Title: Generic Clearance for Survey Research Studies.

OMB Number: 0536-0073.

Expiration Date of Approval: May 31, 2022.

Type of Request: Intent To Seek Approval To Extend an Information Collection for 3 Years.

Abstract: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13) and OMB regulations at 5 CFR part 1320 (60 FR 44978, August 29, 1995), this notice announces the ERS' intention to request renewal of approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for a generic clearance that will allow ERS to rigorously develop, test, and evaluate its survey methodologies, instruments, and administration. The mission of ERS is to provide economic and other social science information and analysis for public and private decisions on agriculture, food, natural resources, and rural America. This request is part of an on-going initiative to improve ERS data product quality, as recommended by both its own guidelines and those of OMB.

The purpose of this generic clearance is to allow ERS to evaluate, adopt, and use state-of-the-art and multi-disciplinary research to improve and enhance the quality of its current data collections. This clearance will also be used to aid in the development of new surveys. It will help to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.

ERS envisions using a variety of survey improvement techniques, as appropriate to the individual project under investigation. These include focus groups, market analysis, cognitive and usability laboratory and field techniques, exploratory interviews, behavior coding, and respondent debriefing.

Following standard OMB requirements, ERS will inform OMB individually in writing of the purpose, scope, time frame, and number of burden hours used for each survey improvement or development project it undertakes under this generic clearance. ERS will also provide OMB with a copy of the data collection instrument (if applicable), and all other materials describing the project.

Authority: These data will be collected under the authority of 7 U.S.C. 2204(a).

ERS intends to protect respondent information under the Privacy Act of 1974, Section 1770 of the Food Security Act of 1985, and 7 U.S.C. 2276. ERS has decided not to invoke the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA). The complexity and cost necessary to invoke CIPSEA is not justified given the nature of the collection; the collections would generally be conducted by ERS' contractors and designed to be hosted in non-government owned computer systems, where CIPSEA compliance could not be assured.

Specific details regarding information handling will be specified in individual submissions under this generic clearance.

Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for these collections of information is estimated to average from .5 to 1.5 hours per respondent, depending upon the information collection and the technique used to test for that particular collection.

Respondents: Individuals or households, farms, and businesses or other for-profits.

Estimated Total Number of Respondents: 3,630.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 1,820 hours. Public reporting burden for these collections of information is estimated to average from .5 to 1.5 hours per respondent, dependent upon the survey and the technique used to test for that particular survey.

Copies of this information collection can be obtained from Pheny Weidman at the address in the preamble.

Comments: Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Comments should be sent to the address in the preamble. All responses to this notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. All comments will also become a matter of public record.

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions that were used; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Title: Food Programs Reporting System.

Form Number: FNS-583, SNAP Employment and Training Program Activity Report and the FNS-366B, Program Activity Statement.

OMB Number: 0584-0594.

Expiration Date: 07/31/2023.

Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.

Abstract:

The SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) program, established by the Food Security Act of 1985, helps able-bodied SNAP recipients find work or gain the skills, training, and experience that leads to employment. In accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(9), State agencies are required to submit quarterly E&T Program Activity Reports containing monthly figures for participation in the program no later than 45 days after the end of each Federal fiscal quarter FNS uses Form FNS-583 to provide the format for this data. State agencies report this data using the online Food Program Reporting System (FPRS, OMB Control Number: 0584-0594; Expiration Date: 07/31/2023). The purpose of the E&T Program Activity Report (FNS-583) submitted and maintained in FPRS is to collect standard and consistent information on all States and Territories Work Registrants, E&T Participation, Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents (ABAWD), Program Activities, Components funded through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Office of Employment and Training (OET). The data collected through the FNS-583 is used by FNS to help with management decisions, supports policy initiatives, and provides insight into where OET can best offer Technical Assistance to States, thus supporting planning within the agency. The current data elements collected as part of the FNS-583 in accordance with 7 CFR 273.7(c)(9), ask State agencies to report on:

• Newly work registered E&T participants;

• Number of ABAWD applicants and recipients participating in qualifying components;

• The number of all applicants and recipients participating in components;

• The number of ABAWDS subject to the 3-month time limit (in accordance with 273.24(b)) who are exempt under the State agency's discretionary exemptions under 273.24(g).

Merging OMB-Approved Burden for the FNS-583 from OMB Control Number: 0584-0653 to OMB Control Number: 0584-0594: FNS intends to update the FNS-583 form to reflect changes made as a direct result of the final rule titled, “Employment and Training Opportunities in SNAP,” RIN 0584-AE68, published January 5, 2021, (86 FR 358). The information collection burden associated with FNS final rule, 7 CFR parts 271 and 273, “Employment and Training Opportunities in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” was approved under OMB Control Number: 0584-0653; Expiration Date: March 31, 2024. The OMB term of clearance for this Information Collection Request (ICR) was that FNS would merge the burden hours for additional data elements on the FNS-583 (currently approved under OMB Control Number: 0584-0653) into the information collection for Food Programs Reporting System (FPRS).

In the final rule, the Department added the requirement for reporting four (4) additional data elements related to mandatory E&T participants to 7 CFR 273.7(c)(11). “The Department is committed to ensuring that State agencies are providing mandatory E&T participants with opportunities to gain skills and appropriate services that help them be successful. Therefore, the Department proposed adding additional reporting elements to this fourth quarter report focused on mandatory E&T participants: The unduplicated number of SNAP applicants and participants required to participate in an E&T program during the fiscal year, and, of those, the number who actually began to participate in an E&T program.” State agencies running FNS' mandatory programs are required to report these additional data elements on the Federal Fiscal Year fourth quarter report of the FNS-583 to FNS using the FPRS database.

The four (4) mandatory data elements include:

1. The number of SNAP applicants and participants required to participate in E&T by the State agency.

2. Of those required to participate, the number who begin participation in an E&T program.

3. Of those required to participate, the number who begin participation in an E&T component.

4. The number of mandatory E&T participants who were determined ineligible for failure to comply with E&T requirements.

This information collection request merges the 17 States who will submit 1 (one) response annually for an estimated total of 17 annual responses and 68 estimated annual burden hours associated with CFR 273.7(c)(11) reporting additional FNS 583 data elements currently approved under OMB Control Number: 0584-0653 information collection associated with a final rulemaking into the FPRS OMB Control Number: 0584-0594, which will now account for these additional elements to the revised FNS-583.

The final rule requires that individuals participating in SNAP Employment and Training (E&T) must be provided with case management services, in addition to one or more E&T component, in accordance to 237.7(e)(1). As such, in addition to the four (4) mandatory data elements required due to rulemaking, FNS has an additional optional reporting case management reporting not determined by rulemaking.

The one (1) optional data elements include:

1. The number of E&T participants who received case management services.

While offering case management is required, the Department does not currently require States to report on the number of individuals that receive case management services on the FNS-583. However, many State agencies track the provision of case management services and may wish to report on those activities in their 4th quarter FNS-583 report. The Department requests to include in this revision of the FNS-583 a section that would to allow States the option to report the number of individuals that receive case management services.

The reporting of case management data is voluntary, but is intended to assist FNS in monitoring State's implementation of the mandatory case management offering and increase State's accountability.

This information collection revision for OMB Control Number: 0584-0594 includes an additional 1.25 hours for the addition of the voluntary case management data field to the FNS-583.

Affected Public: State, Local and Tribal Governments. Respondent group includes State agencies administering the SNAP E&T program in 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Estimated Number of Respondents: The total estimated number of respondents annually for the reporting burden of the FNS-583 is 53 State agencies.

FNS estimates that currently, about 17 respondents of the 53 State agencies would be subject to the new data elements required for mandatory States. In addition, about 15 respondents of the 53 State agencies may choose to report on the new optional elements of case management services, although this is not a requirement by rulemaking. This is a total of 32 States agencies who will respond to the new changes associated with the revision of form FNS-583.

Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: The 53 States agencies are required to submit data on the FNS-583 for 4 reports per year (quarterly). As both the new reporting elements for mandatory States and the optional case management reporting only affects the 4th quarter of the 583, the estimated number of responses per respondent is 1 for both the additional data entries and the optional case management reporting. On average, for all 53 State agencies, the estimated number of responses per respondent is 4.6 responses annually.

Total Annual Responses: The total annual responses is 244. This number includes the 212 burden hours currently approved for the quarterly FNS-583 report as well as the estimated newly estimated 17 total annual responses from mandatory States on the new data elements due to the final rulemaking plus the newly estimated 15 responses on optional case management reporting not associated with any rulemaking and at the discretion of the FNS; therefore, 32 of the 244 total annual responses are new.

Estimated Time per Response: There will be an additional 4 hours for the 17 State agency respondents of mandatory States reporting additional data elements. The optional reporting of case management will take about 5 minutes (0.0835 hours) per response estimated for 15 State agency respondents.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: The burden to be added to OMB Control Number: 0584-0594 is 69.25 hours. This total includes 68 hours from the new 4 data elements from mandatory States (currently approved under OMB Control Number 0584-0653, to be merged into OMB Control Number: 0584-0594) plus the 1.25 hours from reporting the optional case management (newly requested burden under OMB Control Number: 0584-0594). The currently approved reporting burden hours is 20,776 for the FNS 583 under OMB Control Number: 0584-0594 (expiration 7/31/2023). The updated total FNS-583 burden is 20,845.25 hours. The new total FPRS burden includes the previously approved burden of 104,610.5 total hours plus the additional 69.25 hours from the merge from OMB Control Number: 0584-0653 and the newly requested data element, resulting in 104,679 as the Overall Grand Total Burden Estimates for FPRS.

See the table below for estimated total annual burden for each type of respondent.

The FNS-366B, Program Activity Statement, is FNS' primary means of collecting data on the integrity and certification activities of State SNAP agencies. The Certification section of the FNS-366B is used to track the number of initial and recertification applications approved or denied by the State agency in the specified reporting quarter, as well as the number of applications that were approved beyond processing requirements. Collection of this data is required by Federal regulations authorized by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (the Act). Under 7 CFR 272.2(c)(1)(ii) of SNAP regulations, State agencies are required to periodically report to FNS using the Program Activity Statement (FNS-366B) on a quarterly basis.

After a recent policy review, FNS determined updates to the FNS-366B were needed to revise currently collected metrics related to SNAP recertification policy. Households that file a recertification application within 30 days of the end of their certification period are entitled to expedited service, if eligible. While the FNS-366B currently collects aggregate data on expedited applications on its current form, the form does not differentiate between expedited initial applications and expedited recertification applications. FNS is proposing to update the form to make this distinction. The form revision acknowledges the distinction in the policy. With the form changes, FNS will be able to collect disaggregated data on expedited applications, which will help inform the monitoring and tracking of timeliness compliance and identify opportunities for additional technical assistance.

Currently, State agencies are instructed to enter line 6 on the FNS-366B “Expedited Service.” FNS proposes to update the form by breaking down this data point into two separate data points, as follows:

• Line 6, “Expedited Service”, will be replaced by Line 6a—“Expedited Service—Initial Applications.”

• FNS will also add Line 6b—“Expedited Service—Recertifications.”

• FNS has updated the FNS-366B instructions to reflect this proposed change.

The reporting burden of 3,180 burden hours, 53 respondents, and 212 total responses for the current version of the FNS-366B form is covered under OMB number 0584-0594, expiration date 07/31/2023. The recordkeeping burden of 1,124 hours for the FNS-366B form is currently covered under OMB number 0584-0083, expiration date 08/31/2023. We do not anticipate the changes to the FNS-366B will impact the current reporting or recordkeeping burden which will remain the same.

Title: Generic Clearance for the Collection of Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service Delivery.

Type of Request: New collection.

Abstract: This information collection activity provides a means to garner qualitative customer and stakeholder feedback in an efficient, timely manner, in accordance with the Agency's commitment to improve service delivery. By qualitative feedback we mean information that provides useful insights on perceptions and opinions but are not statistical surveys that yield quantitative results that can be generalized to the population of study.

This feedback will provide insights into customer or stakeholder perceptions, experiences, and expectations, provide an early warning of issues with service, or focus attention on areas where communication, training or changes in operations might improve delivery of products or services. These collections will allow for ongoing, collaborative, and actionable communications between the Agency and its customers and stakeholders. It will also allow feedback to contribute directly to the improvement of program management. The solicitation of feedback will target areas such as: Timeliness, appropriateness, accuracy of information, courtesy, efficiency of service delivery, and resolution of issues with service delivery. Responses will be assessed to plan and inform efforts to improve or maintain the quality of service offered to the public.

If this information is not collected, vital feedback from customers and stakeholders on the Agency's services will be unavailable. The Agency will only submit a collection for approval under this generic clearance if it meets the following conditions:

• The collections are voluntary;

• The collections are low-burden for respondents (based on considerations of total burden hours, total number of respondents, or burden-hours per respondent) and are low-cost for both the respondents and the Federal Government;

• The collections are noncontroversial and do not raise issues of concern to other Federal agencies;

• Any collection is targeted to the solicitation of opinions from respondents who have experience with the program or may have experience with the program in the near future;

• Personally identifiable information (PII) is collected only to the extent necessary and is not retained;

• Information gathered is intended to be used only internally for general service improvement and program management purposes and is not intended for release outside of the agency (if released, the agency must indicate the qualitative nature of the information);

• Information gathered will not be used for the purpose of substantially informing influential policy decisions; and

• Information gathered will yield qualitative information. The collections will not be designed or expected to yield statistically reliable results or used as though the results are generalizable to the population of study. Feedback collected under this generic clearance provides useful information, but it does not yield data that can be generalized to the overall population.

This type of generic clearance for qualitative information will not be used for quantitative information collections that are designed to yield reliably actionable results, such as monitoring trends over time or documenting program performance. Such data uses require more rigorous designs that address: The target population to which generalizations will be made, the sampling frame, the sample design (including stratification and clustering), the precision requirements or power calculations that justify the proposed sample size, the expected response rate, methods for assessing potential nonresponse bias, the protocols for data collection, and any testing procedures that were or will be undertaken prior to fielding the study. Depending on the degree of influence the results are likely to have, such collections may still be eligible for submission for other generic mechanisms that are designed to yield quantitative results.

As a general matter, information collections will not result in any new system of records containing privacy information and will not ask questions of a sensitive nature, such as sexual behavior and attitudes, religious beliefs, and other matters that are commonly considered private.

Type of Respondents: Individuals and Households, Business and Organizations, State, Local or Tribal Government.

Estimate of Burden per Response: 10 minutes.

Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 15,000.

Estimated Annual Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 2,500 total hours per year.

Comment is Invited: Comment is invited on: (1) Whether this collection of information is necessary for the stated purposes and the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical or scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

All comments received in response to this notice, including names and addresses when provided, will be a matter of public record. Comments will be summarized and included in the submission to the Office of Management and Budget for approval.

Committee meetings are available to the public through the conference link above. Any interested member of the public may listen to the meeting. An open comment period will be provided to allow members of the public to make a statement as time allows. If joining via phone, callers can expect to incur regular charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, according to their wireless plan, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 and providing the Service with the conference details found through registering at the web link above. To request additional accommodations, please email ero@usccr.gov at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting.

