[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15786-15787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8028]


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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: Export Controls of High Performance Computers.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0073.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Burden: 78 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: 42 to 107 minutes per response.
    Number of Respondents: 5 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: These provisions are established in recognition of 
the strategic significance of these high performance computers, in 
particular

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their potential to make substantial contributions to activities of 
national security and weapons proliferation concerns. BXA will conduct 
annual reviews of the HPC definition, the threshold levels, the 
safeguards, the HPC country Tier groupings and variable safeguard 
requirements to be consistent with our national security and 
proliferation concerns, technical advancements, and changes in market 
conditions. In addition, recommendations from the public for revising 
the controls will be considered.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, DOC Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    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: March 29, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-8028 Filed 4-2-02; 8:45 am]
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