Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 20 / Friday, January 31, 2025 / Notices 8695 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Exclusions From the Section 

232 National Security Adjustments of 

Imports of Steel and Aluminum 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, 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 April 1, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments by email to 

Nancy Kook, IC Liaison, Bureau of 

Industry and Security, at Nancy.Kook@

bis.doc.gov or to PRAcomments@

doc.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 0694–0139 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 Nancy 

Kook, IC Liaison, Bureau of Industry 

and Security, phone 202–482–2440 or 

by email at nancy.kook@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Section 232 of the Trade Expansion 

Act of 1962 (19 U.S.C. 1862) authorizes 

the Secretary of Commerce (‘‘the 

Secretary’’) to conduct comprehensive 

investigations to determine the effects of 

imports of any article on the national 

security of the United States. 

On March 8, 2018, President Trump 

issued Proclamations 9704 and 9705, 

imposing duties on imports of 

aluminum and steel, and authorizing 

the Secretary to grant exclusions from 

the duties ‘‘if the Secretary determines 

the steel or aluminum article for which 

the exclusion is requested is not 

produced in the United States in a 

sufficient and reasonably available 

amount or of a satisfactory quality or 

should be excluded based upon specific 

national security considerations.’’ The 

President further directed that the 

Secretary issue procedures for 

requesting such exclusions within ten 

days of the issuance of these 

Proclamations. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to allow for submission of 

exclusions requests from the remedies 

instituted in presidential proclamations 

adjusting imports of steel into the 

United States and adjusting imports of 

aluminum into the United States. The 

information submitted is evaluated and 

used by BIS’s Office of Strategic 

Industries and Economic Security 

(OSIES) to make a recommendation to 

the Secretary or their designee(s) 

regarding the favorability of each 

Exclusion Request, taking into account 

any national security considerations as 

well as any received Objections, 

Rebuttals, and/or Surrebuttals. The 

Secretary or their designee(s) will also 

consider information provided by other 

agencies or senior executive branch 

officials including recommendations 

from the Department’s International 

Trade Administration (ITA) based on 

their review of Exclusion Requests 

receiving Objections. 

II. Method of Collection 

Electronic. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0139. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

extension of a current information 

collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

78,762. 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 315,048 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: 0. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Section 232 of the 

Trade Expansion Act of 1962, 

Presidential Proclamations 9704 and 

9705. 

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, 

Departmental PRA Compliance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02070 Filed 1–30–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Objections From the Section 

232 National Security Adjustments of 

Imports of Steel and Aluminum 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, 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 


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