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amendment.

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1997.

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Certification Service.

[FR Doc. 97–20316 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4910–13–U

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

15 CFR Parts 738, 740, and 774

[Docket No. 970703164–7164–01]

RIN 0694–AB61

Liberalization of Export Controls for

Oscilloscopes (Including Certain

Transient Recorders), Affected ECCNs:

3A202, 3A292, 3E001, 3E201, and

3E292

AGENCY: Bureau of Export

Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Export

Administration maintains the

Commerce Control List (CCL, 15 CFR

part 774), which appears in the Export

Administration Regulations (EAR). This

rule revises the reason for control for

oscilloscopes (including certain

transient recorders) from NP Column 1

to NP Column 2, in the Commerce

Country Chart (Supplement No. 1 to 15

CFR part 738). In addition, revisions are

made to NP Column 2 of the Commerce

Country Chart, and Column [D:2]

Nuclear of Country Group D, to reflect

that Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Comoros,

Djibouti, Micronesia, Oman, United

Arab Emirates, and Vanuatu have signed

the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

This revision will substantially reduce

the paperwork burden on the public by

decreasing the number of license

applications exporters and reexporters

are required to submit for oscilloscopes.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 6, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph Chuchla, Office of Nuclear &

Missile Technology Controls,

Telephone: (202) 482–4188.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

In May of 1997, the Nuclear Suppliers

Group (NSG) agreed to remove

oscilloscopes from the Annex to the

‘‘Nuclear-Related Dual-Use Equipment,

Materials, and Related Technology List’’

(the Annex) published by the

International Atomic Energy Agency

and adhered to by the United States and

other subscribing governments in the

NSG.

The items on the CCL that are subject

to nuclear nonproliferation controls are

referred to as the Nuclear Referral List

(NRL). The NRL includes NSGcontrolled items and other items subject

to control for nuclear non-proliferation

reasons by the United States. This

Administration has ongoing concerns

about the value and technical

significance of oscilloscopes in nuclear

weapons testing; therefore, the

Administration has decided not to

remove oscilloscopes from the NRL. The

U.S. proposed, and the NSG approved,

a statement of NSG members,

commitment to preventing the use of

oscilloscopes contrary to the basic

principle of non-proliferation. The

members agreed to apply available

authority to ensure exports are not

diverted or used contrary to Annex

Guidelines. The U.S., U.K., and

Switzerland (the only producers/

exporters of the relevant oscilloscopes)

agreed to retain national export controls

and to exercise vigilance on these items.

Where a license was required for all

non-NSG member countries (NP

Column 1 of the Commerce Country

Chart, Supplement No. 1 to 15 CFR part

738) and countries that have been

designated terrorist countries of concern

(AT Column 1), this rule revises the

license requirements for oscilloscopes

(including transient recorders other than

those controlled by 3A002.a.5) and

specially designed components therefor,

in that a license will only be required

for nuclear countries of concern (NP

Column 2) and countries that have been

designated terrorism-supporting

countries (AT Column1).

This final rule amends the CCL (15

CFR part 774) by removing ECCN 3A202

and creating a new ECCN 3A292 to

accommodate the new nuclear level of

control (NP Column 2) for oscilloscopes

(including transient recorders other than

those controlled by 3A002.a.5) and

specially designed components therefor.

Also, a revision is made to the heading

and the Reason for Control sections of

ECCN 3E201 to remove the reference to

ECCN 3A202 and to the heading and

license requirement sections of ECCN

3E001. In addition, this rule amends the

CCL by creating a new ECCN 3E292 to

accommodate the unilateral technology

controls on oscilloscopes (including

transient recorders other than those

controlled by 3A002.a.5) and specially

designed components therefor.

Lastly, this rule will revise the

Commerce Country Chart in

Supplement No. 1 to part 738 and

Country Group D in Supplement No. 1

to part 740 to reflect that Algeria,

Andorra, Angola, Comoros, Djibouti,

Micronesia, Oman, United Arab

Emirates, and Vanuatu have become

signatories to the Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty. Therefore, the

Commerce Country Chart is amended by

removing the corresponding ‘‘x’’ under

the heading ‘‘NP Column 2’’ for these

countries and Country Group D is

amended by removing the reference ‘‘x’’

under the heading ‘‘[D:2] Nuclear’’ for

the same countries.

Although the Export Administration

Act (EAA) expired on August 20, 1994,

the President invoked the International

Emergency Economic Powers Act and

continued in effect, to the extent

permitted by law, the provisions of the

EAA and the EAR in Executive Order

12924 of August 19, 1994, as extended

by the President’s notice of August 15,

1995 and August 14, 1996 (3 CFR, 1996

Comp. 298 (1997)).

