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6See ITC Final Determination. 

separate pieces. Folding gift boxes are 

generally packaged in shrink-wrap, 

cellophane, or other packaging 

materials, in single or multi-box packs 

for sale to the retail customer. The scope 

excludes folding gift boxes that have a 

retailer’s name, logo, trademark or 

similar company information printed 

prominently on the box’s top exterior 

(such folding gift boxes are often known 

as ‘‘not-for-resale’’ gift boxes or ‘‘giveaway’’ gift boxes and may be provided 

by department and specialty stores at no 

charge to their retail customers). The 

scope of the Order also excludes folding 

gift boxes where both the outside of the 

box is a single color and the box is not 

packaged in shrink-wrap, cellophane, 

other resin-based packaging films, or 

paperboard. 

Imports of the subject merchandise 

are classified under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedules of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 4819.20.0040 and 

4819.50.4060. These subheadings also 

cover products that are outside the 

scope of the Order. Furthermore, 

although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, our written description of the 

scope of the Order is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Order 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Order would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and material injury to an industry in the 

United States, pursuant to section 

751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of the Order. U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection will continue to 

collect AD cash deposits at the rates in 

effect at the time of entry for all imports 

of subject merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of the Order will be November 8, 2023.6

Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce intends to initiate the next 

five-year review of this order not later 

than 30 days prior to the fifth 

anniversary of the effective date of the 

last determination by the ITC. 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This five-year (sunset) review and this 

notice are in accordance with sections 

751(c) and 751(d)(2) of the Act and 

published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: November 24, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26336 Filed 11–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, December 5, 

2023—10:00 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 420, Bethesda Towers, 

4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD. 

STATUS: Commission Meeting—Closed 

to the Public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Meeting Matter 

Briefing Matter 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Alberta E. Mills, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East-West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814, 301–504–7479 

(Office) or 240–863–8938 (Cell). 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Sarah Bock, 

Paralegal Specialist. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26485 Filed 11–28–23; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

[CPSC Docket No. 2023–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Investigation of 

Smart Toys and Additional Toys 

Through Child Observations 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), this is the 

Consumer Product Safety Commission’s 

(CPSC or Commission) second notice 

inviting public comment about a request 

for approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for a 

new information collection. The 

proposed collection is associated with 

CPSC’s investigation, through child 

observations and caregiver 

questionnaires, of smart toys and 

additional toys (take-apart vehicles, 

musical instruments, figurines, plush 

toys with electronic components, and 

manipulatives) to consider children’s 

ability to interact with toys as the 

manufacturer intended and assist in 

updating CPSC’s age determination 

guidelines. We received one comment 

on the first notice, which we address in 

this notice, and again describe the 

proposed collection of information. By 

publication of this notice, the 

Commission announces that CPSC has 

submitted to the OMB a request for 

approval of the collection of 

information, as proposed. 

DATES: Submit written or electronic 

comments on the collection of 

information by January 2, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments about 

this request by email: OIRA_

submission@omb.eop.gov or fax: 202– 

395–6881. Comments by mail should be 

sent to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk 

Officer for the CPSC, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10235, 

725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 

20503. In addition, written comments 

that are sent to OMB, also should be 

submitted electronically at: http://

www.regulations.gov, under Docket No. 

CPSC–2023–0031, by any of the 

following methods: 

Electronic Submissions: CPSC 

encourages you to submit electronic 

comments to the Federal eRulemaking 

Portal at: https://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. CPSC typically does not 

accept comments submitted by 

electronic mail (email), except as 

described below. 

Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier/ 

Confidential Written Submissions: 

Submit comments by mail, hand 

delivery, or courier to: Office of the 

Secretary, Consumer Product Safety 

Commission, 4330 East West Highway, 

Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone: (301) 

504–7479. If you wish to submit 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public, you 

may submit such comments by mail, 

hand delivery, or courier, or you may 

email them to: cpsc-os@cpsc.gov. 

Instructions: All submissions must 

include the agency name and docket 

number. CPSC may post all comments 

without change, including any personal 


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1On November 21, 2023, the Commission voted 

(4–0) to publish this notice. 

2Consumer Product Safety Commission: ToyRelated Deaths and Injuries, Calendar Year 2021. 

