In accordance
with 5 CFR 1320.13, this information collection is approved for 180
days as an emergency clearance to meet the requirements of
Proclamation 10371. If the Agency decides to continue use of the
collection past the approved emergency clearance time period, it
must resubmit an ICR to OMB under the normal PRA clearance process,
including publication of 30- and 60-day Federal Register notices.
The agency should solicit and incorporate comments regarding the
estimated burden of this collection.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
10/31/2022
6 Months From Approved
20
0
0
40
0
0
2,580
0
0
On April 21, 2022, President Biden
signed Proclamation 10371, 87 FR 24265, which states, in part: “The
policies and actions of the Government of the Russian Federation to
continue the premeditated, unjustified, unprovoked, and brutal war
against Ukraine constitute a national emergency by reason of a
disturbance or threatened disturbance of international relations of
the United States. …” Section 1 of the Proclamation “prohibit[s]
Russian-affiliated vessels from entering into United States ports”.
Section 2 of the Proclamation lists exemptions to Section 1,
including: “to Russian-affiliated vessels used in the transport of
source material, special nuclear material, and nuclear byproduct
material for which, and for such time as, the Secretary of Energy,
in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Commerce, determines that no viable source of supply is available
that would not require transport by Russian-affiliated vessels; …”
The Proclamation will become effective on Thursday, April 28, 2022,
and will be immediately transmitted to the Congress and published
in the Federal Register. As such, beginning April 28, 2022, the
Department of Energy (DOE) must implement a process for receiving,
adjudicating, and approving (or rejecting) requests for a Section 2
exemption to the prohibition in Section 1 of the Proclamation. The
process involves public applicants submitting requests for
exemption to DOE’s Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE) for the
Secretary of Energy’s consideration.
Pursuant to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures established in 5 C.F.R
Part 1320, Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the Public, the
Department of Energy (DOE) is requesting that the proposed
information collection, Presidential Proclamation Relating to the
Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Russian-Affiliated
Vessels to U.S. Ports, be processed as an Emergency Clearance
Information Collection Request (ICR) as referenced in 5 C.F.R. §
1320.13, Emergency processing. DOE has determined that the
information must be collected prior to the time periods established
under Part 1320 of the regulation, and that this information is
essential to DOE’s implementation of the Secretary of Energy’s
requirements under Presidential Proclamation 10371, Declaration of
National Emergency and Invocation of Emergency Authority Relating
to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of
Russian-Affiliated Vessels to United States Ports (Apr. 21, 2022).
DOE must collect this information urgently due to the effective
date of the Proclamation (Apr. 28, 2022). DOE has determined that
public consequence is likely if normal clearance procedures are
followed.
US Code:
50
USC 1601 Name of Law: National Emergencies Act
US Code: 50 USC 1601 Name of Law: National
Emergencies Act
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.