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mentioned over the air; (iii) maintain 

contest material terms online for at least 

thirty days after the contest has ended; 

and (v) announce on air that the 

material terms of a contest have changed 

(where that is the case) within 24 hours 

of the change in terms on a website, and 

periodically thereafter, and to direct 

consumers to the website to review the 

changes. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene Dortch, 

Secretary, Office of the Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26264 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

[OMB Control No. 3090–0205; Docket No. 

2024–0001; Sequence No. 9] 

Submission for OMB Review; General 

Services Administration Acquisition 

Regulation (GSAR); Hazardous 

Material Information 

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy, 

General Services Administration (GSA). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations, GSA invites the 

public to comment on a request to 

review and approve an extension of a 

previously approved information 

collection requirement regarding 

Hazardous Material Information. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before: 

December 13, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for this information 

collection should be sent within 30 days 

of publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or 

by using the search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Adina Torberntsson, Procurement 

Analyst, GSA Acquisition Policy 

Division, via telephone at 720–475– 

0568, or via email at 

adina.torberntsson@gsa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Purpose 

The Federal Hazardous Substance Act 

and Hazardous Material Transportation 

Act prescribe standards for packaging of 

hazardous substances. To meet the 

requirements of the Acts, the General 

Services Administration Regulation 

prescribes provision 552.223–72, 

Hazardous Material Information, to be 

inserted in solicitations and contracts 

that provides for delivery of hazardous 

materials on a Free On Board (FOB) 

origin basis. 

This information collection will be 

accomplished by means of the provision 

which requires the contractor to identify 

for each National Stock Number (NSN), 

the DOT Shipping Name, Department of 

Transportation (DOT) Hazards Class, 

and whether the item requires a DOT 

label. Contracting Officers and technical 

personnel use the information to 

monitor and ensure contract 

requirements based on law and 

regulation. 

Properly identified and labeled items 

of hazardous material allows for 

appropriate handling of such items 

throughout GSA’s supply chain system. 

The information is used by GSA, stored 

in an NSN database and provided to 

GSA customers. Non-Collection and/or 

a less frequently conducted collection of 

the information resulting from GSAR 

provision 552.223–72 would prevent the 

Government from being properly 

notified. Government activities may be 

hindered from notifying their employees 

of; (1) All hazards to which they may be 

exposed; (2) Relative symptoms and 

appropriate emergency treatment; and 

(3) Proper conditions and precautions 

for safe use and exposure. 

B. Annual Reporting Burden 

Respondents: 563. 

Responses per Respondent: 3. 

Total Responses: 1689. 

Hours Per Response: .5. 

Total Burden Hours: 844.5. 

C. Public Comments 

A 60-day notice published in the 

Federal Register at 89 FR 68616 on 

August 27, 2024. No comments were 

received. Obtaining Copies of Proposals: 

Requesters may obtain a copy of the 

information collection documents from 

the GSA Regulatory Secretariat Division, 

by calling 202–501–4755 or emailing 

GSARegSec@gsa.gov. Please cite OMB 

Control No. 3090–0205, Hazardous 

Material Information, in all 

correspondence. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive, Office of 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Governmentwide Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26208 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–61–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Agency for Healthcare Research and 

Quality 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Agency for Healthcare Research 

and Quality, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

intention of the Agency for Healthcare 

Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approve an extension of 

the currently approved information 

collection project: ‘‘Medical 

Expenditures Panel Survey—Insurance 

Component.’’ 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz, 

Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by 

email at 

REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@

ahrq.hhs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports 

Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by 

email at 

REPORTSCLEARANCEOFFICER@

ahrq.hhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Project 

Medical Expenditures Panel Survey— 

Insurance Component 

AHRQ requests an extension of the 

Medical Expenditure Panel Survey— 

Insurance Component (MEPS–IC), OMB 

control number 0935–0110. No 

revisions are being made to the data 

collection. The current expiration date 

is January 31st, 2026. AHRQ requests a 

new expiration date, 3 years from 

approval. 

In 2023, employer-sponsored health 

insurance was the source of coverage for 

95.3 million workers and their family 

members and is a cornerstone of the 

U.S. health care system. The Medical 

Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance 

Component (MEPS–IC) measures the 

extent, cost, and coverage of employersponsored health insurance on an 

annual basis. These statistics are 

produced at the National, State, and 

sub-State (metropolitan area) level for 

private industry. Statistics are also 

produced for State and Local 

governments. 