November, 2022: Toy-Related Deaths and Injuries, 

Calendar Year 2021; available at: https://

www.cpsc.gov/Research--Statistics/Toys-andChildrens-Products. 

identifiers, contact information, or other 

personal information provided, to: 

https://www.regulations.gov. Do not 

submit through this website: 

confidential business information, trade 

secret information, or other sensitive or 

protected information that you do not 

want to be available to the public. If you 

wish to submit such information, please 

submit it according to the instructions 

for mail/hand delivery/courier/ 

confidential written submissions. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to: https://

www.regulations.gov; insert the docket 

number, CPSC–2023–0031, into the 

‘‘Search’’ box; and follow the prompts. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cynthia Gillham, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East-West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814; 

(301)504–7791, or by email to: 

CGillham@cpsc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3521), before an agency 

submits a proposed collection of 

information to OMB for approval, it 

must first publish a document in the 

Federal Register providing a 60-day 

comment period and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning the proposed 

collection of information. CPSC 

published notice of this collection on 

August 7, 2023, and received one 

comment. 88 FR 52142. CPSC has not 

made any changes in the study based on 

that comment. 

I. Burden Description 

Under the PRA, CPSC is publishing 

the following information: 1

D A title for the collection of 

information; 

D A summary of the collection of 

information; 

D A brief description of the need for 

the information and the proposed use of 

the information; 

D A description of the likely 

respondents and proposed frequency of 

response to the collection of 

information; 

D An estimate of the burden that will 

result from the collection of 

information; and 

D Notice that comments may be 

submitted to the agency and OMB. 

44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D). Specifically, 

the Commission provides the following 

information: 

Title: Investigation of Smart Toys and 

Additional Toys Through Child 

Observations. 

OMB Control Number: New. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection requirement. 

Type of Review Requested: Regular. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval: 1 year from date of approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information: CPSC proposes to conduct 

individual in-person data collection 

sessions with up to 60 children aged 2 

to 4 years old and their caregivers, for 

a total of 120 participants. Caregivers 

will answer a series of screening 

questions to determine if the caregiver 

and child meet the criteria for 

enrollment in the study. CPSC will 

enroll in the data collection study 

children and caregivers who meet the 

screening criteria and are willing to 

participate. 

Over 2 in-person sessions, researchers 

will collect data primarily through 

direct human observations of children’s 

interactions with toys and caregivers’ 

responses to questionnaires. In each 

session, researchers will introduce 

children to 4 or 5 toys chosen from 6 toy 

categories (smart toys, take-apart 

vehicles, musical instruments, figurines, 

plush toys with electronic components, 

and manipulatives). The researcher will 

demonstrate for the child how to use 

each toy and then document the child’s 

play patterns with the toy, noting the 

child’s ability to interact with each toy 

consistent with the manufacturer’s 

instructions. Researchers will use 

coding checklists to document real-time 

observations of the child’s interactions 

with the toys, in the form of concrete 

behaviors across different modalities, 

such as gross motor (e.g., turns figurines 

head), fine motor (e.g., slides switch on/ 

off), and behavioral (e.g., feeds an 

animal, engages in pretend play with 

one or multiple figurines), which 

demonstrate the child’s ability to use 

the toy as intended. 

Caregivers will respond to researcher 

questions about the caregiver’s 

perception of their child’s ability to 

interact with the selected toys as 

intended, potential purchasing 

decisions for the specific toys, and 

whether the caregiver would 

demonstrate how to play with the toys 

or some of the components as the 

manufacturer intends. Researchers will 

record on paper forms their observations 

of children’s interactions and caregiver’s 

responses to questions about the toys. 

Researchers will randomize the 

presentation order of the toys for each 

caregiver/child pair to preclude any 

effects of sequence and control for 

learning or fatigue that might take place. 

Also, researchers will use video cameras 

to record each child’s interaction with a 

toy. Researchers will use the video as a 

backup reference for real time coding. 

Researchers will separate out all 

personally identifiable information from 

data collected. Also, researchers will 

separate out from collected information 

all identifying information from the 

initial screening, as well as scheduling. 

This information will be kept on a 

secure server in password protected 

files and discarded by researchers when 

no longer needed. At the end of each 

session, researchers will save the video 

data onto a secure server. Researchers 

will enter data recorded on the paper 

forms into a secure database, which also 

will be kept on a secure server. 

