[Federal Register: May 26, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 101)]
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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: Survey of U.S. Chemical Industry to Regarding Activities 
Involving Chemicals Identified in Schedule 2 of the Chemical Weapons 
Convention's Annex on Chemicals.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: N/A.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 100 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: One hour.
    Number of Respondents: 100 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: This collection of information is necessary in 
order to assist efforts by U.S. government officials to ensure that the 
U.S. is and will be in compliance with certain provisions of the 
Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Treaty. This particular survey will 
be used to obtain data from those U.S. facilities that are believed to 
be engaged in the production, processing, or use of chemicals listed in 
Schedule 2 of the Agreement. It will be used to determine which of 
these facilities can be expected to have a Schedule 2 reporting or 
inspection obligation.
    Affected Public: Federal government, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
Office of the Chief Information Officer (202) 482-3272, Department of 
Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20230 (or via Internet at LEngelme@doc.gov).
    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, Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: May 20, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-13316 Filed 5-25-99; 8:45 am]
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