[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 216 (Friday, November 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24668]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Industry and Security


Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment 
Request; Chemical Weapons Convention Provisions of the Export 
Administration Regulations

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on July 21, 2021, during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
    Title: Chemical Weapons Convention Provisions of the Export 
Administration Regulations.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0117.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current 
information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 72.
    Average Hours per Response: 30 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 36.
    Needs and Uses: The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is a 
multilateral arms control treaty that seeks to achieve an international 
ban on chemical weapons (CW). The CWC prohibits, the use, development, 
production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and direct or indirect 
transfer of chemical weapons. This collection implements the following 
export provision of the treaty in the Export Administration 
Regulations:
    Schedule 1 notification and report: Under Part VI of the CWC 
Verification Annex, the United States is required to notify the 
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the 
international organization created to implement the CWC, at least 30 
days before any transfer (export/import) of Schedule 1 chemicals to 
another State Party. The United States is also required to submit 
annual reports to the OPCW on all transfers of Schedule 1 Chemicals.
    Schedule 3 End-Use Certificates: Under Part VIII of the CWC 
Verification Annex, the United States is required to obtain End-Use 
Certificates for exports of Schedule 3 chemicals to States not Party to 
the CWC to ensure the exported chemicals are only used for the purposes 
not prohibited under the Convention.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: CWC Implementation Act (Pub. L. 105-277, Division 
I), Executive Order 13128, DOC's CWC Regulation (15 CFR 710, et seq.)
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0694-0117.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2021-24668 Filed 11-10-21; 8:45 am]
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