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Application to Transport Interstate or to Temporarily Export Certain NFA Firearms

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Persons who wish to transport certain NFA firearms (machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, or destructive devices) out of the state in which they registered the firearm, for certain temporary or permanent domestic purposes or for temporary export, must submit Form 20 to ATF before they may transport the items. 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(4), 27 CFR 478.28.

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18 USC 922	View Law

27 USC 478.39	View Law

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Homeliving Programs (25 CFR 36, Subpart G) and School Closure and Consolidation

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This information collection allows the Bureau to ensure that Bureau-funded schools comply with national criteria for dormitory situations and make decisions regarding requests for closure, consolidation, or substantial curtailment of Bureau-funded schools.

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Pub.L. 107 - 110 1042	View Law

25 USC 2000	View Law

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PBM Fee Disclosure Regulation under 408(b)(2)

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Providers of pharmacy benefit management services (PBMs) and affiliated providers of brokerage and consulting services are required to disclose information about their compensation to fiduciaries of self-insured group health plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The disclosures would assist the fiduciaries in assessing the reasonableness of the contracts or arrangements with these service providers, including the reasonableness of the services providers’ compensation. These disclosure requirements would apply for purposes of ERISA’s statutory prohibited transaction exemption for services arrangements.

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29 USC 1135	View Law

29 USC 1108	View Law

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NESHAP for Mercury (40 CFR part 61, subpart E) (Renewal)

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The Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Mercury (40 CFR Part 61, Subpart E) apply to existing facilities and new facilities which process mercury ore to recover mercury, use mercury chlor-alkali cells to produce chlorine gas and alkali metal hydroxide, and incinerate or dry wastewater treatment plant sludge. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 61, Subpart E. 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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42 USC 7401 et.seq.	View Law

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Motor Vehicle Emissions and Fuel Economy Compliance (Renewal)

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Under sections 202(a) and 202(k) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7521), EPA finalized regulations to set more stringent vehicle emission standards beginning in model year 2017, as part of a systems approach to addressing the impacts of motor vehicles and fuels on air quality and public health. The Tier 3 vehicle emission standards, which are the subject of this ICR, reduce both tailpipe and evaporative emissions from passenger cars, light-duty trucks, medium-duty passenger vehicles, and some heavy-duty vehicles. The Tier 3 vehicle standards are harmonized with California's Low Emission Vehicle Program LEVIII standards, creating a federal vehicle emissions program allowing automakers to sell the same vehicles in all fifty states. This ICR covers the information that affected respondents must provide to the Agency. Any information submitted to the Agency for which a claim of confidentiality is made is safeguarded according to policies set forth in CFR title 40, chapter 1, part 2, subpart B Confidentiality of Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2).

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42 USC 7401 et seq.	View Law

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Application for International and Domestic Indemnification

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Applicants for federal international and domestic indemnity under the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act (P.L. 94-158) are required to submit indemnity applications. Respondents include non-profit, tax-exempt organizations (primarily museums).

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Pub.L. 94 - 158 1, 89 Stat. 844	View Law

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Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE)

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The Policy for Evaluation of Conservation Efforts When Making Listing Decisions (PECE) provides criteria that the Fish and Wildlife Service uses to evaluate conservation efforts when making decisions on whether or not to list a species as endangered or threatened.

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16 USC 1531 et seq	View Law

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Bison Donations Request Program

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The Service’s “Bison Donations Transfer Protocol” (protocol) describes the process for the donation of the available surplus bison from the Service to eligible organizations, Tribes, or intertribal organizations as outlined in regulations at 50 CFR 30, as well as in Service Manual chapters 701 FW 5 and 701 FW 8. Surplus bison are offspring that exceed the ecological carrying capacity of the Service bison metapopulation. The primary purposes of donating these bison are to support conservation of the species as native North American wildlife and to assist in the restoration of bison herds on conservation partner lands, with special emphasis on restoring conservation herds to Tribal lands. Our authorities governing the Protocol include: • National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd and 668ee; as amended); • American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1996); • Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended); • Surplus Range Animals (50 CFR 30.1); • Disposition of Surplus Range Animals (50 CFR 30.2); • Native American Policy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (510 FW 1); • Collections, Donations, and Disposals policy (701 FW 5); and • Fenced Animal Management policy (701 FW 8). In 2020, the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Bison Working Group published the Department of the Interior Bison Conservation Initiative 2020 (2020 initiative), recognizing bison as a wildlife species in need of conservation. Consistent with this initiative, Service policy identifies the ecological and cultural values of bison as nationally and/or historically significant animals. The Bison Conservation Genetics Workshop: Report and Recommendations (2010 report) identifies DOI bison herds as a valuable source with which to start new conservation herds proposed by other Federal, State/provincial, or Tribal governments. The DOI Bison Report: Looking Forward (2014 report) acknowledges the challenges to achieving bison restoration on DOI lands and emphasizes the importance of partnerships for achieving bison conservation and ecological restoration. Both the 2010 and 2014 reports also identify the potential for bison herds maintained by Indian Tribes to contribute to species conservation, and the Service recognizes that such bison may also support Tribal cultural rights and practices.

