Notice2022-07105
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Chemical Weapons Convention Declaration and Report Handbook and Forms & Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR)
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Published
April 5, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 19664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07105]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Chemical Weapons Convention Declaration and Report Handbook
and Forms & Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR)
The Department of Commerce will submit the following information
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the
Federal Register on January 12, 2022, during a 60-day comment period.
This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce.
Title: Chemical Weapons Convention Declaration and Report Handbook
and Forms & Chemical Weapons Convention Regulations (CWCR).
OMB Control Number: 0694-0091.
Form Number(s): Form 1-1, Form, 1-2, Form 1-2A, Form 1-2B.
Type of Request: Regular submission, extension of a current
information collection.
Number of Respondents: 779.
Average Hours per Response: 10 minutes to 12 hours.
Burden Hours: 14,813.
Needs and Uses: The Chemical Weapons Convention ((CWC or
Convention) is a multilateral arms control and non-proliferation treaty
that seeks to achieve an international ban on chemical weapons (CW).
The CWC prohibits, inter alia, the use, development, production,
acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and direct or indirect transfer of
chemical weapons. Furthermore, each State Party to the Convention is
required to make initial and annual declarations on certain facilities
which produce, process, consume, transfer, or import/export toxic
chemicals and their precursors as specified in three lists or schedules
of chemicals contained in the Convention's Annex on Chemicals. In
addition to traditional CW agents, the Schedules include chemicals that
have both large-scale commercial uses and CW applications (referred to
as ``dual-use chemicals''). Information is also required on facilities
which produce a broad class of chemicals referred to as ``Unscheduled
Discrete Organic Chemicals,'' or ``UDOCs.'' Finally, information is
also required from facilities subject to inspection by the Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). This information is in
addition to information provided in initial and annual declarations.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On Occasion.
Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: Executive Order 13128 authorizes the Department of
Commerce (DOC) to issue regulations necessary to implement the Act and
U.S. obligations under Article VI and related provisions of the
Convention.
This information collection request may be viewed at
<a href="http://www.reginfo.gov">www.reginfo.gov</a>. Follow the instructions to view the Department of
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of
this notice on the following website <a href="http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain">www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain</a>.
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB
Control Number 0694-0093.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information
Officer, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2022-07105 Filed 4-4-22; 8:45 am]
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