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Incidental Take of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities (50 CFR 18.27 and 50 CFR Part 18, Subpart I)

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The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) imposed, with certain exceptions, a moratorium on the taking of marine mammals. Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the MMPA directs the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to allow, upon request by citizens of the United States, the taking of small numbers of marine mammals incidental to specified activities (other than commercial fishing) if the Secretary makes certain findings and prescribes specific regulations that, among other things, establish permissible methods of taking. Once the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) issue specific regulations, applicants seeking to conduct activities must request a Letter of Authorization (LOA) for the specific activity and submit onsite monitoring reports and a final report of the activity to the Secretary. Procedural regulations outlining the requirements for the submission of a request are contained in 50 CFR 18.27. We request OMB approval of the specific regulations governing authorized incidental take of marine mammals activities as separate control numbers for each subpart to facilitate simultaneous rulemaking actions when we receive applications for an ITR.

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16 USC 1361	View Law

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ADR Mediation Surveys

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OSC's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) participants and, a subset of those persons who agree to participate in a follow-up survey, are tools to improve its ADR program. Participants include OSC complainants, their attorneys, Federal Agency attorneys, Federal Agency settlement officials, and non-attorney complainant representatives and support persons. The ADR surveys will generate accurate, generalize, and actionable evaluative data that it will use to maintain a valuable mediation process, enhance the skills of its mediators, and publicize the role of mediation at OSC.

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Rural Innovation Stronger Economy (RISE) grant program

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The purpose of the RISE program (7 CFR 4284 subpart L) is to create and enhance jobs and support industry clusters in low-income rural areas. This is achieved through grants awarded to a rural jobs accelerator partnerships consisting of non-profit entities, Tribal entities, institutions of higher education and public bodies with expertise in delivering economic and job training programs. The information provided through the application process will be used to determine applicant and project eligibility and to ensure that projects meet program goals and that funds will be used for authorized purposes. Additionally, Partnerships that receive RISE grant funding are required to provide financial and program reports to ensure that the project is progressing, and that funds continue to be used for authorized purposes.

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Pub.L. 115 - 334 6424	View Law

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Local Food Marketing Practices Survey

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The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is seeking approval to conduct a reinstatement of an information collection to gather data related to the production and marketing of foods directly from farm producers to consumers, institutions, or to retailers who then sell directly to consumers, and intermediate markets who sell locally or regionally branded products. A sample of operations will be drawn from the NASS List Frame. The Local Food Marketing Practices Survey (LFMPS) will be conducted in early 2026, referencing the calendar year of 2025.

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18 USC 1905	View Law

7 USC 2204 (a)	View Law

Pub.L. 115 - 435 301	View Law

7 USC 2276	View Law

7 USC 2204 (g)	View Law

7 USC 3306.1	View Law

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Parent Generic Clearance for Natural Hazard Disaster-Related Data Collection

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This is a new collection. USGS proposes to conduct a number of data collection efforts within the topic areas of natural disaster and community resilience and preparedness, including studies of specific natural disaster events (e.g., earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, geomagnetic (solar) storms, floods, drought, coastal erosion, tsunamis, wildland fire, wildlife disease, and other biological and chemical threats), assessments of community resilience and sustainability, and evaluations of the usability and utility of USGS guidance or other products.

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42 USC 5121	View Law

42 USC 5132	View Law

42 USC 5121 et seq.	View Law

42 USC 7701	View Law

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Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)

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In 2021 employer-sponsored health insurance was the source of coverage for 90.5 million current and former workers, plus many of their family members, and is a cornerstone of the U.S. health care system. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey – Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) measures the extent, cost, and coverage of employer-sponsored health insurance on an annual basis. These statistics are produced at the National, State, and sub-State (metropolitan area) level for private industry. Statistics are also produced for State and Local governments. This research has the following goals: 1) to provide data for Federal policymakers evaluating the effects of National and State health care reforms. 2) to provide descriptive data on the current employer-sponsored health insurance system and data for modeling the differential impacts of proposed health policy initiatives. 3) to supply critical State and National estimates of health insurance spending for the National Health Accounts and Gross Domestic Product.

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42 USC 299b-2	View Law

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National Science Foundation Research Infrastructure Guide

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This manual provides guidance, policies, requirements, and recommended procedures and best practices to NSF staff and award recipients on effective project planning, management, and oversight of large facilities.

