[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 52291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25147]
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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: Licensing Responsibilities and Enforcement.
Agency Form Number: None.
OMB Approval Number: 0694-xxx.
Type of Request: New collection.
Burden: 70,104 hours.
Average Time Per Response: Up to 2.5 hours per response.
Number of Respondents: 145,372 respondents.
Needs and Uses: This information collection package supports the
various collections, notifications, reports, and information exchanges
that are needed by the Office of Export Enforcement and Customs to
enforce the Export Administration Regulations and maintain the National
Security of the United States.
(a) Assumption Writing. This writing is necessary to establish who
will be responsible for compliance with license requirements in the
Export Administration Regulations.
(b) Information sharing requirements. This information sharing
requirement is necessary because the foreign principal and/or his agent
has taken on the responsibility for license requirements without
necessarily having all the information necessary to make a license
determination or obtain a license.
(c) Power of attorney or other written authorization. It is
necessary to establish the principal/agent relationship in writing, so
that BXA can determine who was responsible for compliance of the EAR
and the proper party can be charged when a violation of the Export
Administration Regulations has occurred.
(d) Procedures for unscheduled unloading. When a BXA-issued license
is required to unload items, no person may effect delivery or entry of
the items into the commerce of a country without prior written approval
from BXA. The carrier must ensure that the items do not enter the
commerce of a country by placing the items in custody, or under bond or
other guaranty. In addition, the carrier must inform the exporter and
BXA of the unscheduled unloading in a time frame that will enable the
exporter to submit its report within 10 days from the date of the
unscheduled unloading.
(e) Return or Unloading at Direction of U.S. Dept of Commerce.
Where there are reasonable grounds to believe that a violation of the
EAR has occurred or will occur with respect to a particular export from
the U.S., BXA or any U.S. Customs officer may order any person in
possession or control of such shipment to return or unload the
shipment.
(f) Destination Control Statement. The DCS is a preventive
enforcement measure to remind the public that the goods covered by a
document that contains the DCS are controlled for export by the U.S.
Government and if they plan to export or reexport it they should look
at the EAR to make sure they are in compliance.
(g) Notation on export documents for exports exempt from SED
requirements. The bill of lading or other loading document must be
available for inspection along with the items prior to lading on the
carrier.
(h) Exports by U.S. Mail. Whenever you export items subject to the
EAR by mail that meets one of the exemptions for submission of an SED,
you must enter the appropriate export authority on the parcel, i.e.,
either the number of and expiration date of a license issued by BXA,
the appropriate License Exception symbol, or NLR ``No License
Required'' designator.
(i) Issuance of License, Responsibility of the licensee. When
required by the license, the licensee is responsible for obtaining
written acknowledgment(s) of receipt of the conditions from the parties
to whom those conditions apply. 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 5027, 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 20503.
Dated: September 22, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-25147 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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