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National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) Program Pre-submission Executive Summary Form

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The I-Corps Executive Summary Form requests information on the members of the applying team (name, email address, and a brief biographical sketch to list out his/her/their qualification), the eligibility pathway, and a description of the team’s proposed technology innovation, which includes the intellectual property status, commercial application, and commercialization plan.

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42 USC 1861, et seq.	View Law

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[NCEZID] The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)

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The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) is a system designed to accumulate, exchange, and integrate relevant information and resources among private and public stakeholders to support local and national efforts to protect patients and promote healthcare safety. Specifically, the data is used to determine the magnitude of various healthcare-associated adverse events and trends in the rates of these events among patients and healthcare workers with similar risks. The data will be used to detect changes in the epidemiology of adverse events resulting from new and current medical therapies and changing risks. This Revision contains minor changes to a few forms and minor burden changes.

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42 USC 242m(d)	View Law

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Implementation of Medicare Programs; - Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (CMS-10552)

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Abstract (2000 characters maximum) The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) (Pub. L. 111-5) was enacted on February 17, 2009, and includes measures to modernize our nation's infrastructure and improve affordable health care. Expanded use of health information technology (HIT) and certified electronic health record (EHR) technology will improve the quality and value of America's health care. Title IV of Division B of the Recovery Act amends Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act (the Act) by establishing incentive payments to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs), and Medicare Advantage organizations participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs that adopt and successfully demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology (CEHRT). These Recovery Act provisions, together with Title XIII of Division A of the Recovery Act, may be cited as the “Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” or the “HITECH Act”. In 2019, the EHR Incentives Program for eligible hospitals and CAHs was subsequently renamed the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program. We are collecting information from participants in this program on objectives and measures focused on the meaningful use of CEHRT in order to incentivize the advanced use of CEHRT to support health information exchange, interoperability, advanced quality measurement, and maximizing clinical effectiveness and efficiency. In the FY 2026 IPPS/LTCH PPS proposed rule, we proposed to adopt a new optional bonus measure under the Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange objective for health information exchange with a public health agency (PHA) that occurs using TEFCA, and where the eligible hospital or CAH meets certain additional requirements, beginning with the EHR reporting period in CY 2026. We also proposed to modify two measures: (1) the SAFER Guides measure, which we proposed to modify by requiring eligible hospitals and CAHs to attest “yes” to completing an annual self-assessment using the SAFER Guides published in January 2025 beginning with the EHR reporting period in CY 2026; and (2) the Security Risk Analysis measure, which we proposed to modify to require eligible hospitals and CAHs to attest “yes” to having conducted security risk management as required under the HIPAA Security Rule beginning with the EHR reporting period in CY 2026. We also proposed to define the EHR reporting period in CY 2026 and subsequent years as a minimum of any continuous 180-day period within that CY for eligible hospitals and CAHs participating in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program.

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Pub.L. 111 - 5 Title IV of Division B	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 5 Title XIII of Division A	View Law

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Data Security Requirements for Accessing Confidential Data

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When an application for confidential data is approved through the SAP Portal, ERS will collect information to fulfill its data security requirements. This is a required step before providing the individual with access to restricted use microdata for the purpose of evidence building. ERS’s data security agreements and other paperwork, along with the corresponding security protocols, allow ERS to maintain careful controls on confidentiality and privacy, as required by law. ERS’s collection of data security information will occur outside of the SAP Portal.

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44 USC 3583	View Law

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36 CFR Part 228, Subpart A-Locatable Minerals

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This collection of information is necessary to ensure minimal environmental impacts associated with locatable mineral operations on National Forest System lands to the extent practicable. There is not a rquired format for the information collection, but all information identified in 36 CFR part 228 must be included. Form FS-2800-5, Plan of Operations for Mining Activities on National Forest system Lands, is available for use by mining operators to simplify this process.

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30 USC 21-54	View Law

16 USC 478,551	View Law

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Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children

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The “Services Provided to Unaccompanied Alien Children” information collection contains five instruments that allow the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to provide services to unaccompanied alien children as required by the Homeland Security Act (HSA) (6 U.S.C. 279), the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA) (8 U.S.C. 1232), the Unaccompanied Children Program Foundational Rule, (45 C.F.R. part 410), as well as other ORR regulations (i.e., 45 C.F.R. parts 411 and 412), and the provisions of the Flores Settlement Agreement (No. CV85-4544-RJK (C.D. Cal. 1996)) that still apply to the Department of Health and Human Services. The collection was last approved by OMB on June 9, 2025, and the current expiration date is June 30, 2028. ORR is proposing changes to one form in this collection, the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) Case Status (Form S-27). Specifically, ORR is proposing changes to the Location of Child appendix. These changes are based on feedback from UAC Portal users and aim to improve the utility of the information collection for ORR and respondents.

