[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 4, 2004)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 24508-24510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-10129]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security

15 CFR part 774

[Docket No. 040414116-4116-01]
RIN 0694-AD01


Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations Based on the 
2003 Missile Technology Control Regime Plenary Agreements

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule amends the Export Administration Regulation Commerce 
Control List (CCL) to reflect changes to the Missile Technology Control 
Regime (MTCR) Annex agreed to at the September 2003 Plenary in Buenos 
Aires, Argentina. All revisions and additions are made to ensure that 
items that can be utilized in missiles of MTCR concern are 
appropriately controlled.

DATES: This rule is effective May 4, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven B. Clagett, Director, Nuclear 
and Missile Technology Controls Division, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, Telephone: (202) 482-1641.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    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 establishes a common export control policy based 
on a list of controlled items and on guidelines that member countries 
follow to implement national export controls. The goal of maintaining 
the Annex and the Guidelines is to stem the flow of missile systems 
capable of delivering weapons of mass destruction to the global 
marketplace.
    While the MTCR was originally created to prevent the spread 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. The implementation of the regime's Guidelines is 
effectuated through the national export control laws and policies of 
the regime members.
    The Commerce Control List (CCL) is amended to reflect changes to 
the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Annex agreed to at the 
September 2003 Plenary in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The following ECCNs 
are affected:

1B118: Changing the 1B118.b parameter from reading ``Capability to open 
the mixing chamber'' to read ``A single rotating shaft which oscillates 
and has kneading teeth/pins on the shaft as well as inside the casing 
of the mixing chamber''
1C111: Adding Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid (IRFNA) to 1C111.a.3.e.
5A101:
    --Clarifying heading to include the phrase ``including ground 
equipment''.
    --Revising telemetry controls to capture only items designed or 
modified for missile or UAV systems capable of traveling at least 
300km.
    --Amending the technical note to add equipment that is not 
controlled by this entry, including: equipment designed or modified for 
manned aircraft or satellites; ground based equipment for terrestrial 
or marine applications; and equipment designed for commercial, civil, 
or safety of life (e.g., data integrity or flight safety) Global 
Navigation Satellite System services.
    --Adding a note to specify, ``Item 5A101 does not include items not 
designed or modified for unmanned aerial vehicles or rocket systems 
(including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles, sounding 
rockets, cruise missile systems, target drones, and reconnaissance 
drones) capable of a maximum ``range'' equal to or greater than 300km 
(e.g., telemetry circuit cards limited by design to reception only and 
designed for use in personal computers).''
9A115: Amending the heading to clarify that this entry captures 
equipment

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used in association with UAV's capable of traveling at least 300km.
9A120: Adding this ECCN to capture UAVs designed or modified for 
aerosol delivery.

    Although the Export Administration Act expired on August 20, 2001, 
Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (66 FR 44025, August 22, 
2001), as extended by the Notice of August 7, 2003 (68 FR 47833, August 
11, 2003), continues the Regulations in effect under the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Savings Clause

    Shipments of items removed from license exception eligibility or 
NLR authorization as a result of this regulatory action that were on 
dock for loading, on lighter, laden aboard an exporting carrier, or en 
route aboard a carrier to a port of export, on May 4, 2004, pursuant to 
actual orders for export to a foreign destination, may proceed to that 
destination under the previous license exception eligibility or NLR 
authorization provisions so long as they have been exported from the 
United States before June 3, 2004. Any such items not actually exported 
before midnight, on June 3, 2004, require a license in accordance with 
this regulation.

Rulemaking Requirements

    1. This rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes 
of Executive Order 12866.
    2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is 
required to respond to, nor shall any person 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 currently valid Office of Management and Budget 
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, ``Multi-Purpose Application,'' which 
carries a burden hour estimate of 58 minutes for a manual or electronic 
submission. Send comments regarding these burden estimates or any other 
aspect of these collections of information, including suggestions for 
reducing the burden, to OMB Desk Officer, New Executive Office 
Building, Washington, DC 20503; and to the Office of Administration, 
Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce, 14th and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 6883, Washington, DC 20230.
    3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications 
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 (Sec. 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 5 U.S.C. 553 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, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Industry and 
Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2705, 14th Street and 
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 774

    Exports, Foreign trade, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.


