Notice2023-16374
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export Transactions and Boycott Actions
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Published
August 2, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentIndustry and Security Bureau
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 147 (Wednesday, August 2, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50833-50834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16374]
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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; Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export
Transactions and Boycott Actions
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 April 5, 2023, during a 60-day comment period. This
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce Department.
Title: Five-Year Records Retention Requirement for Export
Transactions and Boycott Actions.
OMB Control Number: 0694-0096.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a current information collection.
Number of Respondents: 100,000.
Average Hours per Response: 1 to 60 seconds.
Burden Hours: 258.
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Needs and Uses: This collection is necessary under Sections 760 and
762.6(a) of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The five-year
retention requirement corresponds with the statute of limitations for
violations and is necessary to preserve potential evidence for
investigations. All parties involved in the export, reexport,
transshipment or diversion of items subject to the EAR and the U.S.
party involved in the export transaction involving a reportable boycott
request are required to maintain records of these activities for a
period of five years. The frequency depends upon how often each entity
is involved in an export transaction or one involving a reportable
boycott request.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: 760 and 762.6(a) of the Export Administration
Regulations (EAR).
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 within 30 days of the publication of
this notice 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 either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0694-0096.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-16374 Filed 8-1-23; 8:45 am]
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