Agency Information Collection Activities, Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review and Emergency Approval; Comment Request; CHIPS Full-Application Information Collection, 13436 [2023-04434]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• National Institute of Standards and Technology

[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 42 (Friday, March 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 13436]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04434]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology


Agency Information Collection Activities, Submission for Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB) Review and Emergency Approval; Comment 
Request; CHIPS Full-Application Information Collection

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
emergency review and approval 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.
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
    Title: CHIPS Full Application.
    OMB Control Number: 0693-XXXX.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission, New Information Collection 
Request.
    Number of Respondents: 140 respondents.
    Average Hours per Response: 125 hours.
    Burden Hours: 17,500 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Businesses and other entities applying for CHIPS 
Act funding under the CHIPS Incentive Program must submit a full 
application via a web portal at https://applications.chips.gov/. The 
full application includes a series of sections, each described below. 
It includes a project plan, supplemented by more detailed narrative and 
analytical sections that demonstrate how the application addresses each 
dimension of the merit review framework:
     Cover Page with general information;
     Covered Incentive--a letter from a state or local 
government entity to demonstrate that the applicant has been offered a 
qualifying covered incentive;
     Description of Projects--a detailed description of 
proposed project(s) in the application;
     Applicant Profile--descriptive information about the 
applicant;
     Alignment with Economic and National Security Objectives--
a description of how the project(s) meets economic and national 
security objectives;
     Commercial Strategy--a description of the commercial 
strategy;
     Financial Information--a detailed description of the 
financial plan, including Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with financial 
models;
     Project Technical Feasibility--the applicant must 
demonstrate the technical feasibility of each proposed project;
     Organization Information
     Workforce Development Plan--Each applicant must document 
their expected workforce needs for their facility (including both 
construction and operations phases) and provide a strategy to meet such 
needs in a workforce development plan;
     Broader Impacts--Each applicant must provide an overview 
of the broader impacts of the proposed project(s); and
     Standard Forms--All applicants should submit standard 
forms as follows:

[ssquf] SF-328, Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interests
[ssquf] CD-511, Certification Regarding Lobbying
[ssquf] SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (if applicable)

     In addition, applicants will be informed during the 
application review process if these forms are required:

[ssquf] SF-424, Application for Federal Assistance
[ssquf] For the construction component of projects, the SF-424C and SF-
424D
[ssquf] For the workforce development component of projects, as well as 
any operational activities, the SF-424A

    Affected Public: Businesses and other entities applying for CHIPS 
Act funding.
    Frequency: Once per application.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory to be eligible for CHIPS Act 
funding.
    Legal Authority: CHIPS Act of 2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117-167).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. 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 on the following website 
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information 
collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--Open for 
Public Comments'' or by using the search function and entering the 
title of the collection. To ensure consideration, comments regarding 
this proposed information collection must be received on or before 
March 17, 2023.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-04434 Filed 3-2-23; 8:45 am]
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