[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22384]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2586]


The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM)

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Information collection under review.

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SUMMARY: Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval is being sought 
for the information collection listed below. The purpose of this notice 
is to allow 60 days for public comments from the date listed at the top 
of this page in the Federal Register. This process is conducted in 
accordance with 5 CFR, part 1320.10.
    The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) was created in October 1982, 
to oversee and regulate the benefits, privileges, and immunities 
afforded to the following foreign personnel assigned to the United 
States: diplomatic, consular, specified official representatives of 
foreign governments to international organizations, and their 
dependents. Exemption from taxes on utility services and gasoline 
purchases is a privilege enjoyed by foreign diplomatic missions and 
personnel in the United States under the provisions of the Vienna 
Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations and the terms of 
various bilateral agreements. Under the Foreign Mission Act of 1982, 22 
U.S.C. 4301 et seq, the Department of State's Office of Foreign 
Missions (OFM) is given authority to grant privileges and benefits 
based on reciprocity. The collection of this information will be used 
to determine this eligibility.
    The following summarizes the information collection proposal 
submitted to OMB:
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of previously 
approved collections for which approval has expired.
    Originating Office: The Office of Foreign Missions, (OFM).
    Title of Information Collection: Application for Diplomatic 
Exemption from Taxes on Utilities and Application for Diplomatic 
Exemption from Taxes on Gasoline.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Form Number: DSP-99 and DSP-99A.
    Respondents: 8,000.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 40,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 12 minutes.
    Total Estimated Burden: 664 hours.
    44 U.S.C. 3405(h) does not apply.
    Comments are being solicited on the need for the information, its 
practical utility, the accuracy of the Agency's burden estimate, and on 
ways to minimize the reporting burden, including automated collection 
techniques and uses of other forms of technology.

FOR FURTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Copies of the proposed forms and 
supporting documents may be obtained from Charles S. Cunningham, 
Directives Management Branch, Department of State (202) 647-0596. 
Comments and questions should be directed to Victoria Wassmer, Office 
of Management and Budget (202) 395-5871.

    Dated: August 11, 1997.
Gary N. Galloway,
Acting Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 97-22384 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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