[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10454]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Report of Requests for Restrictive Trade Practice or 
Boycott, Single or Multiple Transactions.
    Agency Form Number: 621P, 6051P, 6051P-A.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0012.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Burden: 3,306 hours.
    Average Hours per Response: 121 to 151 minutes per response.
    Number of Respondents: 1,574 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: The Export Administration Regulations require U.S. 
persons to report any requests that they have received to take any 
action to comply with, further, or support an unsanctioned foreign 
boycott. The intent of this requirement is to counteract the 
participation of U.S. firms in other nations' economic boycotts or 
embargoes. The information provided by firms is used to monitor 
requests for participating in foreign boycotts and analyze changing 
trends for purposes of deciding U.S. policy and to initiate boycott 
investigations.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Dennis Marvich, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Dennis Marvich, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20230.

    Dated: April 15, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-10454 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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