Notice2024-02232
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensities of the U.S. Steel and Aluminum Industries at the Product Level; Submission of Questionnaire and Information Collection Plan for Office of Management and Budget Review
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Published
February 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
International Trade Commission
Abstract
The information requested by the questionnaire is for use by the Commission in connection with Investigation No. 332-598, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensities of the U.S. Steel and Aluminum Industries at the Product Level.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 7727]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02232]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-598]
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensities of the U.S. Steel and
Aluminum Industries at the Product Level; Submission of Questionnaire
and Information Collection Plan for Office of Management and Budget
Review
AGENCY: United States International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of submission of request for approval of a questionnaire
and information collection to the Office of Management and Budget.
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SUMMARY: The information requested by the questionnaire is for use by
the Commission in connection with Investigation No. 332-598, Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Intensities of the U.S. Steel and Aluminum Industries at
the Product Level.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices are located in the U.S. International
Trade Commission Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC. Persons
with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining
access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at
202-205-2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The project leaders for this
investigation are Caroline Peters, Shova KC, Alexander Melton, and
Kristin Smyth. Please direct all questions and comments about this
investigation to Shova KC at 202-780-0230 or via email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c4f5d125951554f4f5553524f7c494f55485f125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5221337c373f3b21213b3d3c211227213b26317c353d24">[email protected]</span></a>. The Commission is not accepting paper
correspondence for this investigation.
Comments about the proposal should be provided to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
through the Information Collection Review Dashboard at <a href="https://www.reginfo.gov">https://www.reginfo.gov</a>. All comments should be specific, indicating which part
of the questionnaire is objectionable, describing the concern in
detail, and including specific suggested revisions or language changes.
Copies of any comments should be provided electronically to the
Commission's survey team via an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#582b39763d35312b2b3137362b182d2b312c3b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea998bc48f8783999983858499aa9f99839e89c48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>.
The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at <a href="https://edis.usitc.gov">https://edis.usitc.gov</a>.
General information concerning the Commission may be obtained by
accessing its internet address (<a href="https://www.usitc.gov">https://www.usitc.gov</a>). Hearing-
impaired individuals are advised that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the TDD terminal on 202-205-1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The information requested by the
questionnaire is for use by the Commission in connection with
Investigation No. 332-598, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Intensities of the
U.S. Steel and Aluminum Industries at the Product Level, instituted
under the authority of section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1332(g)). This investigation and report were requested by the
United States Trade Representative in a letter dated June 5, 2023. This
investigation was instituted on July 5, 2023, and the notice of
investigation was published in the Federal Register on July 10, 2023
(88 FR 43633). The Commission will deliver its report to the Trade
Representative by January 28, 2025.
As stated in the notice of investigation, the Trade Representative
requested that the Commission generate estimates of the greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions intensities of a broad range of U.S. steel and aluminum
products. The U.S.-produced individual products that are covered under
this investigation are enumerated in attachment B to the request
letter. GHG emissions intensities will be developed from the scope 1
and 2 emissions related to the production of covered steel and aluminum
products and the scope 3 emissions associated with the material and
resource inputs for the production of covered steel and aluminum
products in 2022. These intensity estimates will be developed, to the
extent practicable, for a set of specific product category groupings
listed in attachment A of the request letter, though the Commission may
present emissions intensities at further levels of disaggregation from
these groupings. Because the information necessary to generate these
estimates is not available in the requested specificity from
governmental and other public sources, the Trade Representative
directed the Commission to obtain much of such information through a
survey. The survey aims to collect data on scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions,
production, and parameters that will allow for the allocation of the
emissions to the product categories. Responses will be used as inputs
in the Commission's calculation of emissions intensities.
The Commission intends to submit the following draft information
collection plan to OMB:
(1) Number of forms submitted: 2.
(2) Title of forms: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Intensities
Questionnaire: Company-Level and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions
Intensities Questionnaire: Facility-Level.
(3) Type of request: New.
(4) Frequency of use: Industry questionnaire, single data
gathering, scheduled for 2024.
(5) Description of respondents: Companies with U.S. facilities that
produced steel and aluminum products in 2022 and those facilities.
(6) Estimated number of questionnaires to be distributed: 5,250
total (1,750 companies, 3,500 facilities).
(7) Estimated total number of hours to complete the questionnaire
per respondent: 5 hours for the company-level questionnaire and 30
hours for the facility-level questionnaire for each facility.
(8) Information obtained from the questionnaires that qualifies as
confidential business information will be so treated by the Commission
and not disclosed in a manner that would reveal the individual
operations of a business at the company or facility level.
Information about the investigation and other supplementary
documents can be accessed on the USITC website at <a href="https://www.usitc.gov/saemissions">https://www.usitc.gov/saemissions</a>.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: January 31, 2024.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-02232 Filed 2-2-24; 8:45 am]
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