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Previous ICR	202501-0535-002

Federal Register Notices

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The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is submitting a substantive change request to revise the currently approved information collection for the Cooperator Funded Chemical Use Surveys (OMB No. 0535-0273). This change pertains to the upcoming 2026 Minnesota Pesticide and Fertilizer Survey. While the purpose, goals, and overall content theme of the survey remain consistent with the original OMB-approved version, several questionnaire items have been reworded, clarified, or replaced to improve data quality and respondent comprehension. These updates are intended to enhance the accuracy and usability of the reported data without altering the scope or intent of the survey. The sample size and estimated respondent burden remain unchanged from the previous approval. The revised questionnaire will be used for phone enumeration beginning in February 2026, as requested by the client.

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Previous ICR	202209-1845-006

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The Department of Education (the Department) is requesting an extension without change for the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program regulations. There have been no changes to the regulatory language and we are requesting an extension of the most recent burden assessed.

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Previous ICR	202210-1845-008

Federal Register Notices

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This is a request for an extension without change of a currently approved collection, 1845-0156 Accreditation Participation and Disclosures. These regulations are §668.26 – End of an institution’s participations in the Title IV, HEA programs and §668.43 – Institutional and programmatic information. There have been no changes to the regulations or burden assessment.

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Previous ICR	202205-2120-003

Federal Register Notices

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This information collection is mandatory in order to obtain a Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Certificate. The Aircraft Registry collects the minimum amount of information necessary (i.e. name, mailing/business address, phone number, signature, title, date, type of business, and type of registration). The information collected on the Dealer’s Aircraft Registration Certificate Application, AC Form 8050-5, is for any individual or company engaged in manufacturing, distributing, or selling aircraft and wants to fly those aircraft with a dealer’s registration certificate in lieu of obtaining a certificate of aircraft registration. The information collected is maintained in a database for recordkeeping purposes. An Examiner in the Aircraft Registry reviews the application to ensure it is complete and properly filled out. If the application is correct, the Examiner issues the number of dealer’s certificates requested and mails them to the dealer. Certificates are valid for one year, therefore, a dealer must reapply each year. As with all information collected by the Aircraft Registry this information is available to the public upon request.

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Previous ICR	202201-0720-004

Federal Register Notices

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The survey will solicit information from TRICARE beneficiaries who have given birth in the specified reporting period (initial survey for beneficiaries who gave birth in calendar year 2021; follow up surveys sent to beneficiaries who give birth each calendar year quarter through the end of 2026, with the final survey sent in early 2027).

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Previous ICR	202206-1905-002

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EIA’s Oil and Gas Reserves System (OGRS) surveys collect data used to estimate proved reserves of crude oil and natural gas, and to determine the status and approximate levels of production. Data are published by EIA and used by public and private analysts. Respondents are operators of oil wells, natural gas wells, and natural gas processing plants.

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Previous ICR	202208-1205-006

Federal Register Notices

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This data collection is necessary for the determination of the beginning, continuance, or termination of an Extended Benefit (EB) period in any State, which determine the EB trigger rate. Also, data on initial and continued claims are used to help determine economic indicators. This information collection request is associated with the Final Rule amending 20 CFR 615, Extended Benefits, by implementing the Total Unemployment Rate (TUR) indicator, an optional calculation methodology for triggering on Extended Benefits, in regulations. The Final Rule deletes paragraphs (c) and (d) under the regulatory requirements at § 615.15, pertaining to records and reports State agencies must submit. The reporting instructions for the proper and timely submission of data are provided in ET Handbook No. 401, which governs Unemployment Compensation required reporting.