Researchers will limit access to this 

information and will summarize all 

information collected during the 

sessions using generic categories and 

summary statistics. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information: Created in 1972, the CPSC 

is an independent federal regulatory 

agency with a public health and safety 

mission to protect the public from 

unreasonable risks of injury and death 

from consumer products used in and 

around the home, in recreation, and in 

schools. As part of this statutory 

mandate, CPSC is authorized to conduct 

research on consumer products and 

behavior to identify and address 

product safety hazards, as well as to 

develop efficient and effective means of 

bringing about safety improvements. 

This information collection supports the 

Commission’s strategic goal of safety. 

Age-appropriate toys are important for 

the physical, intellectual, and 

socioemotional development of 

children. Age-appropriate toys can help 

children learn, develop imaginative 

capacities, and refine motor 

coordination. However, interacting with 

toys intended for older children poses a 

potential risk for a child to be seriously 

or fatally injured. In 2021, an estimated 

206,400 toy-related injuries were treated 

in U.S. hospital emergency rooms.2 Of 

the 206,400 toy-related injuries, an 

estimated 74% happened to children 14 

years of age or younger; 69% occurred 

to children 12 years of age or younger; 

and 37% happened to children 4 years 

of age or younger. 

To identify a toy’s safety hazards, the 

CPSC Division of Human Factors first 

determines the intended age group of 

potential users. CPSC considers age 

determinations for toys to be of 


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3Average hourly wage across all occupations 

from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_

va.htm#00-0000. CPSC uses occupational wage 

estimates for Virginia because the study will be 

conducted in the area. 

4https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/payleave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/pdf/2023/ 

DCB.pdf. 5https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/

ecec_06162023.pdf. 

paramount importance because agegrading and labeling can be used to 

assist consumers in making purchasing 

decisions, and also serve as the basis for 

the toy’s regulatory requirements and 

the associated testing parameters. For 

example, toys intended for children 

under 8 years of age are required to 

undergo use and abuse tests based on 

actual use and misuse by children of 

that age. Test specifications vary for 

different age groups (i.e., children 18 

months and younger, 19–36 months, 

and 37–95 months). Toys intended for 

children younger than 3 years old 

cannot contain small parts. 

Additionally, since 2008, CPSC 

regulations establish lead and 

phthalates limitations for many 

products intended for children 12 years 

of age. 

CPSC staff consider numerous toy 

characteristics when determining the 

intended age, including the physical 

characteristics of the toy (e.g., size and 

weight of the toy and its components), 

the cognitive requirements for using the 

toy as intended, the fine motor or other 

physical skills required to use the toy as 

the manufacturer intended, and the 

toy’s theme and appearance. The CPSC’s 

Age Determination Guidelines: Relating 

Consumer Product Characteristics to the 

Skills, Play Behaviors, and Interests of 

Children (Guidelines), available at 

https://www.cpsc.gov/content/2020- 

Age-Determination-Guidelines, provide 

details and examples for each of these 

characteristics for different age groups. 

Manufacturers can use the Guidelines to 

generate an intended age during a toy’s 

design phase. Manufacturers can also 

use the Guidelines to accurately age 

label a product, which promotes safety 

by informing consumer purchasing and 

toy-safety decisions (meaning which 

toys are appropriate to allow a child to 

play with). 

Although the Guidelines include 

extensive information about a large 

variety of toys, some toy categories are 

not well covered in the Guidelines 

because they include toys that are new 

to the U.S. market since the research 

that went into the 2020 version of the 

Guidelines. While smart toys are 

discussed in the Guidelines, this 

category of toys evolves rapidly, so the 

Guidelines may not represent what is 

currently in the market. Other toys such 

as figurines, interlocking building sets, 

and musical toys are discussed in the 

Guidelines, though not extensively. This 

data collection will add to the 

information about selected toys in six 

toy categories (smart toys, take-apart 

vehicles, musical instruments, figurines, 

plush toys with electronic components, 

and manipulatives), and enrich CPSC’s 

understanding regarding the ages of 

children who are interested in these 

toys and who possess the skills and 

cognitive ability to use them as 

intended. This data collection will 

provide information to help CPSC 

determine the developmentally 

appropriate ages for selected toys. 

Ultimately, the data collection will 

inform the various stakeholders who use 

the information contained in the 

Guidelines. 

