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A. Conditions
In addition to those conditions
already required by 29 CFR 1910.7, QAI
must abide by the following conditions
of the recognition:
1. QAI must inform OSHA as soon as
possible, in writing, of any change of
ownership, facilities, or key personnel,
and of any major change in the
operations as a NRTL, and provide
details of the change(s);
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recognition and comply with all OSHA
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3. QAI must continue to meet the
requirements for recognition, including
all previously published conditions on
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for which it has recognition.
Pursuant to the authority in 29 CFR
1910.7, OSHA hereby expands the scope
of recognition of QAI, subject to the
conditions specified in this notice.
III. Authority and Signature
Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210, authorized the preparation of
this notice. Accordingly, the agency is
issuing this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C.
657(g)(2), Secretary of Labor’s Order No.
8–2020 (85 FR 58393, Sept. 18, 2020),
and 29 CFR 1910.7.
Signed at Washington, DC, on January 7,
2021.
Loren Sweatt,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Occupational Safety and Health.
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE
ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library
Services
Submission for OMB Review,
Comment Request, Proposed
Collection Requests: 2021–2023 IMLS
Native American Library Services
Enhancement Grants Program Notice
of Funding Opportunity
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review,
comment request.
AGENCY:
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The Institute of Museum and
Library Services announces 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. The purpose of this
Notice is to solicit comments about the
plan to offer a grant program targeted to
the needs of Native American libraries.
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 FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section
below on or before February 10, 2021.
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).
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 or
mail to Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk
Officer for Education, Office of
Management and Budget, Room 10235,
Washington, DC 20503, 202–395–7316.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Anthony D. Smith, Associate Deputy
Director, Office of Library Services,
Institute of Museum and Library
Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza North, SW,
Suite 4000, Washington, DC 20024–
2135. Mr. Smith can be reached by
telephone at 202–653–4716, or by email
at asmith@imls.gov.
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,
and related organizations through grant
making, research, and policy
development. Our vision is a nation
where museums and libraries work
together to work together to transform
the lives of individuals and
communities. To learn more, visit
www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: The purpose of this
collection is to support Native American
libraries in improving digital services,
improving educational programs, and
enhancing preservation and
revitalization, particularly as they relate
to the following goals in the Museum
and Library Services Act (20 U.S.C.
9141).
1. Expanding services for learning and
access to information and educational
resources in a variety of formats
(including new and emerging
technology), in all types of libraries, for
individuals of all ages in order to
support such individuals’ need for
education, lifelong learning, workforce
development, economic and business
development, health information,
critical thinking skills, digital library
skills, and financial literacy and other
types of literacy skills.
2. Establishing or enhancing
electronic and other linkages and
improved coordination among and
between libraries and entities, as
described in 20 U.S.C. 9134(b)(6), for
the purpose of improving the quality of
and access to library and information
services.
3. Providing training and professional
development, including continuing
education, to enhance the skills of the
current library workforce and
leadership, and advance the delivery of
library and information services; and
enhancing efforts to recruit future
professionals, including those from
diverse and underrepresented
backgrounds, to the field of library and
information services.
4. Developing public and private
partnerships with other agencies, tribes,
and community-based organizations.
5. Targeting library services to
individuals of diverse geographic,
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cultural, and socioeconomic
backgrounds, to individuals with
disabilities, and to individuals with
limited functional literacy or
information skills.
6. Targeting library and information
services to persons having difficulty
using a library and to underserved
urban and rural communities, including
children (from birth through age 17)
from families with incomes below the
poverty line (as defined by the Office of
Management and Budget and revised
annually in accordance with 42 U.S.C.
9902(2)) applicable to a family of the
size involved.
7. Developing library services that
provide all users access to information
through local, State, regional, national,
and international collaborations and
networks.
8. Carrying out other activities
consistent with the purposes of the
Library Services and Technology
subchapter of the IMLS statute (20
U.S.C. 9121).
Indian tribes are eligible to apply for
funding under the Native American
Library Services Enhancement Grant
program. Entities such as libraries,
schools, tribal colleges, or departments
of education are not eligible applicants,
although they may be involved in the
administration of this program and their
staff may serve as project directors in
partnership with an eligible applicant.
For purposes of funding under this
program, ‘‘Indian tribe’’ means any
tribe, band, nation, or other organized
group or community, including any
Alaska native village, regional
corporation, or village corporation (as
defined in, or established pursuant to,
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), which is
recognized as eligible for the special
programs and services provided by the
United States to Indians because of their
status as Indians. A list of eligible
entities is available from the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
To be eligible for this program an
applicant must be able to document an
existing library that meets, at a
minimum, three basic criteria: (1)
Regularly scheduled hours, (2) staff, and
(3) materials available for library users.
This action is to seek approval for the
information collection for the 2021–
2023 IMLS Native American Library
Services Enhancement Grants Program
Notice of Funding Opportunity for the
next three years.
The 60-day notice for the 2021–2023
IMLS Native American Library Services:
Enhancement Grants Program Notice of
Funding Opportunity, was published in
the Federal Register on June 29, 2020
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:08 Jan 12, 2021
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(85 FR 38933–38934). No comments
were received.
Agency: Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Title: 2021–2023 IMLS Native
American Library Services
Enhancement Grants Program Notice of
Funding Opportunity
OMB Number: 3137–0110.
Frequency: Once per year.
Affected Public: American Indian
tribes recognized by the Secretary of the
Interior.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
2,040 hours.
Total Annualized capital/startup
costs: n/a.
