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Guaranteed Rural Housing Loan Program -- 7 CFR Part 3555

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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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42 USC 1471	View Law

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NSPS for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart VVV) (Renewal)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Polymeric Coating of Supporting Substrates Facilities (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart VVV) apply to each existing and new coating operation and any on-site coating mix preparation equipment used to prepare coatings for the polymeric coating of supporting substrates. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. In general, all NSPS 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 with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart VVV.

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42 USC 7401 et seq	View Law

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Consolidated Air Rule (CAR) for the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI) (Renewal)

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The synthetic organic chemical manufacturing industry (SOCMI) is regulated by both New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) standards. The affected entities are subject to the General Provisions of the NSPS (40 CFR part 60, Subpart A), and any changes or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 60, Subparts Ka, Kb, VV, VVa, DDD, III, NNN and RRR. The affected entities are also subject to the General Provisions of the NESHAP at 40 CFR part 63, Subpart A, and any changes, or additions to the Provisions specified at 40 CFR part 63, Subparts BB, Y, V, F, G, H and I. As an alternative, SOCMI sources may choose to comply with the above standards under the consolidated air rule (CAR) at 40 CFR part 65 as promulgated December 14, 2000. Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing facilities subject to NSPS requirements must notify EPA of construction, modification, startups, shutdowns, date and results of initial performance test and excess emissions. Semiannual reports are also required. Synthetic organic chemical manufacturing facilities subject to NESHAP requirements must submit one-time only reports of any physical or operational changes and the results of initial performance tests. Owners or operators 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. Periodic reports are also required semiannually at a minimum. These reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with these standards.

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42 USC 7401 et seq	View Law

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National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings (Renewal)

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The EPA is required under section 183(e) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to regulate volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from the use of consumer and commercial products. Pursuant to CAA section 183(e)(3), the EPA published a list of consumer and commercial products and a schedule for their regulation (60 FR 15264). Architectural and industrial maintenance coatings are included on the list, and the standards for such coatings are codified at 40 CFR part 59, subpart D. The information collection includes initial reports and periodic recordkeeping necessary for the EPA to ensure compliance with federal standards for VOC emissions in architectural coatings. Respondents are manufacturers, distributors, and importers of architectural coatings. Responses to the collection are mandatory under 40 CFR part 59, subpart D - National Volatile Organic Compound Emission Standards for Architectural Coatings.

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42 USC 7511(b)	View Law

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NSPS for Portland Cement Plants (40 CFR part 60, subpart F) (Renewal)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Portland Cement Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart F) were promulgated on December 23, 1971; and amended on both February 12, 2013, and July 27, 2015. These regulations apply to existing and new kilns, clinker coolers, raw mill systems, raw mill dryers, raw material storage, clinker storage, finished product storage, conveyor transfer points, bagging and bulk loading and unloading systems at portland cement plants. 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 60, Subpart F. In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.

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42 USC 7401 et.seq.	View Law

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Registration for Controlled Substances Act Data-Use Request

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The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) (21 U.S.C. 801-971) requires all persons that manufacture, distribute, dispense, conduct research with, import, or export any controlled substance to obtain a registration issued by the Attorney General. Once registered, the person becomes a DEA registrant and has the means to conduct DEA registration verifications at anytime through the DEA Diversion Website. Non-registrants do not have an obligation to register under the CSA, however they have obligations which require them to conduct DEA registration verifications.

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21 USC 801-971	View Law

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Energy Efficient Mortgages

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Lenders provide information required to determne the eligibility of a mortgage to be insured under Section 513 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 (Section 106 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992).

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42 USC C12712	View Law

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Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program: Applications for Subawards, Public Outreach Information Collections, and Post-Award Reporting

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To meet the goals and objectives that demonstrate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA’s) and the Administration’s commitment to achieving environmental justice and embedding environmental justice into Agency programs, the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking Program provides about $600 million in 11 cooperative agreements funding to “Grantmakers” who will function as pass-through entities for the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Subgrants (2 CFR Parts 200 and 1500). Each Grantmaker will collaborate with EPA to design and build their own processes to receive and evaluate applications to fund the development of community-led environmental justice projects. With this Information Collection Request (ICR), EPA seeks approval for the Grantmakers to (a) solicit application for subawards and (b) to collect reports from recipients of subawards to track their progress. Collection of this information is essential for Grantmakers to select and distribute the subawards, and to assess and manage the funded projects, which ensures responsible stewardship of public funds; rigorous evidence-based learning and improvement; and transparent accountability to the American public. This ICR also requests approval for the Grantmakers to collect input and insights from communities who seek to apply for subawards, as well as stakeholders who have valuable experience and expertise in community engagement and empowerment. These information collections via (c) surveys and (d) focus groups will enable the Grantmakers to document local priorities, needs, and norms to ensure that they develop useful and relevant funding information. Feedback about access to the Grantmaker funding opportunity and other services will provide the Grantmakers with self-assessment tools to identify best practices and areas for improvement. Lastly, surveys will also be used to obtain expressions of interests for community members to participate in Grantmaker activities, such as reviewing applications for subawards and providing insights as part of a community advisory board.

