[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 147 (Wednesday, July 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61400-61401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16779]


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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; 
Recipient Reporting Information Collection Request (ICR)

    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 07/21/2023 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: Recipient Reporting.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular. This is a new collection.
    Number of Respondents: 90.
    Average Hours per Response: 16 hours, 4 times per year.
    Burden Hours: 5,760 hours per year.
    Needs and Uses: The CHIPS Program Office (CPO) is collecting 
information from recipients of CHIPS funding for the purposes of 
monitoring award performance; ensuring compliance with the terms of an 
award; general programmatic financial management activities, including 
decisions to disburse funds; and executing long-term program evaluation 
initiatives. The CPO will collect information via regular reporting and 
event-driven reporting. Information will be collected via an awardee's 
Salesforce portal and recipients will only report on information that 
is part of the terms of their award. Information in the following topic 
areas may be collected: project health, construction, operations and 
production, financials, research and development, workforce, national 
security, community investments and inclusive opportunities for 
businesses, project milestones, and environment.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.

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    Frequency: Recurring during lifespan of an award on quarterly 
submission schedule.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory to receive and maintain CHIPS 
Act funding.
    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-XXXX.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-16779 Filed 7-30-24; 8:45 am]
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