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Accordingly, part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR 
Parts 730-799) is amended as follows:

PART 774--[AMENDED]

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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, Pub. L. 106-387; Sec. 
221, Pub. L. 107-56; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp., p. 
228; E.O. 13222, 66 FR 44025, 3 CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 783; Notice of 
August 7, 2003, 68 FR 47833, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 328.

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2. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 1--Materials, Chemicals, ``Microorganisms'' & ``Toxins,'' ECCN 
1B118 is amended by revising the ``items'' paragraph in the List of 
Items Controlled section to read as follows:
    1B118 Continuous mixers with provision for mixing under vacuum in 
the range from zero to 13.326 kPa and with temperature control 
capability of the mixing chamber and having any of the following 
characteristics (see List of Items Controlled), and specially designed 
components therefor.
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List of Items Controlled

    Unit: * * *
    Related Controls: * * *
    Related Definitions: * * *
    Items:
    a. Two or more mixing/kneading shafts; or
    b. A single rotating shaft which oscillates and has kneading teeth/
pins on the shaft as well as inside the casing of the mixing chamber.

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3. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 1--Materials, Chemicals, ``Microorganisms'' & ``Toxins,'' ECCN 
1C111 is amended by revising the ``items'' paragraph in the List of 
Items Controlled section to read as follows:
    1C111 Propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants, other 
than those specified in 1C011, as follows (see List of Items 
Controlled).
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List of Items Controlled

    Unit: * * *
    Related Controls: * * *
    Related Definitions: * * *
    Items:
    a. Propulsive substances:
    a.1. Spherical aluminum powder, other than that specified on the 
U.S. Munitions List, with particles of uniform diameter of less than 
200 micrometer and an aluminum content of 97% by weight or more, if at 
least 10 percent of the total weight is made up of particles of less 
than 63 micrometer, according to ISO 2591:1988 or national equivalents 
such as JIS Z8820.


    Technical Note: A particle size of 63 micrometer (ISO R-565) 
corresponds to 250 mesh (Tyler) or 230 mesh (ASTM standard E-11).

    a.2. Metal fuels, other than that controlled by the U.S. Munitions 
List, in particle sizes of less than z60 x 10-6 m (60 
micrometers), whether spherical, atomized, spheroidal, flaked or 
ground, consisting 97% by weight or more of any of the following:
    a.2.a Zirconium;
    a.2.b Beryllium;
    a.2.c Magnesium; or
    a.2.d Alloys of the metals specified by a.2.a to a.2.c above.


    Technical Note: The natural content of hafnium in the zirconium 
(typically 2% to 7%) is counted with the zirconium.

    a.3. Liquid oxidizers, as follows:
    a.3.a. Dinitrogen trioxide;

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    a.3.b. Nitrogen dioxide/dinitrogen tetroxide;
    a.3.c. Dinitrogen pentoxide;
    a.3.d. Mixed oxides of nitrogen (MON);
    a.3.e. Inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA);


    Technical Note: Mixed oxides of nitrogen (MON) are solutions of 
nitric oxide (NO) in dinitrogen tetroxide/nitrogen dioxide 
(N2O4/NO2) that can be used in 
missile systems. There are a range of compositions that can be 
denoted as MONi or MONij, where i and j are integers representing 
the percentage of nitric oxide in the mixture (e.g., MON3 contains 
3% nitric oxide, MON25 25% nitric oxide. An upper limit is MON40, 
40% by weight).

    b. Polymeric substances:
    b.1. Carboxy-terminated polybutadiene (CTPB);
    b.2. Hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB), other than that 
controlled by the U.S. Munitions List;
    b.3. Polybutadiene-acrylic acid (PBAA);
    b.4. Polybutadiene-acrylic acid -acrylonitrile (PBAN);
    c. Other propellant additives and agents:
    c.1. Butacene;
    c.2. Triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN);
    c.3. 2-Nitrodiphenylamine;
    c.4. Trimethylolethane trinitrate (TMETN);
    c.5. Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN).

