[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Voluntary Self-
Disclosure of Violations of the Export Administration Regulations

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on 
proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on 
or before March 9, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Mark Crace, IC Liaison, 
Bureau of Industry and Security, 1401 Constitution Avenue, Suite 2099B, 
Washington, DC 20233 (or via the internet at [email protected]). 
Comments will generally be posted without change. All Personally 
Identifiable Information (for example, name and address) voluntarily 
submitted by the commenter may be publicly accessible. Do not submit 
Confidential Business Information or otherwise sensitive or protected 
information. You may submit attachments to electronic comments in 
Microsoft Word, Excel, or Adobe PDF file formats.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    This collection of information is needed to detect violations of 
the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and determine if an 
investigation or prosecution is necessary and to reach a settlement 
with violators. Voluntary self-disclosure of EAR violations strengthens 
BIS's enforcement efforts by allowing BIS to conduct investigations of 
the disclosed incidents faster than would be the case if BIS had to 
detect the violations without such disclosures. BIS evaluates the 
seriousness of the violation and either (1) Informs the person making 
the disclosure that no action is warranted; (2) issues a warning 
letter; (3) issues a proposed charging letter and attempts to settle 
the matter; (4) issues a charging letter if settlement is not reached; 
and/or (5) refers the matter to the U.S. Department of Justice for 
criminal prosecution.

II. Method of Collection

    Submitted on paper.

III. Data

    OMB Control Number: 0694-0058.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Review: Regular submission.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 488.
    Estimated Time per Response: 10 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 4880.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary
    Legal Authority:

IV. Request for Comments

    Comments are invited 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 
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection 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 on respondents, including through the use of 
automated collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology.
    Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized 
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information 
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2020-00068 Filed 1-7-20; 8:45 am]
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