[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 31243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10431]


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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; Technology Letter of Explanation

    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 March 8, 2023, 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: Technology Letter of Explanation.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0047.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved information 
collection.
    Number of Respondents: 6,283.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes to 2 hours.
    Burden Hours: 9,416.
    Needs and Uses: This collection is necessary under section 748.8(o) 
and supplement 2 section (o) to Part 748 of the Export Administration 
Regulations (EAR). Licensing officers must make decisions on licensing 
the export of United States commodities and technical data to foreign 
countries. When an export involves certain technical data or knowhow 
described in the Export Administration Regulation, additional 
information is required to fully understand the transaction and make a 
licensing decision. The Technology Letter of Explanation provides a 
written description of the technology proposed for export sufficient to 
allow BIS technical staff to evaluate the impact of licensing the 
export on United States national security and foreign policy. The 
letter of assurance puts the consignee on notice that the technology is 
subject to U.S. export controls and causes the consignee to certify 
that it will not release the data or the direct product of the data to 
certain specified country group nationals; thus providing assurance 
that U.S. national security data will be safeguarded and used only for 
the stated end use. The additional information is necessary to evaluate 
technology exports as covered under this collection.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: EAR sections 748.8 and sup 2 section (o) to part 
748.
    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 0694-0047.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-10431 Filed 5-15-23; 8:45 am]
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