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cannot conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information, and the public is 

generally not required to respond to an 

information collection, unless the OMB 

under the PRA approves it and displays 

a currently valid OMB Control Number. 

In addition, notwithstanding any other 

provisions of law, no person shall 

generally be subject to penalty for 

failing to comply with a collection of 

information that does not display a 

valid Control Number. See 5 CFR 

1320.5(a) and 1320.6. 

Interested parties are encouraged to 

provide comments to the contact shown 

in the ADDRESSES section. Written 

comments will receive consideration, 

and summarized and included in the 

request for OMB approval of the final 

ICR. In order to help ensure appropriate 

consideration, comments should 

mention 1240–0028. 

Submitted comments will also be a 

matter of public record for this ICR and 

posted on the internet, without 

redaction. The DOL encourages 

commenters not to include personally 

identifiable information, confidential 

business data, or other sensitive 

statements/information in any 

comments. 

The DOL is particularly interested in 

comments that: 

• Evaluate 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. 

• Evaluate 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. 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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 

responses. 

Agency: DOL-Office of Workers’ 

Compensation Programs. 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: Report of Changes 

that May Affect Your Black Lung 

Benefits. 

Form: Report of Changes that May 

Affect Your Black Lung Benefits, CM– 

929, CM–929P. 

OMB Control Number: 1240–0028. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for profit; 

and Not-for- profit institutions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

21,681. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Total Estimated Annual Responses: 

21,681. 

Estimated Average Time per 

Response: 5–80 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,373 hours. 

Total Estimated Annual Other Cost 

Burden: $0.00. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Anjanette Suggs, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26508 Filed 12–1–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–CK–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests: IMLS Evaluation 

of Grant Programs Funded by the 

American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and 

the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 

Economic Security (CARES) Act 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Submission for OMB review, 

request for comments, collection of 

information. 

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and 

Library Services (IMLS), announces that 

the following information collection has 

been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act. This 

program helps 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. This Notice proposes 

the clearance of IMLS’s evaluation of 

grant programs funded by the American 

Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the 

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

Security (CARES) Act. 

A copy of the proposed collection 

request can be obtained by contacting 

the individual listed below the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 

this Notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

December 31, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this Notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection request by 

selecting ‘‘Institute of Museum and 

Library Services’’ under ‘‘Currently 

Under Review;’’ then check ‘‘Only Show 

ICR for Public Comment’’ checkbox. 

Once you have found this information 

collection request, select ‘‘Comment,’’ 

and enter or upload your comment and 

information. Alternatively, please mail 

your written comments to Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for Education, 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or 

call (202) 395–7316. 

OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate 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; 

• Evaluate 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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 responses). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Hechtman, Ph.D, Social Science 

Research Analyst, Office of Research 

and Evaluation, Institute of Museum 

and Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza 

North SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC 

20024–2135. Dr. Hechtman can be 

reached by telephone at 202–653–4724 

or by email at lhechtman@IMLS.gov. 

Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing 

(TTY users) can contact IMLS at 202– 

207–7858 via 711 for TTY-Based 

Telecommunications Relay Service. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is the primary source of federal 

support for the Nation’s libraries and 

museums. We advance, support, and 

empower America’s museums, libraries, 

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development. To learn more, visit 

www.imls.gov. 

