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Section 766.25 of the Regulations
provides, in pertinent part, that the
‘‘Director of [BIS’s] Office of Export
Enforcement, in consultation with the
Director of [BIS’s] Office of Exporter
Services, may deny the export privileges
of any person who has been convicted
of a violation of any of the statues set
forth at 50 U.S.C. 4819 (e)(1)(B),’’ 2
including IEEPA. 15 CFR 766.25(a).3
The denial of export privileges under
this provision may be for a period of up
to 10 years from the date of the
conviction. 15 CFR 766.25(d). In
addition, pursuant to Section 750.8 of
the Regulations, BIS’s Office of Exporter
Services may revoke any BIS-issued
licenses in which the person has an
interest at the time of his/her
conviction.4
BIS received notice of Atilla’s
conviction for violating IEEPA, and
pursuant to Section 766.25 of the
Regulations, has provided notice and an
opportunity for Atilla to make a written
submission to BIS. BIS has received and
considered a written submission from
Atilla.
Based upon my review of the record,
including Atilla’s written response, and
consultations with BIS’s Office of
Exporter Services, including its
Director, and the facts available to BIS,
I have decided to deny Atilla’s export
privileges under the Regulations for a
period of 10 years from the date of
Atilla’s conviction. The Office of
Exporter Services has also decided to
revoke any BIS-issued license in which
Atilla had an interest at the time of his
conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered:
First, from the date of this Order until
May 16, 2028, Mehmet Hakan Atilla,
with last known addresses of Millet
Cad. No: 26 D:15, Fatih Istanbul, Turkey
and Molla Seref Mah Hikayeci Sok AZ,
Fatih Istanbul, Turkey, and when acting
for or on his behalf, his successors,
revoked through action undertaken pursuant to the
authority provided under ECRA.
2 The Director, Office of Export Enforcement, is
now authorizing official for issuance denial orders,
pursuant to recent amendments to the Regulations
(85 FR 73411, November 18, 2020).
3 As codified at the time of the underlying
conviction at issue, Section 11(h)(1) of the EAA, as
amended, provided that: ’’ No person convicted of
a violation of this chapter (or any regulation,
license, or older issued under this chapter), any
regulation, license, or order issed under the
International Emergnecy Economic Powers Act [50
U.S.C. 1701, et seq.], section 793, 794 or 798 of title
18, section 783(b) of this title, or section 2778 of
title 22 shall be eligible, at the discretion of the
Secretary, to apply for or use any export license
under this chapter for a period of up to 10 years
from the date of conviction. The Secretary may
revoke any export license under this chapter in
which such person has an interest at the time of
conviction.’’ 50 U.S.C. 4610(h)(1).
4 See notes 1 and 3, supra.
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assigns, employees, agents or
representatives (‘‘the Denied Person’’),
may not, directly or indirectly,
participate in any way in any
transaction involving any commodity,
software or technology (hereinafter
collectively referred to as ‘‘item’’)
exported or to be exported from the
United States that is subject to the
Regulations, including, but not limited
to:
A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, license exception, or export
control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or engaging
in any other activity subject to the
Regulations; or
C. Benefitting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the Regulations, or
from any other activity subject to the
Regulations.
Second, no person may, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf
of the Denied Person any item subject to
the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
the Denied Person of the ownership,
possession, or control of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States, including financing or other
support activities related to a
transaction whereby the Denied Person
acquires or attempts to acquire such
ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from the Denied Person of
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been exported from the United
States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
Regulations with knowledge or reason
to know that the item will be, or is
intended to be, exported from the
United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been or will be exported from the
United States and which is owned,
possessed or controlled by the Denied
Person, or service any item, of whatever
origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such
service involves the use of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
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or will be exported from the United
States. For purposes of this paragraph,
servicing means installation,
maintenance, repair, modification or
testing.
Third, after notice and opportunity for
comment as provided in Section 766.23
of the Regulations, any other person,
firm, corporation, or business
organization related to Atilla by
ownership, control, position of
responsibility, affiliation, or other
connection in the conduct of trade or
business may also be made subject to
the provisions of this Order in order to
prevent evasion of this Order.
Fourth, in accordance with Part 756 of
the Regulations, Atilla may file an
appeal of this Order with the Under
Secretary of Commerce for Industry and
Security. The appeal must be filed
within 45 days from the date of this
Order and must comply with the
provisions of Part 756 of the
Regulations.
Fifth, a copy of this Order shall be
delivered to Atilla and shall be
published in the Federal Register.
Sixth, this Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
until May 16, 2028.