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42 USC 1861 et seq.	View Law

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Grantee Reporting Requirements for the Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) Program

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The NSF Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) program provides significant support ($0.5-0.6 million / year) for research, education, and infrastructure with a renewable term of 5 years, for a total investment of $2.5-3.0M. Because of the duration and size of these awards, it is necessary for the NSF to ensure that its substantial investment is spent appropriately, that each of the PREMs meets the goals stated in its strategic plan, and that each PREM's activities satisfy the goals and objectives of the PREM program. The PREM program currently funds a total of 32 active awards, For effective oversight of these substantial investments, the NSF requires that each currently funded PREM submit an annual progress report that describes all its activities. Each PREM is expected to submit a final report at the end of the award. Data contained in these reports are also submitted to a website managed by a contractor for NSF. Electronic submission will facilitate program-wide data analysis.

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42 USC 1861 et seq.	View Law

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Scientific Research, Exempted Fishing, and Exempted Educational Activity Submissions

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This request is for an extension of a currently approved information collection. Under section 318 (d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) [16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.], as amended by the Sustainable Fisheries Act [Pub. L. 104–297], the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) is required to promulgate regulations that create an expedited, uniform, and regionally-based process to promote issuance, where practicable, of experimental fishing permits. Regulations under 50 CFR 648.12 and 50 CFR 600.745 establish processes for scientific research plans as well as exempted fishing and exempted educational activities that are exempted from applicable fishing regulations. Fishing regulations do not generally affect scientific research activities conducted by a scientific research vessel. Persons planning to conduct such research are encouraged to submit a scientific research plan to ensure that the activities are considered research and not fishing. The researchers are requested to submit reports of their scientific research activity after its completion. Eligible researchers on board federally permitted fishing vessels that plan to temporarily possess fish in a manner not compliant with applicable fishing regulations for the purpose of collecting scientific data on catch may submit a request for a temporary possession letter of authorization. The researchers are requested to submit reports of their scientific research activity after its completion. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) may also grant exemptions from fishery regulations for educational or other activities (e.g., using non-regulation gear). The applications for these exemptions must be submitted, as well as reports on activities.

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16 USC 1801 et seq.	View Law

Pub.L. 104 - 297 39	View Law

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Assessing Public Preferences and Values to Support Coastal and Marine Management

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The National Ocean Service (NOS) proposes a revision to an approved information collection to collect data on the opinions, values, attitudes, and behaviors of visitors and residents local to National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs). The revisions to the collection were informed by the pre-tests and also include updates to ensure compliance with current Administration directives. No substantive changes have been made. Up-to-date socio-economic data is needed to support the individual NERR sites’ conservation and management goals. The initial surveys will be conducted for the Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia (CBNERR-VA), Weeks Bay NERR (WBNERR), and Grand Bay NERR (GNDNERR), and the survey will be repeated regularly in other NERRs based on information needs and budget. This information will be used by NOAA and others to: ● understand who visits the NERRs, ● identify impacts of management decisions, ● inform management decisions, and ● extend education and outreach efforts. NOAA has a vested interest in this research as it supports comprehensive ocean and coastal planning and management. The data collected and resulting products are beneficial for NOAA, resource managers, and policy-makers.

SPD-15 Implementation	Yes

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16 USC 1452(303)(2)(D)	View Law

42 USC 4321 et seq.	View Law

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Application Package for TRIO Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs (1894-0001)

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This information collection provides the U.S. Department of Education with information needed to evaluate, score and rank the quality of the projects proposed by institutions of higher education and public or private nonprofit agencies and organizations applying for a TRIO Training grant, in accordance with Title IV, Part A, Subpart 2, Section 402G of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). which requires the collection of specific information and data necessary for applicants to receive an initial competitive grant and a non-competing grant for the second year.

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20 USC Part A, Subpart 2, Section 402	View Law

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Annual Economic Survey of Federal Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp Permit Holders

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We are requesting an extension of a currently approved data collection with no changes. Economic data is collected from vessel owners who operate in the Gulf and South Atlantic federal waters of US Southeast Region, and who have one or more federal permits for the commercial catch of shrimp. The Annual Economic Survey of Federal Gulf and South Atlantic Shrimp Permit Holders is conducted by the Social Science Research Group of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Now in its 20th year, the survey collects data about operating expenses and the costs of owning and maintaining shrimp vessels. Each spring, surveys are sent by mail to a random sample of about a third of all vessels with federal permits for the harvest of Gulf penaeid shrimp or South Atlantic penaeid or rock shrimp. The survey has been very successful, with high response rates. For the 2021-2023 data years, response rates by permit type and year have ranged from 61% to 87%; with open access permits at the lower end as would be expected (permit non-renewal is less of a motivation to complete the survey if you can always get a new one). A collection of economic information from fishermen affected by the management of federal commercial fisheries is needed to ensure that national goals, objectives, and requirements of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MFCMA) and other laws are met. This information is vital in assessing the economic and social effects of management decisions and regulations on individual fishing enterprises, fishing communities, and the nation as a whole.

