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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 May 31, 

2023, during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: Office of Facilities and 

Environmental Quality, Commerce. 

Title: The Environmental 

Questionnaire and Checklist. 

OMB Control Number: 0690–0028. 

Form Number(s): CD–593. 

Type of Request: Regular submission 

(an extension of a current information 

collection). 

Number of Respondents: 1,000. 

Average Hours per Response: 3 hours. 

Burden Hours: 3,000. 

Needs and Uses: This request is for an 

extension of a currently approved 

information collection. The National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4347) and the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) 

Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508) require that 

federal agencies complete an 

environmental analysis for all major 

federal actions significantly affecting the 

environment. Those actions may 

include a federal agency’s decision to 

fund non-federal projects under grants 

and cooperative agreements, including 

infrastructure projects. In order to 

determine NEPA compliance 

requirements for a project receiving 

Department of Commerce (DOC) bureau 

level funding, DOC must assess 

information which can only be provided 

by the applicant for federal financial 

assistance (grant). 

The Environmental Questionnaire and 

Checklist (EQC) provides federal 

financial assistance applicants and DOC 

staff with a tool to ensure that the 

necessary project and environmental 

information is obtained. The EQC was 

developed to collect data concerning 

potential environmental impacts that 

the applicant for federal financial 

assistance possesses and to transmit that 

information to the Federal reviewer. The 

EQC will allow for a more rapid review 

of projects and facilitate DOC’s 

evaluation of the potential 

environmental impacts of a project and 

the level of NEPA documentation 

required. DOC staff will use the 

information provided in answers to the 

questionnaire to determine compliance 

requirements for NEPA and conduct 

subsequent NEPA analysis as needed. 

Information provided in the 

questionnaire may also be used for other 

regulatory review requirements 

associated with the proposed project, 

such as the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Business or other for-profit 

organizations; Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local or Tribal 

Government; Federal Government, etc. 

Frequency: One-Time; annually. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. 

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 0690–0028. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary of Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18226 Filed 8–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–NW–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Transportation and Related 

Equipment, Technical Advisory 

Committee; Notice of Partially Closed 

Meeting 

The Transportation and Related 

Equipment Technical Advisory 

Committee will meet on September 6, 

2023, 9:30 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, 

in the Herbert C. Hoover Building, 

Room 3884, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC (enter through 

Main Entrance on 14th Street between 

Constitution and Pennsylvania 

Avenues). The Committee advises the 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for 

Export Administration with respect to 

technical questions that affect the level 

of export controls applicable to 

transportation and related equipment or 

technology. 

Agenda 

Public Session 

1. Welcome and Introductions. 

2. Status reports by working group 

chairs. 

3. Public comments and Proposals. 

Closed Session 

4. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the open meeting and 

public participation requirements found 

in sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The 

exemption is authorized by section 

1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the 

closure of advisory committee meetings, 

or portions thereof, if the head of the 

agency to which the advisory committee 

reports determines such meetings may 

be closed to the public in accordance 

with subsection (c) of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). 

In this case, the applicable provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 

552b(c)(4), which permits closure to 

protect trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, and subsection 

552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to 

protect information that would be likely 

to significantly frustrate implementation 

of a proposed agency action were it to 

be disclosed prematurely. The closed 

session of the meeting will involve 

committee discussions and guidance 

regarding U.S. Government strategies 

and policies. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Yvette 

Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, 

no later than August 30, 2023. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to Committee members, the 

Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Springer. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on April 12, 2023, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1009(d) of the 

FACA, that the portion of the meeting 

dealing with pre-decisional changes to 

the Commerce Control List and the U.S. 

export control policies shall be exempt 

from the provisions relating to public 

meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) 


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and 1009(a)(3). The remaining portions 

of the meeting will be open to the 

public. 

For more information, contact Ms. 

Springer. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18212 Filed 8–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Materials and Equipment Technical 

Advisory Committee; Notice of 

Partially Closed Meeting 

The Materials and Equipment 

Technical Advisory Committee will 

meet on September 7, 2023, 10:00 a.m., 

Eastern Daylight Time, in the Herbert C. 

Hoover Building, Room 3884, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC (enter through Main Entrance on 

14th Street between Constitution and 

Pennsylvania Avenues). The Committee 

advises the Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Export Administration 

with respect to technical questions that 

affect the level of export controls 

applicable to transportation and related 

equipment or technology. The purpose 

of the meeting is to have Committee 

members and U.S. Government 

representatives mutually review 

updated technical data and policydriving information that has been 

gathered. 

