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Technical Assistance Program - 7 CFR 1775

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Technical Assistance and Training (TAT) and Solid Waste Management (SWM) are competitive grant programs administered by Rural Utilities Service (RUS) to make loans and grants to public agencies, American Indian tribes, and nonprofit corporations. The loans and grants fund the development of drinking water, wastewater, and solid waste disposal facilities in rural areas with populations of up to 10,000 residents. Grants are made for 100 percent of the cost of assistance.

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7 USC 1926(a) and 1932(b)	View Law

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7 CFR 1942-C, "Fire and Rescue Loans"

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Regulation promulgates the policies and procedures for processing and servicing community facility loans for fire and rescue facilities.

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7 USC 1926 Section 306	View Law

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Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI)

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The Rural Community Development Initiative's intent is to develop the capacity and ability of rural area recipients through a program of technical assistance provided by qualified intermediary organizations.

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Pub.L. 106 - 78 306	View Law

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RHS-Finance Office Forms

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Forms will be used by the Agency to obtain bank routing information from the borrower's financial institutions to establish an electronic loan payment plan. The form titles that will be used to obtain this information are: RD 3550-28, "Authorization Agreement for Preauthorization Payments", RD 1951-65, "Customer Initiated Payments (CIP)" and RD 1951-66, "Fedwire Worksheet."

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15 USC 1601	View Law

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HydroAdd3d

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This is a renewal, with revisions, for the Hydrography Addressing Tool (HydroAdd), a website developed by the USGS National Geospatial Program, National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC).

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Office of Marine & Aviation Operations: Occupational Health, Safety, and Readiness Forms

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This is a request for revision and extension of an existing collection currently in use with OMB approval. The NOAA Health Services Questionnaire NF 57-10-01 is being revised to include supportive questions to document previous sailing dates and clarifying medical information within NF 57-10-01 to ensure OMAO has a complete medical history for all personnel aboard NOAA vessels. These changes are minimal and not expected to increase the burden for completing this form. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) manages and operates NOAA's fleet of 15 research and survey ships and nine specialized environmental data-collecting aircraft . Comprised of civilians and officers of the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps , OMAO also manages the NOAA Diving Program , NOAA Small Boat Program , and NOAA Uncrewed Systems Operations Center . The research and survey ships operated, managed, and maintained by OMAO comprise the largest fleet of federal research ships in the nation. Ranging from large oceanographic research vessels capable of exploring the world’s deepest ocean, to smaller ships responsible for charting the shallow bays and inlets of the United States, the fleet supports a wide range of marine activities including fisheries surveys, nautical charting, and ocean and climate studies. This collection covers the forms that are required to make medical readiness recommendations.

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33 USC 941	View Law

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RUS Electric Loan Application and Related Reporting Burdens

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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) was established in 1994 by the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-354, 108 Stat. 3178, 7 U.S.C. 6941 et. seq.) as successor to the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) with respect to certain programs, including the electric loan and loan guarantee program authorized under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq., as amended) (RE Act). The RE Act authorizes and empowers the Administrator of RUS to make and guarantee loans to furnish and improve electric service in rural areas. These loans are amortized over a period of up to 35 years and secured by the borrower's electric assets and/or revenue. In the interest of protecting loan security, monitoring compliance with debt covenants, and ensuring that RUS loan funds are used for purposes authorized by law, RUS requires that borrowers prepare and submit for RUS evaluation certain studies and reports. Some of these studies and reports are required only once for each loan application; others must be submitted periodically until the loan is completely repaid. The RE Act also authorizes and empowers the Administrator of RUS to make or cause to be made, studies, investigations, and reports concerning the condition and progress of the electrification of several States and Territories; and to publish and disseminate information with respect thereto. Information supplied by borrowers forms the basis of many of these reports.

