[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 42612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21267]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration


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: Five Year Records Retention Period.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0096.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Burden: 229 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: 0.01 second per response
    Number of Respondents: 200,000 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: The five year records retention requirement enables 
BXA to detect violations from records up to five years old to 
correspond with the five year statute of limitations and prove that a 
violation did or did not take place. The documents can also provide 
exculpatory evidence for firms who have been accused of export control 
violations and are innocent.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassemer (202) 395-5871.
    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, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Victoria Baecher-Wassemer, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: August 3, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21267 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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