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The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the regulations published at 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart RRRRR were proposed on December 18, 2002, promulgated on October 30, 2003, and amended on April 20, 2006. These regulations apply to existing facilities and new taconite iron ore processing facilities that emit or have the potential to emit a single hazardous air pollutant (HAP) at a rate of 10 tons or more per year or any combination of HAPs at a rate of 25 tons or more per year. The affected sources are ore crushing and handling operations, ore dryers, indurating furnaces, finished pellet handling emission units, and fugitive dust emissions. New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart RRRRR. The final RTR amendments to the rule eliminate the startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exemption; remove the SSM plan requirement; add electronic submittal of notifications, semiannual reports, and performance test reports; remove requirements to conduct quarterly internal inspections of baghouses if the baghouse is equipped with a bag leak detection system; reduce from 2 hours to 1 hour the duration of each PM test run; and make technical and editorial changes. The remaining portions of the NESHAP remain unchanged. 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.

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This ICR addresses information collection activities that will be imposed by proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Ethylene Production source category in the Generic Maximum Achievable Control Technology standards, 40 CFR part 63, subparts XX and YY, referred to as the ethylene production MACT standards (or EMACT). The current EMACT standards were promulgated on July 12, 2002 (67 FR 46257) and amended on April 13, 2005 (70 FR 19266). As part of the residual risk and technology reviews for the NESHAP, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing amendments to correct and clarify regulatory provisions related to emissions during periods of startup, shutdown, and malfunction; add requirements for electronic reporting of performance test results; add operational requirements for flares; add standards and monitoring requirements for pressure relief devices (PRDs); add requirements and clarifications for vent control bypasses, including bypass lines, in situ sampling systems, maintenance activities, and certain gaseous streams routed to a fuel gas system; and revise requirements for storage vessels and heat exchange systems. This information collection request documents the recordkeeping and reporting requirements and burden imposed by these proposed amendments only. In general, all NESHAP standards require initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports by the owners/operators of the affected facilities. These notifications, reports, and records are essential in determining compliance and are required of all affected facilities subject to NESHAP. This information collection request (ICR) includes the burden for all activities that will be conducted in the first three years following promulgation of the proposed amendments to the EMACT standards. These activities include reading the rule, installing and maintaining monitors, and completing the recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Any owner/operator subject to the provisions of this part shall maintain a file of these notifications, reports, and records, and retain the file for at least five years. All reports are sent tonthe delegated state or local authority. In the event there is no such delegated authority, the reports are sent directly to the EPA regional office. The use of the term "Designated Administrator" throughout this document refers to the U.S. EPA or a delegated authority such as a state agency. The term "Administrator" alone refers to the U.S. EPA Administrator.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required under section 112(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA), as amended, to establish emission standards for each category or subcategory of major and area sources of HAP listed for regulation in section 112(b). Consequently, the EPA is proposing national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for clay ceramics manufacturing. The EPA is proposing that all major sources in this category meet maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standards for mercury, non-mercury metal hazardous air pollutants (HAP) (or particulate matter surrogate), and dioxins/furans; health-based standards for acid gas HAP; and work practice standards, where applicable. Potential respondents are owners or operators of clay ceramics manufacturing facilities. The information collected from respondents will be used by the EPA enforcement personnel to: (1) identify new, modified, reconstructed, and existing sources subject to the standards;

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This collection consists of items required to apply for a Household Water Well System Grant and those items necessary for reporting purposes after grant award.

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In order to comply with the regulations set forth in 6 CFR § 27.400, information must be collected from chemical facility owners and operators. In the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards all owners and operators will enable to have the ability to safeguard their Chemical-terrorism Vulnerability Information (CVI) and by law receives protection from public disclosure and misuse.

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This survey estimates the number of recreation visits that occur on lands in the National Forest System used to report on an annual basis to Congress on the agency's effectiveness in utilizing appropriated funds.

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Section 517(d) of title V of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, provides the authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to issue loan guarantees for the acquisition of new or existing dwellings and related facilities to provide decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions and other structures in rural areas.

