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Title 38 Health Care Positions - Trainee Application & Appraisal

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The collection of this information is authorized by Title 38 United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 7403, which provides that appointments of Title 38 positions will be made only after qualifications have been satisfactorily verified in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Occupations listed in 38 U.S.C. 7401(1) and 7401(3) are appointed at a grade and step rate or an assignment based on careful evaluation of the trainee’s education and experience. Title 38 U.S.C. 7302 requires VA to assist in the training of health professionals for the agency’s own needs and for those of the nation. All health position trainee applicants must provide information concerning their background, training, and education, as well as previously held licenses/registrations, to determine if they meet requirements. Information provided is used to determine a trainee’s eligibility for employment and the appropriate grade and step rate or assignment. VA Form 10-2850d is used to collect appropriate information about qualifications for each trainee participating in accredited educational programs with VA. VA Form 10-2850e is the pre-employment reference form used to elicit information concerning the prior education and/or performance of the Title 38 applicant. This information collection is only for VA health position trainee applicants. VA Forms 10-2850, 10-2850a and 10-2850c have been discontinued and removed from the collection.

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38 USC 7401 (1),(3)	View Law

38 USC 7403	View Law

38 USC 7302 - Part V, Chapter 73	View Law

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Disaster Survey Worksheet

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SBA is required to survey affected disaster areas within a state upon request by the Governor of that state to determine if there is sufficient damage to warrant a disaster declaration. Information is obtained from individuals, businesses, and government officials reporting disaster related damages.

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15 USC 636	View Law

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Section 48(e) Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program

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TD 9979 and Rev. Proc. 2023-27, both implement the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) low-income communities bonus credit program for solar/wind projects. TD 9979 provides the legal rules and definitions for section 48(e) low-income communities bonus credit. Rev Proc. 2023-27 provides the step-by-step process to obtain the allocation required under TD 9979.

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Pub.L. 117 - 169 13103	View Law

26 USC 48(e)	View Law

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Pre-Filing Registration for Elective Payment and Transfer Elections

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IRC section 48D allows for certain manufacturing credits. Section 6417 allows certain taxpayers to treat certain credits as a direct payment rather than a credit against their federal income tax liabilities. Section 6418 permits eligible credits to be transferred from eligible taxpayers to unrelated taxpayers. Treasury Decisions (TD) 9988, 9989, and 9993 prescribe the procedures to register and make payment elections under Internal Revenue Code sections 48D, 6417, and 6418.

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Pub.L. 117 - 169 13801	View Law

26 USC 48D	View Law

26 USC 6417	View Law

Pub.L. 117 - 167 107	View Law

26 USC 6418	View Law

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Application Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

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Persons may apply to the Central Authority for assistance in obtaining the prompt return of a child wrongfully removed from or retained outside of the child's habitual residence and currently located in another Contracting State. In addition, persons may apply to the Central Authority for assistance in securing the exercise of their access or visitation rights to the child.

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42 USC 11608	View Law

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Law Enforcement Public Contact Data Collection

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Under 34 USC § 41303 & 28 USC § 534, the FBI UCR Program will begin collecting data on law enforcement contacts with the public to provide additional context to the National Use-of-Force Data Collection. This collection is needed to collect the number of contacts law enforcement officers have with the public in three major categories; citizen calls for service, unit/officer-initiated contacts, and court/bailiff activities.

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Copayment Exemption for Indian Veterans - Documentation of Indian or Urban Indian Status

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) previously amended its medical regulations to implement a statute exempting Indian and urban Indian veterans from copays for the receipt of hospital care or medical services under laws administered by VA. Public Law (PL) 116-315, sec. 3002 of the Johnny Isakson and David P. Roe, M.D. Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 (signed January 5, 2021) amended section 1730A of title 38 U.S.C. to eliminate copays for the receipt of hospital care or medical services under laws administered by VA for veterans who are either Indian or urban Indian, as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. Section 4 is codified at 25 U.S.C. 1603, and the definitions for Indian and urban Indian are located in paragraphs 13 and 28, respectively, of section 1603. To demonstrate that a veteran meets the definition of Indian or urban Indian, as defined in 25 U.S.C. 1603(13) or (28), VA may ask the veteran to submit documentation to VA. The veteran should use VA Form 10-334 as a cover sheet for submission of documentation requested by VA.

