Federal Register: September 10, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 174)
DOCID: fr10se09-29 FR Doc E9-21811
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Industry and Security Bureau
NOTICE: NOTICES
DOCID: fr10se09-29
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Chemical Weapons Convention Declaration and Report Handbook and Forms
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 9, 2009.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
SUMMARY:
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
I. Abstract
The Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998 and
Commerce Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR) specify the
rights, responsibilities and obligations for submission of
declarations, reports and inspections. This information is required for
the United States to comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international arms control treaty.
II. Method of Collection
Submitted electronically or in paper form.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 06940091.
Form Number(s): Form 11, Form 12, Form 12A, Form 12B, etc.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 929.
Estimated Time per Response: 10 minutes31 hours per response.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 10,842 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
IV. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (including hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: September 4, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. E921811 Filed 9909; 8:45 am]
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to Larry Hall, BIS ICB Liaison, (202) 4824895, lhall@bis.doc.gov.