John Sonderman,
Director, Office of Export Enforement.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DT–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Services Surveys: BE–125,
Quarterly Survey of Transactions in
Selected Services and Intellectual
Property With Foreign Persons
Bureau of Economic Analysis,
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites 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. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
SUMMARY:
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To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Christopher Stein, Chief, Services
Surveys Branch, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, at christopher.stein@bea.gov
or PRAcomments@doc.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0608–
0067 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to
Christopher Stein, Chief, Services
Surveys Branch, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, (301) 278–9189, and
christopher.stein@bea.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
I. Abstract
The Quarterly Survey of Transactions
in Selected Services and Intellectual
Property with Foreign Persons (Form
BE–125) is a survey that collects data
from U.S. persons who engage in
covered transactions in selected services
or intellectual property with foreign
persons. A U.S. person means any
individual, branch, partnership,
associated group, association, estate,
trust, corporation, or other organization
(whether or not organized under the
laws of any State), resident in the
United States or subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States. A U.S.
person must report if they had
combined sales of covered services or
intellectual property to foreign persons
that exceeded $6 million for the
previous fiscal year, or are expected to
exceed that amount during the current
fiscal year, or if they had combined
purchases of covered services or
intellectual property from foreign
persons that exceeded $4 million for the
previous fiscal year, or are expected to
exceed that amount during the current
fiscal year.
The data are needed to monitor U.S.
trade in services, to analyze the impact
of these cross-border services on the
U.S. and foreign economies, to compile
and improve the U.S. economic
accounts, to support U.S. commercial
policy on trade in services, to conduct
trade promotion, and to improve the
ability of U.S. businesses to identify and
evaluate market opportunities. The data
are used in estimating the trade in
services component of the U.S.
international transactions accounts
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(ITAs) and national income and product
accounts (NIPAs).
The Bureau of Economic Analysis
(BEA) is proposing minor modifications
to the existing transaction categories
covered by the BE–125 survey and a
change to the survey due date,
beginning with reporting for first quarter
2022. The proposed modifications to the
BE–125 survey would allow BEA to
align its statistics more closely with
international economic accounting
guidelines and to increase the quality
and usefulness of BEA’s statistics on
trade in services.
BEA proposes to eliminate the three
transaction categories of other
intellectual property. Rights to use other
intellectual property (code 8.1), rights to
reproduce and/or distribute other
intellectual property (code 8.2), and
outright sales or purchases of
proprietary rights related to other
intellectual property (code 8.3) would
no longer be collected. BEA typically
reclassifies transactions reported to BEA
in these categories to research and
development (R&D) services (transaction
code 29.1, the provision of customized
and non-customized R&D services; and,
transaction code 29.2, other R&D
services, including testing) and to other
selected services (transaction code 42).
With the elimination of the other
intellectual property categories,
respondents will be instructed to report
transactions in these alternate
categories.
BEA also proposes to change the due
date of the survey to 30 days after the
close of each quarter from 45 days for
the three quarters that are not the final
fiscal quarter of the year. For the final
fiscal quarter of the year, reports would
be due 45 days after the close of the
quarter instead of 90 days. Shortening
the reporting timeline will allow BEA to
produce more accurate and complete
trade in services statistics in
preliminary estimates of the ITAs,
which is critical information for
policymakers’ timely decisions on
international trade policy. The earlier
due date will allow BEA to use more
reported data for preliminary statistics,
improving the accuracy of both the
aggregates and the country and servicetype details, and reducing revisions in
subsequent statistical releases. In
addition, the proposed reporting
deadlines are also consistent with the
reporting deadlines of BEA’s quarterly
direct investment surveys.
BEA estimates there will be no change
in the average number of burden hours
per response, which is currently
estimated to be 21 hours. While survey
respondents will have to file earlier, the
burden for the survey is unchanged
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because the same information will be
required on the survey as in the past.
The language in the instructions and
definitions will be reviewed and
adjusted as necessary to clarify survey
requirements.
II. Method of Collection
BEA contacts potential respondents
by mail at the end of each quarter.
Respondents would be required to file
the completed BE–125 forms within 30
days after the end of each fiscal quarter
that is not the final fiscal quarter of the
year and within 45 days after the close
of the final fiscal quarter of the year.
Reports would be required from each
U.S. person that had combined sales of
covered services or intellectual property
to foreign persons that exceeded $6
million for the previous fiscal year, or
are expected to exceed that amount
during the current fiscal year, or that
had combined purchases of covered
services or intellectual property from
foreign persons that exceeded $4
million for the previous fiscal year, or
that are expected to exceed that amount
during the current fiscal year. Entities
required to report will be contacted
individually by BEA. Entities not
contacted by BEA have no reporting
responsibilities.
BEA offers its electronic filing option,
the eFile system, for use in reporting on
Form BE–125. For more information
about eFile, go to www.bea.gov/efile. In
addition, BEA posts all its survey forms
and reporting instructions on its
website, www.bea.gov/ssb. These may
be downloaded, completed, printed, and
submitted via fax or mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608–0067.
