[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 68 (Friday, April 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 16358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8228]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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: Firearms Convention.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0114.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 485.
    Number of Respondents: 970.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The twenty-nine members of the Organization of 
American States (OAS), including the United States, signed the Inter-
American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and 
Trafficking in Firearms Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related 
Materials (Firearms Convention) in 1997. The existing body of federal 
laws in the United States, including the Export Administration Act of 
1979 (EAA), is adequate to satisfy the Convention's provisions 
regarding requirements for legislation.
    This collection is required by Sections 742.17 and 748.14 of the 
Export Administration Regulations (EAR), which are authorized by 
Section 15(b) of the EAA. There are currently two information 
collection requirements necessary to implement the Firearms Convention: 
(1) U.S. exporters to acquire an Import Certificate to support requests 
for licenses authorizing the export of firearms and related equipment 
to participating OAS countries; and (2) a licensing requirement for 
Firearms Convention items destined to Canada, a Convention Signatory. A 
license was not previously required for the export of such items to 
Canada. It is now necessary for exporters to Canada to obtain a 
license.
    Affected Public: Businesses and other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    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 7845, 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 Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, [email protected], 
or fax number (202) 395-5167.

    Dated: April 7, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-8228 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-33-P