95-22434. Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 175 (Monday, September 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47146-47148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22434]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for 
clearance the following proposals for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Exceptions to the Import Certification and Delivery 
Verification Procedures.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0001.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 16 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 31.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Approximately 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. and participating countries have agreed to 
establish Import Certificate and Delivery Verification requirements to 
help control the disposition of strategically important commodities. 
This reporting requirement allows exporters to request an exception to 
the import certificate or delivery verification procedures. The 
information provided is used by BXA to determine if an exception 
request is warranted.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Title: Quarterly Report on Exports of Parts to Service 
Equipment Shipped Against a Validated Export License.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0003.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 5 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2 respondents filing quarterly reports.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes for the reporting requirement 
and 1 minute for recordkeeping.
    Needs and Uses: The Export Administration regulations permit firms 
to apply for export licenses or reexport authorizations to ship parts 
needed to service equipment previously exported under an export 
license. Once BXA grants authority to ship replacement parts, the 
exporter is required to submit a quarterly report. These reports are 
reviewed to make sure that there are no excessive shipments of spare 
parts.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Foreign Availability Procedures and Criteria.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0004.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,550 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 105 and 300 hours.
    Needs and Uses: BXA restricts the export of goods and technology 
that would make a significant contribution to the military potential of 
other countries, unless it can be determined that foreign availability 
of the same goods and technology makes export controls ineffective. The 
information provided is used in determining whether to conduct a 
foreign availability assessment.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Report of Requests for Restrictive Trade Practice or 
Boycott.
    Agency Form Numbers: BXA-621P, 6051P, 6051P-a.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0012.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 14,776 reporting and recordkeeping hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,187.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Varies between 1 and 30 hours depending on 
the requirement and one minute for each record maintained.
    Needs and Uses: The Export Administration Regulations require U.S. 
persons to report any requests that they have received to take any 
action to comply with, further, or support an unsanctioned foreign 
boycott. The information provided by firms is used by BXA to monitor 
requests for participation in foreign boycotts, analyze changing trends 
for purposes of deciding U.S. policy of discouraging participation in 
restrictive trade practices, and to initiate boycott investigations. 
Without this data, BXA would not have an adequate factual basis for 
implementing the U.S. boycott program.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Statement by Ultimate Consignee and Purchaser.
    Agency Form Number: BXA 629P.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0021.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 4,289 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 4,289.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: Most export license application requests must be 
accompanied by supporting documents designed to elicit information 
concerning the intended end-use and end-user of the goods abroad. In 
order to verify what the U.S. exporter has told BXA about the shipment, 
the ultimate consignee and purchaser are also required to provide 
information on the use of the item. The information is used in making 
licensing decisions.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Quarterly Report of the Loan or Sale of Aircraft Equipment 
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Accessories and Components by Airlines.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0035.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 819 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 190.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Annual recordkeeping time per respondent is 
4.3 hours and 2 hours for those companies that need to file quarterly 
reports.
    Needs and Uses: The Export Administration regulations allow 
airlines operating abroad to lend or sell U.S. airplane parts to 
another airline without written BXA authority. Airlines participating 
must maintain records of these transactions. For those countries in 
which inspections are now allowed, airlines must submit quarterly 
reports on equipment transfers. If this procedure were not in place, 
individual validated licenses would be required.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Quarterly, recordkeeping.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Report on Unscheduled Unloading and or Return of Cargo.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0040.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: On rare occasions, a carrier may find itself in an 
emergency situation in which controlled goods or technology are 
unloaded at a destination other than shown on the Shipper's Export 
Declaration. In such instances, the carrier must notify BXA. Also, a 
carrier who believes that a shipment may be in violation must notify 
BXA. This data collection supports BXA's mission of controlling items 
for national security or foreign policy reasons.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Procedure for Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Violations of the 
Export Administration Act.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0058.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 670 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 67.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 hours.
    Needs and Uses: BXA has established procedures for voluntary self-
disclosure of export violations. The information provided is used by 
Export Enforcement to investigate and assess the nature and gravity of 
the violation. By having such a procedure, it allows BXA to administer 
the regulations more effectively.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Telecommunications.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0078.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 92 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Varies per the requirement from 15 minutes 
to 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: For the shipment of telecommunications equipment to 
proscribed countries, exporters must provide end use assurances and 
provide detailed information on the proposed use. The information is 
used for licensing decisions and for enforcement purposes once a 
license is issued.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Import Certificates and End-User Certificates.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB control 
number.
    Burden: 1,144 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 4,576.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: A number of countries are participating in a 
program to control the trade of strategic commodities through the 
Import Certificate-Delivery Verification procedure. This collection of 
information is the certification of the overseas importer to the U.S. 
Government that they will not reexport commodities except in accordance 
with U.S. export regulations.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Procedures for Acceptance or Rejection of Rated Order.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB control 
number.
    Burden: 31,500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 25,000 with multiple responses.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Approximately 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This requirement is needed for the administration 
of the Defense Production Act. The purpose of the Act is to ensure the 
timely delivery of goods and services to meet current national defense 
and emergency preparedness requirements. To help ensure the timely 
delivery, suppliers must accept or reject defense rated orders and must 
do so by writing or by electronic means.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Request for Restoration Ideas - New Bedford Harbor.
    Agency Form Number: None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New Collection.
    Burden: 100 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hours -- 2 responses per respondent.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation and Liability Act, state and federal natural resource 
trustees, are responsible for the restoration of natural resources 
injured by releases of hazardous substances. The collection provides an 
opportunity for the public to submit ideas for restoration of resources 
that were injured by the release of contaminated materials in the New 
Bedford environment.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
organizations, not-for-profit institutions, state, local or tribal 
government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

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    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Northeast Region Dealer Purchase Reports.
    Agency Form Numbers: NOAA 88-30 and 88-142.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0229.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2,801 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,120 with multiple responses.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Ranges between 2 and 30 minutes depending 
on the requirement.
    Needs and Uses: Fishery statistics are collected by NMFS so that 
the Nation's fishery resources can be managed effectively. Dealer 
reporting is needed to obtain fishery dependent data on the landings 
and purchase of fish and shellfish to monitor, evaluate, and enforce 
fishery regulations, collect basic fishery statistics and to collect 
certain effort information for economic and biological assessment of 
the stocks.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion, weekly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Cooperative Game Fish Tagging Report.
    Agency Form Number: NOAA 88-162.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0247.
    Type of Collection: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 450 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Data are needed to determine migratory patterns, 
distance traveled, stock boundaries, age, and growth patterns of 
billfish and other recreational and commercially-valued species. 
Anglers volunteer to tag and release fish, submitting a tagging card 
with information of the fish released and the location of release. This 
information is used with information on returned tags to perform 
analyses necessary for the development of fishery management plans.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposals can be 
obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: August 30, 1995
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-22434 FIled 9-8-95; 8:45 am]
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