Notice2023-04442
Agency Information Collection Activities, Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review and Emergency Approval; Comment Request; CHIPS Environmental Questionnaire
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Published
March 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13436-13437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04442]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Agency Information Collection Activities, Submission for Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) Review and Emergency Approval; Comment
Request; CHIPS Environmental Questionnaire
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
emergency review and approval 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.
Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Title: CHIPS Environmental Questionnaire.
OMB Control Number: 0693-XXXX.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Emergency submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Number of Respondents: 200 respondents.
Average Hours per Response: 8 hours.
Burden Hours: 1,600 hours.
Needs and Uses: Businesses and other entities applying for CHIPS
Act funding are required to submit a pre-application or application via
a form available at <a href="https://applications.chips.gov/">https://applications.chips.gov/</a>. One form in both
applications is the Environmental Questionnaire. The purpose of the
Environmental Questionnaire is to ensure that the Department of
Commerce is aware, in broad terms, of relevant environmental
considerations, and can work with the potential applicant to ensure
that the applicant can provide all required environmental information
during the full application and due diligence stages when applying for
funding. Each applicant must provide the requested information on the
Environmental
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Questionnaire using the template which will be made available on the
CHIPS Incentives Program application portal.
Information to be collected includes information pertaining to an
applicant's:
<bullet> Project Description
<bullet> Project Site/Affected Environment
<bullet> Resource Consumption Rates and Effluent Emissions Streams and
Impacts
<bullet> Tribal, Historic, and Cultural Resources
<bullet> Project Setting
<bullet> Vegetation Resources.
<bullet> Conservation Areas
<bullet> Coastal Zones and Navigable Waters
<bullet> Wetlands
<bullet> Floodplains
<bullet> Endangered Species
<bullet> Land Use and Zoning
<bullet> Solid Waste Management
<bullet> Hazardous or Toxic Substances
<bullet> Impacts to Water Quality/Water Resources
<bullet> Water Supply and Distribution System
<bullet> Wastewater Collection and Treatment Facilities
<bullet> Environmental Justice & Socioeconomics
<bullet> Transportation (Streets, Traffic and Parking)
<bullet> Air Quality
<bullet> Greenhouse Gases and their Environmental Effects
<bullet> Noise
<bullet> Health and Safety
<bullet> Permits and other Government Agency Involvement
<bullet> Public Notification/Controversy
<bullet> Environmental Experience and Approach
Affected Public: Businesses and other entities applying for CHIPS
Act funding.
Frequency: Once per application.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117-167).
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. 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 on the following website
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>. Find this particular information
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for
Public Comments'' or by using the search function and entering the
title of the collection. To ensure consideration, comments regarding
this proposed information collection must be received on or before
March 17, 2023.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-04442 Filed 3-2-23; 8:45 am]
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