Affected Public: Children between 2 

and 4 years of age and their caregivers. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 60 

children and 60 caregivers, totaling 120 

individuals. 

Frequency: One-time data collection 

that will take place over 2 in-person 

sessions. The first session will last up to 

80 minutes, and the second session will 

last up to 80 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: CPSC plans to pilot test the 

study with 4 participants (2 caregivers 

and 2 children) with a maximum time 

burden of 2.67 hours per person (10.68 

hours). CPSC also assumes a 15-minute 

completion time for the recruitment 

screener questionnaire to be filled out 

by a maximum of 100 people, to select 

60 adult participants (25 hours). 

CPSC estimates that the total time for 

each selected respondent pair 

(caregiver/child) to participate in the 

data collection will likely not be more 

than 160 minutes. Therefore, each 

participant has a maximum time burden 

of 2.67 hours. Data collection duration 

for each respondent will be 2.67 hours, 

or a total of 160 hours for 60 respondent 

pairs. Respondent pairs will not incur 

any reporting costs from the information 

collection. The pairs also will not incur 

a record keeping burden or record 

keeping costs from this information 

collection. We will assume an hourly 

wage rate of $31.54 for each respondent 

pair (caregiver and child).3

Accordingly, the total burden hours to 

recruit participants and for selected 

respondents to participate is 356 hours 

(recruitment screening time (25 hours), 

pilot study (10.68 hours), and the main 

study (2.67 hours × 120 participants)). 

The total cost of this collection to the 

federal government is $93,345 annually. 

This represents 6 months of staff time. 

This amount includes federal employee 

salaries and benefits. No travel costs are 

associated with the collection. This 

estimate uses an annual salary of 

$126,949 (the equivalent of a GS–13, 

Step 5 employee, in the Washington DC 

area in 2023) 4 which represents 68.0 

percent of the employer costs for 

employee compensation. The remaining 

32.0 percent of employer costs are 

added for benefits (U.S. Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, ‘‘Employer Costs for 

Employee Compensation,’’ March 2023, 

percentage of wages and salaries for all 

civilian management, professional, and 

related employees),5 for a total annual 

compensation per FTE of $186,690. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: 

$104,573.24 (Respondents: $11,228.24 

(31.54/hr. × 356 hours) + Federal 

Government: $93,345). 

II. Comment Response 

Comment Summary: The National 

Center for Health Research submitted a 

comment on the proposal, supporting 

CPSC’s research but concerned that the 

study design will not provide the 

needed information. The commenter 

suggests that CPSC may need at least 

twice as many as the 60 children and 60 

caregivers in the study to determine 

products appropriate for children ages 2 

to 4. The commenter believes that the 

study should include more children to 

represent the diversity of U.S. children 

in the 3-year age group for cognitive and 

social development, socio-economic 

status, and social and cultural 

differences, because these differences 

could influence the ability to use toys 

safely and effectively. The commenter 

states that even 120 children may not be 

an adequate sample size because each 

child would only be evaluated regarding 

4 of the 6 different toy categories, 

opining that more children are 

necessary to study appropriate labeling 

for children under 3 years old, and that 

increasing the number and diversity of 

children and caregivers that engage with 

each toy category is essential to provide 

information that will be reliable and 

generalizable for families across the 

country. 

CPSC’s Response: The proposed data 

collection is not intended to provide 

nationally representative data; this 

research is exploratory. Further, as this 

is largely a descriptive study, CPSC does 

not plan on conducting inferential 

statistics and doing hypothesis testing. 

Researchers will gather information by 

documenting children’s play patterns 

with selected toys from each of six toy 

categories that are not addressed in 

CPSC’s Guidelines (i.e., smart toys, takeapart vehicles, musical instruments, 

figurines, plush toys with electronic 

components, and manipulatives). Given 


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that children’s play behaviors with 

these toy categories have not been 

thoroughly examined, this research is an 

initial exploration of the types of play 

behaviors children of different age 

groups exhibit when interacting with 

the selected toys. Researchers will 

gather information by observing 

children’s play patterns in a laboratory 

setting and noting how they interact 

with selected toys. The controlled 

laboratory setting will allow researchers 

to explore developmental differences in 

play patterns among the age groups. 

Additionally, the duration of each 

session provides the researchers an 

opportunity to observe naturalistic play 

behaviors without rushing the child 

through interacting with the toy. 

