[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22520]


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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: Procedures for Acceptance or Rejection of Rated Order.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0092.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Burden: 21,963 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: 1 to 15 minutes per response depending 
on the requirement.
    Number of Respondents: 18,000 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: Because timely delivery or performance is critical 
under the Defense Priorities Allocation System, the information is used 
by the customer who placed the rated order with a supplier to help 
track the status of the rated order from initial receipt by the 
supplier to its shipment or performance of the needed goods or 
services. It also would be used by the Department of Defense and its 
associated agencies, the Department of Energy, and the Department of 
Commerce, as part of the information required to provide assistance to 
the customer in the event that the supplier cannot or will not make 
timely delivery or performance of the needed goods or services.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassmer (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-Wassmer, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: August 17, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-22520 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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