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7 USC 901	View Law

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Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994 (40 CFR part 60, subpart Cb) (Proposed Rule for WWWW)

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The Emission Guidelines for Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or before September 20, 1994 (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Cb) were proposed on September 20, 1994; promulgated on December 19, 1995; and amended on both August 25, 1997, and May 10, 2006. The Agency received petitions on various aspects of the standards, however, and the 2006 rule was remanded in 2008. EPA is finalizing a rulemaking to address that remand, which includes a reevaluation of maximum achievable control technology (MACT) floors and the next iteration of the 5-year review of the standards as required by the CAA. The EPA is proposing revised requirements to existing subpart Cb (Emissions Guidelines and Compliance Times for Large Municipal Waste Combustors That are Constructed on or Before September 20, 1994) on January 23, 2024. The EPA is proposing the revised requirements in new subpart 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart WWWW (Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Large Municipal Waste Combustors Constructed on or Before January 23, 2024). Subpart WWWW applies to existing facilities constructed either on or before January 23, 2024 that own and operate municipal waste combustion (MWC) units with a combustion capacity greater than 250 tons per day of municipal solid waste (large MWC units). In general, all EG 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 the EG. The final amendments reflect the results from the MACT floor reevaluation and the 5-year review; remove startup, shutdown and malfunction exclusions and exceptions; streamline regulatory language; revise recordkeeping and electronic reporting requirements; and clarify requirements for certain air curtain incinerators. Additionally, the amendments re-establish new source and existing source applicability dates. Large MWC units that are currently subject to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) of subparts Ea and Eb will become “existing” sources under the amended standards and would be required to meet the revised emission guidelines (EG) under subpart WWWW by the applicable compliance date for the revised guidelines. Burdens associated with the 2006 standards are addressed separately under EPA ICR Number 1847.09 and are not included in this ICR. This ICR applies only to the incremental burden incurred by existing units due to the revisions to these standards. The guidelines do not apply directly to large MWC unit owners and operators, since they are implemented through state plans (SPs). If a state does not develop, adopt, and submit an approved state plan, or if a state’s plan is not approved, the EPA must promulgate a Federal plan to implement the emission guidelines in a state without its own SP. This information is being collected to ensure compliance with the final amendments to 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart Cb.

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42 USC 7401 et seq.	View Law

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NSPS for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR part 60, subparts Ea and Eb) (Proposed Rule for VVVV)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Municipal Waste Combustors (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb) apply to existing and new facilities with a municipal waste combustor unit capacity greater than 225 megagrams per day of municipal solid waste. In general, all NSPS 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 with 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Ea and Eb.

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42 USC 7401 et seq.	View Law

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National Wildlife Refuge Special Use Permit Applications and Reports, 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36 and 43 CFR 5

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The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, authorizes us to permit public accommodations, including commercial visitor services, on lands of the National Wildlife Refuge System when we find that the activity is compatible and appropriate with the purpose for which the refuge was established. We use the information that we collect on FWS Forms 3-1383-G, 3-1383-EZ, 3-1383-C, 3-1393-R, and 3-1384 to ensure that: (1) the requested activities are compatible and appropriate with the purpose for which the refuge was established, and (2) the applicant is eligible or is the most qualified applicant to receive the refuge special use permit.

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16 USC 668dd-668ee	View Law

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TSCA Existing Chemical Risk Evaluation and Management - Generic ICR for Surveys (Renewal)

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The purpose of this ICR is to help fill data gaps for EPAs risk evaluations and risk management of existing chemicals under section 6 of TSCA. In accordance with TSCA section 26, EPA must make TSCA section 6 risk evaluation and risk management decisions consistent with the best available science and based on the weight of the scientific evidence. To carry out its statutory obligations, EPA needs sufficient information about chemicals undergoing risk evaluation and risk management, including information related to the chemicals conditions of use, hazards, exposures, potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations, health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other information. The collection of such information is subject to TSCAs strict statutory timeframes (set forth in section 6). Therefore, EPA is seeking approval for a generic information collection request (ICR) to conduct surveys of chemical users, processors, distributors, manufacturers (including importers), and recyclers, chemical waste handlers, consumers of chemical-containing products, employees who may be exposed to the chemical evaluated, state and local regulators, non-governmental organizations, industry experts, and knowledgeable members of the public (including potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations) related to information collection for TSCA chemical risk evaluation and risk management. Surveys are defined as the collection of information from a common group through interviews or the application of questionnaires to a representative sample of that group. These information collection efforts are intended to supplement other reasonably available information on chemicals in commerce and will provide support for the Agencys policy and regulatory activities regarding existing chemicals under TSCA section 6. By learning more about the conditions of use, hazards, exposures, potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulations, health and environmental effects, benefits, reasonably ascertainable economic consequences, alternatives, and other information for chemicals being evaluated or regulated, EPA would be able to more precisely and effectively carry out its risk evaluation and risk management obligations under TSCA.