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The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Hydrochloric Acid Production were proposed on September 18, 2001 (66 FR 48174), promulgated on April 17, 2003 (68 FR 19076), and amended on April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17738). Amendments to the NESHAP are being promulgated as a result of the residual risk and technology review (RTR) required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) (as discussed further below). The NESHAP apply to hydrochloric acid production facilities that emit greater than or equal to 10 tons per year (tpy) of any one hazardous air pollutant (HAP) or greater than or equal to 25 tpy of any combination of HAP. Affected sources include new and existing hydrochloric acid production facilities. The pollutants regulated are hydrochloric acid (HCl) and chlorine (Cl2). New facilities include those that commenced construction or reconstruction after the date of the original proposal (September 18, 2001). This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 63, Subpart NNNNN. 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 failures to meet applicable standards, 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. A semiannual report is also required. As part of the residual risk and technology review (RTR) for the NESHAP, the EPA is finalizing amendments to remove the startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exemption; remove the SSM plan and associated periodic report requirements; add a work practice standard for maintenance vents used during startup and shutdown; require electronic submittal of the notification of compliance status, results of performance evaluations of continuous monitoring systems, compliance reports, and performance test results; and make miscellaneous technical and editorial changes. The remaining portions of the NESHAP remain unchanged.

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SSA asks individuals applying for disability about work they performed in the past. Applicants use Form SSA-3369, Work History Report, to provide SSA with detailed information about applicant’s jobs held prior to becoming unable to work. State Disability Determination Services evaluate the information together with medical evidence, to determine eligibility for disability payments. The respondents are disability applicants and third parties assisting applicants.

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Housing agencies enter into a Contract of Participation with each eligible family that opts to participate in the program; consult with local officials to develop an Action Plan; and report annually to HUD on implementation of the FSS program. PHAs may apply for funding to pay the salary (including fringe benefits) of FSS program coordinators.

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When determining the effects of a child’s impairment(s), SSA obtains information about the child’s functioning from teachers, parents, and others who have the opportunity to observe the child on a daily basis. SSA uses Forms SSA-5665-BK and SSA-5666 to make one-time requests for teacher reports; results of formal testing; therapy progress notes; individualized education programs; and other records of a child’s educational aptitude and achievement. Forms SSA-5665-BK and SSA-5666 are available electronically to school and training program administrators on SSA’s website. State Disability Determination Services (DDS) or SSA may send a request for completion of the SSA-5665-BK to a child’s local school administrative office or training program, which refers the request to the child’s teacher(s), who then accesses the form through the link. The teacher(s) forwards the completed SSA-5665-BK to the school’s or training program’s administrative office, which uploads it to SSA’s Electronic Records Express (ERE) system. The DDS or SSA may send a request for completion of the SSA 5666 and copies of the child’s school records to the central or local administrative school office, depending on which office maintains the child’s individual academic records. The administrative office or training program can also upload the child’s records via ERE. Although the SSA-5665-BK and SSA 5666 are available for online completion, some teachers and school personnel may print and manually complete the forms, then fax or mail them to the requesting DDS or SSA office. Respondents are teachers and other education personnel.

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SSA requires disability claimants who are appealing an unfavorable disability determination to complete the SSA–3441–BK, the associated Electronic Disability Collect System (EDCS) interview either via telephone or in person, or the Internet application, i3441. This form allows claimants to disclose any changes to their disability or resources that might influence SSA's unfavorable determination. We may use the information to: (1) reconsider and review an initial disability determination; (2) review a continuing disability; and (3) evaluate a request for a hearing. This information assists the State Disability Determination Services and administrative law judges (ALJ) in preparing for the appeals and hearings, and issuing a determination or decision on an individual's entitlement (initial or continuing) to disability benefits. Respondents are individuals who appeal denial, reduction, or cessation of Social Security disability income Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments, or who are requesting a hearing before an ALJ.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks to collect various data elements for the applicable reporting entities for purpose of implementing the mandatory MSP reporting requirements of Section 111 of the MMSEA. This information will be used to ensure that Medicare makes payment in the proper order and/or takes necessary recovery actions. The purpose of this submission is to set forth what information will be collected pursuant to Section 111 and the process for such collection. Section 111 mandates the reporting of information specified by the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary in the form and manner specified by the Secretary (including frequency) Data the Secretary will collect is necessary for both pre-payment and post-payment coordination of benefit purposes, including the recovery actions. Section 111 establishes separate mandatory reporting requirements for group health plan arrangements as well as for liability insurance (including self-insurance), no-fault insurance, and workers' compensation, also referred to as non-group health plan. With the passage of Section 111, CMS now has the authority to mandate the reporting of insurer MSP information.

