[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 17300-17301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06545]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
15 CFR Part 744
[Docket No. 200324-0087]
RIN 0694-ZA02
Request for Comments on Future Extensions of Temporary General
License (TGL)
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of inquiry; reopening comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a
notification of inquiry requesting comments on future extensions of a
temporary general license under the Export Administration Regulations
(EAR), published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2020 with the
comment period starting on the date of display on the public inspection
list on March 10, 2020 and closing on March 25, 2020. This notification
reopens the comment period through April 22, 2020. Comments submitted
anytime between March 10, 2020 and April 22, 2020 will be accepted and
considered.
DATES: The comment period for the document published on March 12, 2020
(85 FR 14428), is reopened. Submit comments on or before April 22,
2020.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number BIS
2020-0001 or RIN 0694-ZA02, through the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting
comments.
All filers using the portal should use the name of the person or
entity submitting comments as the name of their files, in accordance
with the instructions below. Anyone submitting business confidential
information should clearly identify the business confidential portion
at the time of submission, file a statement justifying nondisclosure
and referencing the specific legal authority claimed, and provide a
non-confidential version of the submission.
For comments submitted electronically containing business
confidential information, the file name of the business confidential
version should begin with the characters ``BC.'' Any page containing
business confidential information must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL'' on the top of that page. The corresponding non-
confidential version of those comments must be clearly marked
``PUBLIC.'' The file name of the non-confidential version should begin
with the character ``P.'' The ``BC'' and ``P'' should be followed by
the name of the person or entity submitting the comments or rebuttal
comments. All filers should name their files using the name of the
person or entity submitting the comments. Any submissions with file
names that do not begin with a ``BC'' or ``P'' will be assumed to be
public and will be made publicly available through http://www.regulations.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Director, Regulatory Policy Division,
Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, by phone at
(202) 482-2440 or email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This notification reopens the public comment period established in
the Federal Register issue of March 12, 2020 (FR 2020-05194 Filed 3-10-
20; 4:15 p.m.) that closed on March 25, 2020. In that notification, BIS
requested comments from the public related to future extensions of the
temporary general license (TGL) to Huawei Technologies and 114 of its
non-US affiliates on the Entity List. BIS is seeking public comments on
the impact on companies, organizations, individuals, and other impacted
entities in five areas, each described in the March 12 notification. As
published on May 22, 2019 (84 FR 23468), extended and amended through a
final rule published on August 21, 2019 (84 FR 43487), and as currently
extended through a final rule published on March 12, 2020 (85 FR
14416), Commerce has authorized the temporary general license (TGL) to
Huawei Technologies and 114 of its non-US affiliates on the Entity List
through May 15, 2020.
As was stated in the notification, BIS is requesting these comments
to assist the U.S. Government in evaluating whether the temporary
general license should continue to be extended, to evaluate whether any
other changes may be warranted to the temporary general license, and to
identify any alternative authorization or other regulatory provisions
that may more effectively address what is being authorized under the
temporary general license.
Instructions for the submission of comments, including comments
that contain business confidential information, are found in the
ADDRESSES section of this notification.
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Dated: March 24, 2020.
Richard E. Ashooh,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
[FR Doc. 2020-06545 Filed 3-25-20; 4:15 pm]
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