[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 78 (Monday, April 26, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08643]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Request for Investigation Under Section 232 of the Trade 
Expansion Act

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on January 21, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security.
    Title: Request for Investigation under Section 232 of the Trade 
Expansion Act.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0120.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 800.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 hours.
    Burden Hours: 12,000.
    Needs and Uses: Upon request, BIS will initiate an investigation to 
determine the effects of imports of specific commodities on the 
national security, and will make the findings known to the President 
for possible adjustments to imports through tariffs. The findings are 
made publicly available and are reported to Congress. The purpose of 
this collection is to account for the public burden associated with the 
surveys distributed to determine the impact on national security. These 
surveys are designed to gather information so that BIS can evaluate the 
impact of foreign imports of strategic commodities on the national 
security of the United States. Each Section 232 study is for a specific 
commodity or technology that is required for national security reasons 
(e.g., precision bearings, microprocessors, machine tools, etc). These 
surveys attempt to determine the size of the domestic U.S. industry, 
how the domestic U.S. industry has been effected by foreign imports, 
demand for the commodity during peacetime, demand during wartime, the 
ability of the U.S. domestic industry to meet a surge in demand during 
wartime, and the potential impact on U.S. national security if wartime 
demand cannot be met by domestic U.S. suppliers.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act.
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and

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entering either the title of the collection or the OMB Control Number 
0694-0120.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-08643 Filed 4-23-21; 8:45 am]
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