Members of the public are also entitled to submit written comments; the comments must be received in the regional office within 30 days following the meeting. Written comments may be emailed to Liliana Schiller at lschiller@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Regional Programs Unit at (312) 353-8311.

Records generated from this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Regional Programs Unit Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Records of the meeting will be available via www.facadatabase.gov under the Commission on Civil Rights, South Carolina Advisory Committee link. Persons interested in the work of this Committee are directed to the Commission's website, http://www.usccr.gov, or may contact the Regional Programs Unit at the above email or street address.

This meeting is available to the public through the WebEx link above. If joining only via phone, callers can expect to incur charges for calls they initiate over wireless lines, and the Commission will not refund any incurred charges. Individuals who are deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing. may also follow the proceedings by first calling the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 and providing the Service with the call-in number found through registering at the web link provided for this meeting.

Members of the public are entitled to make comments during the open period at the end of the meeting. Members of the public may also submit written comments; the comments must be received in the Regional Programs Unit within 30 days following the meeting. Written comments may be emailed to Barbara de La Viez at ero@usccr.gov. Persons who desire additional information may contact the Regional Programs Unit at (202) 539-8246. Records and documents discussed during the meeting will be available for public viewing as they become available at www.facadatabase.gov. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission's website, www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Regional Programs Unit at the above phone number or email address.

The Committee provides scientific and technical expertise to address Census Bureau program needs and objectives. The members of the NAC are appointed by the Director of the Census Bureau. The Committee has been established in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Title 5, United States Code, Appendix 2, Section 10).

All meetings are open to the public. A brief period will be set aside during the virtual meeting for public comments on November 5, 2021. Individuals with extensive questions or statements may submit them in writing to shana.j.banks@census.gov, (subject line “2021 NAC Fall Virtual Meeting Public Comment”).

Ron S. Jarmin, Acting Director, Census Bureau, approved the publication of this Notice in the Federal Register .

On July 1, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD order on rebar from Turkey. 1 On July 30, 2021, the Rebar Trade Coalition (the petitioner) timely requested that Commerce conduct an administrative review of Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S (Habas). 2 We received no other requests for review. On August 29, 2021, Habas notified Commerce that it had no sales, shipments, or entries of subject merchandise during the period of review (POR). 3 On September 7, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review with respect to Habas, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 4 On September 15, 2021, Commerce issued a no-shipment inquiry to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to corroborate Habas' claim. 5 On September 23, 2021, Commerce notified all interested parties that CBP found no evidence of shipments of subject merchandise produced and exported by Habas during the POR. 6 That same day, Commerce provided all parties an opportunity to comment on CBP's findings. 7 No parties submitted comments.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of a CVD order where it concludes that there were no reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR. 8 Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the CVD assessment rate for the review period. 9 Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the calculated CVD assessment rate for the review period. 10 As noted above, CBP confirmed that there were no entries of subject merchandise during the POR with respect to Habas, the only company subject to this review. Accordingly, in the absence of reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, we are rescinding this administrative review, in its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

Commerce will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. Because Commerce is rescinding this review in its entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register .

This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of the APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with regulations and terms of an APO is a violation, which is subject to sanction.

This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(l) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

On April 27, 2007, Commerce published the AD order on activated carbon from China, which included Ningxia Huahui. 1 Pursuant to the Order, Commerce assigned Ningxia Huahui an AD cash deposit rate, of 67.14 percent, based on the non-selected respondent rate. 2 In the most recently completed administrative review covering the period April 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019, we assigned Ningxia Huahui a separate rate, as a non-individually examined exporter under review. 3

On August 20, 2021, Huahui Environmental requested that Commerce conduct a CCR of the Order to confirm that “Ningxia Huahui Environmental Technology Co., Ltd.” is the successor-in-interest to Ningxia Huahui and that it be subject to Ningxia Huahui's AD margin for activated carbon from China. 4 No interested parties filed comments opposing the CCR request.

The merchandise covered by the scope of this order is activated carbon. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 5

We are conducting this CCR in accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216. For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov . In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is available at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/ .

Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216, Commerce will conduct a CCR upon receipt of information concerning, or a request from an interested party for a review of, an AD order which shows changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of the order. The information submitted by Huahui Environmental supporting its claim that Huahui Environmental should be treated as the successor-in-interest to Ningxia Huahui, demonstrates changed circumstances sufficient to warrant such a review. 6 Therefore, in accordance with 751(b)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d), we are initiating a CCR based on the information contained in the CCR request.

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii), Commerce can combine the notice of initiation of a CCR and the notice of preliminary results of a CCR into a single notice if Commerce concludes that expedited action is warranted. In this instance, because the record contains the information necessary to make a preliminary finding, we find that expedited action is warranted and have combined the notice of initiation and the notice of preliminary results. 7 In this CCR, pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act, Commerce conducted a successor-in-interest analysis. In making a successor-in-interest determination, Commerce examines several factors, including, but not limited to, changes in the following: (1) Management; (2) production facilities; (3) supplier relationships; and (4) customer base. 8 While no single factor or combination of factors will necessarily provide a dispositive indication of a successor-in-interest relationship, generally, Commerce will consider the new company to be the successor to the previous company if the new company's resulting operation is not materially dissimilar to that of its predecessor. 9 Thus, if the record evidence demonstrates that, with respect to the production and sale of the subject merchandise, the new company operates as the same business entity as the predecessor company, Commerce may assign the new company the cash deposit rate of its predecessor. 10

We preliminarily determine that Huahui Environmental is the successor-in-interest to Ningxia Huahui. Record evidence, as submitted by Huahui Environmental, indicates that Huahui Environmental operates as essentially the same business entity as Ningxia Huahui with respect to the subject merchandise. 11 For the complete successor-in-interest analysis, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Should our final results remain unchanged from these preliminary results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assign entries of subject merchandise exported by Huahui Environmental the AD cash deposit rate applicable to Ningxia Huahui ( i.e., 0.65 U.S. dollars/kilogram). Commerce will issue its final results of the review in accordance with the time limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e).

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a hearing within 14 days of publication of this notice. 12 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 14 days after the date of publication of this notice. 13 Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days after the deadline for case briefs, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.309(d). 14 Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of authorities. 15 All comments are to be filed electronically using ACCESS, available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and must also be served on interested parties. An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the day it is due. 16 Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information, until further notice. 17

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), Commerce will issue the final results of this CCR no later than 270 days after the date on which this review was initiated, or within 45 days of publication of these preliminary results, if all parties agree to the preliminary finding.

This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(b), and 351.221(c)(3)(ii).

On July 1, 2021, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the sunset reviews of the AD orders on stainless steel wire rod (SSWR) from Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea), and Taiwan  1 pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 2 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) and (ii), Commerce received notices of intent to participate in these sunset reviews from the domestic interested parties  3 within 15 days after the date of publication of the Initiation Notice. 4 The domestic interested parties claimed interested party status under sections 771(9)(C) and (E) of the Act.

Commerce received adequate substantive responses to the Initiation Notice from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day period specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). 5 Commerce received no substantive responses from any respondent interested parties. In accordance with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset reviews of the AD Orders.

The merchandise subject to the AD Orders is SSWR which is currently classified under subheading 7221.00.0005, 7221.00.0015, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, and 7221.00.0075 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes. A full description of the scopes of the AD Orders is contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 6 The written description is dispositive.

All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation and the magnitude of dumping margins likely to prevail if the order was revoked. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding recommendations in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be found at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752(c) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the AD Orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be weighted-average margins up to the following percentages:

This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely written notification of the destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction.

Commerce is issuing and publishing these final results and notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).

Pursuant to section 805 of Title VIII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Softwood Lumber Act of 2008), the Secretary of Commerce is mandated to submit to the appropriate Congressional committees a report every 180 days on any subsidy provided by countries exporting softwood lumber or softwood lumber products to the United States, including stumpage subsidies. Commerce submitted its last subsidy report to the Congress on June 30, 2021.

Given the large number of countries that export softwood lumber and softwood lumber products to the United States, we are soliciting public comment only on subsidies provided by countries which had exports accounting for at least one percent of total U.S. imports of softwood lumber by quantity, as classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) codes 4407.1001, 4407.1100, 4407.1200, 4407.1905, 4407.1906, 4407.1910, during the period January 1, 2021, through June 30, 2021. Official U.S. import data, published by the United States International Trade Commission's DataWeb, indicate that six countries (Austria, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Romania, and Sweden) exported softwood lumber to the United States during that time period in amounts sufficient to account for at least one percent of U.S. imports of softwood lumber products. We intend to rely on similar previous six-month periods to identify the countries subject to future reports on softwood lumber subsidies. For example, we will rely on U.S. imports of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products during the period July 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, to select the countries subject for the next report.

Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists where an authority: (i) Provides a financial contribution; (ii) provides any form of income or price support within the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT 1994; or (iii) makes a payment to a funding mechanism to provide a financial contribution to a person, or entrusts or directs a private entity to make a financial contribution, if providing the contribution would normally be vested in the government and the practice does not differ in substance from practices normally followed by governments, and a benefit is thereby conferred. 1

Parties should include in their comments: (1) The country which provided the subsidy; (2) the name of the subsidy program; (3) a brief description (no more than 3-4 sentences) of the subsidy program; and (4) the government body or authority that provided the subsidy.

As specified above, to be assured of consideration, comments must be received no later than 30 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register . All comments must be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov, Docket No. ITA-2021-0007. The materials in the docket will not be edited to remove identifying or contact information, and Commerce cautions against including any information in an electronic submission that the submitter does not want publicly disclosed. Attachments to electronic comments will be accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF formats only.

All comments should be addressed to Ryan Majerus, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, at U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

On September 2, 2021, Commerce published the Initiation and Preliminary Results, in the Federal Register , finding Goldenhome to be the successor-in-interest to Xiamen Goldenhome. 1 In the Initiation and Preliminary Results, interested parties were provided an opportunity to comment and request a public hearing regarding our preliminary results. We received no comments from interested parties nor was a public hearing requested.

The merchandise subject to this Order consists of wooden cabinets and vanities that are for permanent installation (including floor mounted, wall mounted, ceiling hung or by attachment of plumbing), and wooden components thereof. Wooden cabinets and vanities and wooden components are made substantially of wood products, including solid wood and engineered wood products (including those made from wood particles, fibers, or other wooden materials such as plywood, strand board, block board, particle board, or fiberboard), or bamboo. Wooden cabinets and vanities consist of a cabinet box (which typically includes a top, bottom, sides, back, base blockers, ends/end panels, stretcher rails, toe kicks, and/or shelves) and may or may not include a frame, door, drawers and/or shelves. Subject merchandise includes wooden cabinets and vanities with or without wood veneers, wood, paper or other overlays, or laminates, with or without non-wood components or trim such as metal, marble, glass, plastic, or other resins, whether or not surface finished or unfinished, and whether or not completed.

Wooden cabinets and vanities are covered by this Order whether or not they are imported attached to, or in conjunction with, faucets, metal plumbing, sinks and/or sink bowls, or countertops. If wooden cabinets or vanities are imported attached to, or in conjunction with, such merchandise, only the wooden cabinet or vanity is covered by the scope.

Subject merchandise includes the following wooden component parts of cabinets and vanities: (1) Wooden cabinet and vanity frames (2) wooden cabinet and vanity boxes (which typically include a top, bottom, sides, back, base blockers, ends/end panels, stretcher rails, toe kicks, and/or shelves), (3) wooden cabinet or vanity doors, (4) wooden cabinet or vanity drawers and drawer components (which typically include sides, backs, bottoms, and faces), (5) back panels and end panels, (6) and desks, shelves, and tables that are attached to or incorporated in the subject merchandise.

Subject merchandise includes all unassembled, assembled and/or “ready to assemble” (RTA) wooden cabinets and vanities, also commonly known as “flat packs,” except to the extent such merchandise is already covered by the scope of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Hardwood Plywood from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018); Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 513 (January 4, 2018). RTA wooden cabinets and vanities are defined as cabinets or vanities packaged so that at the time of importation they may include: (1) Wooden components required to assemble a cabinet or vanity (including drawer faces and doors); and (2) parts ( e.g., screws, washers, dowels, nails, handles, knobs, adhesive glues) required to assemble a cabinet or vanity. RTAs may enter the United States in one or in multiple packages.

Subject merchandise also includes wooden cabinets and vanities and in-scope components that have been further processed in a third country, including but not limited to one or more of the following: Trimming, cutting, notching, punching, drilling, painting, staining, finishing, assembly, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the Order if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope product.

Excluded from the scope of this Order, if entered separate from a wooden cabinet or vanity are:

(1) Aftermarket accessory items which may be added to or installed into an interior of a cabinet and which are not considered a structural or core component of a wooden cabinet or vanity. Aftermarket accessory items may be made of wood, metal, plastic, composite material, or a combination thereof that can be inserted into a cabinet and which are utilized in the function of organization/accessibility on the interior of a cabinet; and include:

• Inserts or dividers which are placed into drawer boxes with the purpose of organizing or dividing the internal portion of the drawer into multiple areas for the purpose of containing smaller items such as cutlery, utensils, bathroom essentials, etc.

• Round or oblong inserts that rotate internally in a cabinet for the purpose of accessibility to foodstuffs, dishware, general supplies, etc.

(2) Solid wooden accessories including corbels and rosettes, which serve the primary purpose of decoration and personalization.

(3) Non-wooden cabinet hardware components including metal hinges, brackets, catches, locks, drawer slides, fasteners (nails, screws, tacks, staples), handles, and knobs.

(4) Medicine cabinets that meet all of the following five criteria are excluded from the scope: (1) Wall mounted; (2) assembled at the time of entry into the United States; (3) contain one or more mirrors; (4) be packaged for retail sale at time of entry; and (5) have a maximum depth of seven inches.

Also excluded from the scope of the Order are:

(1) All products covered by the scope of the antidumping duty order on Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China, 70 FR 329 (January 4, 2005).

(2) All products covered by the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on Hardwood Plywood from the People's Republic of China. See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 504 (January 4, 2018); Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 513 (January 4, 2018).

Imports of subject merchandise are classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) statistical numbers 9403.40.9060 and 9403.60.8081. The subject component parts of wooden cabinets and vanities may be entered into the United States under HTSUS statistical number 9403.90.7080. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of this Order is dispositive.

For the reasons stated in the Initiation and Preliminary Results, and because we received no comments from interested parties, Commerce continues to find that Goldenhome is the successor-in-interest to Xiamen Goldenhome for AD purposes. As a result of this determination, we determine that Goldenhome should receive the AD cash deposit rate applicable to Xiamen Goldenhome. Consequently, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all shipments of subject merchandise exported by Goldenhome and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice in the Federal Register at the current AD cash-deposit rate applicable to Xiamen Goldenhome. 3 This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until further notice.

This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216(e) and 351.221(c)(3).

