[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 63 (Monday, April 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 19609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06801]


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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; Foreign Availability Procedures

    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, 2022, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
    Title: Foreign Availability Procedures.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0004.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours per Response: 255.
    Burden Hours: 510.
    Needs and Uses: This information is collected in order to respond 
to requests by Congress and industry to make foreign availability 
determinations in accordance with Section 768 of the Export 
Administration Regulations. Exporters are urged to voluntarily submit 
data to support the contention that items controlled for export for 
national security reasons are available-in-fact, from a non-U.S. 
source, in sufficient quantity and of comparable quality so as to 
render the control ineffective.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: Section 1754(a)(6) of the Export Control Reform 
Act (ECRA).
    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 0694-0004.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-06801 Filed 3-31-23; 8:45 am]
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