Total Annual costs: $60,730.80.
Total Federal Costs: $2,667.71.
Dated: January 8, 2021.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist,
Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests: IMLS Collections
Assessment for Preservation Forms
Institute of Museum and
Library Services, National Foundation
for the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Notice, request for comments,
collection of information.
AGENCY:
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 the three-year approval of
the forms necessary to support the
implementation of the Collections
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Assessment for Preservation (CAP)
program. They are designed to collect
information to support applications to
the program by both museums and
conservators/assessors as well as preprogram questionnaires and postprogram evaluations.
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
addressee section below on or before
March 12, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Connie
Bodner, Ph.D., 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. Dr.
Bodner can be reached by telephone:
202–653–4636, or by email at cbodner@
imls.gov. Office hours are from 8:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m., E.T., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher J. Reich, Chief
Administrator, Office of Museum
Services, Institute of Museum and
Library Services, 955 L’Enfant Plaza
North SW, Suite 4000, Washington DC
20024–2135. Mr. Reich can be reached
by telephone at 202–653–4685, or by
email at creich@imls.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IMLS is
particularly interested in public
comment 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
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
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NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Submission for OMB Review, Comment Request, Proposed Collection
Requests: 2021-2023 IMLS Native American Library Services Enhancement
Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
AGENCY: Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation
on the Arts and the Humanities.
ACTION: Submission for OMB review, comment request.
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SUMMARY: The Institute of Museum and Library Services announces 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. The purpose of this Notice is to
solicit comments about the plan to offer a grant program targeted to
the needs of Native American libraries. 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
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section below on or before February 10,
2021.
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).
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 or mail to Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attn.: OMB Desk Officer for
Education, Office of Management and Budget, Room 10235, Washington, DC
20503, 202-395-7316.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony D. Smith, Associate Deputy
Director, Office of Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library
Services, 955 L'Enfant Plaza North, SW, Suite 4000, Washington, DC
20024-2135. Mr. Smith can be reached by telephone at 202-653-4716, or
by email at [email protected].
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,
and related organizations through grant making, research, and policy
development. Our vision is a nation where museums and libraries work
together to work together to transform the lives of individuals and
communities. To learn more, visit www.imls.gov.
Current Actions: The purpose of this collection is to support
Native American libraries in improving digital services, improving
educational programs, and enhancing preservation and revitalization,
particularly as they relate to the following goals in the Museum and
Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9141).
1. Expanding services for learning and access to information and
educational resources in a variety of formats (including new and
emerging technology), in all types of libraries, for individuals of all
ages in order to support such individuals' need for education, lifelong
learning, workforce development, economic and business development,
health information, critical thinking skills, digital library skills,
and financial literacy and other types of literacy skills.
2. Establishing or enhancing electronic and other linkages and
improved coordination among and between libraries and entities, as
described in 20 U.S.C. 9134(b)(6), for the purpose of improving the
quality of and access to library and information services.
3. Providing training and professional development, including
continuing education, to enhance the skills of the current library
workforce and leadership, and advance the delivery of library and
information services; and enhancing efforts to recruit future
professionals, including those from diverse and underrepresented
backgrounds, to the field of library and information services.
4. Developing public and private partnerships with other agencies,
tribes, and community-based organizations.
5. Targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographic,
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cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with
disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or
information skills.
6. Targeting library and information services to persons having
difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and rural
communities, including children (from birth through age 17) from
families with incomes below the poverty line (as defined by the Office
of Management and Budget and revised annually in accordance with 42
U.S.C. 9902(2)) applicable to a family of the size involved.
7. Developing library services that provide all users access to
information through local, State, regional, national, and international
collaborations and networks.
8. Carrying out other activities consistent with the purposes of
the Library Services and Technology subchapter of the IMLS statute (20
U.S.C. 9121).
Indian tribes are eligible to apply for funding under the Native
American Library Services Enhancement Grant program. Entities such as
libraries, schools, tribal colleges, or departments of education are
not eligible applicants, although they may be involved in the
administration of this program and their staff may serve as project
directors in partnership with an eligible applicant.
For purposes of funding under this program, ``Indian tribe'' means
any tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community,
including any Alaska native village, regional corporation, or village
corporation (as defined in, or established pursuant to, the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)), which is
recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided
by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. A
list of eligible entities is available from the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
To be eligible for this program an applicant must be able to
document an existing library that meets, at a minimum, three basic
criteria: (1) Regularly scheduled hours, (2) staff, and (3) materials
available for library users.
This action is to seek approval for the information collection for
the 2021-2023 IMLS Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants
Program Notice of Funding Opportunity for the next three years.
The 60-day notice for the 2021-2023 IMLS Native American Library
Services: Enhancement Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity, was
published in the Federal Register on June 29, 2020 (85 FR 38933-38934).
No comments were received.
Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Title: 2021-2023 IMLS Native American Library Services Enhancement
Grants Program Notice of Funding Opportunity
OMB Number: 3137-0110.
Frequency: Once per year.
Affected Public: American Indian tribes recognized by the Secretary
of the Interior.
Number of Respondents: 51.
Estimated Average Burden per Response: 40 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,040 hours.
Total Annualized capital/startup costs: n/a.
Total Annual costs: $60,730.80.
Total Federal Costs: $2,667.71.
Dated: January 8, 2021.
Kim Miller,
Senior Grants Management Specialist, Institute of Museum and Library
Services.
[FR Doc. 2021-00549 Filed 1-12-21; 8:45 am]
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