[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 49252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16974]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) will submit 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 Industry and Security (BIS).
    Title: Foreign Availability Procedures and Criteria.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0004.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 510.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Time per Response: 255 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Office of Technology Evaluation (BIS) responds 
to requests by Congress and industry to make foreign availability 
determinations. This office identifies foreign goods and technology 
analogous to American equipment subject to export controls. The U.S. 
and foreign equipment, however, must demonstrate a similarity of design 
or approach to the technical problems as well as exhibit similar 
performance and reliability characteristics.
    The foreign equipment must be of comparable quality and available 
in sufficient quantities to controlled destinations. Continued 
restrictions on U.S. exports when comparable items are available from 
uncontrollable sources decreases U.S. competitiveness in high-
technology industries and undermines U.S. national security interests.
    Affected Public: Business or other 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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 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, e-mail address, [email protected], or fax number, (202) 395-7285.

    Dated: August 22, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E7-16974 Filed 8-27-07; 8:45 am]
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