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6 USC 279	View Law

8 USC 1232	View Law

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West Coast Region Gear Identification Requirements

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This request is for revision and extension of the current collection for the West Coast Gear Identification Requirements pursuant to upcoming rule 0648-BN00. This proposed rule would implement gear marking requirements and entanglement risk reduction measures for portions of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery. This rulemaking will consist of mandatory requirements and voluntary measures. These new requirements and voluntary measures will be established pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The intent of the gear marking requirements is to increase the likelihood of attributing entanglements to a specific fishery and gear type. The intent of the risk reduction measures is to reduce bycatch by decreasing the likelihood of marine animal entanglements with fishing line. NMFS is proposing this rulemaking, in part, in response to increased rates of entanglement of humpback whales with Pacific coast fishing gear since 2014. The gear marking component of this rulemaking is one facet of a broader, coordinated effort to mark gear in multiple fisheries that occur off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California. NMFS requests public comment on these proposed requirements and voluntary measures.

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Pub.L. 94 - 265 304 (b)(1)(A)	View Law

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Rule 17a-5, Form X-17A-5 (FOCUS REPORT)

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Rule 17a-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 17 CFR 240. 17a-5, is a reporting rule for broker-dealers. The Commission recently amended Rule 17a-5 to require annual audited reports and related annual filings to be filed electronically in Inline XBRL through the Commission’s EDGAR system. The filings were previously made either in paper, via email, or voluntarily on the EDGAR system as PDF documents. The Commission is also allowing electronic signatures in Rule 17a-5 filings, which includes the FOCUS Report. The Commission is amending the instructions to Parts II, IIC, and IIA of the FOCUS Report to allow only one named officer’s signature when the signature belongs to the firm’s principal executive officer or principal financial officer (or their comparable officers). Finally, the Commission is making corrective and clarifying amendments to FOCUS Report Part II, technical amendments to FOCUS Report Part IIA and amendments to FOCUS Report Part IIC for consistency with FFIEC Form 031, which FOCUS Report Part IIC is modelled on. None of these amendments are expected to impact the ongoing burden of filing FOCUS Report Parts II, IIA or IIC.

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15 USC 78a	View Law

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National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 2027 Pre-Test

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The NLSY27 Pretest will include a purposive sample of youth aged 11–16 as of December 31, 2025, and their parents/caregivers. It will collect data for one extended quarter, or 17 weeks. This Pretest will provide critical information to the BLS to ensure the success of the NLSY27’s first round of collection, and in turn, the success of the future of the NLSY27 over the many subsequent rounds that are anticipated.

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Annual State Application Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Act as Amended in 2004

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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), signed on December 3, 2004, became PL 108-446. In accordance with 20 U.S.C. 1412(a), a State is eligible for assistance under Part B for a fiscal year if the State submits a plan that provides assurances to the Secretary that the State has in effect policies and procedures to ensure that the State meets each of the conditions found in 20 U.S.C. 1412. Information Collection 1820-0030 is being revised to remove the Significant Disproportionality data collection under IDEA section 618(d) and 34 CFR §§300.646 and 300.647 from Section V of the Annual State Application under Part B of the IDEA. The Department believes that removal of the data collection related to Significant Disproportionality will reduce the burden on respondents when completing the Annual State Application under Part B of IDEA. The remaining sections of the Annual State Application under Part B of IDEA are being extended so that States can provide assurances that they either have or do not have in effect policies and procedures to meet the eligibility requirements of Part B of the Act as found in PL 108-446. Information Collection 1820-0030 corresponds with 34 CFR §§ 300.100-176; 300.199; 300.640-645; and 300.705. These sections include the requirement that the Secretary and local educational agencies located in the State be notified of any State-imposed rule, regulation, or policy that is not required by this title and Federal regulations.