Form Number(s): BE–125.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
8,800 annually (2,200 filed each quarter;
1,700 reporting mandatory data, and 500
that would file exemption claims or
voluntary responses).
Estimated Time per Response: 21
hours is the average for those reporting
data and one hour is the average for
those filing an exemption claim. Hours
may vary considerably among
respondents because of differences in
company size and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 144,800.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International
Investment and Trade in Services
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Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C.
3101–3108, as amended).
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Agency,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of
the Agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
[FR Doc. 2021–09423 Filed 5–4–21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–06–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) has received requests to
conduct administrative reviews of
various antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders and
findings with March anniversary dates.
In accordance with Commerce’s
regulations, we are initiating those
administrative reviews.
DATES: Applicable May 5, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda E. Brown, AD/CVD Operations,
AGENCY:
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Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone:
(202) 482–4735.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Commerce has received timely
requests, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(b), for administrative reviews of
various AD and CVD orders and
findings with March anniversary dates.
All deadlines for the submission of
various types of information,
certifications, or comments or actions by
Commerce discussed below refer to the
number of calendar days from the
applicable starting time.
Notice of No Sales
If a producer or exporter named in
this notice of initiation had no exports,
sales, or entries during the period of
review (POR), it must notify Commerce
within 30 days of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. All
submissions must be filed electronically
at https://access.trade.gov, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.303.1 Such
submissions are subject to verification,
in accordance with section 782(i) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Further, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.303(f)(1)(i), a copy must be served
on every party on Commerce’s service
list.
Respondent Selection
In the event Commerce limits the
number of respondents for individual
examination for administrative reviews
initiated pursuant to requests made for
the orders identified below, Commerce
intends to select respondents based on
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) data for U.S. imports during the
POR. We intend to place the CBP data
on the record within five days of
publication of the initiation notice and
to make our decision regarding
respondent selection within 35 days of
publication of the initiation Federal
Register notice. Comments regarding the
CBP data and respondent selection
should be submitted within seven days
after the placement of the CBP data on
the record of this review. Parties
wishing to submit rebuttal comments
should submit those comments within
five days after the deadline for the
initial comments.
In the event Commerce decides it is
necessary to limit individual
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Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR
39263 (July 6, 2011).
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examination of respondents and
conduct respondent selection under
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act, the
following guidelines regarding
collapsing of companies for purposes of
respondent selection will apply. In
general, Commerce has found that
determinations concerning whether
particular companies should be
‘‘collapsed’’ (e.g., treated as a single
entity for purposes of calculating
antidumping duty rates) require a
substantial amount of detailed
information and analysis, which often
require follow-up questions and
analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will
not conduct collapsing analyses at the
respondent selection phase of this
review and will not collapse companies
at the respondent selection phase unless
there has been a determination to
collapse certain companies in a
previous segment of this AD proceeding
(e.g., investigation, administrative
review, new shipper review, or changed
circumstances review). For any
company subject to this review, if
Commerce determined, or continued to
treat, that company as collapsed with
others, Commerce will assume that such
companies continue to operate in the
same manner and will collapse them for
respondent selection purposes.
Otherwise, Commerce will not collapse
companies for purposes of respondent
selection. Parties are requested to (a)
identify which companies subject to
review previously were collapsed, and
(b) provide a citation to the proceeding
in which they were collapsed. Further,
if companies are requested to complete
the Quantity and Value (Q&V)
Questionnaire for purposes of
respondent selection, in general, each
company must report volume and value
data separately for itself. Parties should
not include data for any other party,
even if they believe they should be
treated as a single entity with that other
party. If a company was collapsed with
another company or companies in the
most recently completed segment of this
proceeding where Commerce
considered collapsing that entity,
complete Q&V data for that collapsed
entity must be submitted.
Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a
party that has requested a review may
withdraw that request within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. The
regulation provides that Commerce may
extend this time if it is reasonable to do
so. Determinations by Commerce to
extend the 90-day deadline will be
made on a case-by-case basis.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Services Surveys: BE-125, Quarterly Survey of Transactions in
Selected Services and Intellectual Property With Foreign Persons
AGENCY: Bureau of Economic Analysis, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection, request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, in accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), invites 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. The
purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment
preceding submission of the collection to OMB.