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44 USC 3507(j)(2)	View Law

Pub.L. 117 - 103 1	View Law

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Overseas Citizen Population Survey

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The primary objective of the Overseas Citizen Population Survey, conducted on behalf of the Federal Voting Assistance Program (FVAP), is to refine FVAP’s methodology for estimating the number of overseas U.S. civilians who are eligible to vote and who have registered and participated in the past, and using these estimates to address the question of whether the registration and voting propensity of the overseas civilian population differs from that of a comparable domestic or military populations.

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52 USC 20301	View Law

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Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Management Information Reporting

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The MEP Centers’ primary mission is to strengthen the global competitiveness of U.S.-based manufacturing by providing information, decision support, and implementation assistance to smaller manufacturing firms in adopting new, more advanced manufacturing technologies, techniques, and business best practices. Almost 1,700 knowledgeable specialists provide technical and business assistance. NIST MEP provides funding to the Centers through Cooperative Agreements. To ensure that Cooperative Agreement recipients are effectively disseminating the most current technical and business solutions to small and medium-sized manufacturers in the United States, MEP will collect and analyze information from the MEP Centers. MEP is mandated to collect this information by the regulations governing the operation of the MEP program (15 CFR 290, 291, and 292) and the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA, 5 CFR 1320). The advent of H.R. 1274 – Section 2 (Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program Center Extension) effectively removes the “Sunset Provisions” on the original MEP regulations (15 CFR 290, 291, and 292), and has made MEP a permanent investor in the Centers with the need to collect evaluative and informative data.

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NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) Information Management System (IMS) and Summer School Application

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The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) houses the NCNR which is a National User Facility, chartered to serve the nation’s scientific community by providing unique experimental apparatus for scientific studies using neutron scattering. Since the demand for such measurements exceeds the available resources, NCNR designed an Information Management System (IMS) that implements a peer-reviewed proposal based system to allocate the instrumentation to the best scientific proposals, collect information from the selected external participants to enable their scientific visits to NIST/NCNR, and track the results of those visits. This information is saved in a Privacy Act System of Records and has an applicable Statement and SORN uploaded in the supplementary section.

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NSPS for Sulfuric Acid Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart H) (Renewal)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Sulfuric Acid Plants (40 CFR Part 60 Subpart H) apply to both existing facilities and new facilities. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. A sulfuric acid plant is any facility producing sulfuric acid (H2SO4) by the contact process by burning elemental sulfur, alkylation acid, hydrogen sulfide, organic sulfides and mercaptans, or acid sludge. A sulfuric acid plant does not include facilities where conversion to sulfuric acid is used primarily as a means of preventing emissions to the atmosphere of sulfur dioxide (SO2) or other sulfur compounds. In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.

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42 USC 7401 et.seq.	View Law

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NSPS for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR part 60, subpart UUU) (Renewal)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Calciners and Dryers in Mineral Industries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU) were proposed on April 23, 1986; promulgated on September 28, 1992; and amended on July 29, 1993. These standards apply only to new calciners and dryers at mineral processing plants that either process or produce either any of the following minerals and their concentrates or any mixture of which the majority is any of the following minerals or a combination of these minerals: Alumina, ball clay, bentonite, diatomite, feldspar, fire clay, fullers earth, gypsum, industrial sand, kaolin, lightweight aggregate, magnesium compounds, perlite, roofing granules, talc, titanium dioxide, and vermiculite. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification or reconstruction after the date of proposal. Owners and operators of affected facilities are required to comply with the recordkeeping and reporting requirements (General Provisions at 40 CFR 60, Subpart A), as well as for the specific requirements at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart UUU. This includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests, and periodic reports. 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 used by EPA to determine compliance with these standards.