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Previous ICR	202508-2126-006

Federal Register Notices

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The purpose of this request is to renew the currently OMB approved ICR. Form M is required to collect financial, operating, equipment, and employment data from individual motor carriers of property and household goods. All for-hire (common and contract) motor carriers of property with gross annual operating revenue of $3 million or more must file the annual report Form M. Form MP-1 is required to collect financial, operating, equipment, and employment data from individual motor carriers of passengers. All Class I for-hire motor carriers of passengers with gross annual operating revenues of $5 million or more are required to file the annual report Form MP-1. FMCSA has created electronic forms that may be prepared, signed electronically, and submitted to FMCSA via https://ask.fmcsa.dot.gov/app/ask/. However, paper forms can still be mailed to FMCSA. Additionally, FMCSA revised Form M to limit the information solicited to that which is statutorily required. FMCSA also created the option, for both forms, for the filer to upload their own document, showing the same information as requested in the relevant form, in lieu of completing the form itself. The data collected is available to users in its original form. The data are not used by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the data is no longer used by trucking associations. The agency is also considering how it might remove some of this reporting requirement, consistent with statue, through a separate rulemaking, but the agency needs to renew the Collection of Information now while that process plays out. Insurance companies, consultants, law firms, academia, trade publications and others may use the data to assess industry growth and its impact on the economy, to identify industry changes that may affect national transportation, and to monitor company financial stability. In the past, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) used the data to inform the national annual input-output and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimates, to prepare estimates of industry output, and to provide details on inputs to supplement the information on motor carriers of passengers collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. FMCSA is not aware of anyone currently using this information. FMCSA does not use the information collected through either Form M or Form MP-1, nor does it enforce the filing requirements found in part 369. The Agency was not provided the necessary resources to administer the data collection and the financial reports are of little if any value in fulfilling the Agency’s safety mission. The estimated annual respondents for Form M decreased from 34 in the previously approved ICR to 4 in the current ICR. The estimated annual burden hours for From M decreased by 270 hours to 36 hours [36 proposed hours – 306 currently approved hours = -270 hours]. Estimated annual respondents for Form MP-1 stayed the same. This estimate is based off the number of Form M and Form MP-1 submissions received by the Agency between 2022 and 2024, which results in these estimates of annual respondents/responses for the upcoming information collection period.

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Previous ICR	199712-2127-002

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This information collection request (ICR) is to request a reinstatement with modification of a previously approved information collection for mandatory phase-in reporting for vehicle manufacturers (OMB Control No. 2127-0535) and requesting that it be renamed as “49 CFR Part 585; Phase-In Reporting Requirements.” This ICR will be used to consolidate all phase-in reporting requirements that are included in 49 CFR Part 585 and was chosen because the OMB Control Number is currently listed in 49 CFR Part 509 as being associated with information collections contained in part 585. The modification to this ICR requests entails information collection that was established as part of a final rule in which NHTSA amended Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 208, “Occupant crash protection,” to update the child restraint systems (CRSs) listed in Appendix A-1 of the standard (89 FR 67869). NHTSA uses the CRSs in Appendix A-1 to test the performance of advanced air bag suppression and low risk deployment systems in either suppressing or deploying the air bag in a low-risk manner in the presence of a CRS. The amendments ensure that the CRSs used by NHTSA to test advanced air bags are representative of the current CRS fleet and would make it easier for vehicle manufacturers and test laboratories to acquire CRSs for testing purposes. As part of the update to FMVSS No. 208, there are phase-in of the requirements for testing with the new CRSs listed in Appendix A-1. The phase-in begins on September 1, 2025, when forty percent of a manufacturer’s applicable light vehicles must comply with the revised appendix. By September 1, 2026, all applicable light vehicles must comply with the revised appendix. This phase-in of the amendment gives vehicle manufacturers reasonable time to certify their advanced air bag systems using the new CRSs. As with all phase-ins, the agency is adopting a reporting and recordkeeping requirement to facilitate the agency’s enforcement of the standard by aiding NHTSA in determining whether a manufacturer has complied with the phase-in requirements during the phase-in period. The reporting and recordkeeping requirements require that manufacturers submit an annual production report to NHTSA that includes the number of vehicles manufactured in the current production year and the production of complying vehicles and retain records of compliance with the phase-in requirements for five years. NHTSA estimates this collection from FMVSS No. 208 Appendix A-1 will impact 22 manufacturers each year and will have a total annual burden of 22 hours and the total cost of $0.

