[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50833-50834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16374]


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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; Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export 
Transactions and Boycott Actions

    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 April 5, 2023, 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: Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export 
Transactions and Boycott Actions.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0096.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 100,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 to 60 seconds.
    Burden Hours: 258.

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    Needs and Uses: This collection is necessary under Sections 760 and 
762.6(a) of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The five-year 
retention requirement corresponds with the statute of limitations for 
violations and is necessary to preserve potential evidence for 
investigations. All parties involved in the export, reexport, 
transshipment or diversion of items subject to the EAR and the U.S. 
party involved in the export transaction involving a reportable boycott 
request are required to maintain records of these activities for a 
period of five years. The frequency depends upon how often each entity 
is involved in an export transaction or one involving a reportable 
boycott request.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 760 and 762.6(a) of the Export Administration 
Regulations (EAR).
    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 0694-0096.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-16374 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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