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compelling reason to deny the request.
Therefore, in accordance with section
703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce is
postponing the deadline for the
preliminary determination in this
investigation to no later than 130 days
after the date on which it initiated this
investigation. The postponed deadline
for the preliminary determination is
September 20, 2024. Pursuant to section
705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final
determination in this investigation will
continue to be 75 days after the date of
the preliminary determination.
This notice is issued and published
pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: June 28, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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Information Collection Activities;
Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Ecosystem Questionnaire for
States and Territories To Inform CHIPS
R&D Facility Site Selection Process
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: Ecosystem Questionnaire for
States and Territories to Inform CHIPS
R&D Facility Site Selection Process.
OMB Control Number 0693–XXXX.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Emergency
submission, New Information Collection
Request.
Number of Respondents: 56.
Average Hours per Response: 10
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Burden Hours: 560 hours.
Needs and Uses: CHIPS R&D is
seeking to collect information needed
for implementation of the CHIPS Act of
2022 (Division A of Pub. L. 117–167)
(the Act). The Act tasks the Secretary of
Commerce with carrying out sections
9904 and 9906 of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
(15 U.S.C. 4652, 4654, and 4656). This
statute aims to catalyze long-term
growth in the domestic semiconductor
industry in support of U.S. economic
resilience and national security. This
information collection is needed in
conjunction with a multi-phase site
selection process that will be used to
identify a flagship research and
development prototyping and packaging
facility that is anticipated to become the
lynchpin of both the National
Semiconductor Technology Center
(NSTC) and the National Advanced
Packaging Manufacturing Program
(NAPMP), the two largest research and
development programs established by
Congress through the CHIPS Act of
2022. The information is important for
the Department of Commerce and
Natcast—the purpose-built nonprofit
entity which serves as the operator of
the NSTC, and which is anticipated to
serve as the operator of this flagship
facility—in order to establish at the
outset of the site selection process
which states and/or territories have
existing semiconductor ecosystems that
could support this facility.
Both the NSTC and NAPMP have a
need to expeditiously identify facilities
in order to accomplish their statutory
missions. The NSTC is required to ‘‘to
conduct advanced semiconductor
manufacturing, design and packaging
research, and prototyping that
strengthens the entire domestic
ecosystem.’’ 15 U.S.C. 4656(c)(2)(A).
The NSTC is expected to ‘‘significantly
reduce the time and cost of moving from
design idea to commercialization
through access to shared facilities,
digital assets and technical expertise for
advancing design, prototyping,
manufacturing, packaging, and scaling
of semiconductors and semiconductorrelated products’’ (https://www.nist.gov/
system/files/documents/2023/04/26/
NSTC-Vision-Strategy-Fact-Sheet.pdf).
The NAPMP is expected to ‘‘include an
Advanced Packaging Piloting Facility
(APPF) where successful development
efforts will be transitioned and
validated for scaled transition to U.S.
manufacturing. This is a key facility for
technology transfer to high-volume
manufacturing’’ (https://www.nist.gov/
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3).
The information collection will take
the form of an Ecosystem Questionnaire
for States and Territories to Inform
CHIPS R&D Facility Site Selection
Process. The Questionnaire will pose
identical questions to Economic
Development Organizations (EDOs) in
all 56 states and territories. This
collection is subject to the Paperwork
Reduction Act as the RFI would pose
identical questions to all 56 states and
territories. See 5 CFR 1320.3(c)(4) and
(k)). The Ecosystem Questionnaire will
request information regarding the extent
to which a state or territory can
demonstrate: the presence of entities
from the semiconductor value chain; a
semiconductor workforce and current
workforce development programs;
semiconductor-related advanced
education and research programs;
significant state, local, and private
investment in the semiconductor
ecosystem; and state incentives for
semiconductor research and
development. The Ecosystem
Questionnaire is also structured to be as
minimally burdensome as possible, both
because responses are predominantly
requested in the form of multiple-choice
answers, and because the information
the Questionnaire solicits should be
easily available to EDOs. This will be a
one-time collection of information to all
56 states and territories. Only states or
territories that submit responses to the
Ecosystem Questionnaire will be
considered for selection of this facility.
Affected Public: State and local
governments.
Frequency: Once.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority
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 by 11:59
p.m. EST on July 12, 2024 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.
Peter Robbins,
Attorney-Advisor, Office of the General
Counsel for Legislation and Regulation,
Commerce Department.
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