[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 6, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19190]


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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 Full-Application 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 Wednesday, 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 Full-application Information Collection.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-0094.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular.
    Number of Respondents: 140.
    Average Hours per Response: 125 hours.
    Burden Hours: 17,500 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Businesses and other entities applying for CHIPS 
Act funding under the CHIPS Incentive Program must submit a full 
application via a form available at https://applications.chips.gov/, 
which includes:

<bullet> Cover Page
<bullet> Covered Incentive
<bullet> Description of Project(s)
<bullet> Applicant Profile
<bullet> Alignment with Economic and National Security Objectives
<bullet> Commercial Strategy
<bullet> Financial Information
<bullet> Project Technical Feasibility
<bullet> Organization Information
<bullet> Workforce Development Plan
<bullet> Broader Impacts
<bullet> Standard Forms

    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory to be eligible for 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 0693-0094.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-19190 Filed 9-5-23; 8:45 am]
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