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Shrimp Futures Project; and Reducing 

Juvenile Sea Turtle Bycatch through 

Development of Reduced Bar Spacing 

TEDs. The AP will receive public 

comment at the end of each day. 

Wednesday, March 20, 2024; 8:30 a.m.– 

3 p.m. EDT (7:30 a.m.–2 p.m. CST) 

The AP will review the 2022 Gulf 

Shrimp Fishery Landings, the Biological 

Review of the 2023 Texas Closure, and 

the 2022 Royal Red Landings. The AP 

will receive updates and discuss Early 

Adopter Program, Draft Shrimp 

Framework Action and Research Track 

on SEDAR 87; and, receive public 

comment at the end of each day. 

Lastly, the AP will receive any public 

testimony and discuss other business 

items: Remainder of Shrimp AP 

applications. 

Meeting Adjourns— 

The in-person meeting will be 

broadcast via webinar. You may register 

by visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and 

clicking on the Shrimp Advisory Panel 

meeting on the calendar. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on 

www.gulfcouncil.org as they become 

available. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Advisory Panel for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified 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 takeaction to address the emergency at least 

5 working days prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid or 

accommodations should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira, kathy.pereira@

gulfcouncil.org, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 26, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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NORTHERN BORDER REGIONAL 

COMMISSION 

Adoption of Categorical Exclusions 

Under the National Environmental 

Policy Act 

AGENCY: Northern Border Regional 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of adoption of categorical 

exclusions. 

SUMMARY: The Northern Border Regional 

Commission (NBRC) is adopting 

categorical exclusions (CEs) established 

by the Denali Commission, which the 

NBRC will apply to similar NBRC 

categories of actions to comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

This notice identifies the Denali 

Commission CEs and NBRC’s categories 

of proposed actions for which it intends 

to use the Denali Commission’s CEs, 

and describes the consultation between 

the agencies. 

DATES: The CEs identified below are 

available for the NBRC to use for its 

proposed actions effective upon 

publication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rich 

Grogan, NBRC Executive Director, 

telephone number: 603–369–3001, 

email: rgrogan@nbrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

Categorical Exclusions 

Congress enacted the National 

Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347, (NEPA) in order to 

encourage productive and enjoyable 

harmony between humans and the 

environment, recognizing the profound 

impact of human activity and the 

critical importance of restoring and 

maintaining environmental quality to 

the overall welfare of humankind. 42 

U.S.C. 4321, 4331. NEPA seeks to 

ensure that agencies consider the 

environmental effects of their proposed 

major actions in their decision-making 

processes and inform and involve the 

public in that process. NEPA created the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ), which promulgated NEPA 

implementing regulations, 40 CFR parts 

1500 through 1508 (CEQ regulations). 

To comply with NEPA, agencies 

determine the appropriate level of 

review of any major Federal action—an 

environmental impact statement (EIS), 

environmental assessment (EA), or CE. 

40 CFR 1501.3. If a proposed action is 

likely to have significant environmental 

effects, the agency must prepare an EIS 

and document its decision in a record 

of decision. 40 CFR part 1502, 1505.2. 

If the proposed action is not likely to 

have significant environmental effects 

or the effects are unknown, the agency 

may instead prepare an environmental 

assessment (EA), which involves a more 

concise analysis and process than an 

EIS. 40 CFR 1501.5. Following the EA, 

the agency may conclude that the action 

will have no significant effects and 

document that conclusion in a finding 

of no significant impact. 40 CFR 1501.6. 

If the analysis concludes that the action 

is likely to have significant effects, 

however, then an EIS is required. 

Under NEPA and the CEQ regulations, 

a Federal agency also can establish 

CEs—categories of actions that the 

agency has determined normally do not 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment—in their agency 

NEPA procedures. 42 U.S.C. 4336e(1); 

40 CFR 1501.4, 1507.3(e)(2)(ii), 

1508.1(d). If an agency determines that 

a CE covers a proposed action, it then 

evaluates the proposed action for 

extraordinary circumstances in which a 

normally excluded action may have a 

significant effect. 40 CFR 1501.4(b). If 

no extraordinary circumstances are 

present or if further analysis determines 

that the extraordinary circumstances do 

not involve the potential for significant 

environmental effects, the agency may 

apply the CE to the proposed action 

without preparing an EA or EIS. 42 

U.S.C. 4336(a)(2), 40 CFR 1501.4. If the 

extraordinary circumstances have the 

potential to result in significant effects, 

the agency is required to prepare an EA 

or EIS. 