Background: The NCCoE, part of NIST, is a public-private collaboration for accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. The NCCoE brings together experts from industry, government, and academia under one roof to develop practical, interoperable cybersecurity approaches that address the real-world needs of complex Information Technology (IT) systems. By accelerating dissemination and use of these integrated tools and technologies for protecting IT assets, the NCCoE will enhance trust in U.S. IT communications, data, and storage systems; reduce risk for companies and individuals using IT systems; and encourage development of innovative, job-creating cybersecurity products and services.

Process: NIST is soliciting responses from all sources of relevant security capabilities (see below) to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) to provide products and technical expertise to support and demonstrate security platforms for the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project. The full project can be viewed at: https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/data-classification.

Interested parties can access the template for a letter of interest by visiting the project website at https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/data-classification and completing the letter of interest webform. On completion of the webform, interested parties will receive access to the letter of interest template, which the party must complete, certify as accurate, and submit to NIST by email or hardcopy. NIST will contact interested parties if there are questions regarding the responsiveness of the letters of interest to the project objective or requirements identified below. NIST will select participants who have submitted complete letters of interest on a first come, first served basis within each category of product components or capabilities listed below up to the number of participants in each category necessary to carry out this project. When the project has been completed, NIST will post a notice on the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project website at https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/data-classification announcing the completion of the project and informing the public that it will no longer accept letters of interest for this project. Completed letters of interest should be submitted to NIST and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. There may be continuing opportunity to participate even after initial activity commences for participants who were not selected initially or have submitted the letter of interest after the selection process. Selected participants will be required to enter into a consortium CRADA with NIST (for reference, see ADDRESSES section above).

Project Objective: Data-centric security management aims to enhance protection of information (data) regardless of where the data resides or with whom it is shared. This requires that organizations know what data they have, what its characteristics are, and what security and privacy requirements it needs to meet so the necessary protections can be achieved. Standardized mechanisms for communicating data characteristics and protection requirements are needed to support zero trust architectures by making data-centric security management feasible at scale.

The project's objective is to develop technology-agnostic recommended practices for defining data classifications and data handling rulesets and for communicating them to others. This project will inform, and may identify opportunities to improve, existing cybersecurity and privacy risk management processes by helping with communicating data classifications and data handling rulesets. It will not replace current risk management practices, laws, regulations, or mandates. The project will define the approach for the solution, independent of the supporting technologies, services, architectures, operational environments, etc. As part of this, a proof-of-concept implementation of the defined approach will be attempted. The proof-of-concept will include limited data discovery, analysis, classification, and labeling capabilities, as well as a rudimentary method for expressing how data with a particular label should be handled for each use case scenario. In support of this phase of the project, basic terminology and concepts will be defined based on existing practices and guidance to provide a common language for discussing data classification. The proposed proof-of-concept solution(s) will integrate commercial and open source products that leverage cybersecurity standards and recommended practices to demonstrate the use case scenarios detailed in the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project description available at: https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/data-classification. This project will result in a publicly available NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide as a Special Publication 1800 series, a detailed implementation guide of the practical steps needed to implement a cybersecurity reference design that addresses this challenge.

Requirements for Letters of Interest: Each responding organization's letter of interest should identify which security platform component(s) or capability(ies) it is offering. Letters of interest should not include company proprietary information, and all components and capabilities must be commercially available. Components are listed in section 3 of the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project description at https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/data-classification and include, but are not limited to:

Core Components:

• Endpoints:

○ Client Devices—Various PCs (desktops or laptops) and mobile devices will be involved in data creation, storage, transmission, retention, and destruction, as well as data-centric security management. Some client devices will be managed by the organization. Some will be used by the organization's employees, while others will be used by people from other organizations.

○ Client Device Apps—The client devices will have commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) apps used for data lifecycle activities, such as word processing software and email client software.

○ Additional Devices—Examples of additional types of devices that could be utilized are networked printers and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

• Network/Infrastructure Devices—The architecture will include devices such as firewalls, routers, or switches that are needed for network functionality and network traffic restriction, as well as the software for managing those devices.

• Services and Applications—The architecture will include several types of services and applications that are involved in data lifecycle activities for one or more of the scenarios. The following are examples of possible service and application types:

○ Enterprise Services/Applications: Email, collaboration, file sharing, web conferencing, file/data backup, code repositories, content management systems.

○ Data Services/Applications: Data processing, data analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning services.

○ Business Services/Applications: A variety of system-to-system and human-to-system business applications, both COTS and custom-written, including those that produce and/or consume data.

• Data Classification Solutions—The architecture will include several types of components used to perform data classification responsibilities, such as data discovery, inventory, analysis, classification, and labeling.

Each responding organization's letter of interest should identify how its products help address one or more of the following desired security characteristics and properties in section 3 of the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management at https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/data-classification:

• All data is discovered and analyzed to determine how it should be classified.

• All data classification and data handling ruleset creation, modification, and deletion is restricted to authorized personnel only, with all actions logged and auditable and with all communications protected.

• For all data classifications and data handling rulesets, there is a mechanism for verifying the integrity of the policy or ruleset.

• Data classification labels or tags are assigned to all data.

• For all data classification labels or tags assigned to data, there is a mechanism for verifying the integrity of the label or tag.

In their letters of interest, responding organizations need to acknowledge the importance of and commit to provide:

1. Access for all participants' project teams to component interfaces and the organization's experts necessary to make functional connections among security platform components.

2. Support for development and demonstration of the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project, which will be conducted in a manner consistent with the following standards and guidance: FIPS 199, NISTIR 8112, FIPS 200, SP 800-37, SP 800-53, SP 800-60, SP 800-63, SP 800-154, SP 800-171, SP 800-207, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, and the NIST Privacy Framework.

Additional details about the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project are available at https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/building-blocks/data-classification.

NIST cannot guarantee that all of the products proposed by respondents will be used in the demonstration. Each prospective participant will be expected to work collaboratively with NIST staff and other project participants under the terms of the consortium CRADA in the development of the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project. Prospective participants' contribution to the collaborative effort will include assistance in establishing the necessary interface functionality, connection and set-up capabilities and procedures, demonstration harnesses, environmental and safety conditions for use, integrated platform user instructions, and demonstration plans and scripts necessary to demonstrate the desired capabilities. Each participant will train NIST personnel, as necessary, to operate its product in capability demonstrations. Following successful demonstrations, NIST will publish a description of the security platform and its performance characteristics sufficient to permit other organizations to develop and deploy security platforms that meet the security objectives of the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project. These descriptions will be public information.

Under the terms of the consortium CRADA, NIST will support development of interfaces among participants' products by providing IT infrastructure, laboratory facilities, office facilities, collaboration facilities, and staff support to component composition, security platform documentation, and demonstration activities.

The dates of the demonstration of the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project capability will be announced on the NCCoE website at least two weeks in advance at https://nccoe.nist.gov/. The expected outcome will demonstrate how the components of the Data Classification Practices: Facilitating Data-Centric Security Management project architecture can provide security capabilities to mitigate identified risks related to data throughout its lifecycle. Participating organizations will gain from the knowledge that their products are interoperable with other participants' offerings.

For additional information on the NCCoE governance, business processes, and NCCoE operational structure, visit the NCCoE website https://nccoe.nist.gov/.

The EFP is requested under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. ), and by regulations at 50 CFR 600.745(b) concerning exempted fishing.

Shark depredation is an emerging issue that is reportedly impacting a variety of fisheries in the South Atlantic. The scope of these impacts has not been quantified within the snapper-grouper, coastal migratory pelagic, or dolphin and wahoo recreational fisheries. To gain an improved understanding of these impacts, the applicant requests authorization to collect recreationally harvested snapper-grouper, coastal migratory pelagic, and dolphin and wahoo species with indication of shark depredation. Evidence of shark depredation to these landed fish would include fresh teeth marks and active bleeding; partially removed trunk tissues (scales, skin and muscle); exposed musculature and/or internal organs; or missing fins. Any such fish that are identified as exhibiting shark depredation would be retained by the fishermen, isolated from other recreational catch, and transferred to the scientific team at FAU when the authorized charter vessels return to port. Any such fish so retained would then be swabbed for DNA and assessed to identify the shark species responsible for the depredation.

The applicant and representatives would conduct collections on four federally permitted for-hire charter vessels in the snapper-grouper, coastal migratory pelagic, or dolphin and wahoo fisheries. As a result of project budget limitations and logistics, the applicant and representatives cannot be present on the designated charter vessels for every trip throughout the EFP timeframe and thus seek approval for the charter vessel captains and crews to collect shark depredated fish species opportunistically when the applicant or representatives would not be present on the authorized charter vessels during their fishing trips. These authorized charter vessels would include paying charter passengers, and those passengers may be the individuals who actually catch the fish with evidence of depredation. Any fish with shark depredation caught by paying customers would be turned over to the vessel crew to be subsequently provided to the scientific team at FAU for genetic analysis. Four federally permitted for-hire charter vessel captains have been identified to conduct EFP collection activities when the applicant or representatives are not aboard the authorized charter vessels.

Under the EFP, charter vessels would continue with routine fishing operations using hook and line techniques (bottom fishing and trolling using artificial and natural bait) in natural and hard bottom habitats in Federal waters between Sebastian Inlet and Jupiter Inlet, Florida, ranging from 3 to 30 nautical miles (5.6 to 55.6 km) offshore. NMFS expects that the researchers would collect enough samples over the course of 200 fishing days. Collections would only take place on the approved project charter vessels.

If granted, this EFP would exempt the project's scientists and the captains and crews of the authorized charter vessels from the snapper-grouper seasonal closures and seasonal harvest limitations regulations codified at 50 CFR 622.183, and 50 CFR 622.184; from the landing fish intact regulations at 50 CFR 622.186 (snapper-grouper), 50 CFR 622.276 (dolphin and wahoo), and 50 CFR 622.381 (coastal migratory pelagic); from the recreational bag limit regulations codified at 50 CFR 622.187 (snapper-grouper), 50 CFR 622.277 (dolphin and wahoo), and 50 CFR 622.382 (coastal migratory pelagic); and from the size limit regulations codified at 50 CFR 622.185 (snapper-grouper), 50 CFR 622.275 (dolphin and wahoo), and 50 CFR 622.380 (coastal migratory pelagic). Charter customers aboard the authorized charter vessels would be subject to all current Federal for-hire regulations during the course of routine fishing operations. Only the captain and crew aboard the authorized charter vessels would be permitted to retain species with evidence of shark depredation that may be recreationally harvested out of season, or out of the authorized recreational bag limits or size limits. These shark depredated fish would be provided to the scientific team at FAU at the end of the fishing trip.

The duration of any issued EFP would be from the date of issuance of the EFP through August 1, 2023.

The authorized captain and crew of the charter vessels, during the course of routine operations, would target snapper-grouper, dolphin and wahoo, and coastal migratory pelagic species. Over the course of the EFP, a maximum of 120 total snapper-grouper with evidence of shark depredation would be retained under the EFP. Additionally, over the course of the EFP, a maximum of 60 total dolphin and wahoo, combined, with evidence of shark depredation; and up to 60 total coastal migratory pelagic fish, combined (king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, and cobia), with evidence of shark depredation would be retained.

Under the EFP, the selected and authorized charter vessel captains and crew would retain carcasses of species caught with evidence of shark depredation during the course of normal for-hire charter operations. Shark depredated species carcasses caught opportunistically may be retained under the EFP, even if seasonal closures, minimum size limits, and bag limits are in effect.

NMFS finds this application warrants further consideration based on a preliminary review. Possible conditions the agency may impose on this permit, if it is granted, include but are not limited to, a prohibition on conducting sampling activities within marine protected areas, marine sanctuaries, or special management zones, without additional authorization, and requiring compliance with best practices in the event of interactions with any protected species. NMFS may also require annual reports summarizing the amount of shark-depredated carcasses harvested during the period of effectiveness of any issued EFP. NMFS requires that all federally permitted charter vessels participating under this EFP are compliant with all legal requirements, including the Southeast For-Hire Electronic Reporting Program. Additionally, NMFS would require any sea turtles taken incidentally during the course of the activities to be handled with due care to prevent injury to live specimens, observed for activity, and returned to the water.

A final decision on issuance of the EFP will depend on NMFS' review of public comments received on the application, consultations with the affected state, the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and the U.S. Coast Guard, and a determination that it is consistent with all applicable law.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

The Joint Committee and Advisory Panel plan to review and recommend updates to the 2018 Offshore Wind policy. They will discuss other offshore wind-related issues and provide direction for continued Council engagement. The group will also receive updates on offshore aquaculture projects and discuss possible areas for Council engagement. They plan to receive updates from the Habitat Plan Development Team (PDT) on their development of a draft white paper related to habitat management on the Northern Edge of Georges Bank. Also planned is discussion on 2022 habitat-related work priorities. Other business may be discussed as necessary.

Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the date. This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

This request is for a revision and extension of a currently approved information collection. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coastal Ocean Program (COP), now known as the Competitive Research Program (CRP) under the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, provides direct financial assistance through grants and cooperative agreements for research supporting the management of coastal ecosystems and the NOAA RESTORE Science Program (RSP). The statutory authority for COP is Public Law 102-567 Section 201 (Coastal Ocean Program). NOAA was authorized to establish and administer the Restore Science Program, in consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, by the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies (RESTORE) of the Gulf States Act of 2012 (Pub. L. 112-141, Section 1604). Identified in the RESTORE Act as the Gulf Coast Ecosystem restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology Program, the Program is commonly known as the NOAA RESTORE Science Program. In addition to standard government application requirements, applicants for financial assistance are required to submit a project summary form, current and pending form, and a key contacts form for both programs. CRP recipients are required to file annual progress reports and a project final report using CRP formats. The RSP are required to file semi-annual progress reports, a final report, and a Gantt chart showing project milestones using RSP formats. All of these requirements are needed for better evaluation of proposals and monitoring of awards.

Several revisions are being requested for this information collection. The approved annual and final reports for CRP will be revised to include the request for publication digital object identifiers (DOIs). The RSP semi-annual and final reports will be revised to include end-user details. Finally, the Current and Pending Support form is being updated to require applicants disclose all sources of current and pending research support, contractual or otherwise, direct and indirect, including current and pending private and public sources of funding or income, both foreign and domestic. Other support should include all resources made available to a Covered Person in support of and/or related to all of their professional research and development efforts, including resources provided directly to the Covered Person rather than through the research institution, and regardless of whether they have monetary value ( e.g., even if the support received is only in-kind, such as office/laboratory space, equipment, supplies, or employees). This should include resource and/or financial support from all foreign and domestic entities, including but not limited to, gifts provided with terms or conditions, financial support for laboratory personnel, and participation of student and visiting researchers supported by other sources of funding.

Respondents have a choice of either electronic or paper forms.

OMB Control Number: 0648-0384.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Regular submission (revision/extension of a currently approved collection).

Affected Public: Non-profit institutions; State, local, or tribal government; business or other for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 1,200.

Estimated Time per Response: 30 minutes each for a project summary, key contacts and current and pending federal support; 6 hours for a semi-annual report; 6 hours for an annual report, 10.5 hours for a CRP final report, 10.5 hours for the RSP final report; and 1 hour for the milestone Gantt chart.

Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,875.

Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0 in recordkeeping/reporting costs.

Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.

We are soliciting public comments to permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) Evaluate whether the proposed information collection is necessary for the proper functions of the Department, including whether the information will have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the accuracy of our estimate of the time and cost burden for this proposed collection, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c) Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) Minimize the reporting burden on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.

Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

This notice is published pursuant to 41 U.S.C. 8503(a)(2) and 41 CFR 51-2.3. Its purpose is to provide interested persons an opportunity to submit comments on the proposed actions.

The following product(s) and service(s) are proposed for deletion from the Procurement List:

The Department of Education (ED), in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Please note that written comments received in response to this notice will be considered public records.

Title of Collection: Application for New Grants Under the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program.

OMB Control Number: 1840-0619.

Type of Review: A reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection.

Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 357.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 14,247.

Abstract: The Department of Education is requesting a reinstatement with change of the application for grants under the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement (McNair) Program. The Department is requesting a reinstatement with change because the previous McNair application expired in December 2019 and the application will be needed for a Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 competition for new awards. The Department expects an increase in respondents for the FY 2022 competition for new awards.

This collection is being submitted under the Streamlined Clearance Process for Discretionary Grant Information Collections (1894-0001). Therefore, the 30-day public comment period notice will be the only public comment notice published for this information collection.

Currently, in Docket Nos. 10-161-LNG, 2 11-161-LNG, 3 and 16-108-LNG, 4 FLEX is authorized to export domestically produced LNG from the Liquefaction Project in a total combined volume equivalent to 782 Bcf/yr of natural gas to any country with which the United States has not entered into a free trade agreement (FTA) requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas, and with which trade is not prohibited by U.S. law or policy (non-FTA countries), through December 31, 2050, pursuant to NGA section 3(a), 15 U.S.C. 717b(a). 5 In this Application filed in Docket No. 21-98-LNG, FLEX requests long-term, multi-contract authorization to export LNG in an additional volume of 88 Bcf/yr from the Liquefaction Project. FLEX states that this Application, if granted, would increase its non-FTA exports from the Liquefaction Project from a total of 782 Bcf/yr to 870 Bcf/yr of natural gas.

FLEX further states that, on June 29, 2021, it filed an application at FERC (FERC Docket No. CP21-470-000) requesting authorization to increase the Liquefaction Project's authorized maximum LNG production capacity from 782 Bcf/yr to approximately 870 Bcf/yr. FLEX states the instant Application seeks to align FLEX's export authority to non-FTA countries with the liquefaction production capacity requested in its pending FERC application.

FLEX seeks to export this LNG on its own behalf and as agent for other entities who hold title to the LNG at the time of export. Additional details can be found in FLEX's Application, posted on the DOE website at: www.energy.gov/sites/default/files/2021-09/21-98-LNG.pdf.

In reviewing FLEX's Application, DOE will consider any issues required by law or policy. DOE will consider domestic need for the natural gas, as well as any other issues determined to be appropriate, including whether the arrangement is consistent with DOE's policy of promoting competition in the marketplace by allowing commercial parties to freely negotiate their own trade arrangements. As part of this analysis, DOE will consider the study entitled, Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports (2018 LNG Export Study), 6 and DOE's response to public comments received on that Study. 7

Additionally, DOE will consider the following environmental documents:

• Addendum to Environmental Review Documents Concerning Exports of Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014);  8

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 32260 (June 4, 2014);  9 and

• Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas From the United States: 2019 Update, 84 FR 49278 (Sept. 19, 2019), and DOE's response to public comments received on that study. 10

Parties that may oppose this Application should address these issues and documents in their comments and protests, as well as other issues deemed relevant to the Application.

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., requires DOE to give appropriate consideration to the environmental effects of its proposed decisions. No final decision will be issued in this proceeding until DOE has met its environmental responsibilities.

In response to this Notice, any person may file a protest, comments, or a motion to intervene or notice of intervention, as applicable. Interested parties will be provided 60 days from the date of publication of this Notice in which to submit comments, protests, motions to intervene, or notices of intervention.

Any person wishing to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion to intervene or notice of intervention. The filing of comments or a protest with respect to the Application will not serve to make the commenter or protestant a party to the proceeding, although protests and comments received from persons who are not parties will be considered in determining the appropriate action to be taken on the Application. All protests, comments, motions to intervene, or notices of intervention must meet the requirements specified by the regulations in 10 CFR part 590.

As noted, DOE is only accepting electronic submissions at this time. Please email the filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov. All filings must include a reference to “Docket No. 21-98-LNG” or “Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. et al. Application” in the title line.

Please Note: Please include all related documents and attachments ( e.g., exhibits) in the original email correspondence. Please do not include any active hyperlinks or password protection in any of the documents or attachments related to the filing. All electronic filings submitted to DOE must follow these guidelines to ensure that all documents are filed in a timely manner. Any hardcopy filing submitted greater in length than 50 pages must also include, at the time of the filing, a digital copy on disk of the entire submission.

The Application and any filed protests, motions to intervene, notices of interventions, and comments will also be available electronically by going to the following DOE web address: https://www.energy.gov/fecm/division-natural-gas-regulation.

A decisional record on the Application will be developed through responses to this Notice by parties, including the parties' written comments and replies thereto. Additional procedures will be used as necessary to achieve a complete understanding of the facts and issues. If an additional procedure is scheduled, notice will be provided to all parties. If no party requests additional procedures, a final Opinion and Order may be issued based on the official record, including the Application and responses filed by parties pursuant to this Notice, in accordance with 10 CFR 590.316.

Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2015-0072, at https://www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), or the other methods identified in the ADDRESSES section. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from the docket.The EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket. Do not submit to EPA's docket at https://www.regulations.gov any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio, video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written comment is considered the official comment and should include discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary submission ( i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

Due to public health concerns, the EPA Docket Center and Reading Room are open to the public by appointment only. Our Docket Center staff continues to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. Hand deliveries or couriers will be received by scheduled appointment only. For further information and updates on EPA Docket Center services, please visit us online at https://www.epa.gov/dockets.

Two sections of the Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) govern the establishment and revision of the NAAQS. Section 108 directs the Administrator to identify and list certain air pollutants and then issue “air quality criteria” for those pollutants. The air quality criteria are to “accurately reflect the latest scientific knowledge useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on public health or welfare which may be expected from the presence of such pollutant in the ambient air . . .” (CAA section 108(a)(2)). Under section 109 of the Act, the EPA is then to establish primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) NAAQS for each pollutant for which the EPA has issued air quality criteria. Section 109(d)(1) of the Act requires periodic review and, if appropriate, revision of existing air quality criteria. Revised air quality criteria are to reflect advances in scientific knowledge on the effects of the pollutant on public health and welfare. Under the same provision, the EPA is also to periodically review and, if appropriate, revise the NAAQS, based on the revised air quality criteria.

The Act additionally requires appointment of an independent scientific review committee that is to periodically review the existing air quality criteria and NAAQS and to recommend any new standards and revisions of existing criteria and standards as may be appropriate (CAA section 109(d)(2)(A)-(B)). Since the early 1980s, the requirement for an independent scientific review committee has been fulfilled by the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC).

In December 2020, the EPA announced its final decision to retain the primary and secondary PM 2.5 and PM 10 standards, without revision (85 FR 82684, December 18, 2020). 1 On June 10, 2021, the Agency announced its decision to reconsider the 2020 p.m. NAAQS final action. 2 In its announcement of the reconsideration of the PM NAAQS, the Agency explained that, in support of the reconsideration, it would develop an ISA Supplement and an updated PA. A draft of the ISA Supplement was released in September 2021, for public comment and review by the CASAC. The PA, when final, serves to “bridge the gap” between the scientific and technical information in the 2019 ISA and ISA Supplement and any air quality, exposure and risk analyses available in the reconsideration, and the judgments required of the Administrator in determining whether to retain or revise the existing PM NAAQS. The draft PA builds upon the information presented in the 2019 ISA, the ISA Supplement, and the 2020 PA. The draft PA document will be available on or about October 8, 2021, on the EPA's website at https://www.epa.gov/naaqs/particulate-matter-pm-air-quality-standards. The EPA is soliciting advice and recommendations from the CASAC by means of a review of this draft document at an upcoming public meeting of the CASAC. Information about this public meeting, including the dates and location, will be published as a separate notice in the Federal Register . Following the CASAC meeting, the EPA will consider comments received from the CASAC and the public in preparing revisions to this document.

The draft document briefly described above does not represent and should not be construed to represent any final EPA policy, viewpoint, or determination. The EPA will consider any public comments submitted in response to this notice when revising the document.

You may be potentially affected by this action if you work in in agricultural settings or if you are concerned about implementation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. ); the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq. ); the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) (which amends FIFRA section 33); and the Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ). Potentially affected entities may include but are not limited to: Agricultural workers and farmers; pesticide industry and trade associations; environmental, consumer, and farm worker groups; pesticide users and growers; animal rights groups; pest consultants; state, local, and tribal governments; academia; public health organizations; and the public. If you have questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .

The docket for this action, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA-HQ-OPP-2021-0196, is available online at http://www.regulations.gov .

Due to the public health concerns related to COVID-19, the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is closed to visitors with limited exceptions. The staff continues to provide remote customer service via email, phone, and webform. For the latest status information on EPA/DC services and docket access, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets .

Once the EPA/DC is reopened to the public, the docket will also be available in-person at the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the EPA/DC, West William Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460-0001. The Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OPP Docket is (703) 305-5805.

For further information on EPA/DC services, docket contact information and the current status of the EPA/DC and Reading Room, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets .

The PPDC is a federal advisory committee chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public Law 92-463. EPA established the PPDC in September 1995 to provide policy advice, information and recommendations to the EPA Administrator through the Director of the Office of Pesticide Programs, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. The PPDC provides a public forum to discuss a wide variety of pesticide regulatory developments and reform initiatives, evolving public policy and program implementation issues associated with evaluating and reducing risks from the use of pesticides. The EPA will consider candidates from the following sectors: Environmental/public interest and animal rights groups; farm worker organizations; pesticide industry and trade associations; pesticide user, grower, and commodity groups; federal and state/local/tribal governments; the general public; academia; and public health organizations.

The PPDC usually meets face-to-face twice a year, generally in the spring and the fall. Additionally, members may be asked to serve on work groups to develop recommendations to address specific policy issues. The average workload for members is approximately 4 to 6 hours per month. PPDC members may receive travel and per diem allowances where appropriate and according to applicable federal travel regulations.

A. Virtual meeting. The virtual meeting will be conducted via webcast. Please visit https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-advisory-committees-and-regulatory-partners/pesticide-program-dialogue-committee-ppdc to find a link to register for the meeting.

B. Oral comments. Requests to make brief oral comments to the PPDC during the virtual meeting should be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer, listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or before noon on the date set in the DATES section.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2 et seq. and 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.

Proposed Agenda: The agenda for the meeting will include introducing members of the CEDC, including the Council Chair and Vice Chairs, and establishing working groups that will assist the CEDC in carrying out its work. This agenda may be modified at the discretion of the CEDC Chair and the DFO. As will be discussed at the meeting, the Council's mission is to make recommendations to the Commission on advancing equity in the provision of and access to digital communication services and products for all people of the United States, without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or disability. It shall provide recommendations to the Commission on how to empower people of color and others who have been historically underserved, including persons who live in rural areas, and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality, to access, leverage, and benefit from the wide range of opportunities made possible by technology, communication services and next-generation networks.

The CEDC meeting is accessible to the public on the internet via live feed from the FCC's web page at www.fcc.gov/live. Members of the public may submit any questions during the meeting to livequestions@fcc.gov. Oral statements at the meeting by parties or entities not represented on the CEDC will be permitted to the extent time permits and at the discretion of the CEDC Chair and the DFO.

Members of the public may submit comments to the CEDC using the FCC's Electronic Comment Filing System, ECFS, at www.fcc.gov/ecfs. Comments to the CEDC should be filed in GN Docket No. 17-208.

Open captioning will be provided for this event. Other reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Requests for such accommodations should be submitted via email to fcc504@fcc.gov or by calling the Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202) 418-0530 (voice), (202) 418-0432 (TTY). Such requests should include a detailed description of the accommodation needed. In addition, please include a way for the Commission to contact the requester if more information is needed to fulfill the request. Please allow at least five days' notice; last minute requests will be accepted but may not be possible to accommodate.

The Lifeline program provides support for discounted broadband and voice services to low-income consumers. Lifeline is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) under FCC direction. Consumers qualify for Lifeline through proof of income or participation in a qualifying program, such as Medicaid, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), Federal Public Housing Assistance, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Veterans and Survivors Pension Benefit, or various Tribal-specific Federal assistance programs.

The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP) was established by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182. EBBP is a program that helps low-income Americans obtain discounted broadband service and one-time co-pay for a connected device (laptop, desktop computer or tablet). This program was created specifically to assist American families' access to broadband, which has proven to be essential for work, school, and healthcare during the public health emergency that exists as a result of COVID-19. A household may qualify for the EBBP benefit under various criteria, including an individual qualifying for the FCC's Lifeline program.

In a Report and Order adopted on March 31, 2016 (81 FR 33026, May 24, 2016) ( 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order ), the Commission ordered USAC to create a National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (“National Verifier”), including the National Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED), that would match data about Lifeline applicants and subscribers with other data sources to verify the eligibility of an applicant or subscriber. The Commission found that the National Verifier would reduce compliance costs for Lifeline service providers, improve service for Lifeline subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the program.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the National Verifier to verify applicants' eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this matching program is to verify the eligibility of Lifeline and EBBP applicants and subscribers by determining whether they receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits administered by the Connecticut Department of Social Services.

Connecticut Department of Social Services.

The authority for the FCC's EBBP is Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182; 47 CFR part 54. The authority for the FCC's Lifeline program is 47 U.S.C. 254; 47 CFR 54.400 through 54.423; Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, et al., Third Report and Order, Further Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006-21, paras. 126-66 (2016) ( 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order ).

In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the FCC required USAC to develop and operate the National Verifier to improve efficiency and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline program. The stated purpose of the National Verifier is “to increase the integrity and improve the performance of the Lifeline program for the benefit of a variety of Lifeline participants, including Lifeline providers, subscribers, states, community-based organizations, USAC, and the Commission.” 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006, para. 126. To help determine whether Lifeline applicants and subscribers are eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order contemplates that the USAC-operated LED will communicate with information systems and databases operated by other Federal and State agencies. Id. at 4011-2, paras. 135-7. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the National Verifier to verify applicants' eligibility for EBBP.

The purpose of this modified matching agreement is to verify the eligibility of applicants and subscribers to Lifeline, as well as to EBBP and other Federal programs that use qualification for Lifeline as an eligibility criterion. This new agreement will permit eligibility verification for the Lifeline program by checking an applicant's/subscriber's participation in SNAP. Under FCC rules, consumers receiving these benefits qualify for Lifeline discounts and also for EBBP benefits.

