[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18779]
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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: Chemical Weapons Convention Declaration Forms.
Agency Form Number: Form 1-1, Form 1-2, Form 1-2A, Form 1-2B, etc.
OMB Approval Number: 0694-0091.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with change, of a previously
approved collection for which approval has expired.
Burden: 34,709 hours.
Average Time Per Response: 10 minutes--31 hours per response.
Number of Respondents: 2,241 respondents.
Needs and Uses: Declarations: The CWC requires initial and annual
declarations for activities involving Schedule 1, Schedule 2, Schedule
3 and Unscheduled Discrete Organic Chemicals (UDOCs) above specified
threshold quantities. The frequency of this collection is the minimum
required under the CWC.
Schedule 1: The CWC requires initial declarations for facilities
that produced in excess of specified aggregate quantities of Schedule 1
chemicals in calendar year 1997, 1998 or 1999.
Schedule 2: The CWC requires industry to review production,
processing and consumption data from the three previous calendar years
to determine whether there is a declaration requirement on past
activities.
Schedule 3: The CWC requires initial declarations from plant sites
that had one or more plants that produced in excess of specified
quantities of one or more Schedule 3 chemicals in calendar year 1996.
UDOCs: Although the majority of declarations will come from plant
sites that produced UDOCs, the declaration requirements for such
production involve the fewest forms. The CWC only requires declarations
from plant sites that produced UDOCs in excess of specified quantities
in the previous calendar year.
BXA officials will review the information collected from the data
declarations for completeness and accuracy. The data will then be
compiled into a report for transmittal to the USNA and subsequent
presentation to the OPCW. The collected data will also be used by BXA
officials to monitor the aggregate amount of Schedule 1 chemicals in
the United States to ensure that it is at all times below 1 metric ton
(as required by Part VI.A.2 of the Convention's Annex on Implementation
and Verification), and to prepare such additional reports as the USNA
may reasonably require.
Inspections: Each State Party to the CWC, including the United
States Government, has agreed to allow inspections of certain declared
facilities by inspectors employed by the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) to ensure that their activities
are consistent with obligations under the CWC. The Department of
Commerce is responsible for leading, hosting and escorting inspections
of all facilities in the United States, except Department of Defense
and Department of Energy facilities and other United States Government
facilities that notify the USNA of their decision to be excluded from
the CWCR.
Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit
institutions.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker (202) 395-3897.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer,
Office of the Chief Information Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of
Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
20230 (or via the Internet at LE[email protected]).
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office
Building, Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: July 16, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-18779 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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