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15 USC 2601 et seq.	View Law

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Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5) (Renewal)

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The information that EPA will collect under this rule fulfills the statutory requirements of 1445(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), as amended in 1996, 2018, and 2019. The data describe the source of the water, location, and test results for samples taken from PWSs. The information collected will support EPAs decisions as to whether or not to regulate particular contaminants under the SDWA. Reporting is mandatory. The data are not subject to confidentiality protection.

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Pub.L. 104 - 182 1445(a)(2)	View Law

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Environmental Justice Grants CPS Program and Environmental Justice G2G Program: Post-Award Reporting and Public Outreach Information Collections (NEW)

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes competitive financial assistance awards to support projects that tackle environmental, public health, and energy challenges across the country. This is accomplished by working directly with community-based organizations (CBOs) and state, local, territorial, and tribal governments that have strong ties to the communities in which they are working. EPA fosters a collaborative approach to tackling some of the most critical challenges in the most overburdened communities by encouraging projects that involve multiple stakeholders including States, local governments, and tribal governments. To help get resources and funding to underserved and overburdened communities EPA offers Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving (EJCPS) and Environmental Justice Government to Government (EJG2G) cooperative agreement programs. With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks authorization to collect post-award information in the form of semi-annual progress reports and final reports from each grantee to track their progress, with respect to effectiveness (e.g., the extent to which projects achieved their objectives, goals, and targets), efficiency (e.g., the extent to which projects delivered activities and outputs on schedule and within budget), and equity (e.g., the extent to which investments and benefits flowed to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution). Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the EJCPS and EJG2G programs, which ensures responsible stewardship of public funds; rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and transparent accountability to the American public.

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Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grant Program: Post-Award Reporting (New)

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) makes competitive financial assistance awards to support projects that tackle environmental, public health, and energy challenges across the country. Historically, these investments have not reached communities and groups who are overburdened by the effects of pollution, environmental hazards, and climate change. To help get resources and funding to underserved and overburdened communities, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) created the Environmental and Climate Justice Block Grant Program (ECJP)the largest investment in environmental and climate justice in U.S. historywhen it was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. The Community Change Grants (CCG) are the final and most comprehensive piece of EPAs implementation of ECJP IRA funding. The CCG program will provide funding to communities and their partners to design, develop, and implement multi-faceted, community-driven projects to protect public health and the environment. With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks approval to collect performance information from CCG grantees via progress reports and final reports. Collection of this information enables EPA to assess and manage the CCG program, which ensures responsible stewardship of public funds; rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and transparent accountability to the American public.

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Standards for Pesticide Containers and Containment (Renewal)

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This ICR covers the information collection activities associated with the pesticide container design and residue removal requirements and containment structure requirements. With respect to the container design and residue removal requirements, the information collection activities are associated with the requirement that businesses subject to the container regulations (pesticide registrants) and repackaging regulations (pesticide registrants and refillers) maintain records of test data, cleaning procedures, certain data when a container is refilled, and other supporting information. These records are subject to both call-in by EPA and on-site inspection by EPA and its representatives. EPA has not established a regular schedule for the collection of these records, and there is no reporting. With respect to the containment structure requirements, the information collection activities are associated with the requirement that businesses subject to the containment structure regulations maintain records of the: (1) Monthly inspection and maintenance of each containment structure and all stationary bulk containers; (2) Duration over which non-stationary bulk containers holding pesticide and not protected by a secondary containment unit remain at the same location; and (3) Construction date of the containment structure. The businesses subject to the containment structure regulations include agrichemical retailers and refilling establishments, custom blenders and commercial applicators of agricultural pesticides. The records have to be maintained by the owners and operators of such businesses and made available to inspectors to ensure that businesses are in compliance with containment requirements. These inspections are generally conducted by the states, which enforce FIFRA regulations through cooperative agreements with EPA.

