[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 97 (Monday, May 20, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35428-35429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12622]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR Part 774

[Docket No. 020328073-2073-01]

RIN 0694-AC55


Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations as a Result of 
the September 2001 Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is amending the 
Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Commerce Control List (CCL), 
to reflect changes that were negotiated during the September 2001 
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Ottawa, Canada. 
These revisions include several changes to CCL entries ECCN 1C107 and 
ECCN 9A101. The revisions to ECCN 1C107 clarify what shapes and sizes 
are usable for rocket nozzles and reentry vehicle nose tips. The 
revisions to ECCN 9A101 expand the scope of items controlled, but will 
have a minimal effect on the number of license applications submitted 
to BIS.

DATES: This rule is effective May 20, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Blaskovich, Office of Exporter 
Services, Bureau of Industry and Security, Telephone: (202) 482-2440.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) 
is an export control arrangement among 33 nations including the world's 
most advanced suppliers of ballistic missiles and missile-related 
materials and equipment. The regime is designed to stem the spread of 
rockets and unmanned air vehicles systems capable of delivering weapons 
of mass destruction by establishing a common export control policy (the 
Guidelines) and a shared list of controlled items (the Annex) that each 
country implements through its own national legislation.
    While the MTCR originally restricted transfers of missiles capable 
of carrying a nuclear warhead, it was expanded in January 1993 to also 
cover delivery systems for chemical and biological weapons. The only 
absolute prohibition in the regime's Guidelines is on the transfer of 
complete ``production facilities'' for specially designed items in 
Category I of the MTCR Annex.
    MTCR members voluntarily pledge to adopt the regime's export 
Guidelines and to restrict the export of items contained in the 
regime's Annex. MTCR export controls are not bans, but regulatory 
efforts by individual partners to prevent transfers of items that could 
contribute to delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction.
    This rule amends the Commerce Control List (CCL) to reflect the 
revisions to the MTCR Annex made at the September 2001 plenary meeting. 
These revisions include several changes to items 3.A.1 and 8.C.3 of the 
MTCR Annex and the addition of items 8.C.4 and 8.C.6 to the MTCR Annex, 
controlled on the CCL under ECCNs 9A101 and 1C107, respectively. 
Specific changes are:
    ECCN 1C107  New parameters are inserted for fine grain 
recrystallized bulk graphites in paragraph (a), to clarify what bulk 
graphites are usable in ``missiles.'' The remainder of the entry is 
restructured for clarity.
    Paragraph (b) is divided into two paragraphs and redesignated as 
(c) and (d), and a new paragraph (b) has been created, from text that 
was previously in paragraph (a).
    ECCN 9A101  The maximum thrust value (paragraph a.1) for 
lightweight turbojet and turbofan engines usable in ``missiles,'' other 
than those controlled by 9A001, is changed from 1000 N to 400 N. The 
specific fuel consumption (paragraph a.2) is changed from 0.13 kg/N/hr 
to 0.15 kg/N/hr. In addition, clarifying language is added to 
paragraphs (a.2) and (b), and the text in the ``Related Controls'' 
paragraph is clarified.

Saving Clause

    This rule revises the control parameters of ECCNs 1C107 and 9A101 
on the Commerce Control List. For items under these entries, exports 
and reexports of items removed from eligibility for export or reexport 
without a license as a result of this regulatory action may continue to 
be exported or reexported without a license until June 19, 2002.
    Although the Export Administration Act expired on August 20, 2001, 
Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (66 FR 44025, August 22, 2001) 
continues the Regulations in effect under the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act.