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Pub.L. 94 - 265 303	View Law

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Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") Policy, Sections 73.2080, 76.73, 76.75, 76.79 and 76.1702

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The EEO rules are designed to ensure equal employment opportunity in the broadcast and MVPD industries through outreach to the community in recruitment and prevention of employment discrimination. All broadcast stations and MVPDs must adhere to the EEO rules' anti-discrimination provisions, but only stations with five or more full-time employees and MVPDs with six or more are subject to the EEO program provisions.

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47 USC 154(i)	View Law

47 USC 303	View Law

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Water Use Data Acquisition

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This notice identifies an information collection activity that the USGS Water Availability and Use Science Program has submitted to OMB for approval to collect information on the use of water resources in the United States. The information is used by USGS scientists to estimate water use in several categories including (but not limited to) public-supply, domestic, irrigation, thermoelectric-cooling, industrial, mining, aquaculture, and livestock applications. USGS national water-use estimates are disseminated to stakeholders and the general public on an on-going basis and fulfill requirements of the SECURE Water Act. The information also supports regional and national water availability studies in the United States. The USGS has produced estimates of annual water use by category aggregated at the county and state level every five years since 1950. Models will be used to produce estimates beginning in year 2020, made at a higher temporal and spatial resolution than previous estimates. Model estimates are dependent on validation using the data collected nationally for specific water-use facilities. USGS Water-Use Specialists will request reported water-use data annually from non-federal agencies. This collection also aims to request data from facilities on an ad-hoc basis to acquire data for categories of use or locations where state-reported data are not sufficient for estimating water use. Respondents can provide relevant data in a variety of electronic formats, usually via websites, file sharing, or email. Information will also be gathered on the water-use data-delivery needs of USGS water-use stakeholders and other end-users.

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42 USC 109B	View Law

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Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program

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The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the demographic questions in line with the OPM issued memorandum titled, "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women. The only change was to Question 2 on the 2-Year Evaluation form: changed ‘gender’ to ‘sex’ and removed all options except ‘female’ and ‘male’. These changes do not affect the burden.

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Pub.L. 106 - 513 18	View Law

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Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska - Recommendations for Special Reserve Areas (43 CFR 2361.2-2)

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to rescind the current regulations for Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska in 43 CFR Part 2360 and return to the status quo under the rule promulgated in 1977 in 43 CFR Part 2360. The proposed rule would revised information collection requirements pertaining to Special Areas (SAs) in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (Reserve). The proposed rule would involve one (1) information collection at 43 CFR 2361.1(d) regarding recommendations for the designation of land as a SA in the Reserve. This information collection requirement slightly revises the existing requirement for SA recommendations. The RIN for this proposed rule is 1004-AF02.

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Pub.L. 94 - 258 Part 2360	View Law

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Office of Education Higher Education Scholarship, Fellowship, and Internship Programs

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The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration is submitting this non-substantive change request in order to bring the demographic questions in line with the OPM issued memorandum titled, "Initial Guidance Regarding President Trump’s Executive Order Defending Women. The only changes were to the questions regarding an individual’s sex and their race/ethnicity. These changes do not affect the burden to the public.

SPD-15 Implementation	Yes

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Pub.L. 110 - 69 4002	View Law

Pub.L. 108 - 447 902	View Law

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Solicitation of Proposal Information for Award of Public Contracts

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) collects information, when necessary, when inviting firms to submit bids, proposals, and offers for public contracts for supplies and service. Using solicitation methods such as Requests for Proposals (RFP), Requests for Information (RFI), and Broad Agency Announcements (BAA), the Government requests information from prospective offerors such as pricing information, delivery schedule compliance, and evidence that the offeror has the resources (both human and financial) to accomplish requirements. The information collection is necessary for compliance with (1) the Homeland Security Acquisition Regulation (HSAR), 48 CFR Chapter 30; (2) the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, 15 U.S.C 628; and (3) for purposes of entering into other transactions agreements, 6 U.S.C. § 391, 6 U.S.C. § 596(1), and 49 U.S.C. § 106(l)(6).

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15 USC 638	View Law

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STEM OPT Extension Mentoring and Training Plan

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The information collected on the Form I-983 serves as a planning document for STEM OPT students, the SEVP-certified school, and the employer. SEVP uses the form as an evidentiary document to track the STEM OPT student’s progress, identifying the terms and conditions of the practical training and documenting the obligations of the three parties that are involved—the F-1 student, SEVP-certified school, and employer. The student and the employer must each complete and sign their portion of the Form I-983. The SEVP-certified school adds the executed Form I-983 to the student’s school file and uploads it to SEVIS. The school and student must make the student’s Form I-983 available to ICE and to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) upon request or when the student seeks certain benefits from USCIS, such as an application for employment authorization.