Researchers will code and summarize 

observation data while the child is 

interacting with the toy. Researchers 

will tabulate descriptive statistics to 

identify the universe of behaviors for 

each age group and toy, and, when 

possible, compare children’s play with 

toys that are intended for their age, 

versus toys that are intended for 

children either older or younger. 

Collecting this data will add to the 

available information about toys in six 

toy categories and inform potential next 

steps in the age-grading process. 

Because pilot testing per pair could be 

up to a maximum of 80 minutes for each 

session, CPSC is calculating the overall 

possible information collection 

participant burden based upon a 160- 

minute maximum burden. Researchers 

determined the duration of sessions to 

balance adequate time for observation, 

needed breaks for the child, and not 

overburdening the child. 

The commenter expressed concern 

that ‘‘Each child would only be 

evaluated regarding 4 of the 6 different 

toy categories.’’ In fact, the researchers 

will introduce children to selected toys 

from 6 toy categories (smart toys, takeapart vehicles, musical instruments, 

figurines, plush toys with electronic 

components, and manipulatives) in each 

of the sessions. During the first session 

they will be introduced to 4 toys and 

during the second session they will be 

introduced to 5 toys, for a total of 9 toys. 

The order in which the toys are 

presented will be randomized to 

preclude the effects of fatigue and 

learning from one toy to the next. 

Elina Lingappa, 

Paralegal Specialist, Consumer Product 

Safety Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26364 Filed 11–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6355–01–P 

CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Disaster 

Response Cooperative Agreement 

Application 

AGENCY: Corporation for National and 

Community Service. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Corporation for National and 

Community Service (operating as 

AmeriCorps) is proposing to renew an 

information collection. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the individual and office 

listed in the ADDRESSES section by 

January 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection activity, by any of the 

following methods: 

(1) Electronically through 

www.regulations.gov (preferred 

method). 

(2) By mail sent to: AmeriCorps, 

Attention: Rita Pratte, 250 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20525. 

(3) By hand delivery or by courier to 

the AmeriCorps mailroom at the mail 

address given in paragraph (2) above, 

between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice may be made available to the 

public through regulations.gov. For this 

reason, please do not include in your 

comments information of a confidential 

nature, such as sensitive personal 

information or proprietary information. 

If you send an email comment, your 

email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

internet. Please note that responses to 

this public comment request containing 

any routine notice about the 

confidentiality of the communication 

will be treated as public comment that 

may be made available to the public, 

notwithstanding the inclusion of the 

routine notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rita 

Pratte, 202–815–5719, or by email at 

rpratte@americorps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Disaster Response 

Cooperative Agreement Application. 

OMB Control Number: 3045–0133. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Businesses and Organizations. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 100. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,960. 

Abstract: AmeriCorps seeks renewal 

of the current information collection 

pursuant to the Domestic Volunteer 

Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et 

seq.) and the National and Community 

Service Act of 1990, (42 U.S.C. 12501 et 

seq.) The information collected is used 

to help AmeriCorps more effectively use 

its deployable resources to meet the 

needs of communities affected by 

disaster. An understanding of the 

participating programs allows 

AmeriCorps to match the capabilities of 

the programs to the needs of the 

communities and will allow better asset 

mapping and resource typing. 

Additionally, the information collected 

will allow AmeriCorps to conduct better 

outreach to interested programs by 

providing them with more information 

about the Agency’s disaster procedures, 

reimbursement requirements, and 

support services offered. This 

information collection ensures 

interested programs meet the 

appropriate programmatic and fiscal 

requirements to successfully execute 

disaster response activities. It also helps 

AmeriCorps identify and deploy 

programs effectively and efficiently, 

matching the capabilities of the 

programs to the needs of the 

communities asking for assistance. The 

forms under the DRCA allow for 

effective information collection during a 

disaster event as well as assess the 

capacity of all DRCA programs 

throughout the year. Information is 

collected electronically through 

completion of the forms and emailed to 

AmeriCorps. The current application is 

due to expire on March 31, 2024. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval. Comments are invited on: (a) 

Whether the 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 

collection of information; (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 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology; 

and (e) estimates of capital or start-up 

costs and costs of operation, 

maintenance, and purchase of services 

to provide information. Burden means 

the total time, effort, or financial 


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