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Guam Military Base Realignment Contractors Recruitment Standards

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The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84, enacted October 28, 2009) requires an expanded effort to recruit U.S. and other eligible workers for employment on Guam military base realignment construction projects. This reporting structure features electronic posting of construction job opportunities on an Internet job banks site with national coverage, posting job opportunities on several state workforce agency job banks, and documentation of worker recruitment results reports that will be submitted to the Guam Department of Labor (GDOL). All data collection and reporting will be done by military base construction contractors, and the data and recruitment results in a report that will be submitted to the GDOL. These recruitment requirements help fulfill the responsibilities assigned to the Secretary of Labor in the provisions of the NDAA of 2010 and increase employment opportunities for U.S. construction workers.

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USAID Automated Directives System (ADS) Chapter 303 Standard Provisions

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This ICR covers the information that USAID assistance awards recipients must submit to comply with the terms and conditions of the "Standard Provisions for U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations," “Standard Provisions for Non-U.S. Nongovernmental Organizations,” and “Standard Provisions for Fixed Amount Awards to Nongovernmental Organizations" identified within ADS Chapter 303. Agreement officers (AOs) insert these standard provisions as required (provisions beginning with “M”) or as applicable (provisions beginning with “RAA”). ** This revision updates the Reporting Host Government Taxes (RAA13) standard provision to the December 2022 text and adjusts its associated burden calculation. ** This revision updates new standard provisions in ADS 303

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Claims and Payment Activities

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The Form ETA-5159 report provides important program information on claims taking and benefit payment activities under state/federal unemployment insurance laws. These data are needed for budget preparation and control, program planning and evaluation, personnel assignment, actuarial and program research, and for accounting to Congress and the public. This collection is authorized under the Social Security Act, Title III, Section 303(a)(6) and PL 112-96.

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42 USC 503(a)(6)	View Law

Pub.L. 112 - 96 2165(a)(3)	View Law

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Pesticide Registration Fees Program (Renewal)

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This Information Collection Request (ICR) covers the paperwork burden hours and costs associated with the information collection activities under the pesticide registration fee programs implemented through the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Pesticide registrants are required by statute to pay an annual registration maintenance fee for all products registered under Section 3 and Section 24(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Additionally, Section 33 of FIFRA establishes statutory fees and timeframes for EPAs review of covered applications. PRIA 5 which was enacted December 2022, did many things including that it extended the authority to collect pesticide maintenance fees through FY2027 and the authority to collect pesticide registration service fees through FY2029.This ICR specifically covers the activities related to the collection of the annual registration maintenance fees, the registration service fees, and the burden associated with the submission of requests for fees to be waived.

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Notice of Arrival of Pesticides and Devices under section 17(c) of FIFRA (Renewal)

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Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates the importation of pesticides and pesticide devices into the United States. FIFRAs definition of pesticides is broad and includes any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest (e.g., rodenticides, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, and antimicrobials) and certain other substances such as plant growth regulators and any nitrogen stabilizers; the definition also includes substances imported for pesticide research and development purposes. FIFRAs definition of pesticide devices include any instrument or contrivance (other than a firearm) which is intended for trapping, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest or any other form of plant or animal life. FIFRA section 17(c) governs the importation process for pesticides and pesticide devices into the U.S., while FIFRA 17(e) authorizes the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in consultation with the EPA, to promulgate regulations implementing pesticide and device trade enforcement. This authority was delegated to the Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in 2003. CBP regulations, developed in concert with the EPA, give the EPA specific roles in the importation process.

