[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 219 (Monday, November 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 69621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28619]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of 
information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 
U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
    Title: Foreign Availability Procedures.
    OMB Control Number: 0694-0004.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Burden Hours: 510.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours per Response: 255.
    Needs and Uses: BIS's Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE) 
responds to requests by Congress and industry to make foreign 
availability determinations. OTE identifies foreign goods and 
technology analogous to American equipment subject to export controls. 
The U.S. and foreign equipment, however, must demonstrate a similarity 
of design or approach to the technical problems as well as exhibit 
similar performance and reliability characteristics. If the information 
merits an assessment, then it is used in that specific study of foreign 
availability. Continued restrictions on U.S. exports when comparable 
items are available from uncontrollable sources decreases U.S. 
competitiveness in high technology industries and undermines U.S. 
national security interests.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations; not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, (202) 395-3123.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk Officer, via e-mail to [email protected], or Fax to (202) 395-5167.

    Dated: November 9, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-28619 Filed 11-12-10; 8:45 am]
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