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Previous ICR	202209-3235-007

Federal Register Notices

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Rule 17a-6 (17 CFR 270.17a-6) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”), permits a fund, or a company controlled by the fund and a “portfolio affiliate,” to engage in principal transactions in which it is unlikely that the portfolio affiliate would be in a position to take advantage of the fund (i.e., there is a material financial interest in the transaction). A fund cannot rely on rule 17a-6, if the fund’s directors, employees or investment adviser) have a financial interest in a party to the principal transaction. Rule 17a-6 defines what interests are not “financial interests” for purposes of the exemption. For certain types of “financial interests”, for a fund to rely on rule 17a-6, the fund’s board, including a majority of the directors who are not interested persons of the fund, must find that the that the “financial interests” are not material to the decision to enter into the principal transaction. In addition, the board is required to record the basis for its decision in its meeting minutes.

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Previous ICR	202208-3235-014

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Paragraph (b) of Rule 17a-13 (17 CFR 240.17a-3) generally requires that at least once each calendar quarter, all registered broker-dealers physically examine and count all securities held and account for all other securities not in their possession, but subject to the broker-dealer’s control or direction. Any discrepancies between the broker-dealer’s securities count and the firm’s records must be noted and, within seven days, the unaccounted for difference must be recorded in the firm’s records.  Paragraph (c) of Rule 17a-13 provides that under specified conditions, the securities count, examination, and verification of a broker-dealer’s entire list of securities may be conducted on a cyclical basis rather than on a certain date.  Although Rule 17a-13 does not require a broker-dealer to file a report with the Commission, discrepancies between a broker-dealer’s records and its securities count may be required to be reported, for example, as a loss on Form X-17A-5 (17 CFR 248.617), which must be filed with the Commission under Exchange Act Rule 17a-5.  Rule 17a-13 exempts broker-dealers that limit their business to the sale and redemption of securities of registered investment companies or interests or participation in an insurance company separate account and those who solicit accounts for federally insured savings and loan associations, provided that such persons promptly transmit all funds and securities and hold no customer funds and securities.  Rule 17a-13 also does not apply to certain broker-dealers required to register only because they effect transactions in securities futures products.  Rule 17a-13 requires the recording of only those differences in the broker-dealer’s records that remain unresolved seven business days after the date of the examination, count, and verification.  The Commission or the self-regulatory organization (“SRO”) designated as the broker-dealer’s examining authority may examine these recorded discrepancies in a broker-dealer’s records to determine whether they are the result of the firm’s inability to maintain control of its business.

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Previous ICR	202210-3235-034

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Form F-7 (17 CFR 239.37) is a registration form under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) pertaining to Canadian issuers under the Multijurisdictional Disclosure System. Form F-7 is used for the registration of securities offered for cash upon the exercise of rights to purchase or subscribe for such securities granted to existing security holders of the registrant. Form F-7 is available to any registrant that is incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any Canadian province or territory, is a foreign private issuer, has had a class of securities listed on a designated Canadian exchange for the 12 calendar months immediately preceding the filing of this Form, has been subject to the continuous disclosure requirements of any securities commission or equivalent regulatory authority in Canada for a period of at least 36 calendar months immediately preceding the filing of this Form, and is currently in compliance with the obligations arising from such listing and reporting. This Form is designed to facilitate cross-border transactions by eligible Canadian issuers. The disclosure items of Form F-7 reflect the Commission’s experience and best judgment as to information regarding an issuer and the offering that should be required to be disclosed to prospective investors. The information collected is intended to ensure the adequacy of information available to investors in connection with securities offerings. The information on Form F-7 is used by security holders, investors, broker-dealers, investment banking firms, professional securities analysts, and others in evaluating securities and when making investment decisions with respect to such securities. Also, all investors benefit indirectly from submissions on Form F-7, as direct users effect transactions in securities on the basis of current information about the issuer’s business and operations included in such filings, thereby causing the market prices of the securities to reflect such information.