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20 USC 1400 et seq.	View Law

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[NIOSH] National Disease Surveillance Program

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The purpose of this data collection is to collect disease specific surveillance reports of rare, uncommon, or infrequent diseases. The data will be used to determine the prevalence of diseases dangerous to public health. The data will also be used for planning and evaluating effective programs for prevention and control of infectious diseases. Disease incidence is needed to study present and emerging disease problems. Case data will be transmitted to CDC electronically or hard copy from State and Local Health Departments. This Revision includes reduction of burden hours due to fewer respondents expected. Updates to the format for collecting race and ethnicity have been made to the acute flaccid myelitis data collection form and will be implemented once the package is approved. We seek to use the modified version of “Race and Ethnicity Question with Minimum Categories Only”.

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42 USC 241	View Law

42 USC 301	View Law

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Reverse Mortgage Products - Guidance for Managing Risks

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The guidance will assist institutions in managing the compliance and risks associated with reverse mortgages. It will ensure that their risk management and consumer protection practices adequately address the compliance and risks raised by reverse mortgage lending.

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12 USC 1784, 1789(a)(7)	View Law

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Administrative Simplification HIPAA Compliance Review (CMS-10662)

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The purpose of this collection is to retrieve information necessary to conduct a compliance review as described in CMS-0014-N (68 FR 60694). These forms will be submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Program Management National Standards Group, from entities covered by HIPAA Administrative Simplification regulations. It is expected that covered entities under HIPAA (health plans, health care clearinghouses, and health care providers who electronically transmit any health information in connection with transaction for which HHS has adopted standards) will complete these forms during a CMS scheduled compliance review. CMS enforcement staff would use the information provided by covered entities to review HIPAA Administrative Simplification compliance in regards to adopted transaction standards, code sets, unique identifiers and operating rules.

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Pub.L. 104 - 191 264	View Law

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The Real Cost Monthly Implementation Assessment

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“The Real Cost” Monthly Implementation Assessment (MIA) is a repeated cross-sectional survey that will be conducted using web-based surveys that are self-administered on personal computers or web enabled mobile devices to collect rapid data on “The Real Cost” campaign content. The purpose of the MIA study is to provide a rapid and flexible method for collecting data on campaign exposure, awareness, attention, and processing, as well as receptivity to both in-market stimuli and stimuli in development, to understand the extent to which “The Real Cost” is being received by the intended audience and successfully delivered to the intended audience.

SPD-15 Implementation	Yes

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Form 8849 & Schedules 1,2,3,5,6 & 8--Claim for Refund of Excise Taxes

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IRC sections 6402, 6404, 6511 and sections 301.6402-2, 301.6404-1, and 301.6404-3 of the regulations, allow for refunds of taxes (except income taxes) or refund, abatement, or credit of interest, penalties, and additions to tax in the event of errors or certain actions by IRS. Form 8849 is used by taxpayers to claim refunds of excise taxes.

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Pub.L. 119 - 21 70525	View Law

26 USC 6435	View Law

26 USC 6402	View Law

26 USC 6511	View Law

26 USC 6404	View Law

26 USC 6103	View Law

Pub.L. 114 - 113 185	View Law

Pub.L. 115 - 123 40406, 40407, and 40415	View Law

Pub.L. 116 - 94 121 and 133	View Law

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Succession Planning

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The NCUA Board (Board) requires that Federal Credit Union (FCU) Boards of Directors establish and adhere to processes for succession planning. The succession plans will ensure that the credit union has plans to fill key positions, such as officers of the board, management officials, executive committee members, supervisory committee members, and (where provided for in the bylaws) the members of the credit committee to provide continuity of operations.

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12 USC 1716b	View Law

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Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Performance Measures

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The goal of the Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) performance measures is to collect performance measures data from SRAE grant recipients on program structure, cost, and support for implementation, including how programs addressed the A–F topics; attendance, reach, and dosage; and program participants’ characteristics, sexual and other risk behaviors prior to program participation, and outcomes at program exit. The performance measures have and will continue to allow both the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) program office and grant recipients to monitor and report on progress in implementing SRAE programs and informs technical assistance. ACF is requesting approval for a temporary extension of the existing performance measures (through June 2026), followed by transition to revised measures (from July 2026 onward). The revised measures are designed to (1) address feedback from grant recipients to simplify and clarify participant surveys, (2) align race and ethnicity measures with current OMB guidance, and (3) ensure the measures meet FYSB data needs by removing items related to COVID-19 and others not widely utilized and replacing them with other measures of interest. The proposed changes shorten the data collection instruments and will reduce respondent burden. We expect a 61 percent reduction in the annual burden hours under this request compared to the previously approved annual burden. Current and revised versions of Instruments 1 through 4 are included in this submission. We are also renaming the ICR to Sexual Risk Avoidance Education (SRAE) Performance Measures.

