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This ICR is for a final rule that makes a variety of amendments to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) regulations, including amendments that will permit biointermediates into the RFS program. The new regulations include new information collection burdens that are related to allowing biointermediates into the RFS program. The recordkeeping and reporting requirements allow the EPA to monitor compliance from biointermediate producers, biointermediate importers, and renewable fuel producers who use biointermediates. Biointermediate producers (who have recordkeeping and reporting requirements) and biointermediate importers (who have recordkeeping requirements) are new regulated parties under the rule. Renewable fuel producers are pre-existing regulated parties. More parties may register as renewable fuel producers (e.g., as new registrants who wish to make renewable fuel from biointermediates). Under this final rule, renewable fuel producers will be subject to additional recordkeeping and reporting associated with their biointermediate use. Biointermediate producers and renewable fuel producers require: third party engineering reviews of their processes and facilities, a quality assurance plan (QAP) performed by an independent QAP provider, and attest engagements performed as a check on their records and compliance report by a third-party auditor. Biointermediate importers will need to engage a third party to provide a certification of volumes they import. This information collection request is related to the following approved information collection requests for the RFS program: 2060-0723 (expiring 11/30/2022), 2060-0725 (expiring 08/31/2022) and 2060-0728 (expiring 12/31/2023). EPA recently published a Federal Register notice on February 11, 2022 (87 FR 8013) to renew these existing collections together under the single control number of 2060-0725.

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This form is required to be completed at the time of first disbursement by lenders and small business owners for all 7(a) loans that are closed and disbursed with the exception of 7(a) Small, Community Advantage, SBA Express and Export Express loans. SBA uses the information to help determine whether loans were disbursed in compliance with SBA requirements, to obtain certifications to such compliance. The form also notifies lenders of their obligation to retain completed forms.

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DFARS Part 228 and the related clauses at 252.228 require contractors to submit information concerning data required to enable processing and monitoring of accident reports/insurance claims relating to war hazard losses and other accidents involving aircraft, missiles, or space launch vehicles; and written representation that non-Spanish concerns have obtained the required types of insurance under service or contruction contracts to be performed in Spain by other than Spanish concerns.

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To provide procedures under which FCIC will provide a final agency determination in response to an inquiry regarding the interpretation of any provision of the Federal Crop Insurance Act or any regulation promulgated thereunder, or on the written interpretations of FCIC procedures that are not covered by the regulations (e.g., procedures in handbooks, manuals memoranda, and bulletins). Also, providing instructions on how to request Final Agency Determinations (FAD).

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. 111-148, enacted on March 23, 2010) as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-152, enacted on March 30, 2010) are collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act expands access to insurance affordability programs through improvements in Medicaid eligibility, enrollment simplification, the establishment of Affordable Insurance Exchanges ("Exchanges"), and coordination between Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Exchanges. Relevant to this Statement, the Affordable Care Act promotes a high level of coordination, simplification, and data sharing among State and Federal agencies for the purpose of a seamless and streamlined eligibility system. The Affordable Care Act allows for significant use of Web-based technology to provide information to the public and facilitate application and renewal functions. It creates a "no wrong door" approach to insurance affordability programs so that individuals will not have to apply to multiple programs. Nor will they have to repeat the application process if they initially apply to a program for which they are not ultimately determined eligible. It also provides a simplified process for maintaining coverage through a streamlined renewal process. The provisions of the Affordable Care Act relevant to this Statement are effective January 1, 2014. The proposed requirements for the collection and reporting of information and recordkeeping (collectively known as information collections) generally relate to ensuring data sharing and coordination among State and Federal agencies, recordkeeping efforts among State agencies, and the development of Web-based systems and notices in support of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

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Enables the Federal Home Loan Banks and, where appropriate, the Federal Housing Finance Agency to determine if a respondent satisfies the statutory and regulatory requirements to be certified initially, and to maintain its status as a housing associate eligible to receive Bank advances.

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The regulations govern U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and certificates of indebtedness of the States and Local Government Series. The collection of information is necessary to enable Treasury to establish an investor's account, to issue securities, to ensure that an investor meets the certification requirements, to redeem securities either at or prior to maturity, and to obtain necessary documentation where a waiver is involved.