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The Rural Utilities Service (RUS), is authorized by Title VI, Rural Broadband Access, of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended (RE Act), to provide loans, loan/grant combinations and loan guarantees to fund the cost of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment for the provision of broadband service in eligible rural areas in the States and Territories of the United States. 7 CFR part 1738 prescribes the types of loans available, facilities financed, and eligible applicants, as well as minimum equity requirements to be considered for a loan. In addition, 7 CFR part 1738 outlines the process through which RUS will consider applicants under the priority consideration required in Title VI.

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The Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) established the Medicare Part D program for voluntary prescription drug coverage of premium, deductible, and co-payment costs for certain low-income individuals. The MMA also mandated the provision of subsidies for those individuals who qualify for the program and who meet eligibility criteria for help with premium, deductible, or co-payment costs. This law requires SSA to make eligibility determinations and to provide a process for appealing SSA's determinations. Regulation sections 418.3625(c), 418.3645, 418.3665(a), and 418.3670 contain public reporting requirements pertaining to administrative review hearings. Respondents are applicants for the Medicare Part D subsidies who request an administrative review hearing.

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When a new source registers to use the website, SSA or state agency employees conduct the registration by phone or in person, and then keys the information into ERE. After completing the registration process, the registered user can provide evidence to the agency, and may request payment for providing evidence through the ERE website. SSA and state agency employees request the medical and educational records collected through the ERE website. The agency uses the information collected through ERE to make a determination on an Application for Benefits. We also use the ERE website to order and receive consultative examinations when we are unable to collect enough medical records to determine disability findings. The respondents are medical providers who evaluate or treat disability claimants or recipients, and other third parties with connections to disability applicants or recipients (ex: teachers and school administrators for child disability applicants), who voluntarily choose to use ERE to submit information.

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The Social Security Act permits wage earners, or their authorized representative, to request Social Security earnings information from SSA using Form SSA-7050-F4. SSA uses the information the respondent provides on Form SSA-7050-F4 to verify the wage earner has: (1) earnings; (2) the right to access the correct Social Security Record; and (3) the right to request the earnings statement. If we verify all three items, SSA produces an Itemized Statement of Earnings (Form SSA-1826) and sends it to the requestor. The respondents are wage earners and their authorized representatives who are requesting Itemized Statement of Earnings records.

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The final rule establishes a new 40 CFR part 1090, which will replace a patchwork of fuels regulations under 40 CFR part 80, and which permits several potentially cost-saving improvements, including: Promoting the fungibility of fuels, which will reduce distribution and storage costs; Reducing the regulated number of fuels characteristics to be tested and reported from 13 to four, which reduces reporting burdens; Leveraging the part 80 registration system so that parties who are already registered will remain registered under the new part 1090; Reducing the required frequency of batch reporting from quarterly to annual; Providing better formats and easier procedures for reporting; and Consolidating existing survey programs.

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SSA developed the Annual Earnings Test Direct Mail Follow-up Program to improve beneficiary reporting on work and earnings during the year and earnings information at the end of the year. SSA may reduce benefits payable under the Social Security Act when an individual has wages or self-employment income exceeding the annual exempt amount. SSA identifies beneficiaries likely to receive more than the annual exempt amount, and requests more frequent estimates of earnings from them. When applicable, SSA also requests a future year estimate to reduce overpayments due to earnings. SSA sends letters (SSA-L9778, SSA-L9779, SSA-L9781, SSA-L9784, SSA L9785, and SSA-L9790) to beneficiaries requesting earnings information the month prior to their attainment of full retirement age. We send each beneficiary a tailored letter that includes relevant earnings data from SSA records. The Annual Earnings Test Direct Mail Follow-up Program helps to ensure Social Security payments are correct, and enables us to prevent earnings-related overpayments, and avoid erroneous withholding. The respondents are working Social Security beneficiaries with earnings over the exempt amount.

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This Program authorizes the Agency to enter into contracts to make payments to eligible entities to support and ensure an expanding production of advanced biofuels. Entities eligible to receive payments under the Program are producers of advanced biofuels that meet all of the requirements of the Program. Such entities can be an individual or legal entity, including a corporation, company, foundation, association, labor organization, firm, partnership, society, joint stock company, group of organizations, or non-profit that produces an advanced biofuel and that sells the advanced biofuel on the commercial market. Instructions to the forms are available on the USDA eForms website at https://forms.sc.egov.usda.gov/eForms/welcomeAction.do?Home.