The categories of individuals whose information is involved in the matching program include, but are not limited to, those individuals who have applied for Lifeline and/or EBBP benefits; are currently receiving Lifeline and/or EBBP benefits; are individuals who enable another individual in their household to qualify for Lifeline and/or EBBP benefits; are minors whose status qualifies a parent or guardian for Lifeline and/or EBBP benefits; or are individuals who have received Lifeline and/or EBBP benefits.

The categories of records involved in the matching program include, but are not limited to, the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security Number, date of birth, first name, and last name. The National Verifier will transfer these data elements to the Connecticut Department of Social Services, which will respond either “yes” or “no” that the individual is enrolled in a qualifying assistance program: SNAP administered by Connecticut Department of Social Services.

The records shared as part of this matching program reside in the Lifeline system of records, FCC/WCB-1, Lifeline, which was published in the Federal Register at 86 FR 11526 (Feb. 25, 2021).

The records shared as part of this matching program reside in the EBBP system of records, FCC/WCB-3, Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which was published in the Federal Register at 86 FR 11523 (Feb. 25, 2021).

The Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBBP) was established by Congress in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182. EBBP is a program that helps low-income Americans obtain discounted broadband service and one-time co-pay for a connected device (laptop, desktop computer or tablet). This program was created specifically to assist American families' access to broadband, which has proven to be essential for work, school, and healthcare during the public health emergency that exists as a result of COVID-19. A household may qualify for the EBBP benefit under various criteria, including an individual qualifying for the FCC's Lifeline program.

In a Report and Order adopted on March 31, 2016 (81 FR 33026, May 24, 2016) ( 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order ), the Commission ordered USAC to create a National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier (“National Verifier”), including the National Lifeline Eligibility Database (LED), that would match data about Lifeline applicants and subscribers with other data sources to verify the eligibility of an applicant or subscriber. The Commission found that the National Verifier would reduce compliance costs for Lifeline service providers, improve service for Lifeline subscribers, and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the program. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the National Verifier to verify applicants' eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this matching program is to verify the eligibility of EBBP applicants and subscribers by determining whether they receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits administered by the North Carolina Department. Under FCC rules, consumers receiving these benefits qualify for Lifeline discounts and also for EBBP benefits.

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (Department).

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, Public Law 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182; 47 CFR part 54, subparts E, P; Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization, et al., Third Report and Order, Further Report and Order, and Order on Reconsideration, 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006-21, paras. 126-66 (2016) ( 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order ).

In the 2016 Lifeline Modernization Order, the FCC required USAC to develop and operate the National Verifier to improve efficiency and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse in the Lifeline program. The stated purpose of the National Verifier is “to increase the integrity and improve the performance of the Lifeline program for the benefit of a variety of Lifeline participants, including Lifeline providers, subscribers, states, community-based organizations, USAC, and the Commission.” 31 FCC Rcd 3962, 4006, para. 126. To help determine whether Lifeline applicants and subscribers are eligible for Lifeline benefits, the Order contemplates that the USAC-operated LED will communicate with information systems and databases operated by other Federal and State agencies. Id. at 4011-2, paras. 135-7.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 directs the FCC to leverage the National Verifier to verify applicants' eligibility for EBBP. The purpose of this matching program is to verify the eligibility of EBBP applicants and subscribers by determining whether they receive SNAP benefits administered by the North Carolina Department. Under FCC rules, consumers receiving these benefits qualify for Lifeline discounts and also for EBBP benefits.

The categories of individuals whose information is involved in the matching program include, but are not limited to, those individuals who have applied for EBBP benefits; are currently receiving benefits; are individuals who enable another individual in their household to qualify for EBBP benefits; are minors whose status qualifies a parent or guardian for EBBP benefits; or are individuals who have received EBBP benefits.

The categories of records involved in the matching program include, but are not limited to first and last name, date of birth and the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security Number. The National Verifier will transfer these data elements to the North Carolina Department, which will respond either “yes” or “no” that the individual is enrolled in an EBBP-qualifying assistance program: State of North Carolina's SNAP.

The USAC records shared as part of this matching program reside in the EBBP system of records, FCC/WCB-3, Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which was published in the Federal Register at 86 FR 11523 (Feb. 25, 2021).

This webinar is an opportunity for all interested parties ( e.g., academic institutions; biomedical centers; commercial manufacturing facilities; federal, state, and local laboratories, including clinical and diagnostic laboratories; research facilities; exhibition facilities; and educational facilities) to obtain specific guidance and information regarding import permit regulations and the shipment of infectious biological materials. The webinar will provide information to those interested in applying for an import permit from federal agencies within the United States. Instructions for registration are found on the CDC Import Permit Program website, https://www.cdc.gov/cpr/ipp/index.htm.

Participants must register by November 26, 2021. This is a webinar-only event and there will be no on-site participation at CDC.

Description: ORR received several comments on this information collection in response to the Federal Register Notice published on January 19, 2021, (86 FR 5196) and has provided responses to those comments in its final submission to OMB. UC Path is critical to program operations and it is important that rollout of the new system not be delayed. Therefore, the below description details what will be included in the initial launch of the UC Path case management system and revisions based on public comments will be made after initial launch. ORR plans to conduct a deliberative review of commenters' suggestions and concerns and submit a request for revisions to this information collection request in January 2022. The upcoming information collection request will also include revisions based on feedback from UC Path system users ( i.e., ORR grantee, contractor, and federal staff).

A. ORR plans to revise all 13 instruments currently approved under OMB #0970-0554, all of which will be incorporated into ORR's new case management system, UC Path. Five of the instruments contain revisions to the formatting, organization, or wording of field labels with no changes to the content. The remaining eight instruments contain changes in content. In addition, ORR plans to add four new instruments to this collection that will also be incorporated into UC Path. Finally, ORR plans to replace the term “unaccompanied alien child (UAC)” with “unaccompanied child (UC)” throughout the instruments in this collection.

1. Placement Authorization (Form P-1): This instrument is used by ORR to authorize a care provider to provide care and services to UC placed in their facility. Care providers sign the instrument to acknowledge certain responsibilities related to the care of the UC. ORR revised the formatting, but no changes were made to the content. The average burden minutes per response was increased from 1 to 5 minutes.

2. Authorization for Medical, Dental, and Mental Health Care (Form P-2): This instrument is used by ORR to authorize a care provider to provide medical, dental, and mental health care services to UC placed in their facility. Care providers sign the instrument to acknowledge certain responsibilities related to the care of the UC. ORR revised the formatting, but no changes were made to the content. The average burden minutes per response was increased from 1 to 5 minutes.

3. Notice of Placement in a Restrictive Setting (Form P-4/4s): This instrument is used by care providers to document and inform UC of the reason they have been placed in a restrictive setting. ORR revised the formatting, but no changes were made to the content.

4. Long Term Foster Care Placement Memo (Form P-5): This instrument is used by care providers to ensure placement in a foster home that meets the UC's needs and continuity of services. ORR revised the formatting and the order in which the fields appear. ORR added two new questions asking respondents to (1) describe any specials skills or training of the foster family or group home, and (2) provide any further available information and/or considerations about the time line for physical transfer of the minor.

5. UC Referral (formerly titled Intakes Placement Checklist and Add New UC) (Form P-7): This instrument is used by federal agencies to refer UC to ORR custody and by ORR Intakes staff to place UC in an ORR care provider facility. It also contains a checklist that is used by ORR Intakes staff to determine whether initial placement in a restrictive setting is appropriate for a UC. ORR combined two of its current instruments, Intakes Placement Checklist and Add New UC, into one instrument. The average burden minutes per response was increased from 15 to 60 minutes, plus an additional 30 minutes if the placement checklist must be completed. In addition, ORR made the following revisions:

○ Moved the “Immigration Status at Referral” field to the UC Profile instrument.

○ Created a new “Parent/Legal Guardian Separation” section. This section contains five fields, and replaces the single question on the current version of the Add New UC instrument.

○ Created a new “MPP Information” section to capture information about enrollment in the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) program. This section contains two fields.

○ Moved the field “Related to Other UC(s)?” to the UC Profile instrument.

○ Moved fields related to family groups to the UC Profile and Family Group Entity instruments.

○ Added the following fields to the “Apprehension and Referral Information” section: “Referring Sector Name,” “POC Primary Email,” “POC Secondary Email,” and “Referring Sector Code.”

○ Moved fields in the “Parent/Relative Information” section to the UC Profile instrument.

○ Renamed the “Notes” field in the “Referral Notes” section to “Apprehension/Journey Notes” and added a new field, “Referral Cancellation Reason.”

○ Renamed the “ORR Placement Information” section to “Placement Request” and added the following fields: “Required Placement Request,” “Placement Requested Date/Time,” “Program/Facility,” “Not Accepted Reason,” “Placement Decision Date/Time,” “Placement Notes,” and “Override Stop Placement Reason.”

○ Added a new section titled “Special Placement Request” that contains the fields found in the “Placement Determination” section of the current version of the Intakes Placement Checklist.

○ Created a new “Criminal Information” section. This section contains nine fields, and replaces the two questions on criminal charges and acting as a footguide on the current version of the Add New UC instrument.

○ A new section titled “Criminal Charges” as added to capture more detailed information if the UC has any criminal charges, which contains nine fields.

○ A new “Detention Facilities” section as created to capture more detailed information if the UC was ever held in a detention facility. This section contains nine fields.

○ Added a new “Documents” section where documents related directly to the UC's referral may be uploaded.

○ Added a new “Entry Team” section in which read and/or write access can be granted to individuals who need access privileges to the record, but do not typically need such privileges for a referral record.

○ Revised the Intakes Placement Checklist as follows:

Reorganized the checklist into distinct sections for staff secure and secure placement criteria.

Removed “UC will be turning 18 year of age in the next month” as an escape risk criteria.

Removed the “Danger to Self” section.

Revised the lists of criminal offenses in both the staff secure and secure sections.

○ Added a new “Initial Health Information” section to capture more detailed information about the UC's health. This section contains 31 fields.

6. Care Provider Checklist for Transfers to Influx Care Facilities (Form P-8): This instrument is used by care providers to ensure that all criteria for transfer of a UC to an influx care facility have been met. ORR revised the formatting and reworded some field labels, but no changes were made to the content.

7. Medical Checklist for Non-Influx Transfers (Form P-9A): This instrument is used by care providers to ensure that UC are medically cleared for transfer within the ORR care provider network, excluding transfer to an influx care facility. ORR revised the formatting and reworded the questions. In addition, ORR removed the question asking if the child is free of all medical conditions requiring specialist care.

8. Medical Checklist for Transfers to Influx Care Facilities (Form P-9B): This instrument is used by care providers to ensure that UC are medically cleared for transfer to an influx care facility. ORR revised the formatting and instructions, reworded most questions, and clarified which questions are only applicable to influx care facilities located on Department of Defense sites. ORR also added four new questions that ask about sexually transmitted disease, injection drug use, allergies, and the completion of lab and diagnosis field in UC Path.

9. Transfer Request (Form P-10A): This instrument is used by care provider facilities, ORR contractor staff, and ORR federal staff to process recommendations and decisions for transfer of a UC within the ORR care provider network for non-influx transfers. ORR revised the formatting and reworded many of the section titles and fields. In addition, ORR made the following revisions to this instrument:

○ In the “Transfer Request” section, ORR removed the field “Requested Date” and added the following fields: “Status,” “Transfer Type,” “High Priority,” “Transfer Cancellation Reason,” “Case Coordinator,” and “Legal Eligibility.”

○ Added the following fields to the “Case Coordinator Recommendation” section: “Pending Information,” “FFS Authorized to Proceed,” and “Add to Waitlist?”

○ Moved fields related to the UC's attorney of record from the “Reason for Transfer Request” section to the “Casefile Summaries” section.

○ Added a new “Transfer Designation” section containing three fields.

○ Added a “Remand for Further Information” to the “ORR Decision” section.

○ Removed the “Transfer Packet” section.

○ Added the following fields to the “COA-COV” section: “Specify UC Special Needs” and “Other Change Venue Cause.”

○ Added a new “Entry Team” section in which read and/or write access can be granted to individuals who need access privileges to the record, but do not typically need such privileges for a referral record.

○ Added a new “Documents” sections where documents related directly to the UC's transfer may be uploaded.

○ Added a new “Program Referrals” section in which care providers can search for programs that fit the UC's transfer criteria and make referrals.

10. Influx Transfer Request (Form P-10B): This instrument is used by care provider facilities and ORR federal staff to process recommendations and decisions for transfers to an influx care facility. This is a new instrument that ORR plans to add to this collection.

11. Transfer Summary and Tracking (formerly titled Transfer Request and Tracking Form) (Form P-11): This instrument is used by care providers to track the physical transfer of the UC and their belongings. ORR revised the formatting and reworded some of the fields. ORR also removed the field “FINS Number” and added the fields “Gender” and “Gender Other.”

12. Program Entity (formerly titled UC Portal Capacity Report) (Form P-12): This instrument is used by care providers and ORR to track certain information related to care provider programs, such as location, contact information, bed capacity, state licensure, grant information, monitoring, and program census. ORR greatly expanded this instrument to track multiple types of information related to care provider programs. The average burden minutes per response was increased from 5 to 30 minutes. In addition to bed capacity, this instrument contains the following information:

○ An overview of the program that includes name, status, parent entity, type, address, region, and acceptable placement types;

○ Various program points of contact;

○ Stakeholder information (child advocate program, legal service provider, field office juvenile coordinator);

○ Information related to the program's state licensing agency and licensing status;

○ Information related to the program's Administration for Children and Families grant;

○ Fields tracking the reason and dates of stop placements, if applicable;

○ Information related to the program's ORR monitoring schedule;

○ Sections that list all events and incident reports created for the program (cleared as separate instruments in OMB #0970-0547);

○ Census information and the ability to initiate prescreening for transfers to influx care facilities (cleared as Influx Transfer Manual and Prescreen Review in this collection);

○ An area to add individuals to the program's team ( e.g., assigned Federal Field Specialist, Project Officer);

○ An area to upload documents related to the facility and its operations and/or compliance; and

○ An auto-populated capacity dashboard to track available beds.

13. UC Profile (formerly titled Add New UC) (Form P-13): This instrument is used by referring federal agencies and care providers to create a profile for a UC from which all information related to their case can be accessed. Previously, the purpose of this instrument was to (1) create an initial profile and (2) receive/process referrals. The function of receiving/processing referrals and the related fields from the Add New UC instrument were moved to the UC Referral instrument, as noted above in the description of changes for UC Referral . The function of creating an initial profile in the system and related fields containing basic UC information remain with this instrument. However, the purpose of this instrument has been expanded. It now acts as a hub where users can assess all records related to a UC's case. Most of the records accessible from the UC Profile are being cleared as separate instruments, either in this or another one of ORR's information collections. The sections being cleared under this instrument are as follows: Profile Information, Program Designation, Legal—Immigration, Legal—Administrative, System Information, Apprehended Relationships, Other Relationships, Adult Contact Relationships, Entity Team, and Documents. The average burden minutes per response was increased from 15 to 45 minutes.

