) requests the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the updates (from Final Rule RM21-11) to FERC Form Nos. 1, 1-F, and 3-Q (electric), and 60 for three years. The collections impacted by this Final Rule M21-11 are as follows: 1) FERC Form No. 1 (Annual Report of Major Electric Utilities, Licensees and Others; OMB Control No. 1902-0021) 2) FERC Form No. 1-F (Annual Report for Nonmajor Public Utilities and Licensees; OMB Control No. 1902-0029) 3) FERC Form No. 3-Q (Quarterly Financial Report of Electric Utilities, Licensees, and Natural Gas Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0205) 4) FERC Form No. 60 (Annual Reports of Centralized Service Companies; OMB Control No. 1902-0215) The Final Rule RM21-11-000 specifically is proposing updates to the Uniform System of Accounting (USofA). The current accounting system, according to public comment in response to FERC's Notice of Inquiry, is burdensome and difficult to account for renewable energy sources, energy storage, computer hardware and software, and communication equipment. The NOPR proposes updates to the USofA to account for these expenses. These updates will impact the information collections for accounting related collections, which are the FERC Form 1,1-F, 3-Q (electric), and 60. This Final Rule will impact the burden estimates of each collection in two ways. The first estimate will be one-time burden of updating, modifying, or adding accounts within the respondent's current accounting processes and systems. The second estimate is the ongoing burden related to maintaining and submitting accounting records to the Commission. The Commission estimates that the former (one-time) burden would be completed within the first year and is accounted for as such in the attached supporting statement. Furthermore, the Commission estimates the latter (ongoing after year one) burden will remain the same as currently approved by OMB.

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) requests OMB merge the 0648-0806 temporary information collection into approved information collection 0648-0212, Greater Atlantic Region Logbook Family of Forms. Due to the concurrent timing of the rulemaking for 0648-BF01 and multiple revisions to the collection of information 0648-0212, Greater Atlantic Region Logbook Family of Forms, a temporary collection was created for the rule-related collection. This request seeks to merge the new temporary collection (0648-0806) with 0648-0212 now that all actions have been resolved. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) promulgated a rule (0648-BF01) in 2022 to implement an electronic Harvester Reporting Program for Federal American lobster permit holders in the Greater Atlantic Region. Notice was provided to the public in both the proposed rule (87 FR 41084) and final rule (88 FR 67667) of the creation of a temporary collection for the electronic Harvester Reporting Program that would be merged into 0648-0212 upon resolution of the revision and extension to 0648-0212 and the approval of the final rule package in 0648-0806. The merging of these collections would add 85,123 annual responses, 9,959 burden hours, and $203,562 labor costs to OMB Control Number 0648-0212.

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This new instrument is simply a translation of the current Direct Temporary Housing Assistance Temporary Housing Agreement, FEMA Form FF-104-FY-21-194 (formerly 009-0-135) into the Spanish language.

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This information collection supports agency regulations at 21 CFR 315.4, 315.5, and 315.6. The regulations require manufacturers of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals to submit certain information demonstrating safety and effectiveness of these products.

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Through acts such as the National Construction Safety Team Act (NCSTA) and the NIST Organic Act, among others, as well as the President's Climate Action Plan (2013), NIST conducts research and develops guidance and other related tools to promote and enhance the safety and well-being of people in the face of a hazard event. With this in mind, NIST proposes to conduct a number of data collection efforts within the topic areas of disaster and failure studies and community resilience and sustainability, including studies of specific disaster events (e.g., wildfire, urban fire, structure collapse, hurricane, earthquake, tornado, and flood events), assessments of community resilience and sustainability, and evaluations of the usability and utility of NIST guidance or other products. For example, one study may assess user perceptions and applications of the NIST “Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems” as well as adherence to building and fire codes and standards in community resilience planning. Another example may include the study of disaster impacts to community members due to a large-scale wildfire event. These data collection efforts may be either qualitative or quantitative in nature, or may consist of mixed methods. Additionally, data may be collected via a variety of means, including but not limited to electronic or social media, direct or indirect observation (i.e., in person, video and audio collections), interviews, questionnaires, and focus groups. NIST will limit its inquiries to data collections that solicit strictly voluntary opinions or responses. The results of the data collected will be used to decrease negative impacts of disasters on society, and, in turn, increase community resilience within the U.S. communities. Steps will be taken to ensure anonymity of respondents in each activity covered by this request.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will use the demographic characteristics collected from applicants and beneficiaries to assess its civil rights, nondiscrimination and equity requirements, and obligations as outlined in federal civil rights laws such as the Civil Rights Act, Rehabilitation Act, and the Stafford Act. FEMA is updating this collection to comply with the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) revisions to Statistical Policy Directive 15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity (SPD 15).

