Notice2024-01069
Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Commercial Research and Development Facilities (R&D) Information Collection Request (ICR)
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Published
January 22, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Institute of Standards and Technology
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 3910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01069]
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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;
Commercial Research and Development Facilities (R&D) 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 July 24, 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: Commercial Research and Development Facilities (R&D) Concept
Plan and Full Application Information Collection Request (ICR).
OMB Control Number 0693-XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular.
Number of Respondents: Concept Paper: 100 (1 time). Full
Application: 25 (1 time).
Average Hours per Response: Concept Paper: 42 hours. Full
Application: 42 hours.
Burden Hours: Concept Paper: 4,200 hours. Full Application: 1,050
hours.
Needs and Uses: The CHIPS Program Office (CPO) intends to release a
notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to solicit applications for CHIPS
Incentives that will support investments in the construction,
expansion, or modernization of facilities for the research and
development of semiconductors. A potential applicant must submit a
concept plan to be officially considered for a CHIPS Incentive Award.
Concept plans will be reviewed CPO and a subset of applicants whose
concept plan scored sufficiently will then be invited to submit full
applications. Full applications will be reviewed and evaluated to make
award and funding decisions that align with key programmatic
objectives.
Information collected as part of the application process may
include but is not limited to project descriptions, project timelines,
narrative justifications for incentives, applicant financial
information, and relevant project environmental and workforce
information.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory to be eligible for CHIPS Act
funding.
Legal Authority: CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117-167)
(the Act).
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 0693-XXXX.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2024-01069 Filed 1-19-24; 8:45 am]
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