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8 USC 1184	View Law

8 USC 1372	View Law

Pub.L. 107 - 173 543	View Law

Pub.L. 107 - 296 116 Stat. 2135	View Law

Pub.L. 104 - 208 Div. C	View Law

8 USC 1103	View Law

6 USC 202	View Law

Pub.L. 107 - 56 October 26, 2001	View Law

8 USC 1101	View Law

8 USC 1324a	View Law

8 USC 1101(a)(15)(F)(i)	View Law

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Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Texas SO2 Trading Programs (Renewal)

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The Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) and the Texas SO2 trading programs ICR includes information collection requirements for the six CSAPR trading programs addressing sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions, annual nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions, or seasonal NOX emissions in various sets of states, and the Texas SO2 trading program which is modeled after CSAPR. This information is needed to allow for continued implementation of the programs. The principal information collection requirements under the CSAPR and Texas trading programs relate to the monitoring and reporting of emissions and associated data in accordance with 40 CFR part 75. Other information collection requirements under the programs concern the submittal of information necessary to allocate and transfer emission allowances and the submittal of certificates of representation and other typically one-time registration forms. Affected sources under the CSAPR and Texas trading programs are generally stationary, fossil fuel-fired boilers and combustion turbines serving generators larger than 25 megawatts (MW) producing electricity for sale. Most of these affected sources are also subject to the Acid Rain Program (ARP). The information collection requirements under the CSAPR and Texas trading programs and the ARP substantially overlap and are fully integrated. The burden and costs of overlapping requirements are accounted for in the ARP ICR (OMB Control Number 2060-0258). This ICR accounts for information collection burden and costs under the CSAPR and Texas trading programs that are incremental to the burden and costs already accounted for in the ARP ICR. While most sources participating in the CSAPR and Texas trading programs are directly regulated under federal implementation plans (FIPs), sources in some states participate in the CSAPR trading programs under state implementation plan (SIP) revisions adopted to replace previous FIPs. This ICR accounts for the burden and costs for sources participating under both FIPs and SIPs.

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42 USC 7401	View Law

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NESHAP for Plating and Polishing Area Sources (40 CFR part 63, subpart WWWWWW) (Renewal)

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The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Plating and Polishing Area Sources (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart WWWWWW) were proposed on March 14, 2008; promulgated on July 1, 2008; and most-recently amended on both September 19, 2011 and November 19, 2020.1 These regulations apply to both existing and new plating and polishing facilities that are an area source of hazardous air pollutant (HAP) emissions and that use one or more of the following metal HAP: cadmium, chromium, lead manganese, or nickel (hereafter referred to as the plating and polishing metal HAP). In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. They are also required to maintain records of the occurrence and duration of any startup, shutdown, or malfunction in the operation of an affected facility, or any period during which the monitoring system is inoperative. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance, and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart WWWWWW.

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42 USC 7401 et seq	View Law

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NOX SIP Call (Renewal)

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This is a renewal of the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPAs) information collection request (ICR) addressing the burden and costs of information collection activities indirectly required under the NOX SIP Call (the Rule). The Rule requires affected states to include certain provisions in their state implementation plans (SIPs) addressing emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOX) that adversely affect air quality in other states. Previously, one of the Rules requirements applicable to all affected states was that the SIPs must include provisions requiring large electricity generating units (EGUs) and large non-EGU boilers and turbines to monitor and report their NOX mass emissions during the May-September ozone season according to the provisions of 40 CFR part 75 (referred to here as Part 75 monitoring requirements). In 2019, EPA amended the NOx SIP Call making the inclusion of Part 75 monitoring requirements in SIPs voluntary instead of mandatory, allowing states to submit SIP revisions to EPA requiring sources to perform other forms of monitoring. Although the Rule does not impose any requirements directly on sources, the Part 75 monitoring requirements were added to SIPs because of the Rule, and EPA has therefore submitted and periodically renewed an ICR to account for the information collection burden and costs of the Part 75 monitoring requirements imposed indirectly on sources. This ICR includes estimates of burden and costs both for sources subject to Part 75 monitoring requirements and sources performing other forms of monitoring for NOX SIP Call purposes under approved SIP revisions. Most large EGUs (and some large non-EGU boilers and turbines) affected under the NOX SIP Call are also subject to comparable Part 75 monitoring requirements under the Acid Rain Program (ARP) and/or the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) trading programs. Both the ARP and CSAPR have approved ICRs (OMB Control Nos. 2060-0258 and 2060-0667), and this ICR accounts for information collection burden and costs only for sources that are not required to perform Part 75 monitoring under the ARP or CSAPR programs and whose information collection burden and costs therefore are not accounted for in the ARP ICR or the CSAPR ICR. This ICR also accounts for information collection burden and costs for additional sources primarily smaller EGUs that states voluntarily have made subject to Part 75 monitoring requirements under the SIPs they adopted for NOX SIP Call compliance, going beyond the Rules existing requirements. Under the NOx SIP Call, states are required to report certain data regarding emissions of sources in the state to EPA on an annual or triennial basis. The Air Emission Reporting Rule (AERR) for the national emission inventory includes very similar reporting requirements, and EPA believes that there is no material incremental information collection burden and cost associated with the required state reporting for NOX SIP Call purposes beyond the burden and cost estimates included in the AERR ICR (OMB Control Number 2060-0580). Thus, the only information collection burden and costs addressed in this ICR relate to the monitoring and reporting requirements imposed on sources through the states SIPs for compliance with the NOX SIP Call.