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Pub.L. 116 - 315 3002	View Law

25 USC 1603	View Law

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Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Performance Measures (FY 2025 Initiatives)

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HRSA administers the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP), which is authorized by Section 711(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 912(b)(5)) and is a multi-initiative program that aims to: (1) support treatment for and prevention of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD); and (2) reduce morbidity and mortality associated with SUD, including OUD, by improving access to and delivering prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to high-risk rural communities. To support this purpose, RCORP grant initiatives include: RCORP-Northern Border Rural Workforce which aims to improve health care in rural areas within the Northern Border Regional Commission’s service area by enhancing behavioral health workforce capacity. RCORP-Pathways which aims to create innovative new youth-focused behavioral health care support programs, while also offering behavioral health care career pathway opportunities in rural communities. RCORP-Overdose Response recipients address immediate needs in rural areas through improving access to capacity for, and sustainability of prevention, treatment, and recovery services for SUD. There is also an active RCORP information collection (0906-0044, expires 2/28/2029) that collects data for separate RCORP initiatives related to implementation, impact psychostimulant support, medically assisted treatment access, overdose response, child and adolescent behavioral health, neonatal abstinence syndrome. The collections are separated because RCORP grant initiatives, with separate grantees, are done regularly and the currently approved collection does not need any changes. This includes the overdose response measures that are included in both collections, these programs have separate grantees.

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42 USC 912(b)(5)	View Law

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Requests to Approve Conformed Wage Classifications and Unconventional Fringe Benefit Plans Under the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act

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Regulations 29 CFR part 5 prescribe labor standards for federally financed and assisted construction contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), 40 U.S.C. 3141 et seq., the Davis-Bacon Related Acts (DBRA), and labor standards for all contracts subject to the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act (CWHSSA), 40 U.S.C. 3701 et seq. The DBA and DBRA require payment of locally prevailing wages and fringe benefits, as determined by the Department of Labor (DOL), to laborers and mechanics on most federally financed or assisted construction projects. 40 U.S.C. 3142(a)-(b) and 29 CFR 5.5(a)(1). The CWHSSA requires the payment of one and one-half times the basic rate of pay for hours worked over forty in a week on most federal contracts involving the employment of laborers or mechanics. See 40 U.S.C. § 3702(a) and 29 C.F.R. § 5.5(b)(1). The requirements of this information collection consist of: (A) reports of conformed classifications and wage rates, and (B) requests for approval of unconventional fringe benefit plans.

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40 USC 3141, et seq.	View Law

40 USC 3701, et seq.	View Law

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Business Trends and Outlook Survey

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The Business Trends and Outlook Survey (BTOS) will be a new experimental survey with bi-weekly data collection and publication. This continuous near real time data publication will provide a baseline of the U.S. economy and will measure change as a result of current and future economic shocks. The ongoing nature of the BTOS is in response to stakeholder feedback on the Small Business Pulse Survey (SBPS), which was that economic baseline or ‘norms’ data would have been helpful to have in comparison to the SBPS data on pandemic impact.

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13 USC 131, 182	View Law

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Energy and Jobs Survey

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The U.S. Energy and Employment Report collects data from relevant industries and quantifies employment in energy activities with data on workforce demographics and employer perceptions by geography. This data is used to generate an annual U.S. Energy and Employment Report as instructed by Congress in 42 U.S.C. 18841. This revision to the data collection includes: revised classification and establishment reporting; occupation staffing in place of wage questions; new AI, environmental/regulatory-compliance, and business-activity measures; and burden-reduction/routing improvements.

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42 USC 18841	View Law

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Application for D.I.C., Survivors Pension, and/or Accrued Benefits (VA Form 21P-534EZ); Application for D.I.C. by a Surviving Spouse or Child-Inservice Death Only (VA Form 21P-534a)

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VA Form 21P-534EZ is used for pension claims, DIC and accrued claims. Without this information, determination of entitlement would not be possible. VA Form 21P-534a is an abbreviated application for DIC that is used only by surviving spouses and children of veterans who died while on active duty service. Without this information, determination of entitlement would not be possible.