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16 USC 668dd & 668ee	View Law

42 USC 1996	View Law

Pub.L. 93 - 638 1	View Law

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Federal Fish and Wildlife Applications and Reports - Law Enforcement; 50 CFR 13 and 14

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Section 9(d) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended, makes it unlawful to import or export wildlife or wildlife products for commercial purposes without first obtaining an import/export license (50 CFR Part 14.91). Persons required to obtain an import/export license must keep records that fully and correctly disclose each importation or exportation of fish, wildlife, or plants and the subsequent disposition made by them with respect to such fish, wildlife, or plants for a period of 5 years (50 CFR Part 13.46 and 14.93). Any live wildlife possessed under permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (we, Service) must be maintained under humane and healthful conditions (50 CFR Part 13.41).

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16 USC 1531 et seq	View Law

16 USC 1371	View Law

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Application to Make and Register NFA Firearm (ATF Form 5320.1 ("Form 1"))

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Any person other than a qualified manufacturer who wishes to make and register an NFA firearm must submit a written application to ATF on a form prescribed by ATF. 26 U.S.C. § 5822. They must also identify the firearm they are making, themself as the maker, and, if an individual, must include their fingerprints and a photograph with the application. In § 479.62, ATF prescribed Form 1 (ATF form number 5320.1), Application to Make and Register a Firearm for these required purposes.

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26 USC 5821	View Law

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FDIC’s Official Sign and Advertising Requirements, False Advertising, Misrepresentation of Insured Status, and Misuse of the FDIC’s Name or Logo

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This submission is being made in connection with a Final Rule published in the Federal Register by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). On January 29, 2026, in connection with OMB Control No. 3064-0219, the FDIC published a Final Rule for FDIC Official Signs, Advertisement of Membership, False Advertising, Misrepresentation of Insured Status, and Misuse of the FDIC’s Name or Logo. The FDIC is amending its signage requirements for insured depository institutions’ (IDIs) digital deposit-taking channels and automated teller machines (ATMs) and like devices. This Final Rule is intended to address implementation issues and sources of potential confusion raised following the adoption of signage requirements for these banking channels in 2023. The Final Rule provides additional flexibility to IDIs while also enabling consumers to better understand when they are conducting business with an IDI and when their funds are protected by the FDIC’s deposit insurance coverage. The current clearance for the collection expires on March 31, 2027. The FDIC is seeking extension, with revisions, of the ICR for a period of three years.

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12 USC 1819 (Tenth)	View Law

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Nurse Faculty Loan Program Forms

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The NFLP – Program Specific Data Form is a required electronic attachment within the NFLP application materials. The data provided in the form is essential for the formula-based criteria used to determine the award amount to the applicant schools. The form will collect application-related data from applicants such as the amount requested, number of students to be funded, tuition information, and projected unused loan fund balance. The NFLP-Annual Performance Report (APR) Financial Data Form is an online form that exists in the HRSA Electronic Handbooks (EHBs) Performance Report module. The NFLP-APR Financial Data Form collects outcome and financial data to capture the NFLP loan fund account activity related to financial receivables, disbursements, and borrower account data related to employment status, loan cancellation, loan repayment and collections. Participating schools will provide HHS with current and cumulative information on: (1) NFLP loan funds received, (2) number and amount of NFLP loans made, (3) number and amount of loans cancelled, (4) number and amount of loans in repayment, (5) loan default rate percent, (6) number of NFLP graduates employed as nurse faculty, and (7) other related loan fund costs and activities. The NFLP Due-Diligence Form is a required form to be completed and submitted electronically by NFLP award recipients. This form indicates that due diligence has been exercised in the cancellation of all or any remaining NFLP loan for NFLP borrowers in the event of permanent/total disability or death, or the write-off of all or any remaining payment of the NFLP loan as uncollectible/bad debt. The data provided on the form will verify the due diligence process the institution used for NFLP loan cancellations or uncollectible debt write-offs. Data collected on the due-diligence form is essential for HRSA to effectively monitor performance outcomes and verify the accuracy of the number and amount of NFLP loan funds cancelled and written off that is reported by NFLP award recipients during the Annual Performance Reporting period. The form will collect the student borrower’s unique ID, amount of loan funds cancelled/written off (principal plus interest), reason for cancellation/write-off, and institutional certification/due diligence process utilized.

