[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 206 (Thursday, October 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 60625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20990]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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 (BIS).
    Title: Five-Year Records Retention Period.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0096.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 251.
    Number of Respondents: 101,108.
    Average Hours per Response: 1 second to 1 minute per response.
    Needs and Uses: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) 
requires all parties involved in export transactions and the U.S. party 
involved in the boycott action maintain records of these transactions 
for a period of five years. The five-year retention period corresponds 
with the statute of limitations for violations and is necessary to 
preserve potential evidence for investigations. The requirement enables 
BIS to detect violations from records up to five years old to 
correspond with the five-year statute of limitations and prove that a 
violation did or did not take place. The documents can also provide 
exculpatory evidence for firms who have been accused of export control 
violations and are innocent.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    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 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    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, FAX number (202) 395-7285 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: October 19, 2007.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
 [FR Doc. E7-20990 Filed 10-24-07; 8:45 am]
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