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38 USC 5121	View Law

38 USC 1151	View Law

38 USC 1542	View Law

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38 USC 1310	View Law

38 USC 5101(a)	View Law

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Pulsating Stop Lamps, Flashing Lights, and Distance Perception

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce traffic-related health care and other economic costs due to road traffic crashes. To further this mission, NHTSA conducts research as a foundation for the development of motor vehicle standards and traffic safety programs. The House Report accompanying the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 2020 (H.R. 116-106) directed NHTSA to study the safety effectiveness of rear-end collision avoidance systems that mitigate and prevent rear-end crashes and specified that the study should include the effectiveness of pulsating light systems in motor vehicles. Pulsating stop lamps are not currently permitted under the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS), which require stop lights to be steady burning. However, NHTSA is aware of aftermarket products which alter stop lamps so that they pulsate when the brake is applied. NHTSA has previously conducted research studying the potential of flashing rear-brake lighting to capture attention in crash-imminent scenarios. However, there may be unintended consequences associated with pulsating stop lamps when considering the broader driving context in which they operate. The objective of this NHTSA project is to evaluate potential safety benefits and disbenefits of implementing pulsating stop lamps on a broader scale across a range of driving contexts and over time.

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National Survey of Health Information Exchange Organizations (HIO)

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Electronic health information exchange (HIE) was one of three goals specified by Congress in the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act to ensure that the $30 billion federal investment in certified electronic health records (EHRs) resulted in higher-quality, lower-cost care. Subsequent legislation and regulations have continued to prioritize the sharing of data electronically across EHRs and other health information systems. Health information exchange organizations (HIOs) play a pivotal role facilitating health information exchange across disparate providers, labs, pharmacies, public health departments, and others. This information collection request will gather data from HIOs across the nation through the administration of a survey of HIOs to generate the most current national statistics and associated actionable insights to inform policy efforts. The timely collection of national data from our survey will assess current capabilities of HIOs to support effective electronic information sharing within the U.S. health care system. Since prior to HITECH there has been ongoing assessment of trends in the capabilities of HIOs to support clinical exchange through nationwide surveys of HIOs. These prior surveys and studies have collected data on organizational structure, financial viability, geographic coverage, scope of services, scope of participants, perceptions of information blocking, support for public health exchange, and participation in national networks and the Technical Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). Continuing the ongoing data collection will be useful to construct a current and comprehensive picture of HIOs’ role in facilitating exchange and ensuring rapid access to important health care data and information when it matters most, including vital data to address public health emergencies. The survey will collect data on HIO capabilities to support electronic health information exchange, their maturity, and challenges they face. There are five key areas that require assessment: (1) adoption of technical standards; (2) perceptions related to information blocking; (3) HIE coordination at the federal level; (4) public health data exchange; and (5) organizational demographics, including technical capabilities offered by HIOs and the challenges they face in supporting electronic health information exchange.

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2026 Census Tribal Court Systems (CTCS)

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The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) requests a three-year clearance to conduct the 2026 Census of Tribal Court Systems (CTCS). The National Survey of Tribal Court Systems (NSTCS) (OMB No. 1121-0350, expired 12/31/2017) was first collected in 2014 and is part of the larger BJS portfolio of tribal justice data collections that comprise the Tribal Justice Statistics Program (TJSP). Three tribal justice agency-specific data collections make up the core of the BJS TJSP: the Survey of Jails in Indian Country (SJIC), the Census of Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies (CTLEA), and the CTCS.

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34 USC 10131-2	View Law

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Attorney General's Honors Program and Summer Law Intern Program Electronic Applications

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Application for student legal employment. The Honors Program is the only way the Department hires graduating law students. Summer Program introduces law students to the work of the Department; many are hired through the Honors Programs.

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Application for Refund of Educational Contributions (VA Form 22-5281)

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The information submitted on VA Form 22-5281 is necessary in order to process the payment of refunds of contributions made by program participants who wish to dis enroll.

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38 USC 3223	View Law

Pub.L. 94 - 502 1623	View Law

Pub.L. 104 - 275 3018C	View Law

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Application for Disability Compensation Benefits (VA Form 21-526EZ)

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VA Form 21-526EZ is used to collect the information needed to process a claim for disability compensation and/or related compensation benefits. The form has evolved over time into a standard claim form to be used for any benefit associated with disability compensation; to include new or initial claims and claims for increase. Without this information, determination of entitlement would not be possible.