An agency may not segment an action 

to meet the definition of a CE. Agencies 

must evaluate, in a single review, 

proposals or parts of proposals that are 

related to each other closely enough to 

be, in effect, a single course of action, 

and must consider as part of the review 

any connected actions. Connected 

actions are ones that automatically 

trigger other actions, cannot or will not 

proceed unless other actions are taken, 

or are interdependent parts of a larger 

action and depend on the larger action 

for their justification. 

Section 109 of NEPA, enacted as part 

of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, 

allows a Federal agency to ‘‘adopt’’ and 

use another Federal agency’s CEs for 

proposed actions. 42 U.S.C. 4336c. To 

use another agency’s CEs under section 

109, the adopting agency must identify 

the relevant CEs listed in another 

agency’s (‘‘establishing agency’’) NEPA 

procedures that covers the adopting 

agency’s category of proposed actions or 

related actions; consult with the 

establishing agency to ensure that the 

proposed adoption of the CE for a 

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identify to the public the CE that the 

adopting agency plans to use for its 

proposed actions; and document 

adoption of the CE. 42 U.S.C. 4336c. 

NBRC has prepared this notice to meet 

these statutory requirements. 

NBRC’s Programs 

Created in 2008, the Northern Border 

Regional Commission (NBRC) is a 

Federal-State partnership whose 

mission is to help alleviate economic 

distress and encourage private sector job 

creation in Maine, New Hampshire, 

New York, and Vermont. In its fifteenyear history, the NBRC has awarded 

over 400 grants through its primary 

Catalyst Program, the Forest Economy 

Program (FEP), the Timber for Transit 

program, and other special initiatives. 

Since 2008, the NBRC has grown each 

year, both in size and appropriations, 

and was included in the 2021 Bipartisan 

Infrastructure Law (BIL) passed by 

Congress, which appropriated $150 

million to the Commission for 

deployment across its four-State 

footprint in support of a wide range of 

economic development projects. Eligible 

recipients for NBRC grant funds include 

State and local governments, Indian 

Tribes, and public and nonprofit 

organizations. 

Through its grantmaking, the NBRC 

funds projects in the following 

categories, as prescribed in 40 U.S.C., 

subtitle V, section 15501: 

(1) to develop the transportation 

infrastructure of its region; 

(2) to develop the basic public 

infrastructure of its region; 

(3) to develop the telecommunications 

infrastructure of its region; 

(4) to assist its region in obtaining job 

skills training, skills development and 

employment-related education, 

entrepreneurship, technology, and 

business development; 

(5) to provide assistance to severely 

economically distressed and 

underdeveloped areas of its region that 

lack financial resources for improving 

basic health care and other public 

services; 

(6) to promote resource conservation, 

tourism, recreation, and preservation of 

open space in a manner consistent with 

economic development goals; 

(7) to promote the development of 

renewable and alternative energy 

sources; and 

(8) to otherwise achieve the purposes 

of this subtitle. 

Denali Commission’s Program 

Created by Congress in 1998, the 

Denali Commission is essentially 

similar to the NBRC in its mission and 

function. The Denali Commission Act of 

1998 established the Denali Commission 

(Commission), and as part of the act, the 

Commission’s mission of providing job 

training and other economic 

development services in rural 

communities was established with a 

specific focus on promoting rural 

development, and providing power 

generation, transmission facilities, 

modern communication systems, water 

and sewer systems and other 

infrastructure needs in rural Alaska. 

Since its inception, the Denali 

Commission Act of 1998 has been 

updated several times expanding its 

mission to include the planning and 

construction of health care facilities and 

the establishment of the Denali Access 

System Program for surface 

transportation infrastructure and 

waterfront transportation projects. The 

NBRC collaborates extensively with the 

Denali Commission on both 

administrative and programmatic 

matters. 