14. ORR Transfer Notice—Notice of Transfer to ICE Chief Counsel—Change of Address/Change of Venue (Form P-14): This instrument is used by care providers to notify the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of the transfer of a UC within the ORR care provider network so that DHS may file a Motion for Change of Venue and/or Change of Address with the Executive Office for Immigration Review to ensure the UC's immigration case is transferred to the local immigration court, if applicable. ORR revised the formatting, but no changes were made to the content.

15. Family Group Entity (Form P-15) : This instrument is used by the ORR Intakes Team to associate UCs who are members of the same family with each other. This is a new instrument that ORR plans to add to this collection.

16. Influx Transfer Manifest (Form P-16): This instrument is used by designated care provider staff and ORR staff to plan, track, and notify stakeholders of group transfers to an influx care facility. This is a new instrument that ORR plans to add to this collection.

17. Influx Transfer Manual and Prescreen Review (Form P-17): This instrument is used by designated care provider staff to evaluate each UC's eligibility to be transferred to an influx care facility. Care provider staff review and update information on daily during times of influx. This is a new instrument that ORR plans to add to this collection.

B. ORR plans to remove the term “alien” from the title of this information collection and revise it to read “Placement and Transfer of Unaccompanied Children into ORR Care Provider Facilities.”

C. ORR intends to conduct a phased rollout of the UC Path system. Beginning fall 2021, ORR plans to roll the UC Path system out to a small group of care provider programs. ORR will gradually expand use of the system to other programs and expects all care provider programs will be using UC Path by spring 2022. To ensure continuity of operations, care provider programs will need the ability to continue using instruments in the UC Portal system while they are waiting to transition over to the UC Path system. Therefore, ORR proposes continued use of the following UC Portal (ORR's current case management system) instruments, concurrently with the UC Path versions of the same instruments, until all care provider programs are using UC Path.

FDA is announcing the availability of a guidance for industry and FDA staff entitled “Surgical Staplers and Staples for Internal Use—Labeling Recommendations.” Surgical staplers for internal use are specialized prescription devices used to deliver compatible staples to internal tissues during surgery for resection, transection, and creating anastomoses. Surgical staplers and staples for internal use may be indicated for use in a wide range of surgical applications, including but not limited to gastrointestinal, gynecologic, and thoracic surgery. FDA developed this guidance because we had become aware of a large number of adverse events associated with use of both surgical staplers and staples for internal use. Both device misuse and device malfunctions are root causes of these adverse events. FDA believes that these problems may be mitigated by providing specific information about the risks, limitations, and directions for use in the labeling for the surgical staplers and staples for internal use.

This guidance is intended to provide recommendations for information that should be included in the product labeling for surgical staplers and staples for internal use, including contraindications, warnings, directions for use, and technical characteristics and performance parameters. Elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register , FDA is announcing the final reclassification of surgical staplers for internal use from class I to class II with special controls. Some of the labeling recommendations in this guidance are intended to provide additional recommendations in order to help manufacturers comply with the labeling requirements as part of the special controls for surgical staplers for internal use.

A notice of availability of the draft guidance appeared in the Federal Register of April 24, 2019 (84 FR 17174). FDA considered comments received and revised the guidance as appropriate in response to the comments, including revisions to the contraindications and warnings to avoid being overly prescriptive and not interfere with physicians' decision making under practice of medicine where appropriate. Revisions were also made to refine the directions for use and technical characteristics recommendations in response to feedback, as also described in the final reclassification of surgical staplers for internal use announced elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register . FDA also added the relevant special controls language in order to make it clear what are requirements under the special controls and what are further clarifying recommendations.

This guidance is being issued consistent with FDA's good guidance practices regulation (21 CFR 10.115). The guidance represents the current thinking of FDA on “Surgical Staplers and Staples for Internal Use—Labeling Recommendations.” It does not establish any rights for any person and is not binding on FDA or the public. You can use an alternative approach if it satisfies the requirements of the applicable statutes and regulations.

Persons interested in obtaining a copy of the guidance may do so by downloading an electronic copy from the internet. A search capability for all Center for Devices and Radiological Health guidance documents is available at https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/device-advice-comprehensive-regulatory-assistance/guidance-documents-medical-devices-and-radiation-emitting-products. This guidance document is also available at https://www.regulations.gov. Persons unable to download an electronic copy of “Surgical Staplers and Staples for Internal Use—Labeling Recommendations” may send an email request to CDRH-Guidance@fda.hhs.gov to receive an electronic copy of the document. Please use the document number 18013 and complete title to identify the guidance you are requesting.

While this guidance contains no collection of information, it does refer to previously approved collections of information. Therefore, clearance by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521) is not required for this guidance. The previously approved collections of information are subject to review by OMB under the PRA. The collections of information in the following FDA regulations have been approved by OMB as listed in the following table:

In compliance with 44 U.S.C. 3507, FDA has submitted the following proposed collection of information to OMB for review and clearance.

This information collection supports implementation of medical device labeling requirements governed by section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 352), codified in Agency regulations, and discussed in associated Agency guidance. Medical device labeling requirements, among other things, provide for the label or labeling content of a medical device so that it is not misbranded and subject to regulatory action. Certain provisions under section 502 of the FD&C Act require that manufacturers, importers, and distributors of medical devices disclose information about themselves or the devices on the labels or labeling for the devices. Section 502 provides, in part, that a device shall be misbranded if, among other things, its label or labeling fails to bear certain required information concerning the device, is false or misleading in any particular way, or fails to contain adequate directions for use. Medical device labeling regulations in parts 800, 801, 809, and associated regulations in parts 660 and 1040 (21 CFR parts 660, 800, 801, 809, and 1040), prescribe the disclosure of specific information by manufacturers, importers, and distributors of medical devices about themselves and/or the devices, on the label or labeling for the devices, to health professionals and consumers.

In conjunction with provisions in part 800, part 801, subpart A sets forth general labeling provisions applicable to all medical devices, including content and format requirements pertaining to intended uses, adequate directions for use, misleading statements, and the prominence of required labeling. Provisions found in part 801, subpart B pertaining to labeling requirements for Unique Device Identification are currently approved under OMB control number 0910-0720 and not covered in this information collection request. Information collection associated with labeling requirements for Over-the-Counter (OTC) Devices are found in part 801, subpart C, and cover principal display panel; statement of identity; declaration of net quantity of contents; and certain warning statement elements. Information collection associated with exemptions from adequate directions for use and other exemptions are found in part 801, subparts D and E, respectively. Information collection associated with special labeling requirements applicable to specific devices are found in part 801, subpart H. We also include information collection associated with labeling for in vitro diagnostic products for human use, as set forth in part 809, subpart B. In addition to the labeling requirements in part 801 and the certification and identification requirements of 21 CFR 1010.2 and 1010.3, sunlamp products and ultraviolet lamps are subject to specific labeling requirements as set forth in part 1040.

The information collection also includes provisions associated with stand-alone symbols (not accompanied by explanatory text adjacent to the symbol), when accompanied by a symbols glossary, as set forth in part 660, additional standards for diagnostic substances for laboratory standards for biological products, subparts A, C, D, E, and F. The requirements are also found in the general medical device labeling regulations part 801, subpart A, and part 809, subpart B.

The information collection also helps to implement section 502(b) of the FD&C Act which requires that, for packaged devices, labeling must bear the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; and an accurate statement of the quantity of the contents. Section 502(f) of the FD&C Act requires also that the labeling for a device must contain adequate directions for use unless FDA grants an exemption. Section 502(u) requires reprocessed single-use devices (SUDs) to bear prominently and conspicuously the name of the manufacturer, a generally recognized abbreviation of such name, or a unique and generally recognized symbol identifying the manufacturer. Under this provision, if the original SUD or an attachment to it prominently and conspicuously bears the name of the manufacturer, then the reprocessor of the SUD is required to identify itself by name, abbreviation, or symbol in a prominent and conspicuous manner on the device or attachment to the device. If the original SUD does not prominently and conspicuously bear the name of the manufacturer, the manufacturer who reprocesses the SUD for reuse may identify itself using a detachable label that is intended to be affixed to the patient record. As required by the Medical Device User Fee Stabilization Act of 2005 (MDUFSA), FDA issued the guidance document, “Compliance with Section 301 of the Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, as amended—Prominent and Conspicuous Mark of Manufacturers on Single-Use Devices” (May 2006), to assist respondents with these requirements. The guidance document was issued consistent with our Good Guidance Practice regulations in 21 CFR 10.115, which provide for public comment at any time. We maintain a searchable guidance database on our website, and this guidance is available at https://www.fda.gov/media/71187/download. The guidance document is intended to identify circumstances in which the name or symbol of the original SUD manufacturer is not prominent and conspicuous, as used in section 502(u) of the FD&C Act.

In the Federal Register of July 13, 2021 (86 FR 36752), FDA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the proposed collection of information. No comments were received.

We estimate the burden of this collection of information as follows:

Our figures are based on data from the FDA Unified Registration and Listing System and the OASIS shipment information. FDA regulations allow for the use of stand-alone graphical representations of information, or symbols, in the labeling for the medical devices and diagnostic substances for laboratory standards, if the symbol has been established in a Standards Development Organization developed standard, provided that such symbol is explained in a symbols glossary that is included in the labeling for the medical device and otherwise complies with section 502 (misbranding) of the FD&C Act. These labeling requirements are set forth in part 660, subparts A, C, D, E, and F, in the additional standards for diagnostic substances for laboratory standards for biological products, including: General requirements (§ 660.2), using antibody to Hepatitis B surface antigen (§ 660.28), blood grouping reagent (§ 660.35), reagent red blood cells (§ 660.45), Hepatitis B surface antigen (§ 660.45); and anti-human globulin (§ 660.55). The requirements are also found in the general medical device labeling regulations part 801, subpart A and in the in vitro diagnostic product labeling regulations part 809, subpart B.

As set forth in § 801.150(a)(2), device manufacturers are required to retain a copy of the agreement containing the specifications for the processing, labeling, or repacking of the device for 2 years after the final shipment or delivery of the device. Section 801.150(a)(2) requires that copies of this agreement be made available for inspection at any reasonable hour upon request by any officer or employee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In § 801.410(e) copies of invoices, shipping documents, and records of sale or distribution of all impact resistant lenses, including finished eyeglasses and sunglasses, are required to be maintained for 3 years by the retailer and made available upon request by any officer or employee of FDA or by any other officer or employee acting on behalf of the Secretary of HHS. Section 801.410(f) requires that the results of impact tests and description of the test method and apparatus be retained for a period of 3 years. Specific recordkeeping requirements applicable to hearing aid dispensers, manufacturers of menstrual tampons, and manufacturers of latex condoms are set forth in §§ 801.421(d), 801.430(f), and 801.435(g), respectively.

Because many labeling provisions correspond to specific recordkeeping requirements, we have accounted for burden attendant to the provisions enumerated in table 3 as third-party disclosures. These figures reflect what we believe to be the average burden incurred by respondents to applicable information collection activities.

Overall, the information collection reflects changes and adjustments. For efficiency of operations, we have consolidated related information collection previously approved under OMB control numbers 0910-0577 and 0910-0740. This results in an increase to the information collection by 15,095 burden hours annually (for reporting and disclosure burden related to the symbols glossary regulatory requirements and disclosure burden related to Section 502(u)). We have increased our estimate of the total responses by 21,647,170 annually. The increase is due to adjustments reflecting updated data and the inclusion of the consolidated information collection. At the same time, we have reduced our estimate of disclosure responses by 1,597,520 annually. Upon review, we believe we previously double-counted burden ascribed to disclosures provisions having accounted for the same burden as that associated with recordkeeping activities. Finally, upon submission of the ICR, we are correcting inadvertent calculation errors to the burden hour increase (by adding 12,000 burden hours to account for disclosure of the symbols glossary) and decrease in total responses displayed in our 60-day notice in the Federal Register of July 13, 2021.

Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3521), Federal Agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. “Collection of information” is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes Agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal Agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set forth in this document.

With respect to the following collection of information, FDA invites comments on these topics: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information technology.

This information collection supports FDA regulations as discussed below. In this notice, we are combining all reporting burden associated with FDA's regulations §§ 501.22(k), 570.17, 571.1, and 571.6 (21 CFR 501.22(k), 570.17, 571.1, and 571.6) into one collection and are consolidating the burden for OMB control numbers 0910-0546 and OMB control number 0910-0721. Upon approval of the consolidated collection OMB control number 0910-0546, we will ask OMB to discontinue OMB control number 0910-0721. The information collection provisions approved under OMB control numbers 0910-0546, and 0910-0721 are similar in that they support FDA's regulations §§ 501.22(k), 570.17, 571.1, and 571.6. Thus, with this notice, FDA proposes to consolidate these collections of information into one OMB control number for government efficiency and to allow the public to look to one OMB control number for all reporting associated with FDA's regulations §§ 501.22(k), 570.17, 571.1, and 571.6.

Section 409(a) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 348(a)) provides that a food additive shall be deemed to be unsafe unless its use is permitted by a regulation which prescribes the condition(s) under which it may safely be used, or unless it is exempted by regulation for investigational use. Section 409(b) of FD&C Act specifies the information that must be submitted by a petitioner in order to establish the safety of a food additive and to secure the issuance of a regulation permitting its use.

To implement the provisions of section 409 of the FD&C Act, we issued procedural regulations under 21 CFR part 571. These procedural regulations are designed to specify more thoroughly the information that must be submitted to meet the requirement set down in broader terms by the FD&C Act. The regulations add no substantive requirements to those indicated in the FD&C Act but attempt to explain these requirements and provide a standard format for submission to speed processing of the food additive petition. Labeling requirements for food additives intended for animal consumption are also set forth in various regulations contained in parts 501, 573, and 579 (21 CFR parts 501, 573, and 579). The labeling regulations are considered by FDA to be cross-referenced to § 571.1, which is the subject of this same OMB clearance for food additive petitions.

Regarding the investigational use of food additives, section 409(j) of the FD&C Act provides that any food additive or any food bearing or containing such an additive may be exempted from the requirements of this section if intended solely for investigational use by qualified experts. Investigational use of a food additive is typically to address the safety and/or intended physical or technical effect of the additive. To implement the provisions of section 409(j) of the FD&C Act, we issued regulations under § 570.17. These regulations are designed to specify more thoroughly the information that must be submitted to meet the requirement set down in broad terms by the FD&C Act. Labeling requirements for investigational food additive files are also set forth in various regulations contained in part 501. The labeling regulations are considered by FDA to be cross-referenced to § 570.17, which is the subject of this same OMB clearance for investigational food additive files.

The information collected is necessary to protect the public health. We use the information submitted by food manufacturers or food additive manufacturers to ascertain whether the data establish the identity of the substance, justify its intended effect in/on the food, and establish that its intended use in/on food is safe.

FDA has the authority under the FD&C Act to issue regulations concerning animal food. Specifically, section 403(i) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 343(i)) requires that certified color additives used in or on a food must be declared by their common or usual names and not be designated by the collective term “colorings.” Our regulations in part 501 set forth the requirements for animal food labeling. Under § 501.22(k), animal food manufacturers must declare on the animal food label the presence of certified and noncertified color additives in their animal food products. Our animal food labeling regulation at § 501.22(k) is consistent with the regulations requiring the declaration of color additives on human food labels. The purpose of the labeling is to provide animal owners with information on the color additives used in animal food. Animal owners use the information to become knowledgeable about the foods they purchase for their animals.

