[Federal Register: December 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 246)]
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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: Export Controls of High Performance Computers.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0073.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of 
information.
    Burden: 14 hours.
    Average Time Per Response: 42 to 107 minutes per response.
    Number of Respondents: 9 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: These provisions are established in recognition of 
the strategic significance of these high performance computers (HPC), 
in particular their potential to make substantial contributions to 
activities of national security and weapons proliferation concerns. BXA 
will conduct annual reviews of the HPC definition, the threshold 
levels, the safeguards, the HPC country Tier groupings and variable 
safeguard requirements to be consistent with our national security and 
proliferation concerns, technical advancements, and changes in market 
conditions. In addition, recommendations from the public for revising 
the controls will be considered.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202)395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DOC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, 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, Washington, D.C. 20230.

    Dated: December 17, 1998.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst
Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-33992 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 a.m.]
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