85208 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 234 / Thursday, December 7, 2023 / Notices 

when submitting projects for a loan 

guarantee. All applications that meet the 

minimum priority score will be 

processed on an ongoing basis and 

funds will be awarded continuously 

through August 30, 2024, subject to the 

availability of funding. 

Beginning on September 3, 2024, all 

remaining unfunded B&I applications 

will compete for funds remaining after 

all state allocations are pooled into the 

National Office. Applications that do 

not meet the minimum applicable score 

will be allowed to compete in this 

funding competition if funding remains 

available. Any applications that remain 

unfunded after the funding competition 

will be handled as described in 7 CFR 

5001.315(e). 

Administrative Points 

In the event there are not enough 

funds available to fund all applications 

during the funding competition 

beginning on September 3, 2024, 

projects that have a tie score can be 

awarded administrative points as 

outlined in 7 CFR 5001.318(e). These 

Administrative points will be awarded 

to applications that help meet the 

FY2024 Rural Development Priorities to; 

1. Assist rural communities to recover 

economically through more and better 

market opportunities and through 

improved infrastructure. 

2. Ensure all rural residents have 

equitable access to RD programs and 

benefits from RD funded projects. 

3. Reduce climate pollution and 

increase resilience to the impacts of 

climate change through economic 

support for rural communities. 

The Agency will verify that the 

project is located in an area that 

addresses these three priorities using 

the maps at https://www.rd.usda.gov/ 

priority-points/rural-developmentpriorities-fy-2024. If a tie remains, the 

Agency will give priority to the project 

that will create and/or save the most 

jobs. 

Non-Discrimination Statement 

In accordance with Federal civil 

rights law and U.S. Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) civil rights 

regulations and policies, the USDA, its 

agencies, offices, and employees, and 

institutions participating in or 

administering USDA Programs are 

prohibited from discriminating based on 

race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 

gender identity (including gender 

expression), sexual orientation, 

disability, age, marital status, family/ 

parental status, income derived from a 

public assistance program, political 

beliefs, or reprisal or retaliation for prior 

civil rights activity, in any program or 

activity conducted or funded by USDA 

(not all bases apply to all programs). 

Remedies and complaint filing 

deadlines vary by program or incident. 

Persons with disabilities who require 

alternative means of communication for 

program information (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, American Sign 

Language, etc.) should contact the 

responsible Agency or USDA through 

the 711 Relay Service. Program 

information may be made available in 

languages other than English. 

To file a program discrimination 

complaint, a complainant should 

complete a Form, AD–3027, USDA 

Program Discrimination Complaint 

Form, which can be obtained online at 

https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/ 

files/documents/ad-3027.pdf, from any 

USDA office, by calling (866) 632–9992, 

or by writing a letter addressed to 

USDA. The letter must contain the 

complainant’s name, address, telephone 

number, and a written description of the 

alleged discriminatory action in 

sufficient detail to inform the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights (ASCR) about 

the nature and date of an alleged civil 

rights violation. The completed AD– 

3027 form or letter must be submitted to 

USDA by: 

(1) Mail: U.S. Department of 

Agriculture, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Civil Rights, 1400 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20250–9410; or 

(2) Fax: (833) 256–1665 or (202)690– 

7442; or 

(3) email: program.intake@usda.gov. 

USDA is an equal opportunity 

provider, employer, and lender. 

Karama Neal, 

Administrator, Rural Business-Cooperative 

Service, USDA Rural Development. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–XY–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Office of the Secretary 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Generic Clearance Program 

Performance Progress Reports 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of 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 February 5, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit written comments by 

mail to the Department PRA Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 

Economic Affairs, at PRAcomments@

doc.gov. 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 S. 

Dumas, Department PRA Clearance 

Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 

Economic Affairs, at 1401 Constitution 

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, 

(202) 482–3306, or PRAcomments@

doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

This is a request for a new generic 

clearance to collect performance and 

progress data from recipients and subrecipients who receive funding from 

DOC under a discretionary grant or 

cooperative agreement. This information 

is required to monitor and report 

program performance. 

DOC provides grants that promote the 

economic and social well-being of 

individuals and communities with 

partnerships, funding, guidance, 

training, and technical assistance. 

Currently, most program offices are 

using the standard grant forms (SF) for 

progress reporting, which require 

grantees to only respond to a common 

set of questions that often solicits 

incomplete information. This one-sizefits-all approach does not adequately 

collect the specific data needed for 

particular grant programs or allow 

program offices to assess continuous 

quality improvement. Different grant 

programs vary in purpose, target 

population, and activities. Thus, a need 

for program offices to customize 

performance measurements has been 

identified. 

Therefore, this generic Program 

Specific Performance Progress Report 

collection is being proposed. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 234 / Thursday, December 7, 2023 / Notices 85209 

1On August 13, 2018, the President signed into 

law the John S. McCain National Defense 

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, which 

includes the Export Control Reform Act of 2018, 50 

U.S.C. 4801–4852 (‘‘ECRA’’). While section 1766 of 

ECRA repeals the provisions of the Export 

Administration Act, 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq. 

