Notice2024-12003
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments-Reinstatement of the Collection of Information, 301 Exclusion Requests
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Published
May 31, 2024
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Trade Representative, Office of United States
Abstract
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is submitting a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to reinstate an information collection request (ICR) entitled 301 Exclusion Requests for three years under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47198-47206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12003]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
[Docket Number USTR-2024-0008]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Request for Comments--
Reinstatement of the Collection of Information, 301 Exclusion Requests
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is
submitting a request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to
reinstate an information collection request (ICR) entitled 301
Exclusion Requests for three years under the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (PRA) and its implementing regulations.
DATES: Submit comments no later than July 30, 2024.
ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers electronic submissions made through
the Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. See the
submission instructions below. The Docket Number is USTR-2024-0008. For
alternatives to on-line submissions, please contact the Section 301
hotline at (202) 395-5725 before transmitting a comment and in advance
of the deadline.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant General Counsel Rachel
Hasandras at (202) 395-5725, or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a575842144f494e4814090a0b5f4259564f49535554497a4f494e48145f554a145d554c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="402d22386e353334326e7370712538232c3533292f2e3300353334326e252f306e272f36">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
A. Comments
Submit written comments and suggestions addressing one or more of
the following:
(1) Whether the ICR is necessary for the proper performance of
USTR's functions, including whether the information will have practical
utility.
(2) The accuracy of USTR's estimate of the burden of the ICR,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the ICR.
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of the ICR on those who are to
respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
B. Overview of This Information Collection
Title: 301 Exclusion Requests.
OMB Control Number: 0350-0015, which expired on January 31, 2023.
Form Number(s): 301 Exclusion Request/Response/Reply Form.
Description: Following a comprehensive review of the July 6, 2018
and the August 23, 2018 actions, as modified, in the Section 301
Investigation of China's Acts, Policies, and Practices Related to
Technology Transfer, Intellectual Property, and Innovation, the U.S.
Trade Representative determined, among other findings, to establish an
exclusion process limited to machinery used in domestic manufacturing
and under certain 8-digit tariff lines in Chapters 84 and 85 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). See 89 FR
46252 (May 28, 2024). A mockup of the 301 Exclusion Request/Response/
Reply Form is attached as an annex to this notice.
OMB initially approved an information collection request for
Section 301 Exclusion Requests on June 20, 2019, and assigned Control
Number 0350-0015, which expired on December 31, 2019.
OMB approved a prior extension for this collection that expired in
January 2023. USTR now is seeking to reinstate the expired collection
and to extend the approval for three years.
Affected Public: U.S. stakeholders who want to request that certain
enumerated subheadings under Chapters 84 and 85 of the HTSUS for
machinery used in domestic manufacturing be excluded from the
additional duties on products of China.
Frequency of Submission: One submission per request.
Respondent Universe: U.S. stakeholders.
Reporting Burden:
Total Estimated Responses: 5,000 requests to exclude a particular
product. 1,000 responses in support or opposition to exclude a
particular product.
Total Estimated Annual Burden: USTR estimates that preparing and
submitting a request to exclude a particular product will take
approximately 60 minutes, and the total time burden for the public to
submit requests is 5,000 hours. USTR estimates that preparing and
submitting a response to a product exclusion request will take
approximately 30 minutes, and the total time burden for responses is
approximately 500 hours.
USTR estimates that the cost to the Federal government to evaluate
each request is 1.0 hours, for a total time burden of 5,300 hours and
will cost about $150 per submission. The estimated total cost is
$813,000. The total cost estimate includes the average annual salary
plus benefits, for the federal employees and contractors expected to
work on the exclusion process. The process is expected to continue on a
rolling basis.
Status: After reviewing comments received in response to this
notice, under the PRA and its implementing regulations, USTR plans to
submit a request to OMB to reinstate the ICR for three years.
C. Requirements for Submissions
You must submit written comments by the deadline set forth in this
notice. You must make all submissions in English via <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, using Docket Number USTR-2024-0008. USTR will not
accept hand-delivered submissions. To make a submission using <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>, enter the appropriate docket number in the `search
for' field on the home page and click `search.' The site will provide a
search-results page listing all documents associated with this docket.
Find a reference to this notice by selecting `notice' under `document
type' in the `filter results by' section on the left side of the screen
and click on the link entitled `comment now.' The <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>
website offers the option of providing comments by filling in a `type
comment' field or by attaching a document using the `upload file(s)'
field. USTR prefers that you provide submissions in an attached
document and note `see attached' in the `type comment' field on the
online submission form. Include any data attachments to the submission
in the same file as the submission itself, and not as separate files.
You will receive a tracking number upon completion of the
submission procedure at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. The tracking
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number is confirmation that <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> received the submission.
Keep the confirmation for your records. USTR is not able to provide
technical assistance for the website. USTR may not consider documents
you do not submit in accordance with these instructions. If you are
unable to provide submissions as requested, please contact the Section
301 hotline at (202) 395-5725 before transmitting a comment and in
advance of the deadline. General information concerning USTR is
available at <a href="http://www.ustr.gov">www.ustr.gov</a>.
Juan Millan,
Acting General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade
Representative.
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