[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2201-2202]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00585]


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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; 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Financial Disclosure 
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 09/20/2023 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: National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Financial 
Disclosure (ICR).
    OMB Control Number 0693-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission--new information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 20.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 5 hours.
    Needs and Uses: NIST developed a NEPA financial disclosure 
statement for project sponsors to use in conjunction with preparation 
of environmental review documents under the agency's supervision. This 
statement will be used in a variety of contexts at NIST. NIST will 
request recipients of funds for extramural construction to prepare 
environmental review documents and to submit the NEPA financial 
disclosure statement.
    This statement will also be used by the CHIPS Incentives Program. 
The CHIPS Incentives Program is authorized by Title XCIX--Creating 
Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America of the William 
M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021 (Pub. L. 116-283, referred to as the CHIPS Act or Act), as amended 
by the CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117-167).
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Once.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory to obtain benefits.
    Legal Authority: 42 U.S.C. 4336a(f), 40 CFR 1506.5 and 1507.3.
    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

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by using the search function and entering either the title of the 
collection.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-00585 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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