Description of Respondents: Respondents to this collection of information are manufacturers of animal food products that contain color additives or are manufacturers of food additives.

FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows:

For the purpose of this consolidation, we base our estimate of the total annual responses on submissions received during fiscal years 2019 and 2020. We base our estimate of the hours per response on our experience with the labeling, food additive petition, and filing processes.

The information collection reflects a net decrease of 70,453 hours (189,600 OMB approved hours—119,147 estimated hours). We also experienced a net increase of 2,587 responses from 35 OMB approved annual responses to 2,616 estimated annual responses. These changes were due to the consolidating of the information collection covered by OMB control number 0910-0721 and due to estimated changes of the number of respondents for food additive petitions and investigational food additive files.

Section 571.1(c) Moderate Category: The estimated time requirement per food additive petition remains at approximately 3,000 hours; however, we now estimate that the number of annual respondents has decreased from 12 to 6 respondents for a total of 18,000 hours.

Section 571.1(c) Complex Category: The estimated time requirement per food additive petition remains at approximately 10,000 hours; however, we now estimate that the number of annual respondents has decreased from 12 to 5 respondents for a total of 50,000 hours.

Section 571.6 Amendment of Petition: We estimated that the number of annual respondents that will submit an amendment has increased from two to five respondents who will each submit one amendment for a total of 6,500 hours. This is an increase of three respondents and 3,900 hours from the burden approved by OMB.

Section 570.17 Moderate Category: We estimated that the number of annual respondents for investigational food additive files has increased from four to six respondents who will each submit one file for a total of 9,000 hours. This is an increase of two respondents and 3,000 hours from the burden approved by OMB.

Section 570.17 Complex Category: We estimated that the number of annual respondents for investigational food additive files has increased from five to seven respondents who will each submit one such file, for a total of 35,000 hours. This is an increase of 10,000 hour from the burden approved by OMB.

Section 501.22(k) Labeling of Color Additive or Lake of Color Additive; Labeling of Color Additives Not Subject to Certification: The information collection reflects an adjustment in burden by 647 hours and 2,587 responses. We attribute this adjustment due to the consolidation of OMB control number 0910-0546 and OMB control number 0910-0721.

Information Collection Request Title: Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program Quarterly Performance Report, OMB No. 0906-0016, Revision.

Abstract: This clearance request is for continued approval of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Quarterly Performance Report. The MIECHV Program, administered by HRSA in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families, supports voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services during pregnancy and to parents with young children up to kindergarten entry. States, certain non-profit organizations, and Tribal entities are eligible to receive funding from the MIECHV Program and have the flexibility to tailor the program to serve the specific needs of their communities.

A 60-Day notice was published in the Federal Register , 86 FR 35809 (July 7, 2021). There were two public comments. These comments expressed support for proposed updates to definitions of key terms and provided suggestions to improve clarity and reduce reporting burden related to quarterly information reporting. HRSA appreciates these comments and suggestions to the information collection. Comments also raised questions about existing guidance that do not appear to require amendments to the guidance and that HRSA therefore intends to address through technical assistance. After taking these comments into consideration, HRSA intends the following proposed revisions to Form 4:

• Form 4, Reporting guidance: Revise reporting instructions and links to reflect updated reporting requirements.

• Form 4, Definition of Key Terms: Update definitions for Table A.1.

• Form 4, Definition of Key Terms: Add definitions for Table A.2.

• Form 4, Due date: The due date will be revised to 45 days after the end of each reporting period.

HRSA requests approval to expand the use of Form 4 in order to collect quarterly performance data from awardees who receive MIECHV funding appropriated by section 9101 of the American Rescue Plan Act (Pub. L. 117-2).

Need and Proposed Use of the Information: HRSA uses quarterly performance information to demonstrate program accountability and continuously monitor and provide oversight to MIECHV Program awardees. The information is also used to provide quality improvement guidance and technical assistance to awardees and help inform the development of early childhood systems at the national, state, and local level. HRSA seeks to revise reporting instructions and definitions of key terms and to expand the use of Form 4 in order to collect distinct quarterly performance data related to the use of American Rescue Plan Act funds. This notice is subject to the appropriation of funds, and is a contingency action taken to ensure that, should funds become available for this purpose, information can be collected in a timely manner.

Likely Respondents: MIECHV Program awardees are states, jurisdictions, and, where applicable, nonprofit organizations receiving MIECHV funding to provide home visiting services within states.

Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the information requested. This includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for this ICR are summarized in the table below.

HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for the proper performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology to minimize the information collection burden.

Notice of this meeting is given under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. Appendix.

The NAC advises the FEMA Administrator on all aspects of emergency management. The NAC incorporates input from State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, and the private sector in the development and revision of FEMA plans and strategies. The NAC includes a cross-section of officials, emergency managers, and emergency response providers from State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations.

Agenda: On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, NAC subcommittees will present to the full NAC their recommendations on the topics of equity, potential improvements to the public and individual assistance programs, workforce support, risk-informed decision making, and ideas of restructuring FEMA. On Wednesday, November 3, 2021, the NAC will discuss and consider with selected experts and leadership how to approach considering issues of equity, climate adaptation and readiness in 2022.

The full agenda and any related documents for this meeting will be available by Friday, October 29, 2021, by contacting the person listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT caption above.

Notice of these meetings is provided as required by section 708(h)(8) of the Defense Production Act (DPA), 50 U.S.C. 4558(h)(8), and consistent with 44 CFR part 332.

The DPA authorizes the making of “voluntary agreements and plans of action” with representatives of industry, business, and other interests to help provide for the national defense. 1 The President's authority to facilitate voluntary agreements with respect to responding to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States was delegated to the Secretary of Homeland Security in Executive Order 13911. 2 The Secretary of Homeland Security further delegated this authority to the FEMA Administrator. 3

On August 17, 2020, after the appropriate consultations with the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, FEMA completed and published in the Federal Register a “Voluntary Agreement, Manufacture and Distribution of Critical Healthcare Resources Necessary to Respond to a Pandemic” (Voluntary Agreement). 4 Unless terminated earlier, the Voluntary Agreement is effective until August 17, 2025, and may be extended subject to additional approval by the Attorney General after consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission. The Agreement may be used to prepare for or respond to any pandemic, including COVID-19, during that time.

On December 7, 2020, the first plan of action under the Voluntary Agreement—the Plan of Action to Establish a National Strategy for the Manufacture, Allocation, and Distribution of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Respond to COVID-19 (PPE Plan of Action)—was finalized. 5 The PPE Plan of Action established several sub-committees under the Voluntary Agreement, focusing on different aspects of the PPE Plan of Action.

On May 24, 2021, four additional plans of action under the Voluntary Agreement—the Plan of Action to Establish a National Strategy for the Manufacture, Allocation, and Distribution of Diagnostic Test Kits and other Testing Components to respond to COVID-19, the Plan of Action to Establish a National Strategy for the Manufacture, Allocation, and Distribution of Drug Products, Drug Substances, and Associated Medical Devices to respond to COVID-19, the Plan of Action to Establish a National Strategy for the Manufacture, Allocation, and Distribution of Medical Devices to respond to COVID-19, and the Plan of Action to Establish a National Strategy for the Manufacture, Allocation, and Distribution of Medical Gases to respond to COVID-19—were finalized. 6 These plans of action established several sub-committees under the Voluntary Agreement, focusing on different aspects of each plan of action.

The meetings were chaired by the FEMA Administrator or her delegate and attended by the Attorney General and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission or their delegates. In implementing the Voluntary Agreement, FEMA adheres to all procedural requirements of 50 U.S.C. 4558 and 44 CFR part 332.

Meeting Objectives: The objectives of the meetings were as follows:

1. Gather committee Participants and Attendees to ask targeted questions for situational awareness related to the active Plans of Action (PPE, Drug Products and Drug Substances, Diagnostic Test Kits, Medical Devices, and Medical Gases).

2. Establish priorities for COVID-19 response under the Voluntary Agreement.

3. Identify tasks that should be completed under the appropriate Sub-Committee.

4. Identify information gaps and areas that merit sharing (both from FEMA to the private sector and vice versa).

Meetings Closed to the Public: By default, the DPA requires meetings held to implement a voluntary agreement or plan of action be open to the public. 7 However, attendance may be limited if the Sponsor  8 of the voluntary agreement finds that the matter to be discussed at a meeting falls within the purview of matters described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), such as trade secrets and commercial or financial information. The Sponsor of the Voluntary Agreement, the FEMA Administrator, found that these meetings to implement the Voluntary Agreement involved matters which fall within the purview of matters described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) and the meetings were therefore closed to the public.

Meetings Closed to the Public: By default, the DPA requires meetings held to implement a voluntary agreement or plan of action be open to the public. 9 However, attendance may be limited if the Sponsor  10 of the voluntary agreement finds that the matter to be discussed at a meeting falls within the purview of matters described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c), such as trade secrets and commercial or financial information.

The Sponsor of the Voluntary Agreement, the FEMA Administrator, found that these meetings to implement the Voluntary Agreement involved matters which fall within the purview of matters described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) and the meetings were therefore closed to the public.

Specifically, these meetings may have required participants to disclose trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is privileged or confidential. Disclosure of such information allows for meetings to be closed to the public pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(4).

The success of the Voluntary Agreement depends wholly on the willing participation of the private sector participants. Failure to close these meetings to the public could reduce active participation by the signatories due to a perceived risk that sensitive company information could be prematurely released to the public. A premature public disclosure of a private sector participant's information could reduce trust and support for the Voluntary Agreement.

A resulting loss of support by the participants for the Voluntary Agreement would significantly frustrate the implementation of the Agency's objectives. Thus, these meeting closures are permitted pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B).

In accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we provide the general public and other Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information. This helps us assess the impact of our information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand our information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.

A Federal Register notice with a 60-day public comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information was published on May 18, 2021 (86 FR 26934). No comments were received.

As part of our continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, we are again soliciting comments from the public and other Federal agencies on the proposed ICR that is described below. We are especially interested in public comment addressing the following:

(1) Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the USGS, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) Whether your estimate of the burden for this collection of information is accurate

(3) Whether the methodology and assumptions used are valid;

(4) how we might enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5) How the USGS might minimize the burden of this collection of information on those asked to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of response.

Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of public record. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable information (PII) in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your PII—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your PII from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Abstract: The National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity (NLRSEORA) is an effort to develop a U.S. nationwide consortium to build the capability to receive, process, and archive remotely-sensed data for the purpose of providing access to university and state organizations in a ready-to-use format and to expand the science of remote sensing through education, research/applications development, and outreach in areas such as environmental monitoring to include the effects of climate variability on water availability and phenology, natural resource management, and disaster analysis. Respondents are submitting proposals to acquire funding for a national (U.S.) program to promote the uses of space-based land remote-sensing data and technologies through education and outreach at the State and local level and through university-based and collaborative research projects. The information collected will ensure that sufficient and relevant information is available to evaluate and select a proposal for funding. A panel of USGS Core Science Systems Mission Area managers and scientists will review each proposal to evaluate the technical merit, requirements, and priorities identified.

This notice concerns the collection of information that is sufficient and relevant to evaluate and select proposals for funding. We will protect information from respondents considered proprietary under the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) and its implementing regulations (43 CFR part 2), and under regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, “Data and information to be made available to the public or for limited inspection.” Responses are voluntary. No questions of a “sensitive” nature are asked. We intend to release the project abstracts and primary investigators for awarded/funded projects only.

Title of Collection: National Land Remote Sensing Education, Outreach and Research Activity.

OMB Control Number: 1028-0085.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.

Respondents/Affected Public: Public or private institutions of higher education including universities; State and local governments (including county, city, township or special district governments); independent school districts, Tribal governments or organizations, nonprofit organizations (with or without 501(c)(3) status).

Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 5.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5.

Estimated Completion Time per Response: 2 hours.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 10.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: There are no “non-hour-cost” burdens associated with this IC.

An agency may not conduct, or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The authority for this action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq. ).

The withdrawal established by PLO No. 7531 (67 FR 50894, (2002)) will expire August 6, 2022. The USAF has filed an application for the Secretary to extend PLO No. 7531 for an additional 20-year term. The purpose of the withdrawal extension is to continue protection for the King Salmon Remediation Project in King Salmon, Alaska.

A complete description of the land requested, along with all other records pertaining to the extension, can be examined in the BLM Alaska State Office at the address shown above.

Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is afforded in connection with this withdrawal extension. All interested parties who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on this withdrawal extension application must submit a written request to the Alaska State Director, BLM Alaska State Office at the address in the ADDRESSES section, within January 6, 2022 of this Notice. Upon determination by the authorized officer that a public meeting will be held, the BLM will publish a notice of the date, time, and place in the Federal Register and local newspapers, and will post on the BLM website at www.blm.gov at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

The withdrawal extension application will be processed in accordance with the regulations set-forth in 43 CFR 2310.4 and subject to Section 810 of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, (16 U.S.C. 3120).

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment including your personal identifying information may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

The applicant is the FWS, and its petition/application requests the Deputy Secretary of the Interior withdraw the following described public lands from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, and reserve them for wildlife refuge purposes for a 100-year term.

The petition/application further requests that the Deputy Secretary of the Interior withdraw the following described public lands (surface estate only) from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, subject to valid existing rights, and reserve them for wildlife refuge purposes for a 100-year term:

The Deputy Secretary of the Interior approved the FWS's petition. Therefore, the petition/application constitutes a withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-3(e)).

The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative agreement would not provide adequate protection of the wildlife refuge.

No additional water rights will fulfill the purpose of this new withdrawal.

There are no suitable alternative sites since these lands are located within the Bill Williams River NWR.

Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM Arizona State Director no later than January 6, 2022. If the authorized officer determines that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the time and place will be published in the Federal Register and a local newspaper at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meeting.

For a period until October 9, 2023 the lands described above will be segregated from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws, unless the application is denied or canceled, or the withdrawal is approved prior to that date. This application will be processed in accordance with the regulations set-forth in 43 CFR part 2300.

Pursuant to the PRA, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq., and 5 CFR 1320.5, all information collections, as defined in 5 CFR 1320.3, require approval by OMB. ONRR may not conduct or sponsor, and you are not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

As part of ONRR's continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, ONRR is inviting the public and other Federal agencies to comment on new, proposed, revised, and continuing collections of information in accordance with the PRA and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1). This helps ONRR to assess the impact of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's reporting burden. It also helps the public understand ONRR's information collection requirements and provide the requested data in the desired format.

ONRR is especially interested in public comments addressing the following:

(1) Whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information will have practical utility;

(2) The accuracy of ONRR's estimate of the burden for this collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(4) How might the agency minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of response.

ONRR published a notice, with a 60-day public comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information, in the Federal Register on April 16, 2021 (86 FR 20194). ONRR received one comment in response to its 60-Day Notice for this ICR. The commenter generally agreed with ONRR's collection of information under this ICR.