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42 USC 710	View Law

42 USC 1310	View Law

Pub.L. 111 - 352 1115	View Law

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Understanding Service Member Experiences with Family Planning in the Military

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To identify areas where DoD may need to augment or develop care, programs, services, or policies that provide needed reproductive health care and family planning services to the force in order to maintain and enhance health, readiness, retention, and lethality.

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Crash Avoidance Warning System Human-Machine Interface Research

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking approval for this new information collection request (ICR) to conduct 6 new voluntary information collections as part of a one-time research program examining drivers’ interactions with crash avoidance technology with different human-machine interface (HMI) characteristics. Crash avoidance warning systems aid vehicle drivers in avoiding crashes by presenting alerts and warnings to inform drivers of situations in which the system has determined, via sensor information, that a crash is possible. These systems communicate the occurrence of such conditions to drivers via different sensory modalities, such as visual or auditory signals or vibration of the seat or steering wheel. The research will examine how the characteristics of the visual, auditory, and/or haptic (i.e., touch) signals presented by the system may affect the driver’s response to a crash-imminent situation. This research will help inform NHTSA’s rulemaking activities relating to crash avoidance technologies. The research will involve driver behavior observation while driving on a test track, public road, or in a simulated environment (i.e., driving simulator) as means of collecting needed data. Data collection may also involve stationary laboratory measurements relating to crash avoidance warning signal characteristics, such as stationary laboratory measurements of individuals’ visual angles when gazing at in-vehicle visual signals (e.g., instrument panel symbols) and displays. Experimental data collection will include measurements such as those relating to driving performance, vehicle control metrics, and eye glance behavior. Study participants are members of the general public and include licensed car and/or commercial truck drivers aged 25 to 65 who are healthy and able to drive without assistive devices. The full information collection request includes six information collections: Interest Response Form, Candidate Screening Questions, Appointment Scheduling, Informed Consent, Experimental Data Collection, and Post-Drive Questionnaire. Data collection will begin upon receipt of PRA clearance. Response to this information collection is voluntary and will be conducted in phases corresponding to the different crash avoidance warning system types to be examined (i.e., forward, lateral, and rear crash avoidance). This is a new information collection that is estimated at 239 annual burden hours and $7,200 annual opportunity costs.

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Alaska Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report (EDR)

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This is a request by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region for extension of this currently approved information collection for the Annual Alaska Chinook Salmon Economic Data Report (Chinook Salmon EDR). The Chinook Salmon EDR evaluates the effectiveness of Chinook salmon bycatch management measures for the Bering Sea pollock fishery that were implemented under Amendment 91 to the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Management Area. The Chinook Salmon EDR Program provides information to the NMFS analysts and North Pacific Fisheries Management Council staff. It is intended to be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Chinook Salmon Incentive Plan Agreement (IPA) (see OMB Control No. 0648-0401); to evaluate where, when, and how pollock fishing and salmon bycatch occur; and to provide data to study and verify conclusions drawn by industry in the IPA annual reports.

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16 USC 1851	View Law

16 USC 1801 et seq.	View Law

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Groundfish Trawl Catcher / Processor Economic Data Report (EDR)

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region requests an extension of this currently approved information collection for the Annual Trawl Catcher/Processor Economic Data Report (Annual Trawl Catcher/Processor EDR). The Annual Trawl Catcher/Processor EDR is submitted by fishing companies harvesting in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). The type of data collected includes labor information, revenues received, capital and operational expenditures, and other operational or financial data. The Annual Trawl Catcher/Processor EDR was implemented by the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (Council) to help evaluate the Amendment 80 Program, including program eligible trawl catcher/processors, and is used by NMFS and the Council to assess the impacts of major changes in the groundfish management regime, including programs for prohibited species catch species and target species.

