[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 85586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27020]


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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; Additional Protocol to the U.S.-International Atomic Energy 
Agency Safeguards

    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 August 10, 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: Additional Protocol to the U.S.-International Atomic Energy 
Agency Safeguards.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0135.
    Form Number(s): AP-1 through AP-17, and AP-A through AP-Q.
    Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 549.
    Average Hours per Response: 23 minutes to 6 hours.
    Burden Hours: 920.
    Needs and Uses: The Additional Protocol requires the United States 
to submit declaration forms to the International Atomic Energy Agency 
(IAEA) on a number of commercial nuclear and nuclear-related items, 
materials, and activities that may be used for peaceful nuclear 
purposes, but also would be necessary elements for a nuclear weapons 
program. These forms provides the IAEA with information about 
additional aspects of the U.S. commercial nuclear fuel cycle, 
including: mining and milling of nuclear materials; buildings on sites 
of facilities selected by the IAEA from the U.S. Eligible Facilities 
List; nuclear-related equipment manufacturing, assembly, or 
construction; import and export of nuclear and nuclear-related items 
and materials; and research and development. The Protocol also expands 
IAEA access to locations where these activities occur in order to 
verify the form data.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    Legal Authority: Additional Protocol Implementation Act (title II 
of Pub. L. 109-401), Executive Order (E.O.) 13458.
    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 0694-0135.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-27020 Filed 12-7-23; 8:45 am]
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