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Submit comments on or before
September 9, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding
this burden estimate or any other aspect
of this collection of information,
including suggestions for reducing this
burden to: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs of OMB, Attention:
Desk Officer for GSA, Room 10236,
NEOB, Washington, DC 20503 or at
Oira_submission@omb.eop.gov.
Additionally submit a copy to GSA by
any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: This
website provides the ability to type
short comments directly into the
comment field or attach a file for
lengthier comments. Go to https://
www.regulations.gov and follow the
instructions on the site.
• Mail: General Services
Administration, Regulatory Secretariat
Division (MVCB), 1800 F Street NW,
Washington, DC 20405. ATTN: Lois
Mandell/IC 9000–0069, Indirect Cost
Rates, Predetermined Indirect Cost
Rates, and Bankruptcy Notifications.
Instructions: All items submitted
must cite Information Collection 9000–
0069, Indirect Cost Rates,
Predetermined Indirect Cost Rates, and
Bankruptcy Notifications. Comments
received generally will be posted
without change to https://
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information provided. To confirm
receipt of your comment(s), please
check www.regulations.gov,
approximately two to three days after
submission to verify posting (except
allow 30 days for posting of comments
submitted by mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Zenaida Delgado, Procurement Analyst,
at telephone 202–969–7207, or
zenaida.delgado@gsa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
A. OMB Control Number, Title, and
Any Associated Form(s)
9000–0069, Indirect Cost Rates,
Predetermined Indirect Cost Rates, and
Bankruptcy Notifications.
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B. Needs and Uses
The Federal Acquisition Regulatory
Council is in the process of combining
OMB Control Numbers for the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by FAR
part to the maximum practicable extent.
This consolidation is expected to
improve industry’s ability to easily and
efficiently identify all burdens
associated with a given FAR part. The
review of the information collections by
FAR part allows improved oversight to
ensure there is no redundant or
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unaccounted for burden placed on
industry. Lastly, combining information
collections in a given FAR part is also
expected to reduce the administrative
burden associated with processing
multiple information collections.
This justification supports revision
and extension of the expiration date of
OMB Control No. 9000–0069 and
combines it with the previously
approved information collection OMB
Control No. 9000–0108, with the new
title ‘‘Indirect Cost Rates, Predetermined
Indirect Cost Rates, and Bankruptcy
Notifications’’. Upon approval of this
consolidated information collection,
OMB Control No. 9000–0108 will be
discontinued. The burden requirements
previously approved under the
discontinued Number will be covered
under OMB Control No. 9000–0069.
This clearance covers the information
that contractors must submit to comply
with the following FAR requirements:
1. 52.216–7, Allowable Cost and
Payment, paragraph (d), requires that
final annual indirect cost rates and the
appropriate bases shall be established in
accordance with FAR subpart 42.7.
These rates are used, in part, in cost
reimbursement contracts, time and
materials contracts (other than for
commercial items and not for labor-hour
contracts), and for certain types of fixed
price contracts construction contracts.
The clause requires the contractor to
submit an adequate final indirect cost
rate proposal to the contracting officer
and the auditor within the 6-month
period following the expiration of each
of its fiscal years. The proposed rates
shall be based on the contractor’s actual
cost experience for that period. This
clause provides a list of the data
required to be submitted. The data is
customary business financial
information that the contractor can
access from its automated business
systems.
2. 52.216–15, Predetermined Indirect
Cost Rates, used in solicitations and
contracts for a cost-reimbursement
research and development contract with
an educational institution and addresses
how the allowable indirect costs under
the contract shall be obtained by
applying predetermined indirect costs
to bases agreed by the parties. This
clause repeats the requirement in FAR
52.216–7, paragraph (d), for the
contractor to submit an adequate final
indirect cost rate proposal, however it
does not impose any additional
reporting requirements.
3. 52.242–4, Certification of Final
Indirect Costs, requires the contractor’s
proposal of final indirect cost rates to be
certified to establish or modify the rates
used to reimburse the contractor for the
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costs of performing under the contract.
The supporting cost data are the cost
accounting information normally
prepared by organizations under sound
management and accounting practices.