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42 USC 7410	View Law

42 USC 7601	View Law

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Hazardous Remediation Waste Management Requirements (HWIR-Media) (Renewal)

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The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires EPA to establish a national regulatory program to ensure that hazardous wastes are managed in a manner that is protective of human health and the environment. Under this program, EPA regulates newly generated hazardous wastes as well as hazardous remediation wastes (i.e., hazardous wastes managed during cleanup). Hazardous remediation waste management sites must comply with all parts of 40 CFR part 264 except subparts B, C, and D. In place of these requirements, they need to comply with performance standards based on the general requirement goals in these sections, which are codified at 40 CFR 264.1(j). Under 264.1(j), owners/operators of remediation waste management sites must develop and maintain procedures to prevent accidents. These procedures must address proper design, construction, maintenance, and operation of hazardous remediation waste management units at the site. In addition, owners/operators must develop and maintain a contingency and emergency plan to control accidents that occur. The plan must explain specifically how to treat, store, and dispose of the hazardous remediation waste in question, and must be implemented immediately whenever fire, explosion, or release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents that could threaten human health or the environment. In addition, the Remedial Action Plan streamlines the permitting process for remediation waste management sites to allow cleanups to take place more quickly.

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42 USC 6901 et seq.	View Law

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Weatherization Assistance Program Sub-programs

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DOE requests authorization to collect data on the status of WAP E&I, SERC, and Community Scale Pilot activities: units completed, outlays and related information. DOE has also requested authorization to liaise regularly with states to gather real-time data on implementation issues, challenges, and activities.

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Pub.L. 110 - 140 Title V, Subtitle E	View Law

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Acid Rain Program under Title IV of the Clean Air Act Amendments (Renewal)

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Abstract

Congress established the program in title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments to address acid deposition by reducing emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX). This renewal generally outlines programmatic aspects as established in the previous ICR with adjustments to reflect current labor costs and estimates of the numbers of respondents and transactions. To reduce SO2 emissions, the Acid Rain Program uses a cap-and-trade system applicable to most large fossil fuel-fired electricity generating units in the contiguous United States. Affected sources are required to hold one tradable allowance for each ton of SO2 emitted, and the total number of allowances issued is capped. In addition to affected sources, any person or entity may establish an account to buy and sell allowances. EPA is required to conduct an allowance auction each year to promote market liquidity and price transparency. To reduce NOX emissions, the Acid Rain Program applies NOX emission rate limits to a subset of affected units. Each such unit may either meet its standard emission rate limit, arrange to comply on a group basis under an averaging plan, or seek approval for an alternative emission limitation (AEL) based on demonstrated inability to meet its otherwise applicable standard limit. Affected units under the Acid Rain Program are required to monitor opacity and SO2, NOX, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions using continuous emission monitoring systems (CEMS) or alternative monitoring methods approved by the EPA Administrator. All affected units are also required to obtain and periodically renew permits that identify their plans for complying with the programs applicable SO2 and NOX requirements. As in previous Acid Rain Program ICRs, most of the topical discussions in this ICR renewal are organized around the main program elements established under different CAA sections: Allowance transfers (CAA section 403); Permits (CAA section 408); Emissions monitoring (CAA section 412); Auctions (CAA section 416); NOx permitting (CAA section 407).

Federal Register Notices

60-Day FRN	View Notice
30-Day FRN	View Notice

Authorizing Statutes

42 USC 7651a-7651o	View Law

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