[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6282-6283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3191]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Directives Management Branch, Bureau of Management; Paperwork
Reduction Act, Revision of Information Collection Requirement
This is a request for comments on the revised information
collection requirement contained in 22 CFR 123.27(b), published in
today's Federal Register. This revision has already been approved by
OMB; its OMB control number is 1405-0103. Comments will be accepted for
sixty days from the date listed at the top of this page in the Federal
Register. Comments should address one or more of the following points:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed revision of information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information will have practical
utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(4) Ways to further minimize the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to respond.
If you have additional comments, suggestions or need additional
information, please contact Ms. Rose Biancaniello, Office of Defense
Trade Controls, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, ATTN: Regulatory
Change, Personal Use Cryptographic Products, U.S. Department of State,
Room 200, SA-6, Washington, DC 20520.
Overview of this revised information collection requirement:
(1) Type of information collection: Revision of current approved
information collection.
(2) The title of the form/collection: Not applicable. Revision
removes requirement to complete and submit a government form and
replaces it with self-certification and minimized record-keeping.
(3) The agency form number, if any, and the applicable component of
the Department sponsoring the collection: Form number: nonapplicable.
Sponsored by the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, United States
Department of State.
(4) Who will be asked or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: U.S. persons temporarily exporting cryptographic
products. Others: None. Before this revision, U.S. persons temporarily
exporting cryptographic products were required to obtain a temporary
export license from the Office of Defense Trade Controls prior to
departing the United States and to complete Form 7525-V and deliver it
to the U.S. Customs Service on their return. The revision allows
travellers, in most circumstances, to temporarily export cryptographic
products without a license and requires them merely to keep a personal
log of such temporary exports and a self-certification that the
restrictions on such temporary exports have been complied with. The log
needs to be keep by the exporter for five years from the date of each
temporary export. This record-keeping requirement is required by the
Department of State in order to promote compliance with, and facilitate
enforcement of, remaining restrictions on the temporary export of
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crytographic products for personal use. These include controls on the
temporary export of such items to terrorism-supporting states and
destinations subject to United Nations arms embargoes.
(5) An estimate of the total number of travellers and the annual
amount of time estimated for an average traveller to record the
relevant information: 10,000 travellers at 0.25 hours, or 15 minutes
per year.
(6) An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated
with the information collection: 2500 hours.
If additional information is required contact: Mr. Charles S.
Cunningham, Forms Management Officer, United States Department of
State, Directives Management Branch, Bureau of Management, Room B-264
M.S., 2201 `C' Street, NW., Washington DC 20520.
Public comment on this revised information collection is strongly
encouraged.
Dated: February 8, 1996.
Charles S. Cunningham,
Forms Management Officer, United States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 96-3191 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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