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NSPS for Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part, 60 Subpart CC) (Renewal)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Glass Manufacturing Plants (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC) were proposed on June 15, 1979, promulgated on October 7, 1980, and amended on both October 19, 1984 and October 17, 2000. These regulations apply to both existing and new glass melting furnaces located at glass manufacturing plants. New facilities include those that commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction after the date of proposal. Owners and operators of affected facilities are required to comply with reporting and recordkeeping requirements for the General Provisions (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart A), as well as the specific requirements at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart CC. This includes submitting initial notifications, performance tests and periodic reports and results, and maintaining 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 reports are used by EPA to determine compliance with these standards.

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Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) Supporting Documents and Processing Requirements

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The Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (“GRRP”) is funded through Title III of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, H.R. 5376 (IRA), in section 30002 titled “Improving Energy Efficiency or Water Efficiency or Climate Resilience of Affordable Housing” (the “IRA”), authorizing HUD to make loans, grants to improve energy or water efficiency; enhance indoor air quality or sustainability; implement the use of zero-emission electricity generation, low-emission building materials or processes, energy storage, or building electrification strategies; or address climate resilience of eligible HUD-assisted multifamily properties.

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Multifamily Housing Mortgage and Housing Assistance Restructuring Program (Mark to Market)

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Information to analyze and reduce rents to market and restructure mortgages on multifamily properties with FHA insurance and Section 8 project-based assistance whose Section 8 rents exceed market rents. The program reduces section 8 rents to market rents. The program reduces Section 8 rents to market and restructures debt as necessary.

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Seafood Inspection and Certification Requirements

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This request is for the revision and extension of a current information collection. The National Marine Fisheries Service operates a fee-for-service Seafood Inspection Program (SIP), available to all segments of the seafood industry. Participants request services such as product inspection, export health and legal harvest certification, and facility approval. Information is collected from participants to confirm the identity of products being inspected and certified, as well as to show compliance with Program requirements. The implementing regulations for this Program at 50 CFR 260 are being updated to bring the regulation more in line with current practices, remove outdated text, and streamline seafood inspection services. The last updated information collection (published January 19, 2022, with expiration date January 31, 2025) already included all of the changes proposed with this rulemaking, including the shift to online inspection and service requests and housing day-to-day procedures in the online SIP Manual versus in codified text. The information collection is being revised and extended to add a previously overlooked Surety form and adjust the burden figures.

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16 USC 742a - 742j	View Law

7 USC 38	View Law

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Representative Payee Report of Benefits and Dedicated Account

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SSA requires payees to submit a written report accounting for the use of money paid to Social Security or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients, and to establish and maintain a dedicated account for these payments. SSA uses Form SSA-6233-BK to: (1) Ensure the payee uses the payments for the recipient’s current maintenance and personal needs; and (2) confirm the expenditures of funds from the dedicated account remain in compliance with the law. Although we mail a paper Form SSA-6233-BK to the payee, the report can also be completed through telephone contact and then be mailed to the payee for signature, or during a face-to-face interview. The respondents are payees for SSI and Social Security recipients.

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42 USC 1383	View Law

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Questionnaire for Children Claiming SSI Benefits

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Parents or legal guardians seeking to obtain or retain SSI eligibility for their children use Form SSA-3881-BK to provide SSA with the addresses of non medical sources such as schools, counselors, agencies, organizations, or therapists who have information about a child’s function. The adjudicative team (a disability examiner and a medical or psychological consultant) of the State disability determination services (DDS) office collects the information to help determine a child’s claim or continuing eligibility for SSI. The respondents are the parents, guardians, and other caretakers of applicants who appeal SSI childhood disability decisions, or of recipients undergoing a continuing disability review.

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NSPS for Petroleum Refineries (40 CFR Part 60, Subpart J) (Renewal)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the regulations published at 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart J were proposed on June 11, 1973; promulgated on March 8, 1974; and amended on both September 12, 2012, and December 1, 2015. These regulations apply to affected facilities at petroleum refineries that were constructed, modified or reconstructed on or before May 14, 2007. The affected sources are: 1) fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) catalyst regenerator or fuel gas combustion device (FGCD) other than a flare that commenced construction, reconstruction or modification after June 11, 1973 and on/or before May 14, 2007; 2) FGCD that is also a flare that commenced construction, reconstruction or modification after June 11, 1973 and on/or before June 24, 2008; or 3) any Claus sulfur recovery plant with a design capacity of more than 20 long tons per day sulfur feed which commenced construction, reconstruction or modification after October 4, 1976 and on/or before May 14, 2007. These regulations also apply to flares which commenced construction, modification, or reconstruction on/or before June 24, 2008. At the time of this ICR renewal, all refinery flares are subject to the NSPS Subpart Ja requirements. This information is being collected to assure compliance with 40 CFR Part 60, Subpart J. In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.

