Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Export Administration Bureau

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of

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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: Technology Letter of Explanation (formerly entitled

Technical Data Letter of Explanation).

Agency Form Number: BXA-748P.

OMB Approval Number: 0694-0047.

Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of

information.

Burden: 722 hours.

Average Time Per Response: 1 to 2 hours.

Number of Respondents: 461 respondents.

Needs and Uses: The information contained in these letters will

assure BXA that no unauthorized technical data will be exported for

unauthorized end-uses or to unauthorized destinations and thus provide

assurance that U.S. national security and foreign policy programs are

followed. In addition, shipments to Poland, Hungary, and

Czechoslovakia, need an Import Certificate issued by the appropriate

national government.

Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit

institutions.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.

OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassmer (202) 395-5871.

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 Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New

Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20230.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 98-15377 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]

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