[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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