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16 USC 1801 et seq.	View Law

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Alaska Region Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Economic Data Reports

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region (AKR) requests an extension of this currently approved information collection for the economic data reports (EDRs) for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program (CR Program). The purpose of the crab EDRs is to gather information about ownership, revenue, cost, vessel operations, and employment to analyze the economic effects of the CR Program and the economic performance of participants in the program, and to estimate impacts of future issues, problems, or proposed revisions to the program. The data collected through the EDRs are used to prepare reports, program reviews, and analysis of proposed revisions to the CR Program.

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Pub.L. 94 - 265 313(j)	View Law

Pub.L. 108 - 199 801	View Law

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Electronic Monitoring and Vessel Monitoring Systems for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fisheries Temporary Data Collection

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This is a new, temporary collection of information pursuant to Amendment 15 to the 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (Amendment 15) and associated rulemaking, or RIN 0648-BI10. This temporary collection, OMB Control Number 0648-0816, was created due to timing conflicts with OMB Control Number 0648-0372, which came up for renewal before publication of the final rule for Amendment 15. Once 0648-0372 is renewed and the Amendment 15 final rule information collection is approved, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will submit a request to merge this temporary collection into 0648-0372. Amendment 15 will establish two pelagic longline (PLL) monitoring areas, in which PLL vessels that are approved to fish will be required to report interactions with select bycatch species by set via their vessel monitoring system (VMS) units. Several changes were made to this information collection (ICR) from the proposed to the final rule that resulted in changes to the burden and cost estimates for this collection. Previously, NMFS had proposed to make the pelagic longline fleet responsible for covering their EM monitoring costs consistent with the NOAA Cost Allocation Policy (Procedure 04-115-02). Based in part on public comment, NMFS has decided to maintain the status quo, and continue to cover these costs, for now, for vessels fishing outside of the proposed monitoring areas. However, vessel owners would still need to pay for and arrange for video review of sets from trips that occur wholly or in part in monitoring areas. Under the proposed rule, 100 percent of sets for trips that occurred within the monitoring areas were to be reviewed, but under the final rule that sampling rate has been lowered to 50 percent. To mitigate the economic impact of this added cost to the PLL fleet, NMFS is still establishing a vendor certification process to encourage additional EM vendors to enter the market, and decrease costs through competition and by leveraging the existing infrastructure of vendors already providing video services to other fisheries. However, vessel owners would only be allowed to employ these vendors for EM monitoring and video review for trips within the monitoring areas. For trips outside of monitoring areas, where NMFS will still pay for EM monitoring, vessel owners must continue to use the government contracted EM vendor. Additionally, NMFS has increased the effort caps for pelagic longline sets conducted within the monitoring areas, based on public comments expressing concerns that the proposed caps were too low to provide the needed data to evaluate the effectiveness of closed areas. This increase in the monitoring area effort caps will result in higher burden estimates as vessel owners will be required to submit effort and catch reports via their VMS units for each set within the monitoring areas.

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16 USC 971	View Law

16 USC 1801 et seq.	View Law

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Administration for Children and Families Generic for Information Collections related to Gatherings

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This request is to establish a new umbrella generic clearance for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to request information from potential participants at ACF gatherings, such as meetings or conferences. This may include large scale conferences, meetings for grantees or contractors, workshops, trainings, poster sessions, and other in-person and virtual gatherings for individuals with interest in ACF programs (clients, researchers, policymakers, etc.), among others. To ensure ACF has adequate information to plan these activities, the Agency must often collect information from potential participants such as basic contact information, preferences for attendance (mode, special requests, etc.), organizational affiliation, feedback about meeting content, etc. Additionally, some activities require ACF to have additional information to have the means to select the most appropriate participants for attendance according to the type or purpose of a given activity, or to group participants into the most appropriate category or activity during an event. This may include information about poster presentations, speaking panels, training courses, professional perspectives or experiences, etc. In addition, attendees may be asked to submit an application or abstract for prescreening to be selected for attendance. The planning for meetings is most often on a quick timeline and the standard timeline to comply with a full request under the Paperwork Reduction Act would inhibit the ability to collect information to inform these activities. Therefore, an umbrella generic is necessary to allow for quick turnaround requests for similar information collections related to these activities. As part of this generic, ACF requests OMB provide a response on individual generic information collections within 5 business days. If no response is received and the request meets the purposes, uses and scope outlined in this document, ACF may move forward with the proposed information collection.

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