[Federal Register: June 30, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 125)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 35333-35335] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr30jn97-19] [[Page 35333]] _______________________________________________________________________ Part VI Department of Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ Bureau of Export Administration _______________________________________________________________________ 15 CFR Part 744 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Additions to the Entity List; Final Rules [[Page 35334]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Export Administration 15 CFR Part 744 [Docket No. 970428099-7150-02] RIN 0694-AB60 Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations: Additions to the Entity List AGENCY: Bureau of Export Administration, Commerce. ACTION: Final rule. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Export Administration Regulations (EAR) provide that the Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) may inform exporters, individually or through amendment to the EAR, that a license is required for exports or reexports to certain entities. The EAR contains a list of such entities. This rule makes several additions to the entity list. EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective June 30, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eileen Albanese, Office of Exporter Services, Bureau of Export Administration, Telephone: (202) 482-0436. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 3, 1997, the Bureau of Export Administration published in the Federal Register a rule that established the ``Entity List'' found in Supplement No. 4 to Part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations. The Entity List was established to inform exporters about entities that are ineligible to receive specified items without a license. General Prohibition Five (Sec. 736.2(b)(5) of the EAR) prohibits exports and reexports to certain end-users or end-uses (described in part 744 of the EAR) without a license. In the form of Supplement No. 4 to part 744, BXA maintains an ``Entity List'' to provide notice informing the public of certain entities subject to such licensing requirements. Although the Export Administration Act (EAA) expired on August 20, 1994, the President invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and continued in effect, to the extent permitted by law, the provisions of the EAA and the EAR in Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994, continued by Presidential notices of August 15, 1995 and August 14, 1996. Rulemaking Requirements 1. This final rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required to respond to nor be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act unless that collection of information displays a current valid OMB Control Number. This rule involves a collection of information subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 0694-0088. 3. This rule does not contain policies with Federalism implications sufficient to warrant preparation of a Federalism assessment under Executive Order 12612. 4. The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, the opportunity for public participation, and a delay in effective date, are inapplicable because this regulation involves a military and foreign affairs function of the United States (Sec. 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). Further, no other law requires that a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment be given for this final rule. Because a notice of proposed rulemaking and an opportunity for public comment are not required to be given for this rule under 5 U.S.C. 553 or by any other law, the analytical requirements of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) are not applicable. Therefore, this regulation is issued in final form. Although there is no formal comment period, public comments on this regulation are welcome on a continuing basis. Comments should be submitted to Sharron Cook, Regulatory Policy Division, Bureau of Export Administration, Department of Commerce, P.O. Box 273, Washington, DC 20044. List of Subjects in 15 CFR Part 744 Exports, Foreign trade, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Accordingly, part 744 of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR parts 730-774) is amended, as follows: 1. The authority citation for 15 CFR part 744 continues to read as follows: Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2139a; E.O. 12058, 43 FR 20947, 3 CFR, 1978 Comp., p. 179; E.O. 12851, 58 FR 33181, 3 CFR, 1993 Comp., p. 608; E.O. 12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 917; E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13026 (61 FR 58767, November 19, 1996); Notice of August 15, 1995, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 501; and Notice of August 14, 1996 (61 FR 42527, August 15, 1996). PART 744--[AMENDED] 2. Supplement No. 4 to part 744 is amended by adding, in alphabetical order, the following entities: Supplement No. 4 to Part 744--Entity List All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics, (aka VNIITF, Chelyabinsk-70, All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics, ARITP, Russian Federal Nuclear Center), the All- Union Scientific Research Institute of Experimental Physics, (aka VNIIEF, Arzamas-16, Russian Federal Nuclear Center, All Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics, ARIEP, Khariton Institute) and any other entities, institutes, or centers associated with the Ministry for Atomic Power of Russia located in either Snezhinsk or Kremlev, Russia, for all items subject to the EAR. Bhaba Atomic Research Center (BARC), Trombay, India, for all items subject to the EAR. * * * * * Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics (aka Ninth Academy, including the Southwest Institutes of: Applied Electronics, Chemical Materials, Electronic Engineering, Explosives and Chemical Engineering, Environmental Testing, Fluid Physics, General Designing and Assembly, Machining Technology, Materials, Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, Structural Mechanics; Research and Applications of Special Materials Factory; Southwest Computing Center (all of preceding located in or near Mianyang, Sichuan Province); Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing; and High Power Laser Laboratory, Shanghai, People's Republic of China), for all items subject to the EAR. Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Khalpakham, India, for all items subject to the EAR. Khan Research Laboratory, Kahuta, Pakistan, for all items subject to the EAR. Nuclear Research Center at Negev, Dimona, Israel, for all items subject to the EAR. Pakistan Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, (including New Labs Rawalpindi) for all items subject to the EAR. [[Page 35335]] Dated: June 26, 1997. Iain S. Baird, Acting Assistant Secretary for Export Administration. [FR Doc. 97-17146 Filed 6-27-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-33-P