This clause is incorporated into all
solicitations and contracts, except for
the Department of Energy Management
and Operating contracts, that provide
for establishment of final indirect cost
rates.
4. 52.242–13, Bankruptcy. This clause
requires contractors to notify the
contracting officer within five days after
initiating the proceedings relating to
bankruptcy filing.
C. Annual Burden
Respondents: 6,145.
Total Annual Responses: 6,145.
Total Burden Hours: 1,578,868.
D. Public Comment
A 60-day notice was published in the
Federal Register at 84 FR 25277, on
May 31, 2019. No comments were
received.
Obtaining Copies: Requesters may
obtain a copy of the information
collection documents from the General
Services Administration, Regulatory
Secretariat Division (MVCB), 1800 F
Street NW, Washington, DC 20405,
telephone 202–501–4755.
Please cite OMB Control No. 9000–
0069, Indirect Cost Rates,
Predetermined Indirect Cost Rates, and
Bankruptcy Notifications, in all
correspondence.
Janet Fry,
Director, Federal Acquisition Policy Division,
Office of Governmentwide Acquisition Policy,
Office of Acquisition Policy, Office of
Governmentwide Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality, HHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
This notice announces the
intention of the Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) to request
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) reapprove the proposed
information collection project: ‘‘Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey—Insurance
Component.’’
SUMMARY:
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Comments on this notice must be
received by 60 days after date of
publication.
DATES:
Written comments should
be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
Copies of the proposed collection
plans, data collection instruments, and
specific details on the estimated burden
can be obtained from the AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427–1477, or by
email at doris.lefkowitz@AHRQ.hhs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey—
Insurance Component
Employer-sponsored health insurance
is the source of coverage for 84.4 million
current and former workers, plus many
of 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 employer-sponsored 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.
This research has the following goals:
(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 the Bureau of the
Census, pursuant to AHRQ’s statutory
authority to conduct and support
research on healthcare 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 (8); 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 mailed Establishment
Questionnaire 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 mailed Plan Questionnaire 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.
The primary objective of the MEPS–
IC is to collect information on employersponsored health insurance. Such
information is needed in order to
provide the tools for Federal, State, and
academic researchers to evaluate current
and proposed health policies and to
support the production of important
statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
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
29,931 respondents and takes about 5
minutes to complete. The Establishment
questionnaire will be completed by
25,819 respondents and takes about 23
minutes to complete. The Plan
questionnaire will be completed by
22,859 respondents and will require an
average of 2.2 responses per respondent.
Each Plan questionnaire takes about 11
minutes to complete. The total
annualized burden hours are estimated
to be 21,611 hours.
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 $705,599.
EXHIBIT 1—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS FOR THE 2020–2021 MEPS–IC
Number of
respondents
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Form name
Number of
responses per
respondent
Total
burden
hours
Hours per
response
Prescreener Questionnaire ..............................................................................
Establishment Questionnaire ...........................................................................
Plan Questionnaire ..........................................................................................
29,931
25,819
22,859
1
1
2.2
5/60
* 23/60
11/60
2,494
9,897
9,220
Total ..........................................................................................................
78,609
na
na
21,611
* 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 2.2 plan questionnaires), plus the prescreener.
The establishment and plan questionnaires are sent to the respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time.
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EXHIBIT 2—ESTIMATED ANNUALIZED COST BURDEN FOR THE 2020–2021 MEPS–IC
Number of
respondents
Form name
Total
burden
hours
Average
hourly wage
rate *
Total cost
burden
Prescreener Questionnaire ..............................................................................
Establishment Questionnaire ...........................................................................
Plan Questionnaire ..........................................................................................
29,931
25,819
22,859
2,494
9,897
9,220
$32.65
32.65
32.65
$81,429
323,137
301,033
Total ..........................................................................................................
78,609
21,611
na
705,599
* 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
Dated: August 5, 2019.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
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Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
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[60Day–19–1015; Docket No. CDC–2019–
0061]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC), Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
AGENCY:
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The Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of
its continuing effort to reduce public
burden and maximize the utility of
government information, invites the
general public and other Federal
agencies the opportunity to comment on
a proposed and/or continuing
information collection, as required by
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
This notice invites comment on a
proposed information collection project
titled National Electronic Health
Records Survey (NEHRS) which will
collect data on office-based physicians’
adoption and use of electronic health
record (EHR) systems, practice
information, patient engagement,
controlled substances prescribing
practices, use of health information
exchange, and documentation and
burden associated with medical record
systems.