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C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (PV29); Regulation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (Proposed Rule)

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule under section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to address the unreasonable risk to human health presented by C.I. Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under its conditions of use. The proposed rule would: require prescriptive controls for certain occupational conditions of use of PV29; and establish recordkeeping and downstream notification requirements. The information collection activities contained in the proposed rule are: downstream notification requirements through Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and labels; prescriptive controls information generation, recordkeeping, and notification requirements, including: development of documentation for appropriate respiratory protection and related recordkeeping; development and notification to potentially exposed persons (employees and others in the workplace) about appropriate respiratory protection and usage and related recordkeeping; and development and notification to potential exposed persons (employees and other in the workplace) about an equipment and area cleaning plan, and related recordkeeping, including but not limited to implementation records and documentation. The proposed rule would require that records be retained for 5 years from the date of generation.

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Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery Grant Reporting and National Materials Management Survey

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The Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery (ORCR) Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division (RCSD) requires the ability to collect consistent and timely information from grant recipients receiving EPA funding originating from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, (also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)). Additionally, in order to carry out the Agency’s obligations under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), RCSD needs broad-based national information on waste streams and materials management practices. This ICR covers two related information collections that are essential for RCSD to properly understand current conditions and promote interventions that can lead to a more sustainable future. One is based on the collection of progress and final reports from Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling (SWIFR) and Recycling Education and Outreach (REO) grant recipients. The reports provide the Agency with necessary administrative information, documentation of grant outputs and outcomes, and for many grantees, data on the volume of materials and types of waste management methods they employ. EPA plans to use a web-based data management system to facilitate the collection and processing of these reports from grantees. The second proposed information collection is a voluntary annual survey to gather detailed information from all U.S. states and territories about their existing waste management programs, capacities, and throughputs. Survey respondents will also be grant recipients and the same electronic data management system can be used to collect and process survey results.

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42 USC 6983	View Law

42 USC 6966(d)	View Law

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TSCA Section 8(b) Reporting Requirements for TSCA Inventory Notifications (renewal)

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This information collection request (ICR) addresses the reporting and recordkeeping requirements under section 8(b) of the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) that are associated with the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory (TSCA Inventory), as codified in 40 CFR Part 710. TSCA section 8(b) specifically requires that EPA compile and keep current a list of chemical substances manufactured or processed for commercial purposes in the United States. That mandate was amended in 2016 and TSCA section 8(b)(4) requires EPA to designate chemical substances on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory as either active or inactive in U.S. commerce. The first TSCA Inventory with all chemical substances designated as active or inactive published in February 2019. Starting August 5, 2019, manufacturers and processors are required to notify EPA before reintroducing inactive substances into U.S. commerce. The implementing regulations allow manufacturers and processors to notify EPA that it must change the commercial activity designation of the subject chemical substance from inactive to active on the TSCA Inventory. In March 2020, EPA amended 40 CFR part 710 to revise the requirements for companies to substantiate their confidential business information (CBI) claims for the specific chemical identities of substances on the TSCA inventory. The burden and activities in that amendment are covered by a rule related addendum to this ICR identified under OMB Control No. 2070-0210 (EPA ICR No. 2594.03). At this time, the information collection activities covered in the existing ICR related to the time-limited one time reporting (EPA Form No. 9600-05; Notice of Activity Form A), and the retrospective substantiation of CBI imposed by the 2020 amendment that is covered by the ICR addendum identified under OMB Control No. 2070-0210 (EPA ICR No. 2594.03) are now complete and are not included in this ICR.

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Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures

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The information is used by Respondents to support their compliance with Title VII; by the EEOC in investigating, conciliating and litigating employment discrimination charges; and by individuals to establish violations of Federal EEO law.

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Family Member Travel Screening

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The FMTS forms are used during the DoD FMTS process when active duty Service members with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders request Command sponsorship for accompanied travel to remote or OCONUS installations. These forms document any special medical, dental, and/or educational needs of dependents to assist in determining the availability of care at a new installation.

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10 USC 136	View Law

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