Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
06/29/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
06/30/2021
30,051
31,601
13,160
14,850
0
0
Submissions will provide the U.S.
Government with information to be used in enforcing various
economic sanctions programs administered by OFAC under 31 CFR
Chapter V.
US Code:
50 USC 1701-1706 Name of Law: International Emergency Economic
Powers Act
US Code: 22
USC 287c Name of Law: United Nations Participation Act of
1945
US Code: 50
USC 4301 Name of Law: Trading with the Enemy Act
The estimated 30,051 responses
cited in Item 12 represents a slight decrease of 1,550 responses
from the previously approved collection for this authority.
Numerous factors are relevant with respect to calculating the
estimated burden associated with the information collection and
recordkeeping requirements associated with this collection. In
future years, OFAC expects that new sanctions programs may be
created, or additional prohibitions imposed under existing
programs, and other programs or prohibitions may be terminated,
which may slightly increase or decrease the burden associated with
this collection authority. The creation of new programs or
prohibitions, or the elimination of programs or prohibitions, are
difficult to estimate as these changes are often responding to
specific and unforeseeable foreign policy developments and
considerations. However, these changes may have an impact on the
time and cost estimates under this collection authority. Since
OFAC’s last renewal request for this authority, OFAC has added a
number of new programs and prohibitions, and has terminated a
number of programs as well. OFAC utilizes historical burden data in
forecasting future burden hours. Therefore, OFAC estimates these
program changes will have little to no impact on OFAC’s overall
burden estimates in the next three years. At the same time, OFAC
has been working to streamline the reporting process, and to update
its technologies to assist submitters in the reporting process with
a view toward reduction of the overall burden on submitters of
required reports. For example, OFAC’s ORS electronic reporting
system continues to reduce the burden of submitting certain
required reports for many submitters, including many large,
higher-volume filers. OFAC expects this burden reduction trend to
continue as more submitters utilize the ORS for reporting, and
reporting of additional forms and information is available via ORS.
In addition, OFAC continues to finetune its methodology for
calculating burden in an aim to be more precise and accurate in its
burden estimates and calculations. As a result, OFAC anticipates
that in many cases, such as with this renewal request, the overall
burden may shift downward as reporting becomes easier and less
burdensome for filers, and as OFAC’s methodology more accurately
accounts for estimated burden. The decreases in burden resulting
from this streamlining and more accurate methodology counteracted
any program changes that may have resulted in an uptick of various
reports covered by this collection, such as reports of blocked
property, to result in an overall decreased burden estimate.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.