Rule2024-26886
Export Administration Regulations: Revisions to Space-Related Export Controls; Extension of Comment Period
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Published
November 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentIndustry and Security Bureau
Abstract
On October 23, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register the interim final rule, "Export Administration Regulations: Revisions to Space-Related Export Controls" with comments originally due November 22, 2024. This notification extends the deadline for written comments to December 23, 2024. This extension is being made to allow for commenters to have additional time to review the interim final rule and to be informed by the public outreach that BIS is conducting on the rule in preparing their comments. Extending the public comment period will not in any way undermine the rule or national security of the United States.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 91251-91252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26886]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Parts 734, 740, 744, 746, and 774
[Docket: 241113-0294]
RIN 0694-AJ87
Export Administration Regulations: Revisions to Space-Related
Export Controls; Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Interim final rule; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: On October 23, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)
published in the Federal Register the interim final rule, ``Export
Administration Regulations: Revisions to Space-Related Export
Controls'' with comments originally due November 22, 2024. This
notification extends the deadline for written comments to December 23,
2024. This extension is being made to allow for commenters to have
additional time to review the interim final rule and to be informed by
the public outreach that BIS is conducting on the rule in preparing
their comments. Extending the public comment period will not in any way
undermine the rule or national security of the United States.
DATES: The comment period for the interim final rule published October
23, 2024, at 89 FR 84770, is extended. Comments must be received by BIS
no later than December 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this rule may be submitted to the Federal
rulemaking portal at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. The <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> ID for
this rule is: BIS-2024-0031. Please refer to RIN 0694-AJ87 in all
comments.
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All filers using the portal should use the name of the person or
entity submitting the comments as the name of their files, in
accordance with the instructions below. Anyone submitting business
confidential information should clearly identify the business
confidential portion at the time of submission, file a statement
justifying nondisclosure and referring to the specific legal authority
claimed, and provide a non-confidential version of the submission. For
comments submitted electronically containing business confidential
information, the file name of the business confidential version should
begin with the characters ``BC.'' Any page containing business
confidential information must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL'' on the top of that page. The corresponding non-
confidential version of those comments must be clearly marked
``PUBLIC.'' The file name of the non-confidential version should begin
with the character ``P.'' Any submissions with file names that do not
begin with either a ``BC'' or a ``P'' will be assumed to be public and
will be made publicly available at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Commenters submitting business confidential information are encouraged
to scan a hard copy of the non-confidential version to create an image
of the file, rather than submitting a digital copy with redactions
applied, to avoid inadvertent redaction errors which could enable the
public to read business confidential information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical questions, contact
Joseph A. Cristofaro, Director, Sensors, Aerospace and Marine Division,
Office of National Security Controls, Bureau of Industry and Security,
U.S. Department of Commerce, at 202-482-2440 or by email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#eba184988e9b83c5a89982989f848d8a9984ab898298c58f8488c58c849d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d47627e687d65234e7f647e79626b6c7f624d6f647e2369626e236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>. For general questions, contact
Regulatory Policy Division, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of
Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce at 202-482-2440 or
by email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b494b5f295b797268357f7478357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bc9cbdfa9dbf9f2e8b5fff4f8b5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 23, 2024, BIS published in the Federal Register the
interim final rule, ``Export Administration Regulations: Revisions to
Space-Related Export Controls'' (RIN 0694-AJ87) (89 FR 84770), which
makes changes to controls for spacecraft and related items under the
Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This IFR reduces license
requirements on less sensitive items to reflect the close relations
with certain countries to better facilitate space collaboration and
makes refinements and clarifications to existing controls. These
changes will better enable a globally competitive U.S. space industrial
base while continuing to protect U.S. national security and foreign
policy interests.
In response to requests from the regulated community, the
Department of Commerce is extending the comment period for this rule
(RIN 0694-AJ87) by 30 days.
Matthew S. Borman,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade and Technology
Security.
[FR Doc. 2024-26886 Filed 11-15-24; 4:15 pm]
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