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42 USC 297n-1, Section 846A	View Law

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[Medicaid] Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services Under 42 CFR 447.203 and 447.204 (CMS-10391)

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CMS-2328-FC requires a transparent, data-driven process for states to document that Medicaid beneficiaries have access to services covered under the Medicaid State plan to the extent that services are available to the general population in a geographic area. To meet the requirements of the final rule, states must conduct access review monitoring plans that measure: the extent that enrollee needs are met, the availability of care and qualified providers, service utilization and payment rate comparisons. The reviews will be conducted every three years for: primary care, physician specialists, behavorial health, and pre and post natal obstetric services (including labor and delivery). As states reduce or restructure provider payment rates or receive significant numbers of complaints from providers and beneficiaires about access to care, additional services must be included in the review plan and monitored for at least 3 years. We are soliciting comments on the services required for ongoing access reviews and the timelines associated with review and monitoring activities. The final rule also requires states have mechanisms for obtaining beneficiary and provider feedback on access to care, such as hotlines, surveys, ombudsman or other equivalent mechanisms and institute corrective action procedures should access issues be discovered through the access review and monitoring processes. Finally, when considering reductions to Medicaid payment rates the final rule requires states to undertake a process that gathers input from stakesholds and relies upon the information analyzed through the data reveiws on the proposed reduction or restructuring of Medicaid service payment rates.

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42 Stat. 1902

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Application to Transfer and Register NFA Firearm (Tax-Paid) (ATF Form 5320.4 (“Form 4”))

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Persons with an NFA firearm must apply to ATF for approval to transfer and register the firearm as required by the NFA (26 USC 5812). ATF Form 5320.4 ("Form 4"), is the prescribed means for submitting this application, facilitates and records the firearms transfer, and also serves as proof of registration once approved.

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26 USC 5811	View Law

26 USC 5812	View Law

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Warning Plans for Smokeless Tobacco Products

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Section 3 of the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 (the Smokeless Tobacco Act), requires, among other things, that all smokeless tobacco product packages and advertisements bear one of four required warning statements. This information collection--the submission to FDA of warning plans for smokeless tobacco products--is statutorily mandated. Section (b)(3)(A) of 15 U.S.C. 4402 requires that the warnings be displayed on packaging and advertising for each brand of smokeless tobacco “in accordance with a plan submitted by the tobacco product manufacturer, importer, distributor, or retailer” to, and approved by, FDA. The warning plans will be reviewed by FDA to determine whether the companies' plans for the equal distribution and display of warning statements on packaging and the quarterly rotation of warning statements in advertising for each brand requires, among other things, that all smokeless tobacco product packages and advertisements bear one of four required warning statements.

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Pub.L. 113 - 31 3	View Law

15 USC 4402	View Law

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[NCIPC] State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS)

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The purpose of this information collection is to detect state and local community changes in unintentional and undetermined intent drug-related overdose mortality and provide in-depth state and local (e.g., county) information on risk factors for fatal drug overdose deaths (opioid and non-opioid). State public health departments will be funded to abstract standardized data elements from medical examiner/coroner (ME/C) reports as well as death certificates and will report this information to CDC using a web-based platform. Findings will be used to inform the selection and targeting of interventions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. This Revision contains updates to the web-based system and new data elements.

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42 USC 301	View Law

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Personal Identity Validation for Routine and Intermittent Access to NASA Facilities, Sites, and Information Systems

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) established a mandatory requirement for a Government-wide identity verification standard. In compliance with HSPD-12, NIST Federal Information Processing Standard 201, and OMB policy memorandum M-05-24/ Implementation of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, NASA developed the Identity Management System (IdMAX) to manage identities, credentials, and access. IdMAX is an integrated enterprise environment that enables NASA to collect and process information from members of the public, covered by the Paperwork Reduction Act, who are seeking access to NASA sites, facilities, and systems for a time period greater than 30 days in a calendar year, and for all foreign national visitors regardless of their affiliation time. The information is used to validate identity and issue secure, reliable credentials.

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Energy and Mineral Development Program Grants

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This information collection allows the Secretary of the Interior to collect applications for energy mineral development grants from Indian tribes and to receive reports from tribal recipients of grants on how they are using the funding.

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25 USC 450	View Law

25 USC 3502	View Law

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Alaska American Fisheries Act Reports

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The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Alaska Region, requests extension of this currently approved information collection. This information collection contains the annual and periodic reporting requirements for American Fisheries Act (AFA) cooperatives. These requirements include reports about on-going fishing operations of the cooperatives and reports focused on efforts to minimize salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery. This information is used to manage the Bering Sea pollock fishery, to evaluate the salmon bycatch management measures, and to provide the public with information about how the program operates and information about bycatch reduction under this program. This information collection provides the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS with information about the organization and fishing operations of the AFA cooperatives, allocations to the AFA cooperatives, and the effectiveness of the Chinook salmon and chum salmon bycatch management measures. This information is necessary to ensure long-term conservation and abundance of salmon and pollock, maintain a healthy marine ecosystem, and provide maximum benefit to fishermen and communities that depend on salmon and pollock.