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Section 3505(a)(2) of the PRA of 1995 provides the OMB Director authority to approve the streamlined clearance process proposed in this information collection request. This information collection request was originally approved by OMB in January of 1997. This information collection streamlines the clearance process for all discretionary grant information collections which do not fit the generic application process. The streamlined clearance process continues to reduce the clearance time for the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) discretionary grant information collections by two months or 60 days. This is desirable for two major reasons: it would allow ED to provide better customer service to grant applicants and help meet ED's goal for timely awards of discretionary grants. §3474.20(d) adds the requirement for grantees to develop a dissemination plan for copyrighted work under open licensing. Information contained in the narrative of an application will be captured in the Evidence of Effectiveness Form.

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The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) proposes to amend the regulations regarding oil and natural gas production to address certain overly burdensome requirements. BSEE has identified specific revisions that would reduce the burden oil and natural gas operators on the outer continental shelf (OCS), without reducing safety or protection of the environment.

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The purpose of this new information collection request for the approval of model documents for the Medicare Prescription Drug Program (Part D) is to meet the requirements of Section 11202 of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Public L. 117-169 (IRA), which established the Medicare Prescription Payment Plan Program. Under this program, MA Organizations offering Part D coverage and Part D sponsors are required to offer enrollees the option to pay their Part D cost sharing in monthly amounts spread out over the plan year based on the formula described in section 1860D-2(b)(2)(E)(iv) of the Act. There are several education and outreach requirements for plan sponsors related to implementation of this program. The proposed documents in this information collection are designed to assist Part D plan sponsors and MA organizations in complying with Sections 1860D-2(b)(2)(E)(v)(II) – (IV) of the Social Security Act (the Act), which set forth the education and outreach responsibilities for Part D sponsors and MA organizations for this program.CMS has developed the six materials in the attached package as model notices to provide standardized and consistent language for potential and active program participants, regardless of which Part D plan they may be enrolled in. CMS will require Part D plans to disseminate these notices, as appropriate, to Part D enrollees to fulfill the requirements of the Sections 1860D-2(b)(2)(E)(v)(II) – (IV) of the Act. The six model notices and their related burden are accounted for in this PRA package. By providing these model notices, CMS is providing standardized messaging for all Part D beneficiaries and reducing administrative burden on Part D sponsors and MA organizations.

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Southeast Region proposes to revise some of the information collections currently approved under the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Control Number 0648-0016 to comply with reinstating previous regulations and the associated information collection applicable to certain fishermen. NMFS proposes to remove information collections and revise components of another information collection to a version previously approved by OMB. Other information collections approved by OMB currently in 0648-0016 are unchanged. NMFS is taking these actions to comply with a court decision from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which effectively invalidated regulations previously implemented by NMFS.

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When workers report they were paid wages, but cannot provide proof of those earnings, and the wages do not appear in SSA’s records of earnings, SSA uses Form SSA-7011-F4 to document the alleged wages. Specifically, the agency uses the form to resolve discrepancies in the individual’s Social Security earnings record, and to process claims for Social Security benefits. We only send Form SSA-7011-F4 to employers if we are unable able to locate the earnings information within our own records. The respondents are employers who can verify wage allegations made by wage earners. We are submitting this change request for removal of the signature requirement.

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SSA uses the information Form SSA-308 collects to determine exactly how much (if any) of a foreign pension may be used to reduce the amount of title II Social Security retirement or disability benefits under the modified benefit formula. The respondents are applicants for Title II Social Security or disability benefits who have foreign pensions. We are submitting this Change Request to revise the instruction due to the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (SSFA), which repealed the WEP and Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions for benefits payable for months after December 2023.

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This partially ad hoc survey collects qualitative and limited quantitative information from senior credit officers at responding financial institutions on (1) stringency of credit terms, (2) credit availability and demand across the entire range of securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives transactions, and (3) the evolution of market conditions and conventions applicable to such activities. The FR 2034 survey will be conducted quarterly, along with the Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices (FR 2018; OMB No. 7100-0058). The survey contains 79 core questions divided into three broad sections, as well as additional questions on topics of timely interest.