II. Denali Commission Categorical 

Exclusions 

NBRC is in the process of developing 

its own list of CEs and, in the interim, 

has identified the following CEs listed 

in appendices A and B to subtitle B of 

the Denali Commission’s NEPA 

implementing procedures, 45 CFR part 

900. The NBRC will require all grantees 

to complete a CATEX Checklist, which 

will closely resemble the CATEX 

Checklist completed by applicants to 

the Denali Commission’s programs. The 

NBRC will review the CATEX Checklist 

and project details and, if it determines 

that application of the CATEX is 

appropriate, will post a Memorandum 

for Record (MFR) on NBRC’s NEPAdedicated web page, which may be 

accessed by the public. 

Because the Denali Commission and 

the NBRC serve similar purposes with 

respect to economic development in 

their respective Congressionally 

prescribed regions, the list of categories 

in the Denali procedures aligns closely 

with the categories of actions for which 

NBRC contemplates using the CE at this 

time. 

A: General Categorical Exclusions 

Actions consistent with any of the 

following categories are, in the absence 

of extraordinary circumstances, 

categorically excluded from further 

analysis in an EA or EIS: 

A1. Routine administrative and 

management activities including, but 

not limited to, those activities related to 

budgeting, finance, personnel actions, 

procurement activities, compliance with 

applicable executive orders and 

procedures for sustainable or ‘‘greened’’ 

procurement, retaining legal counsel, 

public affairs activities (e.g., issuing 

press releases, newsletters and notices 

of funding availability), internal and 

external program evaluation and 

monitoring (e.g., site visits), database 

development and maintenance, and 

computer systems administration. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Internal operations of the NBRC. 

• Grants that support discrete 

administrative and management 

activities funded under the authority 

granted in 40 U.S.C. 15501(a) such as 

internal planning, budgeting, and 

procurement activities. 

A2. Routine activities that the 

Commission does to support its program 

partners and stakeholders, such as 

serving on task forces, ad hoc 

committees or representing Commission 

interests in other forums. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Participation in regional forums, 

e.g., multi-funder forums; 

• Single or multiple-agency visits to 

projects and potential projects; 

• Participation in strategic planning 

initiatives of stakeholders and regional 

partners; 

• Participation on ad hoc committees 

designed to elucidate community needs 

and economic development objectives. 

A3. Approving and issuing grants for 

administrative overhead support. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants for capacity building 

initiatives in the NBRC’s region to 

address limited capacity among partners 

and stakeholders, grantees and potential 

grantees. These initiatives include: 

Adding staff and/or contractual capacity 

within regional economic development 

entities for the purpose of technical 

assistance to grantees; Providing 

support for administrative overhead 

costs for these economic development 

entities; Providing grants for contractual 

support for grantees and potential 

grantees to be deployed through 

regional economic development entities. 

A4. Approving and issuing grants for 

social services, education and training 

programs, including but not limited to 

support for Head Start, senior citizen 

programs, drug treatment programs, and 

funding internships, except for projects 

involving construction, renovation, or 

changes in land use. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants for workforce development 

and training programs, planning 

initiatives, community visioning 

processes, and other community-based 

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A5. Approving and issuing grants for 

facility planning and design. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants for discrete planning and 

design activities, such as climate 

resiliency planning, inventory 

assessments, and identifying local and 

regional sourcing of forest-based 

products, where such activities are 

independent of any actions taken to 

implement the resulting plans and 

designs. 

A6. Nondestructive data collection, 

inventory, study, research, and 

monitoring activities (e.g., field, aerial 

and satellite surveying, and mapping). 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants to support discrete 

nondestructive data collection, 

inventory, study, research, and 

monitoring activities funded under 40 

U.S.C. 15501(a). 

A7. Research, planning grants and 

technical assistance projects that are not 

reasonably expected to commit the 

Federal Government to a course of 

action, to result in legislative proposals, 

or to result in direct development. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants to support data collection 

and research that furthers the NBRC’s, 

and/or grantees’, stakeholders’, 

partners’, etc. understanding of the 

region’s needs, capacity, or funding gaps 

as it pertains to economic development 

as defined by the NBRC and expressly 

noted in 40 U.S.C. 15501(a). 

• Approving and issuing grants to 

organization to provide technical advice 

and grant administration assistance to 

organizations (e.g., community and 

economic development entities who 

provide technical and grant 

administration assistance to address 

lack of capacity at State, regional and 

local levels), where such assistance is 

independent of any implementation 

actions with potential environmental 

effects. 

