Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2023 / Notices 68565 

1ECRA was enacted on August 13, 2018, as part 

of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, and as 

amended is codified at 50 U.S.C. 4801–4852. 

2The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730– 

774 (2022). 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Small Business Innovation 

Research (SBIR) Program Application 

Cover Sheet 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology (NIST), Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection, 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this 

notice is to allow for 60 days of public 

comment preceding submission of the 

collection to OMB. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments regarding this proposed 

information collection must be received 

on or before December 4, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

mail to Maureen O’Reilly, Management 

Analyst, NIST at PRAcomments@

doc.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 0693–0072 in the subject line of 

your comments. Do not submit 

Confidential Business Information or 

otherwise sensitive or protected 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

specific questions related to collection 

activities should be directed to 

Jacqueline Gray, NIST SBIR Program 

Office, 301–975–2522, jacqueline.gray@

nist.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The SBIR program was originally 

established in 1982 by the Small 

Business Innovation Development Act 

(Pub. L. 97–219), codified at 15 U.S.C. 

638. It was then expanded and extended 

by the Small Business Research and 

Development (R&D) Enhancement Act 

of 1992 (Pub. L. 102–564) and received 

subsequent reauthorization and 

extensions that include Public Law 112– 

81, extending SBIR through September 

30, 2022. The US Small Business 

Administration (SBA) serves as the 

coordinating agency for the SBIR 

program. It directs the agency 

implementation of SBIR, reviews 

progress, and reports annually to 

Congress on its operation. 

The NIST SBIR Cover Sheet is the first 

page of each application that responds 

to the annual NIST SBIR Federal 

Funding Opportunity (FFO). The 

information collected in the Cover Sheet 

provides identifying information and 

demographic data for use in NIST’s 

annual report to the SBA on the 

program. 

II. Method of Collection 

The information will be collected as 

part of the application process and will 

be submitted through grants.gov. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0693–0072. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a current 

information collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

100. 

Estimated Time per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2023–22063 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

In the Matter of: Leonel Molina, Jr., 

Inmate Number: 83797–509, FCI Three 

Rivers, Federal Correctional 

Institution, P.O. Box 4200, Three 

Rivers, TX 78071; Order Denying 

Export Privileges 

On March 2, 2023, in the U.S. District 

Court for the Southern District of Texas, 

Leonel Molina, Jr. (‘‘Molina’’) was 

convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. 554(a). 

Specifically, Molina was convicted of 

smuggling from the United States to 

Mexico Wolf 7.62x39mm caliber 

ammunition, without a license or 

written approval from the United States 

Department of Commerce. As a result of 

his conviction, the Court sentenced 

Molina to 46 months of imprisonment, 

three years of supervised release, and a 

$100 assessment. 

Pursuant to section 1760(e) of the 

Export Control Reform Act (‘‘ECRA’’),1

the export privileges of any person who 

has been convicted of certain offenses, 

including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 

554, may be denied for a period of up 

to ten (10) years from the date of his/her 

conviction. 50 U.S.C. 4819(e). In 

addition, any Bureau of Industry and 

Security (‘‘BIS’’) licenses or other 

authorizations issued under ECRA, in 

which the person had an interest at the 

time of the conviction, may be revoked. 

Id. 

BIS received notice of Molina’s 

conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. 554. 

As provided in section 766.25 of the 

Export Administration Regulations 

(‘‘EAR’’ or the ‘‘Regulations’’), BIS 

provided notice and opportunity for 

Molina to make a written submission to 

BIS. 15 CFR 766.25.2 BIS has not 

received a written submission from 

Molina. 

Based upon my review of the record 

and consultations with BIS’s Office of 

Exporter Services, including its 


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68566 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2023 / Notices 

3The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is 

the authorizing official for issuance of denial orders 

pursuant to amendments to the Regulations (85 FR 

73411, November 18, 2020). 

1ECRA was enacted on August 13, 2018, as part 

of the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, and as 

amended is codified at 50 U.S.C. 4801–4852. 

2The Regulations are currently codified in the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730– 

774 (2022). 

3The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is 

the authorizing official for issuance of denial orders 

pursuant to amendments to the Regulations (85 FR 

73411, November 18, 2020). 

Director, and the facts available to BIS, 

I have decided to deny Molina’s export 

privileges under the Regulations for a 

period of 10 years from the date of 

Molina’s conviction. The Office of 

Exporter Services has also decided to 

revoke any BIS-issued licenses in which 

Molina had an interest at the time of his 

conviction.3

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered: 

First, from the date of this Order until 

March 2, 2033, Leonel Molina, Jr., with 

a last known address of Inmate Number: 

83797–509, FCI Three Rivers, Federal 

Correctional Institution, P.O. Box 4200, 

Three Rivers, TX 78071, and when 

acting for or on his behalf, his 

successors, assigns, employees, agents 

or representatives (‘‘the Denied 

Person’’), may not directly or indirectly 

participate in any way in any 

transaction involving any commodity, 

software or technology (hereinafter 

collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’) 

exported or to be exported from the 

United States that is subject to the 

Regulations, including, but not limited 

to: 

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using 

any license, license exception, or export 

control document; 

B. Carrying on negotiations 

concerning, or ordering, buying, 

receiving, using, selling, delivering, 

storing, disposing of, forwarding, 

transporting, financing, or otherwise 

servicing in any way, any transaction 

involving any item exported or to be 

exported from the United States that is 

subject to the Regulations, or engaging 

in any other activity subject to the 

Regulations; or 

C. Benefitting in any way from any 

transaction involving any item exported 

or to be exported from the United States 

that is subject to the Regulations, or 

from any other activity subject to the 

Regulations. 