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4. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 5--Telecommunications and ``Information Security'', Part I. 
Telecommunications, ECCN 5A101 is amended by revising the heading and 
the ``items'' paragraph in the List of Items Controlled section to read 
as follows:
    5A101 Telemetering and telecontrol equipment, including ground 
equipment, designed or modified for unmanned aerial vehicles or rocket 
systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles, 
sounding rockets, cruise missile systems, target drones, and 
reconnaissance drones) capable of a maximum ``range'' equal to or 
greater than 300km.
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List of Items Controlled

    Unit: * * *
    Related Controls: * * *
    Related Definitions: * * *
    Items:
    The list of items controlled is contained in the ECCN heading.


    Note: 5A101 does not control: 1. Telecontrol equipment specially 
designed to be used for remote control of recreational model planes, 
boats or vehicles and having an electric field strength of not more 
than 200 microvolts per meter at a distance of 500 meters;


    2. Equipment designed or modified for manned aircraft or 
satellites;
    3. Ground based equipment designed or modified for terrestrial or 
marine applications;
    4. Equipment designed for commercial, civil, or safety of life 
(e.g., data integrity or flight safety) Global Navigation Satellite 
System services.


    Note: Item 5A101 does not include items not designed or modified 
for unmanned aerial vehicles or rocket systems (including ballistic 
missile systems, space launch vehicles, sounding rockets, cruise 
missile systems, target drones, and reconnaissance drones) capable 
of a maximum ``range'' equal to or greater than 300km (e.g., 
telemetry circuit cards limited by design to reception only and 
designed for use in personal computers).



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5. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 9--Propulsion Systems, Space Vehicles and Related Equipment, 
ECCN 9A115 is amended by revising the heading to read as follows:
    9A115 Apparatus, devices and vehicles, designed or modified for the 
transport, handling, control, activation and launching of rockets, 
missiles, and unmanned aerial vehicles capable of achieving a ``range'' 
equal to or greater than 300 km. (These items are subject to the export 
licensing authority of the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of 
Defense Trade Controls. See 22 CFR part 121.)

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6. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774 (the Commerce Control List), 
Category 9--Propulsion Systems, Space Vehicles and Related Equipment, 
ECCN 9A120 is added after ECCN 9A119 and before ECCN 9A980 to read as 
follows:
    9A120 Complete unmanned aerial vehicles designed or modified to 
dispense an aerosol, capable of carrying elements of a payload in the 
form of a particulate or liquid other than fuel components of such 
vehicles of a volume greater than 20 liters, and having any of the 
following:

License Requirements

Reason for Control: MT, AT

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                Control(s)                         Country chart
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MT applies to entire entry...............  MT Column 1.
AT applies to entire entry...............  AT Column 1.
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License Exceptions

LVS: N/A
GBS: N/A
CIV: N/A

List of Items Controlled

    Unit: Equipment in number; parts and accessories in $ value.
    Related Controls: See ECCN 9A012 or the U.S. Munitions List 
Category VIII (22 CFR part 121).
    Related Definitions: N/A.
    Items:
    a. An autonomous flight control and navigation capability (e.g., an 
autopilot with an inertial navigation system); or
    b. Capability of controlled-flight out of the direct vision range 
involving a human operator (e.g., televisual remote control).


    Note: 1. Item does not control model aircraft intended for 
recreational or competition purposes.


    2. Item does not control UAVs designed to accept payloads (such as 
remote sensing equipment or communications equipment), that lack an 
aerosol dispensing system/mechanism.


    Technical Notes: 1. Complete systems comprise those unmanned air 
vehicles (UAVs) already configured with, or already modified to 
incorporate, an aerosol delivery mechanism.


    2. An aerosol consists of a particulate or liquid dispersed in the 
atmosphere. Examples of aerosols include liquid pesticides for crop 
dusting and dry chemicals for cloud seeding.
    3. The phrase ``elements of a payload in the form of a particulate 
or liquid'' refers to the particulate or liquid being a part (possibly 
one of many parts) of the payload.
    4. The phrase ``particulate or liquid other than fuel components'' 
was added to ensure such items as exhaust vapour (a byproduct of 
combustion in the form of a particulate) and liquid fuel and its 
components (e.g. additives such as oil) were not considered as control 
criteria when evaluating UAVs against this control.
    5. This item does not control UAVs that are exported without the 
aerosol dispensing system/mechanism included at time of export.

    Dated: April 27, 2004.
Peter Lichtenbaum,
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration.
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