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This information collection is necessary to implement section 641 of IIRIRA, 8 U.S.C. §1372, which directs DHS to collect information relating to academic nonimmigrant students (F-1), vocational nonimmigrant students (M-1), and exchange visitors (J-1), as well as their dependents (F-2, M-2 or J-2) , and provides for the collection of the required fee to defray the costs of this program. Section 641 of IIRIRA requires DHS to collect current information, on an ongoing basis, from schools and exchange visitor program sponsors relating to F, J and M nonimmigrants during the course of their stay in the United States, using electronic reporting technology to the fullest extent practicable. SEVP, an office of the DHS agency U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, implemented SEVIS to carryout out this statutory requirement. SEVP uses the Form I-901, Fee Remittance for Certain F, J and M Nonimmigrants, to provide a receipt to the F, J or M nonimmigrant upon payment and to positively identify that a particular F, J, or M nonimmigrant has paid the fee.

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The collections of information related to the drawback process are required as per 19 CFR part 190 (Modernized Drawback), which provides for refunds of duties, taxes, and fees for certain merchandise that is imported into the United States where there is a subsequent related exportation or destruction. All claims for drawback, sometimes referred to as TFTEA-Drawback, must be filed electronically in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), in accordance with the Trade Facilitation Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA) (Pub. L. 114–125, 130 Stat. 122), and in compliance with the regulations in part 190, 181 (NAFTA Drawback) and 182 (USMCA Drawback).  Specific information on completing a claim is available in the drawback CBP and Trade Automated Interface Requirement (CATAIR) document at: https://www.cbp.gov/document/guidance/ace-drawback-catair-guidelines. CBP Form 7553, Notice of Intent to Export, Destroy or Return Merchandise for Purposes of Drawback (NOI), documents both the exportation and destruction of merchandise eligible for drawback. The NOI is the official notification to CBP that an exportation or destruction will occur for drawback eligible merchandise. The CBP Form 7553 has been updated to comply with TFTEA-Drawback requirements and is accessible at http://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/publications/forms. Relevant Regulations and Statutes: Title 19, part 190 - https://ecfr.io/Title-19/Part-190 19 USC 1313 - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title19/pdf/USCODE-2011-title19-chap4-subtitleII-partI-sec1313.pdf 19 USC 1313 authorizes the information collected on the CBP form 7553 as well as in the ACE system for the electronic drawback claim. The New Data Elements in ACE for Drawback include the following: 1. Substituted Value per Unit 2. Entry Summary Line Item Number 3. Bill of Materials/Formula 4. Certificate of Delivery/Drawback Eligibility Indicator 5. Import Tracing Identification Number (ITIN) 6. Manufacture Tracing Identification Number (MTIN) 7. Certification for Valuation of Destroyed Merchandise 8. Substituted Unused Wine Certification 9. Certification of Eligibility for AP and/or WPN Privilege(s) 10. Identification of Accounting Methodology 11. Indicator for Notice of Intent to Export or Destroy 12. Indicator for Waiver of Drawback Claim Rights New data elements added to the CBP Form 7553: 1. Continuation sheet(#15-19) 2. Line item number added (#15) 3. Rejected merchandise box added (#20) 4. Instructions were edited to comply with TFTEA-Drawback requirements This collection of information applies to the individuals and companies in the trade community who are and are not familiar with drawback, importing and exporting procedures, and with the CBP regulations. Please note that CBP Forms 7551 and 7552 are both abolished. From February 24, 2019, onward, TFTEA-Drawback, as provided for in part 190, is the only legal framework for filing drawback claims. No new drawback claims may be filed under the paper-based processes previously provided for in part 191 (Drawback). Sections 190.51, 190.52, and 190.53 provide the requirements to submit a drawback claim electronically. The provisions of part 190 are similar to the provisions in part 191, except where necessary to outline all the data elements for a complete claim (previously contained in CBP form 7551) and modify those requirements to comply with TFTEA-Drawback. CBP form 7552, Certificates of Delivery and Certificates of Manufacturing & Delivery will no longer be requested or accepted to demonstrate the transfer of merchandise. Sections 190.10 and 190.24 require that any transfers of merchandise must be evidenced by business records, as defined in section 190.2.