Second, no person may, directly or 

indirectly, do any of the following: 

A. Export, reexport, or transfer (incountry) to or on behalf of the Denied 

Person any item subject to the 

Regulations; 

B. Take any action that facilitates the 

acquisition or attempted acquisition by 

the Denied Person of the ownership, 

possession, or control of any item 

subject to the Regulations that has been 

or will be exported from the United 

States, including financing or other 

support activities related to a 

transaction whereby the Denied Person 

acquires or attempts to acquire such 

ownership, possession or control; 

C. Take any action to acquire from or 

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted 

acquisition from the Denied Person of 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been exported from the United 

States; 

D. Obtain from the Denied Person in 

the United States any item subject to the 

Regulations with knowledge or reason 

to know that the item will be, or is 

intended to be, exported from the 

United States; or 

E. Engage in any transaction to service 

any item subject to the Regulations that 

has been or will be exported from the 

United States and which is owned, 

possessed or controlled by the Denied 

Person, or service any item, of whatever 

origin, that is owned, possessed or 

controlled by the Denied Person if such 

service involves the use of any item 

subject to the Regulations that has been 

or will be exported from the United 

States. For purposes of this paragraph, 

servicing means installation, 

maintenance, repair, modification or 

testing. 

Third, pursuant to section 1760(e) of 

ECRA and sections 766.23 and 766.25 of 

the Regulations, any other person, firm, 

corporation, or business organization 

related to Molina by ownership, control, 

position of responsibility, affiliation, or 

other connection in the conduct of trade 

or business may also be made subject to 

the provisions of this Order in order to 

prevent evasion of this Order. 

Fourth, in accordance with part 756 of 

the Regulations, Molina may file an 

appeal of this Order with the Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 

Security. The appeal must be filed 

within 45 days from the date of this 

Order and must comply with the 

provisions of part 756 of the 

Regulations. 

Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be 

delivered to Molina and shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Sixth, this Order is effective 

immediately and shall remain in effect 

until March 2, 2033. 

John Sonderman, 

Director, Office of Export Enforcement. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21902 Filed 10–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

In the Matter of: Saphara Lynn 

Anderson, 2858 N Park Ave., Tucson, 

AZ 85719; Order Denying Export 

Privileges 

On October 21, 2021, in the U.S. 

District Court for the District of Arizona, 

Saphara Lynn Anderson (‘‘Anderson’’) 

was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. 

371. Specifically, Anderson was 

convicted of conspiring to export 

ammunition from the United States to 

Mexico. As a result of her conviction, 

the Court sentenced Anderson to 

probation for 60 months and a $100 

special assessment. 

Pursuant to section 1760(e) of the 

Export Control Reform Act (‘‘ECRA’’),1

the export privileges of any person who 

has been convicted of certain offenses, 

including, but not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 

371, may be denied for a period of up 

to ten (10) years from the date of his/her 

conviction. 50 U.S.C. 4819(e). In 

addition, any Bureau of Industry and 

Security (‘‘BIS’’) licenses or other 

authorizations issued under ECRA, in 

which the person had an interest at the 

time of the conviction, may be revoked. 

Id. 

BIS received notice of Anderson’s 

conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. 371. 

As provided in section 766.25 of the 

Export Administration Regulations 

(‘‘EAR’’ or the ‘‘Regulations’’), BIS 

provided notice and opportunity for 

Anderson to make a written submission 

to BIS. 15 CFR 766.25.2 BIS has not 

received a written submission from 

Anderson. 

Based upon my review of the record 

and consultations with BIS’s Office of 

Exporter Services, including its 

Director, and the facts available to BIS, 

I have decided to deny Anderson’s 

export privileges under the Regulations 

for a period of seven years from the date 

of Anderson’s conviction. The Office of 

Exporter Services has also decided to 

revoke any BIS-issued licenses in which 

Anderson had an interest at the time of 

her conviction.3

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered: 

First, from the date of this Order until 

October 21, 2028, Saphara Lynn 

Anderson, with a last known address of 

2858 N. Park Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719, 

and when acting for or on her behalf, 

her successors, assigns, employees, 

agents or representatives (’’ the Denied 

Person’’), may not directly or indirectly 

participate in any way in any 

transaction involving any commodity, 

software or technology (hereinafter 

collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’) 

exported or to be exported from the 


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