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16 USC 1801 et seq.	View Law

16 USC 1851	View Law

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Commercial Invoice

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The collection of Commercial Invoices is necessary for the proper assessment of Customs duties. The invoice is submitted by the importer as supporting documentation for CBP 7501, if requested by CBP.

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19 USC 1481	View Law

19 USC 1484	View Law

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Automated Export System (AES) Program

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Information collected from the principal party in interest through the AES record is used to compile the official U.S. Government statistics on U.S. exports or for use in the detection and prevention of exports of high technology items or military goods to unauthorized destinations or end users. The statistics along with U.S. import statistics are used to calculate the U.S. balance of trade, a leading economic indicator and part of the "Gross Domestic Product" compilation. These data are also used extensively in U.S. trade policy decisions and to monitor international trade agreements.

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13 USC Chapter 9, Sections 301-307	View Law

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10 CFR Part 55, Operators' Licenses

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Part 55 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), “Operators’ Licenses,” specifies information and data to be provided by applicants and facility licensees so that the NRC may make determinations concerning the licensing and requalification of operators for nuclear reactors, as necessary to promote public health and safety. The reporting and recordkeeping requirements contained in 10 CFR Part 55 are mandatory for the affected facility licensees and applicants. In addition, the information collection includes two online forms for requesting exemptions from requirements for Part 55 Exemption Request and Part 55 Research and Test Reactor Exemption Request related to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE). The information collected by the online form is the minimum needed by NRC to make a determination on the acceptability of the licensee’s request for an exemption.

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Pub.L. 83 - 703 1-311	View Law

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Employer's Deemed Service Month Questionnaire

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Under Section 3(i) of the Railroad Retirement Act, the Railroad Retirement Board may deem months of service in cases where an employee does not actually work in every month of the year. The collection obtains service and compensation information from railroad employers needed to determine if an employee may be credited with additional months of railroad service.

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45 USC 231(f) et.seq.	View Law

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National Park Service Education Reservation Request Form

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The NPS is authorized by the 2016 National Park Service Centennial Act (Public Law 114 – 289) and Protection, Interpretation, and Research in System (54 U.S.C. 100701), to administer education programs for education audiences including but not limited to school groups, scouting groups, extracurricular groups, and home school groups. To effectively manage requests received for NPS educational programs, the NPS Washington Support Office Division of Interpretation, Education, and Volunteers seeks approval for the use of a new Service-wide form, the National Park Service Education Reservation Request Form.

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54 USC 100701	View Law

Pub.L. 114 - 289 301	View Law

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Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program Permit and License Information Collection

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This request is for a revision and extension of a current information collection. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., authorizes Fishery Management Councils to prepare and amend fishery management plans (FMP) for any fishery in waters under its jurisdiction. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) manages the groundfish fishery in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), the area 3-200 mile zone off the Washington, Oregon, and California coasts. The Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) began developing a trawl rationalization program, a catch share program, for the Pacific coast groundfish limited entry trawl fishery in 2003. The program is composed of three sectors, as follows: 1) the shore based individual fishing quota (IFQ) sector, 2) the at-sea whiting mothership (MS) sector, and 3) the at- sea whiting catcher/processor (C/P) sector. The shore based IFQ sector consists of quota share (QS) permit owners, catcher vessels that are registered to limited entry trawl permits, have vessel accounts, fish for quota pounds (QP), and first receiver site license (FRSL) holders who receive the shore based IFQ landings. The at-sea trawl fleets catch and process Pacific whiting (whiting) with midwater trawl gear. In the MS sector, mothership catcher vessels (MS/CVs) harvest the whiting and deliver the catch to large MS vessels, where it is sorted and processed at-sea. One or more MS coops may form and/or vessels may fish in a non-cooperative fishery. Both coop and non-coop fishery vessels pool their harvest together. In the C/P sector, C/P vessels catch and process whiting at-sea under a single C/P coop. This revision will include the removal of three ICs: Catch monitoring plans / First Receivers Preparation & Submission, Catch monitoring plans / First Receivers Inspection, & Shore based scales / First Receivers Inspection. The removal of these ICs is necessary because they are encompassed in the First Receiver Site License Application Form. This action decreases the duplicate actions and burden to fill out said forms.

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Pub.L. 94 - 265 303	View Law

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