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Pub.L. 110 - 389 221	View Law

38 USC 5101	View Law

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NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program Reporting Requirements

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The National Science Foundation's (NSF's) Division of Graduate Education (DGE) in the Directorate for STEM Education (EDU) administers the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program. The NRT program is designed to encourage the development and implementation of bold, new, and potentially transformative models for STEM graduate education training. The NRT program seeks to ensure that graduate students in research-based master's and doctoral degree programs develop the skills, knowledge, and competencies needed to pursue a range of STEM careers. NRT is dedicated to providing effective training of STEM graduate students in high priority interdisciplinary or convergent research areas through the use of a comprehensive traineeship model that is innovative, evidence-based, and aligned with changing workforce and research needs. The NRT program also focuses on broadening participation in STEM learning and careers, particularly among those individuals traditionally underrepresented and underemployed in the STEM workforce, including but not limited to, women, persons with disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities. Currently, NRT awardees provide NSF with information on their activities through periodic research performance progress reports (RPPR). The introduction of the annual and final reports based on the RPPR format has improved the submission of project information but does not address the fact that the NRT program requires (for program management and assessment/evaluative purposes) additional (and more finely grained) information beyond that requested/specified in the RPPR format. Without these data, NSF will be unable to document the implementation of NRT project activities and outcomes. NSF will also be unable to provide satisfactory responses to requests from OSTP and Congress that require demographic data that are not currently collected.

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42 USC 1862 et seq.	View Law

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Terrestrial Analogs Survey

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The survey is designed to gather feedback from community members that have a self-described interest in the use of terrestrial analogs. The survey is intended to assess the obstacles that exist related to training, research, sample collections, and data archiving within analog projects, the need for coordination across the community, and what products and services might be needed to further terrestrial analog use and support exploration.

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Revocation of Consent to Share Federal Tax Information Form

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The FUTURE Act allows Federal Student Aid to receive customers’ federal tax information (FTI) from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) through the Internal Revenue Code § 6103 for the purposes of administering the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) form, and income-driven repayment (IDR) plans. Since customers will be required to provide consent for this process, we also need to provide an option for them to revoke consent. This is a request for a reinstatement of the previously approved information collection for the form that allows individuals to revoke previous consent for FTI for the purposes of administration of title IV, Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, student financial aid activities.

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Pub.L. 116 - 91 4,5,6	View Law

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Airman Knowledge Test Registration

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Individuals pursuing an FAA certificate or rating to operate in the National Airspace System (NAS) must meet the standards established in the FAA regulations specific to the certificate sought by the individual. FAA certification requires that an individual must successfully pass an Airman Knowledge Test as part of the requirements to obtain an FAA certificate or rating. The FAA develops and administers 90 different knowledge tests in many different areas that are required as part of the overall airman certification process. Airman Knowledge Tests are administered at approved Knowledge Testing Centers by an approved test proctor who is required to administer the appropriate Airman Knowledge Test to the individual pursuing FAA certification through the ATLAS test delivery software. It is voluntary for individuals taking an FAA Airman Knowledge Test to report the following information on occasion in order to complete the registration process before the administration of the Airman Knowledge Test: Name, username, password, FAA Tracking Number (FTN), physical address, Date of Birth, email address, phone number, country, citizenship, branch of service, previous number of test attempts, flight school or field experience, graduation date, authorization category, accommodation selections, scheduled exam date, photo identification, and test authorization (credentials of the individual such as an instructor endorsement). The information below is collected by the approved knowledge test delivery vender in electronic format for the purposes stated below: • Name: First, Middle, Last, Suffix • Username • Password • FAA Tracking Number (FTN) – provided to identify individual’s name as established by individual in IACRA. • Email Address • Date of Birth: - Airman Knowledge Tests have minimum age requirements in order to take specific test based on minimum age for FAA certification • Phone number • City • State • Postal Code • Country • Citizenship • Branch of Service Designation • Number of Attempts: Number of attempts to be in compliance with regulations that mandate how long an individual must wait to take the test again after failure. • Flight School or Field Experience (when applicable) • Graduation Date (when applicable) • Authorization Category • Accommodation Selections (when applicable) • Scheduled exam date • Photo identification that contains the individuals photograph, address, signature, and DOB for compliance with U.S. Code § 44703, part 61 and part 107. • Test authorization indicating individual is qualified for the specific knowledge test (instructor endorsement, graduation certificate, etc) according to the specific regulation of the certificate being pursued by the airman. It is anticipated that the information collected will not be disseminated to the public or used to support publicly disseminated information. The FAA will retain control over the information and safeguard it from improper access, modification, and destruction, consistent with FAA standards for confidentiality, privacy, and electronic information. The information collection is designed to yield data that meet all applicable information quality guidelines. The information is used by the FAA as part of the overall airman certification process for issuing certificates in accordance with FAA regulations and auditing that process for compliance.