[[Page 23924]]
DATES: To ensure consideration, comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received on or before July 6, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to
Christopher Stein, Chief, Services Surveys Branch, Bureau of Economic
Analysis, at [email protected] or [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0608-0067 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection activities should be directed
to Christopher Stein, Chief, Services Surveys Branch, Bureau of
Economic Analysis, (301) 278-9189, and [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Quarterly Survey of Transactions in Selected Services and
Intellectual Property with Foreign Persons (Form BE-125) is a survey
that collects data from U.S. persons who engage in covered transactions
in selected services or intellectual property with foreign persons. A
U.S. person means any individual, branch, partnership, associated
group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other organization
(whether or not organized under the laws of any State), resident in the
United States or subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. A
U.S. person must report if they had combined sales of covered services
or intellectual property to foreign persons that exceeded $6 million
for the previous fiscal year, or are expected to exceed that amount
during the current fiscal year, or if they had combined purchases of
covered services or intellectual property from foreign persons that
exceeded $4 million for the previous fiscal year, or are expected to
exceed that amount during the current fiscal year.
The data are needed to monitor U.S. trade in services, to analyze
the impact of these cross-border services on the U.S. and foreign
economies, to compile and improve the U.S. economic accounts, to
support U.S. commercial policy on trade in services, to conduct trade
promotion, and to improve the ability of U.S. businesses to identify
and evaluate market opportunities. The data are used in estimating the
trade in services component of the U.S. international transactions
accounts (ITAs) and national income and product accounts (NIPAs).
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) is proposing minor
modifications to the existing transaction categories covered by the BE-
125 survey and a change to the survey due date, beginning with
reporting for first quarter 2022. The proposed modifications to the BE-
125 survey would allow BEA to align its statistics more closely with
international economic accounting guidelines and to increase the
quality and usefulness of BEA's statistics on trade in services.
BEA proposes to eliminate the three transaction categories of other
intellectual property. Rights to use other intellectual property (code
8.1), rights to reproduce and/or distribute other intellectual property
(code 8.2), and outright sales or purchases of proprietary rights
related to other intellectual property (code 8.3) would no longer be
collected. BEA typically reclassifies transactions reported to BEA in
these categories to research and development (R&D) services
(transaction code 29.1, the provision of customized and non-customized
R&D services; and, transaction code 29.2, other R&D services, including
testing) and to other selected services (transaction code 42). With the
elimination of the other intellectual property categories, respondents
will be instructed to report transactions in these alternate
categories.
BEA also proposes to change the due date of the survey to 30 days
after the close of each quarter from 45 days for the three quarters
that are not the final fiscal quarter of the year. For the final fiscal
quarter of the year, reports would be due 45 days after the close of
the quarter instead of 90 days. Shortening the reporting timeline will
allow BEA to produce more accurate and complete trade in services
statistics in preliminary estimates of the ITAs, which is critical
information for policymakers' timely decisions on international trade
policy. The earlier due date will allow BEA to use more reported data
for preliminary statistics, improving the accuracy of both the
aggregates and the country and service-type details, and reducing
revisions in subsequent statistical releases. In addition, the proposed
reporting deadlines are also consistent with the reporting deadlines of
BEA's quarterly direct investment surveys.
BEA estimates there will be no change in the average number of
burden hours per response, which is currently estimated to be 21 hours.
While survey respondents will have to file earlier, the burden for the
survey is unchanged because the same information will be required on
the survey as in the past. The language in the instructions and
definitions will be reviewed and adjusted as necessary to clarify
survey requirements.
II. Method of Collection
BEA contacts potential respondents by mail at the end of each
quarter. Respondents would be required to file the completed BE-125
forms within 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter that is not
the final fiscal quarter of the year and within 45 days after the close
of the final fiscal quarter of the year. Reports would be required from
each U.S. person that had combined sales of covered services or
intellectual property to foreign persons that exceeded $6 million for
the previous fiscal year, or are expected to exceed that amount during
the current fiscal year, or that had combined purchases of covered
services or intellectual property from foreign persons that exceeded $4
million for the previous fiscal year, or that are expected to exceed
that amount during the current fiscal year. Entities required to report
will be contacted individually by BEA. Entities not contacted by BEA
have no reporting responsibilities.
BEA offers its electronic filing option, the eFile system, for use
in reporting on Form BE-125. For more information about eFile, go to
www.bea.gov/efile. In addition, BEA posts all its survey forms and
reporting instructions on its website, www.bea.gov/ssb. These may be
downloaded, completed, printed, and submitted via fax or mail.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608-0067.
Form Number(s): BE-125.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 8,800 annually (2,200 filed each
quarter; 1,700 reporting mandatory data, and 500 that would file
exemption claims or voluntary responses).
Estimated Time per Response: 21 hours is the average for those
reporting data and one hour is the average for those filing an
exemption claim. Hours may vary considerably among respondents because
of differences in company size and complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 144,800.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International Investment and Trade in Services
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Survey Act (Pub. L. 94-472, 22 U.S.C. 3101-3108, as amended).
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information;
(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on respondents, including through the use of
automated collection techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Comments that you submit in response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including
your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available
at any time. While you may ask us in your comment to withhold your
personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-09423 Filed 5-4-21; 8:45 am]
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