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Previous ICR	200005-3235-005

Federal Register Notices

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The filing of reports to the Commission is necessary in order for the Commission, prospective investors, and shareholders to monitor effectively the activities of registered investment companies.

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Previous ICR	202204-3235-004

Federal Register Notices

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Rule 17a-3, 17 CFR 240.17a-3, requires certain records to be made by certain exchange members and registered brokers and dealers. The rule serves to standardize prudent business practices. Among other things, these records are essential for regulatory purposes including examinations, investigations, and enforcement proceedings, which are significant customer protection safeguards.

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Previous ICR	202208-3235-013

Federal Register Notices

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Rule 17a-1, 17 CFR 240.17a-1, requires that all national securities exchanges and associations, registered clearing agencies, and the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board keep on file for a period of five, two years in an accessible place, all documents that they make or receive respecting their self-regulatory activities, and that such documents be made available for examination by the Commission.

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Previous ICR	202210-1190-001

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Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Rights Division (CRT), Disability Rights Section (DRS), requests PRA approval of a currently approved collection that requires movie theaters (respondents) to disclose information to the public regarding the availability of closed movie captioning and audio description for movies shown in their auditoriums. Movie patrons will use this information to determine which movie showings are accessible to individuals with hearing and vision disabilities.

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Previous ICR	202302-0712-002

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Information collection is necessary for the United States Marine Corps to verify a potential officer candidate’s suitability for service. This information collection request consists of two forms used in this process: NAVMC Form 10469, “Academic Certification for Marine Corps Officer Candidate Program,” and NAVMC Form 10064, “Personal Information Questionnaire.” The NAVMC Form 10469 collects information about the candidate’s educational background and standardized test scores, while the NAVMC Form 10064 is used to evaluate the candidate’s moral character via references.

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Previous ICR	202210-3133-001

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Title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 731 (suitability), Executive Order (E.O.) 13764 (contractor fitness), E.O. 12968/SEAD 4 (classified access), and Homeland Security Directive-12 (badging) requires all federal and contractor employees to undergo a background investigation when seeking employment with an agency. The NCUA Personnel Security Processing Forms (Personnel Security Data Form-Contractor, Personnel Security Data Form-Employee and the Authorization for Release of Credit Information) are used to collect information necessary for applying the government-established suitability/fitness criteria on employees before they can begin employment with or perform contractual services for the NCUA. It may be also required should a contract employee be moved to a new contract work. The background investigation process culminates in an adjudicative determination on whether or not these employees are fit to perform services on behalf of the agency.

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Previous ICR	202204-0910-009

Federal Register Notices

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This information collection was established as a special control for the class II device type, Novel Influenza A Reagents. This classification results from the review of a request from a device sponsor (CDC) for a diagnostic test intended to diagnose influenza subtype H5 (Asian lineage), commonly known as avian flu. This classification permits the legal distribution of this device, and the information collection addressed here plays a significant role in providing a reasonable assurance of the safety and effectiveness of this device and of similar future devices. Specifically, the information collection asks sponsors to obtain and analyze data postmarket to ensure the continued reliability of the device, given the propensity of influenza viruses to mutate and the potential for changes in disease prevalence. This involves collecting data on the clinical performance of the device under new prevalence conditions if there is a change in prevalence of influenza caused by the specific novel virus that the device is intended to detect, as compared to the prevalence of this virus when the clinical studies described in the 510(k) were conducted. The information collection described above is a measure that FDA determined to be necessary to provide reasonable assurance of safety and effectiveness of Novel Influenza A Reagents.