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Reporting Requirements for the Ocean Salmon Fishery off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California

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This request is for extension of a previously approved information collection. Timely and accurate accounting of salmon catch data for a regulatory area subject to quota management is necessary for quota assessment. Requirements to land salmon within specific time frames and in specific areas may be implemented to aid in the catch monitoring process. However, if unsafe weather conditions or mechanical problems prevent compliance with landing requirements, salmon fishermen are exempt, provided the appropriate notification is made as specified annually in the preseason regulations. Therefore, the annual management measures will include provisions to exempt commercial salmon fishermen from compliance with the landing requirements when they experience unsafe weather conditions or mechanical problems at sea, so long as the appropriate notifications are made by, for example, at-sea radio and cellular telephone, and information on catch and other required information is given, under this collection of information. The annual management measures will specify the contents and procedure of the notifications, and the entities receiving the notifications (e.g., U.S. Coast Guard). The purpose and benefit of the collection are to manage salmon quotas while providing security at sea. The scope of the collection is landing data that would normally be reported directly to the appropriate state. NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) implemented measures to keep fishery impacts within conservation objectives for the California Coastal (CC) Chinook salmon. The information collection assists in the management of the landing and possession limits for the California commercial salmon troll fishery. The State of California requires that fish tickets with the number of Chinook salmon landed be entered into the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) electronic landing database. NMFS requires that this be completed within 24 hours of landing.

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16 USC 1855(d)	View Law

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Nautical Discrepancy and Data Reporting System

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This is a request for revision and extension of an approved information collection. The Permit/Public Notice Status Report form was comprehensively revised to include expanded hydrographic survey data fields, specific coordinate reference system datums, mandatory organizational contact information, detailed technical instructions, and a new open-data licensing section. Additionally, the Citizen Science Chart Update Project has been removed from this specific data collection. The Nautical Discrepancy and Data Reporting System (System) provides NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey with a standardized mechanism to update nautical charts and the United States Coast Pilot. Because marine environments constantly change, the System allows maritime stakeholders to formally report discrepancies, construction updates, and project completions. Maintaining charting accuracy and precision is extremely critical for ensuring safe navigation and protecting coastal communities from environmental disasters occurring at sea. The current reporting system encompasses both the Aimed Stakeholder Interaction and Survey Tool (ASSIST) and three Project Status Report Forms covering permits, artificial reefs, and submerged underwater pipelines. The tool receives crucial discrepancy reports and United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) construction notifications. The status forms gather as-built survey data from permittees and diverse maritime operators. Utilizing the System allows Coast Survey to capture complete, registration-ready source packages, drastically reducing the need for prolonged correspondence with permittees. This efficiency significantly accelerates the delivery of critical navigational data to cartographic production branches for charting action. Furthermore, the recent System enhancements guarantee that all incoming third-party data submissions align with modern open-data policies and consistently meet the strict, rigorous quality standards required for authoritative, highly reliable nautical charting nationwide.

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33 USC 17	View Law

33 USC CFR 164.33	View Law

33 USC 892a	View Law

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Limits on Application of Take Prohibitions

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This is a request for revision and extension. This collection is being revised to remove the burden for Limit 14 and all references to Limit 14 in the tables for Questions 12 and 13, as there are only 13 Limits. NOAA reviewed the regulations and reporting requirements and determined this was an administrative error from the previous renewal. A merger of the Southwest and Northwest Regions prompted a comprehensive reassessment of how the 4(d) rules were used. The Northwest Region maintains this collection and did not previously include the Southwest Region in the assessment. Initially, only three ICs were listed: 1) research and other applications, 2) annual reports, and 3) reports of aided/rescued salmon. However, these ICs were not aggregated correctly and excluded the Southwest Region. Consequently, in 2023 the three initial ICs were removed and replaced with more comprehensive ICs, which resulted in the erroneous mentions of Limit 14. Section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) requires the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to adopt such regulations as it ‘‘deems necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of threatened species. Those regulations may include any or all of the prohibitions provided in section 9(a)(1) of the ESA, which specifically prohibits ‘‘take’’ of any endangered species (‘‘take’’ includes actions that harass, harm, pursue, kill, or capture). On July 10, 2000, NMFS adopted rules prohibiting the take of 14 groups of salmon and steelhead listed as threatened under the ESA (65 FR 42422, 50 CFR 223.203). On June 28, 2005, January 5, 2006, February 11, 2008, and September 25, 2008, NMFS issued final listing determinations and protective regulations for 26 threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead species (70 FR 37160, 71 FR 834, 73 FR 7816, 73 FR 55451). The protective regulations extended the 4(d) rule to all 23 threatened salmonid species.

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16 USC 1531 et. seq.	View Law

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