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The Internal Revenue Code (IRC), at 26 U.S.C. 5361, 5362, and 5386–5388, requires persons who intend to produce special natural wine, agricultural wine, other than standard wine, or nonbeverage wine to obtain approval of the formulas and processes by which such products will be made. Under those IRC authorities, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) regulations in 27 CFR parts 24 and 26 require producers to obtain prior approval of the formulas and processes by which such wine products will be made. Producers may file such approval requests using TTB F 5120.29, Formula and Process for Wine. TTB uses the collected information to ensure that the relevant tax provisions of the IRC are appropriately applied and to protect the public from misidentified, mislabeled, or unsafe wines and wine products.

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Section 303(a)(6), SSA, requires, as a condition of receiving administrative grants, that state law contain provision for the "making of such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time require, and compliance with such provisions as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time find necessary to ensure the correctness and verification of such reports." Departmental regulations at 20 CFR 601.3 in part implement this requirement by requiring the submission of "all relevant state materials, such as statutes, executive and administrative orders, legal opinions, rules, regulations, interpretations, court opinions, etc. . . ." Also, the regulations for the UC for Federal Civilian Employees (UCFE) program at 20 CFR 609.1(d)(1) and for the UC for ex-service members (UCX) program at 20 CFR 614.1(d)(1) require submission of certain documents to assure that states are properly administering these programs. The Trade Adjustment Assistance (which includes Trade Readjustment Allowances) program (TAA/TRA) regulations provide similar requirements at 20 CFR 617.52(c)(1). The MA 8-7 is the mechanism for implementing these submittal requirements, the purpose of which is to provide the Secretary with sufficient information to determine if (a) employers in a state qualify for tax credits under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; (b) the state meets the requirements for obtaining administrative grants under Title III, SSA; and (c) the state is fulfilling its obligations under Federal UC programs.

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Work applications (commonly referred to as "registrations") are used in American Job Centers for individuals seeking assistance in finding employment or employability development services. They are used to collect information such as: applicants identification, qualifications, work experience, and desired pay. They also include services provided to applicants, such as job development, and referral to supportive service. Job orders are used in One-Stop Career Centers to obtain information on employer job vacancies. Information in the job orders include employer identification, job requirements, pay information as well as identification of persons referred, hired, or refused. The information is collected at the employer’s request in order to publicize job vacancies. The information is collected by One-Stop Career Centers and posted on electronic job banks. 20 CFR 652.8(d)(5) specifies the one-year retention of information on work applications and job orders.

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This is a request for an extension without change of a currently approved information collection (OMB# 2132-0578) “Public Transportation Safety Certification Training Program (PTSCTP)”. There have been no programmatic or statutory changes or requirements since the last OMB submission. Therefore there are no changes to the respondents, responses or annual burden hours. This is a mandatory information collection. Through the PTSCTP, FTA provides minimum training requirements for Federal and State personnel and contractors who conduct safety audits and examinations of transit systems and for transit agency personnel and contractors who are directly responsible for safety oversight. The program respondents are Rail Transit Agencies (RTAs) and State Safety Oversight Agencies (SSOAs) who will forward training information to FTA on behalf of designated personnel. This requirement is necessary to assure that compliance with the requirements is properly and earnestly undertaken by respondents who are directly responsible for safety oversight of our Nation’s public transportation systems. The information collected allows the FTA to record completion of the required training and to ensure annual certification.

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The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) in the US Department of Education (ED) requests clearance for a new information collection for the discretionary grant application for the School-Based Mental Health Services grant program (SBMH). The SBMH grant program provides grants to local educational agencies (LEAs), State educational agencies (SEAs), and consortia of LEAs. to the number of qualified (i.e., licensed, certified, well-trained, or credentialed) mental health service providers providing school-based mental health services to students in local LEAs with demonstrated need. This program is authorized under section 4631(a)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7281), as amended. The first SBMH grant competition was held in 2020 and was exempt from rulemaking under Section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). The Department finalized proposing priorities, requirements, and definitions under the SBMH grant program. The final requirements contain information collection requirements that we are requesting approval for through this request.