(‘‘EAA’’), (except for three sections which are 

inapplicable here), section 1768 of ECRA provides, 

in pertinent part, that all orders, rules, regulations, 

and other forms of administrative action that were 

made or issued under the EAA, including as 

continued in effect pursuant to the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 

et seq. (‘‘IEEPA’’), and were in effect as of ECRA’s 

date of enactment (August 13, 2018), shall continue 

in effect according to their terms until modified, 

superseded, set aside, or revoked through action 

undertaken pursuant to the authority provided 

under ECRA. Moreover, section 1761(a)(5) of ECRA 

authorizes the issuance of temporary denial orders. 

50 U.S.C. 4820(a)(5). 

2The TDO was published in the Federal Register 

on June 22, 2022 (87 FR 37309). 

3The December 13, 2022 renewal order was 

published in the Federal Register on December 19, 

2022 (87 FR 77550). 

4The June 7, 2023 renewal order was published 

in the Federal Register on June 13, 2023 (88 FR 

38483). 

5At the time of the renewal, section 766.24(d) 

provided that BIS may seek renewal of a temporary 

denial order for additional 180-day renewal 

periods, if it believes that renewal is necessary in 

the public interest to prevent an imminent 

violation. 

II. Method of Collection 

Some program offices may use some 

form of electronic collection. This could 

include web pages, email or other 

online data management systems. 

Recipients may be required to enter and 

retrieve information pertinent to their 

awards through electronic forms closely 

resembling the paper forms (i.e., fillable 

PDFs or tailored online data 

management systems). Such technology 

support is expected to improve 

standardization and timeliness of 

recipient reporting and to ease further 

analyses of reported data. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0690–NEW. 

Form Number(s): Varies or None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

This is a new information collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; Private Sector; Not-forprofit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

government. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

5,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 50,000. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary or 

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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–17–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Belavia Belarusian Airlines, 4A, 

Nemiga str., Minsk, Belarus, 220004; 

Order Renewing Temporary Denial of 

Export Privileges 

Pursuant to section 766.24 of the 

Export Administration Regulations, 15 

CFR parts 730–774 (‘‘EAR’’ or ‘‘the 

Regulations’’),1 I hereby grant the 

request of the Office of Export 

Enforcement (‘‘OEE’’) to renew the 

temporary denial order (‘‘TDO’’) issued 

in this matter on June 7, 2023. I find that 

renewal of this order is necessary in the 

public interest to prevent an imminent 

violation of the Regulations and that 

renewal for an extended period is 

appropriate because Belavia Belarusian 

Airlines (‘‘Belavia’’) has engaged in a 

pattern of repeated, ongoing and/or 

continuous apparent violations of the 

EAR. 

I. Procedural History 

On June 16, 2022, I signed an order 

denying Belavia’s export privileges for a 

period of 180 days on the ground that 

issuance of the order was necessary in 

the public interest to prevent an 

imminent violation of the Regulations. 

The order was issued ex parte pursuant 

to Section 766.24(a) of the Regulations 

and was effective upon issuance.2 The 

TDO was subsequently renewed on 

December 13, 2022 3 and again on June 

7, 2023,4 in accordance with Section 

766.24(d) of the Regulations.5

On November 13, 2023, BIS, through 

OEE, submitted a written request for a 

third renewal of the TDO. The written 

request was made more than 20 days 

before the TDO’s scheduled expiration 

and, given the temporary suspension of 

international mail service to Russia and 

Belarusia, OEE has attempted to serve a 

copy of the renewal request on Belavia 

in accordance with sections 766.5 and 

766.24(d) of the Regulations. No 

opposition to the renewal of the TDO 

has been received. 

II. Renewal of the TDO 

A. Legal Standard 

Pursuant to section 766.24, BIS may 

issue an order temporarily denying a 

respondent’s export privileges upon a 

showing that the order is necessary in 

the public interest to prevent an 

‘‘imminent violation’’ of the 

Regulations, or any order, license or 

authorization issued thereunder. 15 CFR 

766.24(b)(1) and 766.24(d). ‘‘A violation 

may be ‘imminent’ either in time or 

degree of likelihood.’’ 15 CFR 

766.24(b)(3). BIS may show ‘‘either that 

a violation is about to occur, or that the 

general circumstances of the matter 

under investigation or case under 

criminal or administrative charges 

demonstrate a likelihood of future 

violations.’’ Id. As to the likelihood of 

future violations, BIS may show that the 

violation under investigation or charge 

‘‘is significant, deliberate, covert and/or 

likely to occur again, rather than 

technical or negligent[.]’’ Id. A ‘‘lack of 

information establishing the precise 

time a violation may occur does not 

preclude a finding that a violation is 

imminent, so long as there is sufficient 

reason to believe the likelihood of a 

violation.’’ Id. 

If BIS believes that renewal of a denial 

order is necessary in the public interest 

to prevent an imminent violation, it may 

file a written request for renewal, with 

any modifications if appropriate. 15 

CFR 766.24(d)(1). The written request, 

which must be filed no later than 20 

days prior to the TDO’s expiration, 

should set forth the basis for BIS’s belief 


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