[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21898]


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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: Firearms Convention.
    Agency Form Number: BXA-748P.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0114.
    Type of Request: Renewal of an existing collection of information.
    Burden: 176 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: Ranges between 5 to 90 minutes per 
response.
    Number of Respondents: 833 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: BXA maintains a licensing system for the export of 
firearms to all Organization of American States' (OAS) members. The BXA 
regulations are based on the model regulation established by OAS for 
the purpose of controlling international movement of firearms. The 
purpose of the requirements is to combat illicit manufacturing of and 
trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives, and other related 
materials in North and South America. To support the license 
application, an ``import certificate'' or its equivalent must be 
obtained covering the quantities and types of items that the license 
applicant intends to export. The information is used in making a 
decision on the license application.
    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 5033, 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: August 16, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-21898 Filed 8-23-99; 8:45 am]
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