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The information collection activity is the collection of program and administrative information from 28 established Urban Search and Rescue Sponsoring Agencies relating to the Readiness and Response Cooperative Agreement awards. This information includes a narrative statement used to evaluate a grantees’ proposed use of funds, progress reports to monitor progress on Cooperative Agreements, amendment requests to change scope and period of performance and approval for vehicle purchase.

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The Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA creates new competitive private health insurance markets - referred to as State-based Marketplaces (SBMs) - that will give millions of Americans and small businesses access to affordable healthcare coverage. HHS provides oversight and monitoring of SBMs to ensure they maintain adequate operational systems. Effective and efficient oversight of Marketplaces will help ensure that affordable and quality health coverage is available to all Americans through monitoring, reporting, and oversight of financial and other Marketplace activities. The SMAR is the primary vehicle to insure comprehensive compliance with all reporting requirements contained in the ACA and applicable Federal Regulations. It is specifically called for in Section 1313(a)(1) of the Act which requires an SBM to keep an accurate accounting of all activities, receipts, and expenditures, and to submit a report annually to the Secretary concerning such accounting. Instructions governing specific facets of the activities covered by the report are contained both in the Act and in various sections of applicable Federal Regulations. CMS has designed the SMAR to reduce the data collection to the maximum extent possible. While it is intended as a comprehensive compliance review to ensure SBM are fulfilling their statutory requirements, very little additional data gathering is required to complete the form. The respondents can answer most questions by attestations and uploading existing documents. Respondents complete the report entirely online.

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The information requested enables the applicant to provide EXIM Bank with the information necessary to record customer utilization and manage prospective insurance liability relative to risk premiums received. The Export-Import Bank has made a change to the report to have the insured financial institution provide the industry code (NAICS) associated with each specific export as well as specific information needed to make a determination as to whether or not the exporter meets the SBA's definition of a small business. The insured financial institution already provides a short description of the goods and/or services being exported and the name and address of the exporter. These additional pieces of information will allow EXIM Bank to better track what exports it is covering with its insurance policy and the extent to which its support assists U.S. small businesses. The other change that EXIM Bank has made is to require the insured financial institution to indicate whether the exporter is a minority-owned business, women-owned business and/or veteran-owned business. Although answers to the question are mandatory, the company may choose any one of the three answers: Yes/No/Decline to Answer. The option of "Decline to Answer" allows a company to consciously decline to answer the specific question should they not wish to answer.

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The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) in the US Department of Education (ED) requests clearance for a new information collection for the discretionary grant application for the Mental Health Service Professional program. The Mental Health Service Professional grant program provides grants to support and demonstrate innovative partnerships to train school-based mental health service providers for employment in schools and local educational agencies. The goal of the program is to expand the pipeline of high-quality, trained providers to address the shortages of mental health service professionals in schools served by high-need LEAs. This program is authorized under section 4631(a)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7281). The first Mental Health Service Professional grant competition was held in 2019 and was exempt from rulemaking under Section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA). The Department finalized priorities, requirements, and a definition under the Mental Health Service Professional grant program. The final requirements contain information collection requirements that we are requesting approval for through this request.

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The Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship (PIA) focuses on engagement and outreach strategies to promote and implement inclusive practices within apprenticeship programs, such as those registered with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship. These strategies aim to enable individuals with disabilities, including working-age youth and adults ages 16-64, to gain credentials and skills to succeed in growing industries. PIA also seeks to glean federal and state policy options through such outreach and engagement, which includes several stakeholder engagement and outreach activities. The Office of Disability Employment Policy of DOL intends to design and conduct a process evaluation of the DOL-funded PIA. The goal of this four-year study is to build an understanding of the experiences, barriers, and successes of PIA during the implementation of the partnership.

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Form 1-SA is used to file semiannual reports by Tier 2 issuers under Regulation A, an exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933.

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The NRC-regulated facilities and their contractors who are authorized to access and possess classified matter are required to provide information and maintain records to demonstrate they have established and are maintaining an Insider Threat Program to identify and protect classified information against a potential insider threat.