[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60182-60183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18809]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; 
CHIPS Environmental Questionnaire Information Collection

    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 12, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. 
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), 
Commerce.
    Title: CHIPS Environmental Questionnaire Information Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0093.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Average Hours per Response: 8 hrs.
    Burden Hours: 1,600 hrs.
    Needs and Uses: The purpose of the Environmental Questionnaire is 
to ensure that the Department of Commerce is aware, in broad terms, of 
relevant environmental considerations, and can work with the potential 
applicant to ensure that the applicant can provide all required 
environmental information during the full application and due diligence 
stages when applying for funding. Each applicant must provide the 
requested information on the Environmental Questionnaire using the 
template which is available on the

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CHIPS Incentives Program application portal.
    Information to be collected includes information pertaining to an 
applicant's:

 Project Description
 Project Site/Affected Environment
 Resource Consumption Rates and Effluent Emissions Streams and 
Impacts
 Tribal, Historic, and Cultural Resources
 Project Setting
 Vegetation Resources
 Conservation Areas
 Coastal Zones and Navigable Waters
 Wetlands
 Floodplains
 Endangered Species
 Land Use and Zoning
 Solid Waste Management
 Hazardous or Toxic Substances
 Impacts to Water Quality/Water Resources
 Water Supply and Distribution System
 Wastewater Collection and Treatment Facilities
 Environmental Justice & Socioeconomics
 Transportation (Streets, Traffic and Parking)
 Air Quality
 Greenhouse Gases and their Environmental Effects
 Noise
 Health and Safety
 Permits and other Government Agency Involvement
 Public Notification/Controversy
 Environmental Experience and Approach

    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory to obtain or retain benefits.
    Legal Authority: CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117-167) 
(the Act).
    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 0693-0093.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-18809 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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