[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 174 (Thursday, September 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21806]


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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: Report of Sample Shipments of Chemical Weapon Precursors.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0086.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 16.5 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 28.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information will be used to 
monitor sample shipments of chemical weapon precursors in order to 
facilitate and enforce provisions of the Export Administration 
Regulations that permit limited exports of sample shipments without a 
validated export license. The chemical samples may be exported under 
license exclusion, in exchange for a quarterly reporting requirement. 
The reports will be reviewed by the BIS monitor quantities and patterns 
of shipments that might indicate circumvention of the regulation by 
entities seeking to acquire chemicals for chemical weapons purposes.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain 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, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) via e-mail at 
[email protected] or fax to (202) 395-7285.

    Dated: September 4, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-21806 Filed 9-9-09; 8:45 am]
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