99-25023. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 99-25023]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).
    Title: Chemical Weapons Convention (Notifications, Annual Reports, 
and End-User Certificates).
    Agency Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0117.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 176 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: 30 minutes each.
    Number of Respondents: 134 (multiple responses).
    Needs and Uses: The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is a 
multilateral arms control treaty that seeks to achieve an international 
ban on chemical weapons. The U.S. is under obligation by this treaty to 
impose certain trade controls since the CWC prohibits the use, 
development, production, acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and 
direct or indirect transfer of chemical weapons. Under the Treaty, 
States Parties may only export Schedule 1 chemicals to other States 
Parties, must provide advance notification of exports of any quantity 
of Schedule 1 chemicals, and must submit annual reports of exports of 
such chemicals during the previous calendar year. The Convention also 
requires that prior to the export of Schedule 2 or Schedule 3 chemicals 
to a non-States Party, the exporter must obtain an End-Use Certificate 
issued by the government of the importing country. This information is 
used to ensure that export transactions are in compliance with 
obligations under the Convention and is shared, as appropriate, with 
the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, 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 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office 
Building, 725 17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: September 20, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-25023 Filed 9-24-99; 8:45 am]
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