Agenda 

Open Session 

1. Opening Remarks and Introduction 

by BIS Senior Management. 

2. Report from working groups. 

3. Report by regime representatives. 

Closed Session 

4. Discussion of matters determined to 

be exempt from the open meeting and 

public participation requirements found 

in sections 1009(a)(1) and 1009(a)(3) of 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) (5 U.S.C. 1001–1014). The 

exemption is authorized by section 

1009(d) of the FACA, which permits the 

closure of advisory committee meetings, 

or portions thereof, if the head of the 

agency to which the advisory committee 

reports determines such meetings may 

be closed to the public in accordance 

with subsection (c) of the Government 

in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(c)). 

In this case, the applicable provisions of 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c) are subsection 

552b(c)(4), which permits closure to 

protect trade secrets and commercial or 

financial information that is privileged 

or confidential, and subsection 

552b(c)(9)(B), which permits closure to 

protect information that would be likely 

to significantly frustrate implementation 

of a proposed agency action were it to 

be disclosed prematurely. The closed 

session of the meeting will involve 

committee discussions and guidance 

regarding U.S. Government strategies 

and policies. 

The open session will be accessible 

via teleconference. To join the 

conference, submit inquiries to Yvette 

Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov, 

no later than August 30, 2023. 

A limited number of seats will be 

available for the public session. 

Reservations are not accepted. To the 

extent time permits, members of the 

public may present oral statements to 

the Committee. The public may submit 

written statements at any time before or 

after the meeting. However, to facilitate 

distribution of public presentation 

materials to Committee members, the 

Committee suggests that presenters 

forward the public presentation 

materials prior to the meeting to Ms. 

Springer. 

The Assistant Secretary for 

Administration, with the concurrence of 

the delegate of the General Counsel, 

formally determined on April 12, 2023, 

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. chapter 10 of the 

FACA, (5 U.S.C. 1009(d)), that the 

portion of the meeting dealing with predecisional changes to the Commerce 

Control List and the U.S. export control 

policies shall be exempt from the 

provisions relating to public meetings 

found in 5 U.S.C. 1009(a)(1) and 

1009(a)(3). The remaining portions of 

the meeting will be open to the public. 

For more information, contact Ms. 

Springer. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–18215 Filed 8–23–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Announcement of Approved 

International Trade Administration 

Trade Mission 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The United States Department 

of Commerce, International Trade 

Administration (ITA), is announcing 

one upcoming trade mission that will be 

recruited, organized, and implemented 

by ITA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Odum, Events Management Task 

Force, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6397 or email Jeffrey.Odum@

trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

This mission is: 

Clean EDGE (Enhancing Development 

and Growth through Clean Energy) and 

Environmental Technologies Business 

Development Mission to India—March 

4–11, 2024. 

A summary of the mission is found 

below. Application information and 

more detailed mission information, 

including the commercial setting and 

sector information, can be found at the 

trade mission website: https://

www.trade.gov/trade-missions. 

For each mission, recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (https://www.trade.gov/trademissions-schedule) and other internet 

websites, press releases to general and 

trade media, direct mail, broadcast fax, 

notices by industry trade associations 

and other multiplier groups, and 

publicity at industry meetings, 

symposia, conferences, and trade shows. 

The Following Conditions for 

Participation Will Be Used for the 

Mission 

Applicants must submit a completed 

and signed mission application and 

supplemental application materials, 

including adequate information on their 

products and/or services, primary 

market objectives, and goals for 

participation that is adequate to allow 

the Department of Commerce to 

evaluate their application. If the 

Department of Commerce receives an 

incomplete application, the Department 

of Commerce may either: reject the 

application, request additional 

information/clarification, or take the 

lack of information into account when 

evaluating the application. If the 

requisite minimum number of 

participants is not selected for a 

particular mission by the recruitment 

deadline, the mission may be cancelled. 

Each applicant must also certify that 

the products and services it seeks to 

export through the mission are either 

produced in the United States, or, if not, 

are marketed under the name of a U.S. 

firm and have at least fifty-one percent 

U.S. content by value. In the case of a 

trade association or organization, the 

applicant must certify that, for each firm 

or service provider to be represented by 


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