[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55196-55197]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21816]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security.
    Title: Miscellaneous Activities.
    Form Number(s): Not applicable.
    Agency Approval Number: 0694-0102.
    Type of Request: Renewal of an existing collection.
    Burden: 10 hours.
    Number of respondents: 2.
    Average hours per response: 5.
    Needs and uses: On September 30, 1993, the Secretary of Commerce 
submitted to the Congress a report of the Trade Promotion Coordinating 
Committee, entitled Toward a National Export Strategy. The report 
included the goal to ``Undertake a comprehensive review of the Export 
Administration Regulations to simplify, clarify, and make the 
regulations more user-friendly''. To carry out this

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recommendation, BIS has rewritten the entire EAR. During the course of 
this process, many activities imposed on the public were changed to 
reduce the burden, however the methods varied. Some were merely 
eliminated; others had old activities replaced with newer, simpler 
activities, and still others had new activities added to permit 
participation in programs where prohibitions once existed. Therefore, 
to the extent activities have been added or changed but not deleted, 
this collection represents the authority to collect, on rare occasions, 
certain information from the public. This assembly of information 
collection activities is comprised of two activities. The two of these-
-``Registration Of U.S. Agricultural Commodities For Exemption From 
Short Supply Limitations On Export'', and ``Petitions For The 
Imposition Of Monitoring Or Controls On Recyclable Metallic materials; 
Public Hearings'' are statutory in nature and--though they never have 
been applied--must remain a part of BIS's information collection budget 
authorization.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit and 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, 202-395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 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 20503.

    Dated: August 20, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-21816 Filed 8-27-02; 8:45 am]
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