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NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (40 CFR part 60, subpart Da) (Renewal)

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The New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for NSPS for Electric Utility Steam Generating Units (40 CFR Part 60 Subpart Da) were proposed on September 18, 1978, promulgated on June 11, 1979, and amended on November 19, 2014 and April 6, 2016. These regulations apply to new and existing electric utility steam generating units capable of combusting more than 73 megawatts (MW) heat input of fossil fuel. 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 60, Subpart Da. In general, all NSPS 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 NSPS.

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42 USC 7401 et.seq	View Law

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Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) and Junior Duck Stamp Contests

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A valid Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (Duck Stamp) is an annual licensing requirement for all migratory bird hunters. Artwork for the stamp is chosen by a panel of judges during an annual art contest. The Duck Stamp and Junior Duck Stamp contests encourage the public to engage in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s conservation mission. In support of directives in SO 3347, the Duck Stamp and Junior Duck Stamp programs actively engage Americans of all ages to better understand the biological requirements and conservation management of waterfowl and wetlands. Contestants portray their understanding of the anatomy and ecology of waterfowl as well as the importance of wildlife conservation and the waterfowl hunting heritage in order to successfully compete. Contest entry forms are necessary to enable the Service to track contestants’ artwork during the contest judging process, verify age and unique artwork requirements, and return artwork.

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16 USC 719	View Law

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Recreational Angler Survey of Sea Turtle Interactions

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NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) proposes to revise and extend a current information collection designed to assess the extent of hook and line interactions between recreational anglers on piers and other shore-based fishing locations and sea turtles. The collection comprises an Angler Intercept Survey, a Fishing Site Characterization Form, and a Survey Cover Sheet. The Angler Intercept Survey will be verbally administered on piers and shore-based fishing locations within NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Region and Southeast Region, and will be administered to approximately 20,000 individual recreational fishermen. The respondents will be verbally asked a series of questions about their fishing practices and observations of sea turtles and the interviewer will record their answers. The survey will also assess the feasibility of an intercept survey for this purpose in terms of response rates and data collection. The Fishing Site Characterization Form will be completed by the survey administrator at each fishing location and collects information on the structure and operation of the pier or shore-based fishing location. The Site Characterization Sheet will be completed by the survey administrator during each survey period and collects information on the environmental conditions for that particular day, the number of anglers fishing, number of lines in the water, and the number of surveys completed. The collection previously included a Sea Turtle Incidental Capture Form. This form will be removed from this collection and is now included in the National Sea Turtle Stranding & Salvage Network Stranding & Gear Interaction Data Collection (0648-0496). Collection of data on sea turtle interactions in the shore-based recreational fishing sector is necessary to fulfill statutory requirements of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.). This collection will allow NOAA Fisheries obtain specific information about recreational piers (defined here to include piers and other shore-based structures), the anglers that fish on piers, the nature of interactions between pier-based anglers and sea turtles, as well as to determine specific factors that may influence the rate of interactions. NOAA Fisheries can use the information collected to evaluate the impact of these interactions on sea turtle populations and determine conservation measures that can be implemented to reduce interactions and support the conservation and recovery of endangered and threatened sea turtle populations.

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Exchange Network Grants Progress Reports (Renewal)

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Under the U.S. EPA National Environmental Information Exchange Network (NEIEN) Grant Program, EPA collects information from the NEIEN grantees on assistance agreements that EPA has awarded. Specifically, for each project, EPA proposes to have grantees submit semi-annual reports on the progress and current status of each goal and output, completion dates for outputs, and any problems encountered. This information will help EPA ensure projects are on schedule to meet their goals and produce high quality environmental results. New award recipients will complete one Quality Assurance Reporting Form for each award. This form provides a simple means for grant recipients to describe how quality will be addressed throughout their projects. Additionally, the Quality Assurance Reporting Form is derived from guidelines provided in the NEIEN 2018 Grant Solicitation Notice.

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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Individual Bluefin Quota (IBQ) Tracking and Appeals

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This request is for the renewal and extension of a currently approved information collection. This information collection consists of tracking IBQ allocation trading among individuals with Atlantic Tunas Longline category vessel permits. An online system managed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will track allocations and allocation trades, and reconcile trades with landings for bluefin tuna quota monitoring. The information collected through this program is essential for the United States to implement the IBQ program implemented by Amendment 7, and modified under Amendment 13, to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP), and to meet its reporting obligations to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) by ensuring that the catch of bluefin tuna remains within ICCAT required quotas and landings limits.

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16 USC 1801 et seq	View Law

16 USC 971 et seq	View Law

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