[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19246-19247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06708]


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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; Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Violations of the EAR

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information

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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 18, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce Department.
    Title: Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Violations of the EAR.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0058.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 180.
    Average Hours per Response: 10 hours.
    Burden Hours: 1,800.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is needed to detect 
violations of the Export Administration Act and Regulations 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.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: EAR Sections 764.5, and 764.7.
    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 0694-0058.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-06708 Filed 3-30-23; 8:45 am]
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