A8. Acquisition and installation of 

equipment including, but not limited to, 

EMS, emergency and non- expendable 

medical equipment (e.g., digital imaging 

devices and dental equipment), and 

communications equipment (e.g., 

computer upgrades). 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants to support acquisition and 

installation of fiber optic cable upgrades 

and other communications equipment 

within the existing footprint of a 

building, vehicle, existing electrical or 

communications infrastructure to 

improve broadband access; 

• Grants to support acquisition and 

installation of medical and emergency 

equipment for medical facilities within 

the existing footprint of a building or 

within a vehicle; 

• Grants to support acquisition and 

installation of equipment within the 

existing footprint of a building or within 

a vehicle to support enhanced cellular 

access. 

B: Program Categorical Exclusions 

Actions consistent with any of the 

following categories are, in the absence 

of extraordinary circumstances, 

categorically excluded from further 

analysis and documentation in an EA or 

EIS upon completion of the Denali 

Commission CATEX checklist: 

B1. Upgrade, repair, maintenance, 

replacement, or minor renovations and 

additions to buildings, roads, harbors 

and other maritime facilities, grounds, 

equipment, and other facilities, 

including but not limited to, roof 

replacement, foundation repair, ADA 

access ramp and door improvements, 

weatherization and energy efficiency 

related improvements, HVAC 

renovations, painting, floor system 

replacement, repaving parking lots and 

ground maintenance, that do not result 

in a change in the functional use of the 

real property. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities, all of 

which would occur within the existing 

footprint of a building or on adjacent 

disturbed land: 

• Grants to support renovation of 

rural health facilities to bring them up 

to modern use standards; 

• Grants to support upgrades, 

maintenance and repair of existing 

transportation infrastructure (e.g., 

covered bridges) including for the 

purpose of resiliency to changing local 

climate; 

• Grants to support connections to 

existing trails, for example, from a city 

street to a bike path, and renovating 

tourist destination hubs to ensure 

continued access to tourist centers in 

the region where potential impacts of 

connections are documented and do not 

substantially alter existing facilities, 

traffic patterns or other existing 

infrastructure; 

• Grants to support additions to 

existing buildings, roads, harbors, and/ 

or other maritime facilities to ensure 

continued access for purposes of 

economic development and/or 

community access, where the addition 

will not result in changes to the existing 

functional use, and where any additions 

occur on adjacent previously disturbed 

land. 

B2. Engineering studies and 

investigations that do not permanently 

change the environment. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants to support improvement 

plans, rehabilitation planning, climate 

resiliency planning and the like, for 

projects including new water and 

wastewater infrastructure, outdoor 

recreation trails, and transportation 

studies for airports and roadways, 

where such assistance is independent of 

any implementation actions with 

potential environmental effects and 

does not result in surface disturbance. 

B3. Construction or lease of new 

infrastructure including, but not limited 

to, healthcare facilities, community 

buildings, housing, and bulk fuel 

storage and power generation plants, 

where such lease or construction: 

a. Is at the site of existing 

infrastructure and capacity is not 

substantially increased; or 

b. Is for infrastructure of less than 

12,000 square feet of useable space 

when less than two acres of surface land 

area are involved at a new site. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities, which 

would occur on previously disturbed 

land: 

• Grants for new infrastructure at 

rural healthcare facilities; 

• Grants for new infrastructure at 

childcare facilities; 

• Grants for projects that upgrade or 

replace outdated power generation 

technology; 

• Grants for water and wastewater 

infrastructure; 

B4. Construction or modification of 

electric power stations or 

interconnection facilities (including, but 

not limited to, switching stations and 

support facilities). 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities, which 

would occur on previously disturbed 

land: 

• Grants to support the construction 

or modification of new or existing 

power stations and associated 

infrastructure in the region; 

B5. Construction of electric 

powerlines approximately ten miles in 

length or less, or approximately 20 

miles in length or less within previously 

disturbed or developed powerline or 

pipeline rights-of-way. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities: 

• Grants to support new powerlines 

to communities seeking new 

connections or upgrades to existing 

infrastructure. 

