[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 15203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05678]


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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; Procedures for Submitting Request for Exclusions From the 
Section 232 National Security Adjustments of Imports of Steel and 
Aluminum

    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 November 22, 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: Procedures for Submitting Request for Exclusions from the 
Section 232 National Security Adjustments of Imports of Steel and 
Aluminum.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0139.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 84,401.
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours.
    Burden Hours: 337,604.
    Needs and Uses: On March 8, 2018, the President issued 
Proclamations 9704 and 9705 concurring with the findings of the two 
reports and determining that adjusting imports through the imposition 
of duties on steel and aluminum is necessary so that imports of steel 
and aluminum will no longer threaten to impair the national security. 
The Proclamations also authorized the Secretary of Commerce, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Secretary of State, the United States Trade 
Representative, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, the 
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and other 
senior executive branch officials as appropriate, to grant exclusions 
from the duties for domestic parties affected by the duties. This could 
take place if the Secretary determines the steel or aluminum for which 
the exclusion is requested is not produced in the United States in a 
sufficient and reasonably available amount or of a satisfactory quality 
or should be excluded based upon specific national security 
considerations. The President directed the Secretary to promulgate 
regulations as may be necessary to implement an exclusion process. The 
purpose of this information collection is to allow for submission of 
exclusions requests from the remedies instituted in presidential 
proclamations adjusting imports of steel into the United States and 
adjusting imports of aluminum into the United States.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 
Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 9705.
    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 entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0694-0139.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-05678 Filed 3-16-22; 8:45 am]
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