Current Actions: This Notice proposes 

the approval of the IMLS Evaluation of 

Grant Programs Funded by the ARPA 

and the CARES Act. In direct response 

to the COVID–19 pandemic, IMLS 

awarded roughly $250 million in ARPA 

and CARES Act funds to State Library 

Administrative Agencies, libraries, and 

museums. The proposed information 

collection covers the four largest 

funding programs, which account for 

about 99% of funding: Grants to State 

ARPA State Grants, Grants to State 

CARES Act State Grants, CARES Act 

Grants for Museums and Libraries, and 

American Rescue Plan for Museums and 

Libraries. Given their more targeted 

focus, the American Rescue Plan for 

Native American/Native Hawaiian 

Museum and Library Services CARES 

Act Grants for Museums and Libraries 

and CARES Act Grants for Native 

American/Native Hawaiian Museum 

and Library Services programs will be 

studied separately from this proposed 

information collection with special 

emphasis placed on using culturally 

responsive evaluation methods. The 

proposed evaluation of IMLS’s ARPA 

and CARES Act grant programs will 

include a review of the relevant 

administrative processes and the 

distribution and use of the funds in 

order to improve the agency’s 

understanding of the effectiveness of the 

program and the lessons learned, 

identify gaps and needs in continuing 

post-recovery, and improve or inform 

future design, technical support, and 

distribution of special use funds as part 

of an overall emergency response plan. 

This study will include conducting 75 

semi-structured interviews (73 

individual interviews, 2 group 

interviews, totaling 75 interviews and 

79 expected participants) coupled with 

a secondary data collection effort of 

reviewing library and museum 

administrative data, ARPA and CARES 

Act grant programs awardee reporting, 

and a literature review. The 60-day 

Notice was published in the Federal 

Register on July 28, 2023 (Vol. 88, No. 

144). The agency received no comments 

under this notice. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: IMLS Evaluation of Grant 

Programs Funded by the American 

Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and the 

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

Security (CARES) Act. 

OMB Control Number: 3137–NEW. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Respondents/Affected Public: IMLS 

applicants and awardees, including 

museum leadership and library 

leadership for institutions receiving 

discretionary CARES Act and ARPA 

grants, and State Library Administrative 

Agency (SLAA) leadership for SLAAs 

receiving CARES Act and ARPA 

formula grants. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 79. 

Frequency of Response: Once per 

request. 

Average Minutes per Response: 90 

minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 118.5. 

Cost Burden (dollars): $3,881. 

Total Annual Federal Costs: $27,889. 

Public Comments Invited: Comments 

submitted in response to this Notice 

will be summarized and/or included in 

the request for OMB’s clearance of this 

information collection. 

Dated: November 28, 2023. 

Suzanne Mbollo, 

Grants Management Specialist, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services. 

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BILLING CODE 7036–01–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES 

Institute of Museum and Library 

Services 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests: Collections 

Assessment for Preservation Program 

AGENCY: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services, National Foundation 

on the Arts and the Humanities. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comments, 

collection of information. 

SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and 

Library Services (IMLS), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to 

provide the general public and federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and/or 

continuing collections of information in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. This pre-clearance 

consultation program helps 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. The purpose 

of this notice is to solicit comments 

concerning a plan to offer a national 

collections assessment program to 

provide small and midsize museums 

with technical support to evaluate the 

condition of their collections and the 

environmental conditions in which they 

are housed. A copy of the proposed 

information collection request can be 

obtained by contacting the individual 

listed below in the ADDRESSES section of 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted to the office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section below on or before 

January 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Sandra 

Narva, Acting Director of Grants Policy 

and Management, Office of Grants 

Policy and Management, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services, 955 

L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, 

Washington, DC 20024–2135. Ms. Narva 

can be reached by telephone: 202–653– 

4634, or by email at snarva@imls.gov. 

Office hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5 

p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. Persons who 

are deaf or hard of hearing (TTY users) 

can contact IMLS at 202–207–7858 via 

711 for TTY-Based Telecommunications 

Relay Service. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Glass, Senior Program Officer, 

Office of Museum Services, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services, 955 

L’Enfant Plaza North SW, Suite 4000, 

Washington, DC 20024–2135. Ms. Glass 

can be reached by telephone at 202– 

653–4668 or by email at sglass@

imls.gov. Persons who are deaf or hard 

of hearing (TTY users) can contact IMLS 

at 202–207–7858 via 711 for TTY-Based 

Telecommunications Relay Service. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is 

particularly interested in public 

comments that help the agency to: 

• Evaluate 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; 

• Evaluate 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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 submissions of responses. 

I. Background 

IMLS is the primary source of federal 

support for the Nation’s libraries and 


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