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Previous ICR	202210-2120-003

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Support Center Case Management System (CMS) is being created to help streamline how stakeholders' questions are answered in a timely manner. Specifically, the Contact Customer Support form allows the public and other stakeholders to ask the FAA questions, as well as get the appropriate answer or information they need to operate their UAS or drone safely. The UAS Support Center has a publicly available form to submit inquiries. This form would be replacing the current web form to be used within the Salesforce solutions that allows UAS Integration Office additional technology to more efficient and streamline the UAS Support center business process. This form would allow the UAS Integration Office to collect the appropriate information about the stakeholder's name, preferred method of communications email address, phone number, zip code, type of flyer that would allow the Support Center Analysts to answer the customer's specific question more efficiently.

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Previous ICR	202209-2126-001

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This is a request for approval for the renewal of the currently approved information collection request. There is a 26,154 hour decrease in the estimated annual burden hours that results primarily from a reduced estimate of the affected population of property-carrying motor carriers and changes in calculation methods. 'The purpose of this ICR renewal is to ensure that truck and bus carriers are identified (and in some cases protected) when they agree to lease their equipment and drivers to other carriers. This ICR also ensures that FMCSA, our State partners, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) are better able to identify the responsible motor carrier and therefore correctly assign regulatory violations to the appropriate carrier during inspections, investigations, compliance reviews, and crash studies. These regulations also ensure that the government and members of the public can determine who is responsible for a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). The leases and other agreements are developed and held by the lessor (e.g., those granting use of equipment) and lessee (e.g., party acquiring equipment). FMCSA generally collects no information with this ICR. These recordkeeping requirements vary in frequency, are mandatory and consistent with the provisions of the Motor Carrier Safety Act of 1984 for for-hire and private passenger carriers that operate CMVs, in order to enable the general public and investigators to identify the passenger carrier responsible for safety. Also, under 49 U.S.C. 14102(a). FMCSA “may require a motor carrier providing for-hire transportation that uses motor vehicles not owned by it to transport property under an arrangement with another party to— (1) make the arrangement in writing signed by the parties specifying its duration and the compensation to be paid by the motor carrier; (2) carry a copy of the arrangement in each motor vehicle to which it applies during the period the arrangement is in effect; (3) inspect the motor vehicles and obtain liability and cargo insurance on them; and (4) have control of and be responsible for operating those motor vehicles in compliance with requirements prescribed by the Secretary on safety of operations and equipment, and with other applicable law as if the motor vehicles were owned by the motor carrier.” There are 5 ICS as follows: IC1: Property-Carrying CMVs Lease Negotiation; IC2: Property-Carrying CMVs Preparing and Signing Written Lease Document; IC3: Passenger-Carrying CMVs One-Time Lease Negotiation; IC4: Passenger-Carrying CMVs Lease Documentation; and IC5: Passenger-Carrying CMVs Lease Copying.

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Previous ICR	202410-1117-004

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The DEA collects information in regards to reporting and recordkeeping for digital certificates. The application for a digital certificate is required to ensure that the person applying for the certificate is either a DEA registrant or someone who has power of attorney from a DEA registrant to sign orders for Schedule I and II substances. The DEA Certification Authority uses the information to verify the person’s identity and eligibility to hold a DEA-issued digital certificate.

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Previous ICR	202208-4040-002

Federal Register Notices

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The SF-424 Research and Related 4040-0001 group of ICs serve as grant application forms utilized by all federal research agencies.

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Previous ICR	202208-4040-001

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The SF-424 was established as the government-wide standard core data set and form for grant applications in July 31, 2003 [Federal Register Notice 68 FR 44974]. Use of the standard data elements was implemented through the electronic grants application process of Grants.gov, and was deployed in October 2003 as part of the implementation of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-107).

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Previous ICR	202211-4040-001

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The Application for Federal Assistance - Individual (SF-424 Individual) form provides the Federal grant-making agencies an alternative to the Standard Form 424 data set and form. Agencies may use the Application for Federal Assistance - Individual form for grant programs not required to collect all the data that is required on the SF-424 core data set and form