DATES: CDC must receive written
comments on or before October 7, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by Docket No. CDC–2019–
0061 by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:
Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions
for submitting comments.
• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, of the
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received
must include the agency name and
Docket Number. CDC will post, without
change, all relevant comments to
Regulations.gov.
Please note: Submit all comments
through the Federal eRulemaking portal
(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of
the information collection plan and
instruments, contact Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Information Collection Review Office,
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS–
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501–3521,
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 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.
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D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone:
404–639–7570; Email: omb@cdc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies
must obtain approval from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for each
collection of information they conduct
or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also
requires Federal agencies to provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of
information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed
extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of
previously approved information
collection before submitting the
collection to the OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
publishing this notice of a proposed
data collection as described below.
The OMB is particularly interested in
comments that will help:
1. 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;
2. 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;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
4. 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.
5. Assess information collection costs.
Proposed Project
National Electronic Health Records
Survey (NEHRS) (OMB Control No.
0920–1015, Exp. 7/31/2020)—
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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.
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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) reapprove the proposed information
collection project: ``Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance
Component.''
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DATES: Comments on this notice must be received by 60 days after date
of publication.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to: Doris Lefkowitz,
Reports Clearance Officer, AHRQ, by email at
[email protected].
Copies of the proposed collection plans, data collection
instruments, and specific details on the estimated burden can be
obtained from the AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Lefkowitz, AHRQ Reports
Clearance Officer, (301) 427-1477, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Project
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey--Insurance Component
Employer-sponsored health insurance is the source of coverage for
84.4 million current and former workers, plus many of 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 employer-sponsored 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.
This research has the following goals:
(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 the Bureau of the
Census, pursuant to AHRQ's statutory authority to conduct and support
research on healthcare 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 (8); 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 mailed
Establishment Questionnaire 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 mailed Plan
Questionnaire 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.
The primary objective of the MEPS-IC is to collect information on
employer-sponsored health insurance. Such information is needed in
order to provide the tools for Federal, State, and academic researchers
to evaluate current and proposed health policies and to support the
production of important statistical measures for other Federal
agencies.
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 29,931 respondents and takes about 5
minutes to complete. The Establishment questionnaire will be completed
by 25,819 respondents and takes about 23 minutes to complete. The Plan
questionnaire will be completed by 22,859 respondents and will require
an average of 2.2 responses per respondent. Each Plan questionnaire
takes about 11 minutes to complete. The total annualized burden hours
are estimated to be 21,611 hours.
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 $705,599.
Exhibit 1--Estimated Annualized Burden Hours for the 2020-2021 MEPS-IC
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Number of
Form name Number of responses per Hours per Total burden
respondents respondent response hours
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Prescreener Questionnaire....................... 29,931 1 5/60 2,494
Establishment Questionnaire..................... 25,819 1 * 23/60 9,897
Plan Questionnaire.............................. 22,859 2.2 11/60 9,220
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 78,609 na na 21,611
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* 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 2.2 plan questionnaires), plus the prescreener. The establishment and plan
questionnaires are sent to the respondent as a package and are completed by the respondent at the same time.
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Exhibit 2--Estimated Annualized Cost Burden for the 2020-2021 MEPS-IC
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Number of Total burden Average hourly Total cost
Form name respondents hours wage rate * burden
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Prescreener Questionnaire....................... 29,931 2,494 $32.65 $81,429
Establishment Questionnaire..................... 25,819 9,897 32.65 323,137
Plan Questionnaire.............................. 22,859 9,220 32.65 301,033
---------------------------------------------------------------
Total....................................... 78,609 21,611 na 705,599
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* 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-
3521, 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 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: August 5, 2019.
Virginia L. Mackay-Smith,
Associate Director.
[FR Doc. 2019-17001 Filed 8-7-19; 8:45 am]
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