[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23819-23820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11095]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of

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Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act (44 USC Chapter 35). This request is being submitted 
under the emergency clearance procedures.
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration.
    Title: Chemical Weapons Convention, Amendment to the Export 
Administration Regulation (End-Use Certificates, Advance Notifications 
and Annual Reports).
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New Collection--EMERGENCY APPROVAL REQUESTED.
    Burden: 178 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 134 (multiple responses).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 30 minutes for notifications, annual 
reports and end-use certificates.
    Needs and Uses: The United States is under obligation by this 
international treaty to impose certain trade controls. State Parties 
may only export Schedule 1 chemicals to other State Parties, must 
provide advance notification of exports of any quantity of a Schedule 1 
chemical, and must submit annual reports of exports of such chemicals 
during the previous calendar year. The Convention also requires that 
prior to the export of a Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 chemicals to a non-
States Party, the exporter must obtain an End-Use Certificate issued by 
the government of the importing country.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion, annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Dave Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    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 5033, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 
Internet__LE[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent by Friday, May 7, 1999 to David Rostker, OMB 
Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20503. This collection is being submitted 
under the emergency Paperwork Reduction Act procedures.

    Dated: April 27, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-11095 Filed 5-3-99; 8:45 am]
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