Comments that you submit in response to this 30-Day Notice are a matter of public record. ONRR will include or summarize each comment in its request to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask ONRR in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, ONRR cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.

Abstract: (a) General Information: For the benefit of all Americans, ONRR collects, accounts for, and verifies natural resource and energy revenues due to States, American Indians, and the U.S. Treasury. See U.S. Department of the Interior Departmental Manual, 112 DM 34.3 (Sept. 9, 2020). ONRR's various functions include working in partnership with Indian Tribes and States to conduct audits and reviews. Id. at 34.4(D). For this purpose, ONRR enters into cooperative agreements with States and Indian Tribes that seek to perform royalty audits pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 196 and 1732, and reviews and approves delegation proposals from States that seek to perform royalty management functions pursuant to 30 U.S.C. 196 and 1735.

(b) Information Collections: This ICR covers the paperwork requirements under 30 CFR parts 1227, 1228, and 1229. This collection of information is necessary in order for ONRR to approve States and Indian Tribes to conduct audits and related investigations of Federal and Indian oil, gas, coal, other solid minerals, and geothermal royalty revenues from Federal and Tribal leased lands. ONRR uses the information collected to: (1) review and approve a delegation proposal from a State seeking to perform royalty management functions, and (2) prepare a cooperative agreement with a State or Indian Tribe seeking to perform royalty audits. The requirements of 30 CFR parts 1227, 1228, and 1229 are:

(1) 30 CFR part 1227—Delegation to States. Part 1227 governs the delegation of certain Federal royalty management functions to a State under 30 U.S.C. 1735, for Federal oil and gas leases covering Federal lands within the State. This part also governs the delegation of audit and investigative functions to a State for Federal geothermal leases or solid mineral leases covering Federal lands within the State (30 U.S.C. 196), or leases covering lands offshore of the State subject to section 8(g) of the OCSLA (43 U.S.C. 1337(g)). To be considered for such delegation, a State must submit a written proposal to ONRR, which ONRR must approve. Following the delegation process, 30 CFR part 1227 outlines State responsibilities, compensation, performance reviews, and the process for terminating a delegation.

(2) 30 CFR part 1228—Cooperative Activities with States and Indian Tribes. FOGRMA (30 U.S.C. 1732) authorizes the Secretary of the Interior (“Secretary”) to enter into a cooperative agreement with a State or Indian Tribe to share oil and gas royalty management information, and to carry out inspection, audit, investigation, and enforcement activities on Federal and Indian lands. Federal regulations, at 30 CFR part 1228, implement this provision and set forth the requirements and procedures for entering into a cooperative agreement, the terms of such agreement, and subsequent responsibilities that must be carried out under the cooperative agreement. To enter into a cooperative agreement, a State or Indian Tribe must submit a written proposal to ONRR. The proposal must outline the activities that the State or Indian Tribe will undertake and must present evidence that the State or Indian Tribe can meet the standards of the Secretary to conduct these activities. The State or Indian Tribe also must submit an annual work plan and budget, as well as quarterly reimbursement vouchers.

(3) 30 CFR part 1229—Delegation to States. Part 1229 governs delegations to a State to conduct audits and related investigations for Federal lands within the State, and for Indian lands for which the State has received permission from the respective Indian Tribe or allottees to carry out audit activities delegated to the State under 30 U.S.C. 1735. 30 CFR 1229.4. Under Part 1229, the State must receive the Secretary's delegation of authority and submit annual audit work plans detailing its audits and related investigations, annual budgets, and quarterly reimbursement vouchers. The State also must maintain records.

Title of Collection: 30 CFR parts 1227, 1228, and 1229, Delegated and Cooperative Activities with States and Indian Tribes.

OMB Control Number: 1012-0003.

Form Numbers: None.

Type of Review: Renewal of a currently approved collection.

Respondents/Affected Public: States and Indian Tribes.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 9 States and 6 Indian respondents.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 210.

Estimated Completion Time per Response: 75.50 hrs.

Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 16,697 hours.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefit.

Frequency of Collection: Based on the functions performed, responses are monthly, quarterly, annually, on occasion, and varied.

Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour Burden Cost: ONRR identified no “non-hour cost” burden associated with this collection of information.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.

The authority for this action is the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq. ).

On November 29, 2019, the Commission instituted this investigation based on a complaint filed by Knowles Corporation and Knowles Electronics, LLC of Itasca, Illinois, and Knowles Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. of Suzhou, China (collectively, “Knowles”). 84 FR 65840 (Nov. 29, 2019). The complaint, as supplemented, alleged violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, due to the importation into the United States, sale for importation, or sale in the United States after importation of certain balanced armature devices, products containing same, and components thereof by reason of misappropriation of trade secrets, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure a domestic industry. Id. The notice of investigation named twelve (12) respondents, including Shenzhen Bellsing Acoustic Technology Co. Ltd. of Shenzhen, China, Suzhou Bellsing Acoustic Technology Co. Ltd. of Suzhou, China, Dongguan Bellsing Precision Device Co., Ltd. of Dongguan, China, and Bellsing Corporation of Lisle, Illinois (collectively, “Bellsing”); Liang Li (a/k/a Ryan Li) of Suzhou City, China (“Mr. Li”); Dongguan Xinyao Electronics Industrial Co., Ltd. of Dongguan, China (“Xinyao”); Soundlink Co., Ltd. of Suzhou, China (“Soundlink”); Magnatone Hearing Aid Corporation d/b/a Persona Medical and lnEarz Audio of Casselberry, Florida (“Persona”); Jerry Harvey Audio LLC of Orlando, Florida (“Harvey”); Magic Dynamics, LLC d/b/a MagicEar of Clearwater, Florida (“MagicEar”); Campfire Audio, LLC of Portland, Oregon (“Campfire”); and Clear Tune Monitors, Inc. of Orlando, Florida (“Clear Tune”). Id. The Office of Unfair Import Investigations (“OUII”) is also a party in this investigation. Id.

Xinyao, Soundlink, MagicEar, CampFire, Persona, Clear Tune, and Harvey were all terminated from the investigation based on the issuance of consent orders. See Order Nos. 37-40, unreviewed by Comm'n Notice (Nov. 23, 2020); Order Nos. 34-35, unreviewed by Comm'n Notice (Nov. 19, 2020); and Order No. 28, unreviewed by Comm'n Notice (Sept. 20, 2020).

On January 14, 2021, the presiding ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 46), granting-in-part and denying-in-part Knowles' motion for sanctions (“Sanctions ID”). As to Bellsing, the Sanctions ID found that Bellsing failed to disclose spoliation of evidence, that its failure to do so was in bad faith, and that the appropriate sanction was default. Sanctions ID at 18-46. The Sanctions ID denied Knowles' motion as to Mr. Li, and denied Knowles' request for monetary sanctions. Id. at 17-18, 46-47. No one petitioned for review of the Sanctions ID. Nevertheless, on February 16, 2021, the Commission determined to review the Sanctions ID in its entirety. Comm'n Notice (Feb. 16, 2021). On March 17, 2021, the Commission issued its final determination on the Sanctions ID, affirming the Sanctions ID, with modification, finding Bellsing in default. Sanctions ID at 47 (Jan. 14, 2021), aff'd with modification, Comm'n Notice (Mar. 17, 2020).

On June 1, 2021, the ALJ issued the subject ID. On June 11, 2021, Bellsing and Mr. Li filed a joint petition for review. On June 21, 2021, OUII and Knowles filed responses.

On August 2, 2021, the Commission determined to review the ID in part. Specifically, the Commission determined to review (1) whether Bellsing can participate in briefing on remedy and bonding before the ALJ (ID at 4) and in briefing on remedy, the public interest, and bonding before the Commission notwithstanding its default; (2) importation; (3) use by Mr. Li of Representative Trade Secret Nos. (“RTS”) 1-10 (ID at 35-36, 41-42, 49, 56-57, 61, 72-73, and 84-85); (4) all findings related to RTS No. 6; and (5) domestic industry. 86 FR 43270 (Aug 6, 2021). The Commission also reviewed the issues raised in the parties' arguments relating to due process, comity, and collateral estoppel. Id. at 43270-71. The Commission requested briefing on the issues under review, remedy, bonding, and the public interest. Id. at 43271. On August 16, 2021, Respondents, Knowles, and OUII each filed their initial responses to the Commission's notice of review. On August 23, 2021, Respondents, Knowles, and OUII each filed their replies.

Having considered the record, including the ID, the ALJ's recommended determination on remedy and bonding, and the parties' submissions, the Commission has determined that a violation has occurred as to Mr. Li. Bellsing had previously been found in default, and the Commission finds a violation has occurred as to Bellsing. Specifically, the Commission finds that (1) Mr. Li has met the importation requirement on modified grounds, and affirms the ID's remaining findings on importation; (2) Mr. Li has used and/or disclosed each of RTS Nos. 1-10; (3) RTS No. 6 has been misappropriated; and (4) affirms the IDs findings on domestic industry. All findings in the ID that are not inconsistent with the Commission's determination are affirmed.

Accordingly, the Commission finds that there is a violation of section 337. The Commission has determined that the appropriate remedy is a GEO and CDOs directed to each of the Bellsing respondents and Mr. Li. These orders bar Bellsing and Mr. Li's unfair acts for a duration of twenty-six (26) years. The Commission has also determined that the public interest factors enumerated in subsections 337(d)(1) and (f)(1) (19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1), (f)(1)) do not preclude the issuance of the GEO and CDOs. The GEO is directed to covered products that are made by, for, or on behalf of Bellsing and/or Mr. Li. The GEO reaches downstream products incorporating the covered products. The GEO includes a provision requiring any importer seeking to import the covered products (or products containing them or the components thereof) manufactured by or for Bellsing and/or Mr. Li or their affiliates or successors, to obtain a ruling from the Commission prior to the importation of the articles, finding that they are not subject to the GEO. The Commission has set the bond at one hundred percent (100%) of the value of the entered products imported by or on behalf of Bellsing and/or Mr. Li and sets a zero percent (0%) bond ( i.e., no bond) for downstream products or components thereof. The investigation is terminated.

The Commission's orders and opinion were delivered to the President and to the United States Trade Representative on the day of their issuance.

The Commission vote for this determination took place on October 4, 2021.

The authority for the Commission's determination is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in Part 210 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part 210).

The Commission has received a complaint and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure filed on behalf of Shenzhen Smoore Technology Limited, on October 4, 2021. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain oil-vaping cartridges, components thereof, and products containing the same. The complainant names as respondents: BBTank USA, LLC of Lambertville, MI; Glo Extracts of Los Angeles, CA; BulkCarts.com of Canton, MI; Greenwave Naturals LLC of Austin, TX; BoldCarts.com of Tempe, AZ; Bold Crafts, Inc. of Irvine, CA; Blinc Group Holdings, LLC of New York, NY; Jonathan Ray Carfield d/b/a AlderEgo Wholesale, AlderEgo Holdings, Inc. and AlderEgo Group Limited a/k/a AVID Holding Limited of China; Hanna Carfield of Tacoma, WA; Next Level Ventures, LLC of Seattle, WA; Advanced Vapor Devices, LLC of Los Angeles, CA; avd710.com of Seattle, WA; AlderEgo Group Limited (“AEG”) of Hong Kong; A & A Global Imports, Inc. d/b/a Marijuana Packaging of Vernon, CA; Bulk Natural, LLC d/b/a True Terpenes of Portland, OR; Brand King, LLC of Sacramento, CA; ZTCSMOKE USA Inc. of Niceville, FL; headcandysmokeshop.com of Canada; Head Candy Enterprise Ltd. of Canada; Green Tank Technologies Corp of Canada; Cannary Packaging Inc. of Canada; Cannary LA of Signal Hill, CA; dcalchemy.com of Phoenix, AZ; DC Alchemy, LLC of Phoenix AZ; Cartridgesforsale.com of Ypsilanti, MI; HW Supply, LLC of Ypsilanti, MI; International Vapor Group, LLC of Miami, FL; Obisidian Supply, Inc. of Irvine, CA; Ygreeninc.com of Walnut, CA; Ygreen Inc. of Walnut, CA; Atmos Nation LLC of Davie, FL; shopbvv.com of Naperville, IL; Best Value Vacs, LLC of Naperville, IL; Royalsupplywholesale.com of San Francisco, CA; Customcanabisbranding.com of San Francisco, CA; CLK Global, Inc. of San Francisco, CA; iKrusher.com of Arcadia, CA; and The Calico Group Inc. of Austin, TX. The complainant requests that the Commission issue a limited exclusion order, cease and desist orders, and impose a bond upon respondents alleged infringing articles during the 60-day Presidential review period pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j).

Proposed respondents, other interested parties, and members of the public are invited to file comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaint or § 210.8(b) filing. Comments should address whether issuance of the relief specifically requested by the complainant in this investigation would affect the public health and welfare in the United States, competitive conditions in the United States economy, the production of like or directly competitive articles in the United States, or United States consumers.

In particular, the Commission is interested in comments that:

(i) Explain how the articles potentially subject to the requested remedial orders are used in the United States;

(ii) identify any public health, safety, or welfare concerns in the United States relating to the requested remedial orders;

(iii) identify like or directly competitive articles that complainant, its licensees, or third parties make in the United States which could replace the subject articles if they were to be excluded;

(iv) indicate whether complainant, complainant's licensees, and/or third party suppliers have the capacity to replace the volume of articles potentially subject to the requested exclusion order and/or a cease and desist order within a commercially reasonable time; and

(v) explain how the requested remedial orders would impact United States consumers.

Written submissions on the public interest must be filed no later than by close of business, eight calendar days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register . There will be further opportunities for comment on the public interest after the issuance of any final initial determination in this investigation. Any written submissions on other issues must also be filed by no later than the close of business, eight calendar days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register . Complainant may file replies to any written submissions no later than three calendar days after the date on which any initial submissions were due. No other submissions will be accepted, unless requested by the Commission. Any submissions and replies filed in response to this Notice are limited to five (5) pages in length, inclusive of attachments.

Persons filing written submissions must file the original document electronically on or before the deadlines stated above. Submissions should refer to the docket number (“Docket No. 3571”) in a prominent place on the cover page and/or the first page. ( See Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures, Electronic Filing Procedures  1 ). Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov. ) No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice. Persons with questions regarding filing should contact the Secretary at EDIS3Help@usitc.gov.

Any person desiring to submit a document to the Commission in confidence must request confidential treatment. All such requests should be directed to the Secretary to the Commission and must include a full statement of the reasons why the Commission should grant such treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents for which confidential treatment by the Commission is properly sought will be treated accordingly. All information, including confidential business information and documents for which confidential treatment is properly sought, submitted to the Commission for purposes of this Investigation may be disclosed to and used: (i) By the Commission, its employees and Offices, and contract personnel (a) for developing or maintaining the records of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in internal investigations, audits, reviews, and evaluations relating to the programs, personnel, and operations of the Commission including under 5 U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. government employees and contract personnel, 2 solely for cybersecurity purposes. All nonconfidential written submissions will be available for public inspection at the Office of the Secretary and on EDIS. 3