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(1) to provide data for Federal 

policymakers evaluating the effects of 

National and State health care reforms. 

(2) to provide descriptive data on the 

current employer-sponsored health 

insurance system and data for modeling 

the differential impacts of proposed 

health policy initiatives. 

(3) to supply critical State and 

National estimates of health insurance 

spending for the National Health 

Accounts and Gross Domestic Product. 

This study is being conducted by 

AHRQ through its contractor, the 

Bureau of the Census, pursuant to 

AHRQ’s statutory authority to conduct 

and support research on health care and 

on systems for the delivery of such care, 

including activities with respect to the 

cost and use of health care services and 

with respect to health statistics and 

surveys. 42 U.S.C. 299a(a)(3) and 42 

U.S.C. 299b–2. 

Method of Collection 

To achieve the goals of this project the 

following data collections for both 

private sector and state and local 

government employers will be 

implemented: 

(1) Prescreener Questionnaire—The 

purpose of the Prescreener 

Questionnaire, which is collected via 

telephone, varies depending on the 

insurance status of the establishment 

contacted (establishment is defined as a 

single, physical location in the private 

sector and a governmental unit in state 

and local governments.) For 

establishments that do not offer health 

insurance to their employees, the 

prescreener is used to collect basic 

information such as number of 

employees. Collection is completed for 

these establishments through this 

telephone call. For establishments that 

do offer health insurance, contact name 

and address information is collected 

that is used for the mailout of the 

establishment and plan questionnaires. 

Obtaining this contact information helps 

ensure that the questionnaires are 

directed to the person in the 

establishment best equipped to 

complete them. 

(2) Establishment Questionnaire—The 

purpose of the Establishment 

Questionnaire, which is collected via 

internet or mail, is to obtain general 

information from employers that 

provide health insurance to their 

employees. Information such as total 

active enrollment in health insurance, 

other employee benefits, demographic 

characteristics of employees, and retiree 

health insurance is collected through 

the establishment questionnaire. 

(3) Plan Questionnaire—The purpose 

of the Plan Questionnaire, which is 

collected via internet or mail, is to 

collect plan-specific information on 

each plan (up to four plans) offered by 

establishments that provide health 

insurance to their employees. This 

questionnaire obtains information on 

total premiums, employer and employee 

contributions to the premium, and plan 

enrollment for each type of coverage 

offered—single, employee-plus-one, and 

family—within a plan. It also asks for 

information on deductibles, copays, and 

other plan characteristics. 

Beginning with survey year 2009, 

web-based electronic collection has 

been used to collect MEPS–IC data, 

making it easier for respondents to 

report, and also allowing for faster data 

processing. This has been used 

successfully for other Census Bureau 

surveys and has been very popular with 

respondents. Beginning with survey 

year 2020, email addresses are collected 

in order to email sample members with 

a link to respond to the survey using the 

internet. Since 2020, web has become 

the primary mode of data collection; 

mail mode is used as follow-up. 

Computer Assisted Telephone 

Interviewing (CATI) technology has 

been an integral tool for prescreening of 

respondents and telephone follow-up in 

the MEPS–IC since the survey’s 

inception. 

A Business Help Site (BHS) was 

established on the internet by the 

Census Bureau for respondents to visit 

to view copies of the forms, definitions, 

and frequently asked questions. Secure 

messaging can be used by respondents 

through the BHS to ask reporting 

questions and receive quick responses. 

Estimated Annual Respondent Burden 

Exhibit 1 shows the estimated 

annualized burden hours for the 

respondents’ time to participate in the 

MEPS–IC. The Prescreener 

Questionnaire will be completed by 

18,900 respondents and takes 5 minutes 

to complete. The Establishment 

Questionnaire will be completed by 

21,900 respondents and takes 20 

minutes to complete. The Prescreener 

and Establishment Questionnaires 

require 1 response per respondent. The 

Plan Questionnaire will be completed 

by 18,900 respondents and will require 

an average of 2.3 responses per 

respondent. Each Plan Questionnaire 

takes 11 minutes to complete. The total 

annualized burden hours are estimated 

to be 16,845 hours. 

EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS FOR THE 2025–2027 MEPS–IC 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Minutes 

per response 

Total burden 

hours 

Prescreener Questionnaire .............................................................................. 18,900 1 5 1,575 

Establishment Questionnaire ........................................................................... 21,900 1 20 7,300 

Plan Questionnaire .......................................................................................... 18,900 2.3 11 7,970

Total .......................................................................................................... 59,700 n/a n/a 16,845 

* The burden estimate printed on the establishment questionnaire is 45 minutes, which includes the burden estimate for completing the establishment questionnaire and two plan questionnaires (on average, each establishment completes 2.3 plan questionnaires). The establishment and 

plan questionnaires are sent to the respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time. 

Exhibit 2 shows the estimated 

annualized cost burden associated with 

the respondents’ time to participate in 

this data collection. The annualized cost 

burden is estimated to be $652,893. 


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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN FOR THE 2025–2027 MEPS–IC 

Form name Number of 

respondents 

Total burden 

hours 

Average 

hourly wage 

rate * 

Total cost 

burden 

Prescreener Questionnaire .................................................................................... 18,900 1,575 38.76 $61,047 

Establishment Questionnaire ................................................................................. 21,900 7,300 38.76 282,948 

Plan Questionnaire ................................................................................................ 18,900 7,970 38.76 308,898 

Total ................................................................................................................ 59,700 16,845 n/a 652,893 

* Based upon the mean hourly wage for Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists occupation code 13–1141, at https://

www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes131141.htm (U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.) 

Request for Comments 

In accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3520, 

comments on AHRQ’s information 

collection are requested with regard to 

any of the following: (a) whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the proper performance of 

AHRQ’s health care research and health 

care information dissemination 

functions, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of AHRQ’s estimate of 

burden (including hours and costs) of 

the proposed collection(s) of 

information; (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 upon the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and 

included in the Agency’s subsequent 

request for OMB approval of the 

proposed information collection. All 

comments will become a matter of 

public record. 

Dated: November 5, 2024. 

Marquita Cullom, 

Associate Director. 

[FR Doc. 2024–26207 Filed 11–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4160–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Administration for Children and 

Families 

Proposed Information Collection 

Activity; Objective Work Plan/OnGoing Progress Report (Office of 

Management and Budget #0970–0452) 

AGENCY: Administration for Native 

Americans, Administration for Children 

and Families, U.S. Department of Health 

and Human Services. 

ACTION: Request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: The Administration for 

Children and Families’ (ACF) 

Administration for Native Americans 

(ANA) is requesting a 3-year extension 

to the Ongoing Progress Report (OPR) 

and the Objective Work Plan (OWP) 

(Office of Management and Budget 

#0970–0452, expiration September 30, 

2026). Changes are proposed only to the 

report. 

DATES: Comments due January 13, 2025. 

In compliance with the requirements of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

ACF is soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described above. 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

proposed collection of information and 

submit comments by emailing 

infocollection@acf.hhs.gov. Identify all 

requests by the title of the information 

collection. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description: The information in the 

OPR is collected on a semi-annual basis 

to monitor the performance of grantees 

and better gauge grantee progress. 

The OPR information collection is 

conducted in accordance with sec. 811 

[42 U.S.C. 2992] of the Native American 

Programs Act and will allow ANA to 

report quantifiable results across all 

program areas. It also provides grantees 

with parameters for reporting their 

progress and helps ANA better monitor 

and determine the effectiveness of their 

projects. 

The OWP information collection is 

conducted in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 

of the Native American Programs Act of 

1972, as amended. This collection is 

necessary to evaluate applications for 

financial assistance and determine the 

relative merits of the projects for which 

such assistance is requested, as set forth 

in sec. 806 [42 U.S.C. 2991–d 1](a)(1). 

The report was revised based on a 

review by ANA and feedback from 

grantees, which identified some data 

elements that could be eliminated and 

areas that could be clarified. 

Respondents: Federally and state 

recognized tribes, Native Pacific 

Islanders, Tribal Colleges and 

Universities, native non-profits, and 

consortia. 

ANNUAL BURDEN ESTIMATES

Instrument 

Total 

number of 

respondents 

Total 

number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

hours per 

response 

Total 

burden 

hours 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Objective Work Plan ................................................................ 300 1 3 900 300 

On-Going Progress Report ...................................................... 200 2 1 400 133 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 433. 

Comments: The Department 

specifically requests comments 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; (c) the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

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