B7. Demolition, disposal, or 

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structures when done in accordance 

with applicable regulations, including 

those regulations applying to removal of 

asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls 

(PCBs), and other hazardous materials. 

Application of the CE will be limited 

to the following NBRC activities, which 

would not involve the demolition of 

structures that are listed on or eligible 

for listing on the National Register of 

Historic Properties, or improvement 

activities outside the footprint of the 

existing structure: 

• Grants to support demolition or

improvement of buildings or structures 

to support economic development 

activities as specified in 40 U.S.C. 

15501(a). 

III. Documentation of CE and Public

Notice

The NBRC will document the use of 

the above CEs for each project to which 

they are applied and will maintain this 

documentation in the project’s records 

in the NBRC’s online file storage system. 

The CEs will be documented in a 

‘‘Memorandum for Record’’ format to 

stay consistent across projects. NBRC 

annually provides required NEPA 

dedicated training to our State, regional 

and local partners, as well as our 

grantees. NBRC’s NEPA process, 

including all templates, guidance 

documents, procedures, etc., are made 

available to the public on NBRC’s 

NEPA-dedicated web page. 

IV. Consideration of Extraordinary

Circumstances

If an agency determines that a CE 

covers a proposed action, the agency 

must evaluate the proposed action for 

extraordinary circumstances in which a 

normally excluded action may have a 

significant effect. 40 CFR 1501.4(b). 

NBRC does not currently have its own 

NEPA implementing procedures to 

guide its application of extraordinary 

circumstances. Until NBRC establishes 

NEPA implementing procedures, for 

purposes of considering extraordinary 

circumstances in connection with the 

Denali Commission CEs discussed in 

this notice, NBRC will consider whether 

the proposed action has the potential to 

result in significant effects by 

considering the factors listed in the 

Denali Commission’s definition of 

extraordinary circumstances, including, 

but not limited to, a reasonable 

likelihood of significant impacts on 

environmentally sensitive resources; 

threatening a violation of a Federal, 

Tribal, State, or local law or requirement 

imposed for the protection of the 

environment; or disproportionate and 

adverse effects on communities with 

environmental justice concerns. NBRC 

would analyze proposed actions for the 

extraordinary circumstances in the 

Denali Commission’s NEPA 

implementing procedures and 

consistent with the CEQ NEPA 

regulations. 45 CFR 900.204 (c). NBRC 

will then assess whether an 

extraordinary circumstance is present 

and if so, whether the CE may 

nonetheless be applied, consistent with 

40 CFR 1501.4(b) or any successor 

regulation. If NBRC cannot apply a CE 

to a particular proposed action due to 

extraordinary circumstances, NBRC will 

prepare an EA or EIS, consistent with 40 

CFR 1501.4(b)(2), or determine if the 

action is covered under an existing 

NEPA document. NBRC will document 

its consideration of extraordinary 

circumstances as part of the 

Memorandum for Record discussed in 

Part III above. 

V. Consultation With the Denali

Commission and Determination of

Appropriateness

NBRC worked with the Denali 

Commission to identify Denali 

Commission CEs that could apply to 

NBRC proposed actions and began 

consultation in September 2023. During 

this consultation, the agencies discussed 

whether the categories of NBRC 

proposed actions would be 

appropriately covered by the Denali 

Commission CEs; each Agency’s process 

for review of projects with respect to 

CEs; and the extraordinary 

circumstances that NBRC should 

consider before applying these CEs to 

NBRC’s proposed actions. The 

consultation continued through early 

November 2023, and consisted of 

detailed email exchanges and virtual 

meetings with the Denali Commission’s 

lead reviewer of NEPA-related items. 

At the conclusion of that process, the 

agencies determined that NBRC’s 

proposed use of the CEs as described in 

this notice would be appropriate 

because the categories of actions for 

which NBRC plans to use the CEs are 

covered by the Denali Commission CEs. 

VI. Conclusion

This notice documents adoption of

the Denali Commission CEs listed above 

in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 4336c(3), 

and they are available for use by NBRC 

effective immediately. 

Jonathan O’Rourke, 

Senior Program Specialist. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0035] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Annual 

Report on Appeals Process (RSA–722) 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing an 

extension without change of a currently 

approved information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 29, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2024–SCC–0035. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Caneshia 

McAlister, 202–987–1927. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department, 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 


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