Rule Making Requirements

    1. This final rule has been determined to be not significant for 
purposes of E.O. 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond to nor be subject to a penalty for failure to 
comply with a collection of information, subject to the requirements of 
the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information 
displays a current valid OMB Control Number. This rule involves a 
collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This collection has been approved by the 
Office of Management and Budget under control number 0694-0088. There 
are neither additions nor subtractions to these collections due to this 
rule.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism as that term 
is defined in Executive Order 13132.
    4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 
553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for 
public participation, and a delay in effective date, are inapplicable 
because this regulation involves a military and foreign affairs 
function of the United States (5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). Further, no other 
law requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity 
for public comment be given for this final rule. Because a notice of 
proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment are not 
required to be given for this rule under the Administrative Procedure 
Act or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are not applicable. Therefore, 
this regulation is issued in final form. Although there is no formal 
comment period, public comments on this regulation are welcome on a 
continuing basis. Comments should be submitted to Matthew Blaskovich, 
Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of Industry and Security, 
Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 273, Washington, D.C. 20044.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 774

    Exports, Foreign trade.

    Accordingly, part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 
CFR parts 730-799) are amended as follows:
    1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 774 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 
10 U.S.C. 7420; 10 U.S.C. 7430(e); 18 U.S.C. 2510 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 
287c, 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq., 22 U.S.C. 6004; 30 U.S.C. 185(s), 
185(u); 42 U.S.C. 2139a; 42 U.S.C. 6212; 43 U.S.C. 1354; 46 U.S.C. 
app. 466c; 50 U.S.C. app. 5; Sec. 901-911, Publ. L. 106-387; Sec. 
221, Publ. L. 107-56; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 
228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, August 22, 2001.

    2. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 1

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(Materials, Chemicals, ``Microorganisms,'' and Toxins) is amended by 
revising the List of Items Controlled section of ECCNs 1C107, to read 
as follows:
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    1C107  Graphite and ceramic materials, other than those controlled 
by 1C007, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).
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List of Items Controlled

    Unit: Kilograms
    Related Controls: N/A
    Related Definitions: N/A
    Items:
    a. Fine grain recrystallized bulk graphites with a bulk density of 
1.72 g/cm3 or greater, measured at 288 K (15  deg.C), and 
having a particle size of 100 micrometers or less, usable for rocket 
nozzles and reentry vehicle nose tips as follows:
    a.1. Cylinders having a diameter of 120 mm or greater and a length 
of 50 mm or greater;
    a.2. Tubes having an inner diameter of 65 mm or greater and a wall 
thickness of 25 mm or greater and a length of 50 mm or greater;
    a.3. Blocks having a size of 120 mm  x  120 mm  x  50 mm or 
greater.
    b. Pyrolytic or fibrous reinforced graphites, usable for rocket 
nozzles and reentry vehicle nose tips;
    c. Ceramic composite materials (dielectric constant less than 6 at 
frequencies from 100 Hz to 10 GHz), for use in ``missile'' radomes; and
    d. Bulk machinable silicon-carbide reinforced unfired ceramic, 
usable for nose tips.

    3. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 9 (Propulsion Systems, Space Vehicles and Related Equipment) 
is amended by revising the List of Items Controlled section of ECCN 
9A101, to read as follows:
    9A101  Lightweight turbojet and turbofan engines (including 
turbocompound engines) usable in ``missiles'', other than those 
controlled by 9A001, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).
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List of Items Controlled

    Unit: Equipment in number; parts and accessories in $ value
    Related Controls: 9A101.b controls only engines for non-military 
unmanned air vehicles [UAVs] or remotely piloted vehicles [RPVs], and 
does not control other engines designed or modified for use in 
``missiles'', which are subject to the export licensing authority of 
the U.S. Department of State, Office of Defense Trade Controls (see 22 
CFR part 121).
    Related Definitions: N/A
    Items:
    a. Engines having both of the following characteristics:
    a.1. Maximum thrust value greater than 400 N (achieved un-
installed) excluding civil certified engines with a maximum thrust 
value greater than 8,890 N (achieved un-installed), and
    a.2. Specific fuel consumption of 0.15 kg/N/hr or less (at maximum 
continuous power at sea level static and standard conditions); or
    b. Engines designed or modified for use in ``missiles'', regardless 
of thrust or specific fuel consumption.

    Dated: May 10, 2002.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Industry and Security.
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