Rulemaking Requirements

1. This final rule has been determined

to be not significant for purposes of

Executive Order 12866.

2. This rule involves collections of

information subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.). This collection has been

approved by the Office of Management

and Budget under control number 0694–

0088. The effect of this rule will

decrease license application

requirements, thus decreasing the

paperwork burden on the public to the

Department of Commerce.

Notwithstanding any other provision of

law, no person is required to respond

nor will a person be subject to a penalty

for failure to comply with a collection

of information subject to the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act unless that collection of

information displays a currently valid

OMB Control Number.

3. This rule does not contain policies

with Federalism implications sufficient

to warrant preparation of a Federalism

assessment under Executive Order

12612.

4. The provisions of the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553) requiring notice of proposed

rulemaking, the opportunity for public

participation, and a delay in effective
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date, are inapplicable because this

regulation involves a military and

foreign affairs function of the United

States (see 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). Further,

no other law requires that a notice of

proposed rulemaking and an

opportunity for public comment be

given for this rule. Because a notice of

proposed rulemaking and an

opportunity for public comment are not

required to be given for this rule by 5

U.S.C. 553, or by any other law, the

analytical requirements of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601

et seq., are inapplicable.

Therefore, this regulation is issued in

final form. Although there is no formal

comment period, public comments on

this regulation are welcome on a

continuing basis. Comments should be

submitted to Sharron Cook, Regulatory

Policy Division, Office of Exporter

Services, Bureau of Export

Administration, Department of

Commerce, P.O. Box 273, Washington,

D.C. 20044.

List of Subjects

15 CFR Parts 738 and 774

Exports, Foreign trade.

15 CFR Part 740

Administrative practice and

procedure, Exports, Foreign trade,

Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Accordingly, parts 738, 740, and 774

of the Export Administration

Regulations (15 CFR parts 730–799) are

amended as follows:

The authority citation for 15 CFR part

738 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 10 U.S.C. 720; 10 U.S.C.

7430(e); 18 U.S.C. 2510 et seq.; 22 U.S.C.

287c; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6004;

Sec. 201, Pub. L. 104–58, 109 Stat. 557 (30

U.S.C. 185(s)); 30 U.S.C. 185(u); 42 U.S.C.

2139a; 42 U.S.C. 6212; 43 U.S.C. 1354; 46

U.S.C. app. 466c; 50 U.S.C. app. 5; E.O.

12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp. 917

(1995); E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996

Comp. 228 (1997); Notice of August 15, 1995,

3 CFR, 1995 Comp. 501 (1996); Notice of

August 14, 1996, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp. 298

(1997).

2. The authority citation for 15 CFR

part 740 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50

1701 et seq.; E.O. 12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR,

1994 Comp., p. 917; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767,

3 CFR, 1996 Comp. 228 (1997); Notice of

August 15, 1995, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp. 501

(1996); Notice of August 14, 1996, 3 CFR,

1996 Comp. 298 (1997).

3. The authority citation for 15 CFR

part 774 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 50 U.S.C. app. 2401 et seq.; 50

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 10 U.S.C. 7420; 10 U.S.C.

7430(e); 18 U.S.C. 2510 et seq.; 22 U.S.C.

287c; 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6004;

Sec. 201, Pub. L. 104–58, 109 Stat. 557 (30

U.S.C. 185(s)); 30 U.S.C. 185(u); 42 U.S.C.

2139a; 42 U.S.C. 6212; 43 U.S.C. 1354; 46

U.S.C. app. 466c; 50 U.S.C. app. 5; E.O.

12924, 59 FR 43437, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p.

917; E.O. 13026, 61 FR 58767, 3 CFR, 1996

Comp. 228 (1997); Notice of August 15, 1995,

3 CFR, 1995 Comp. 501 (1996); Notice of

August 14, 1996, 3 CFR, 1996 Comp. 298

(1997).

PART 738—[AMENDED]

4. Supplement No. 1 to part 738,

Commerce Country Chart, is amended

by removing the corresponding ‘‘x’’

under the heading ‘‘NP Column 2’’ for

the following countries: Algeria,

Andorra, Angola, Comoros, Djibouti,

Micronesia, Oman, United Arab

Emirates, and Vanuatu.

PART 740—[AMENDED]

5. In Supplement No. 1 to part 740,

Country Group D, is revised to read as

follows:

Supplement No. 1 to Part 740

* * * * *

• COUNTRY GROUP D

Country

[D: 1]

National

Security

[D: 2]

Nuclear

[D: 3]

Chemical &

Biological

[D: 4]

Missile

Technology

Afghanistan ....................................................................................... X

Albania .............................................................................................. X

Algeria ...............................................................................................

Andorra .............................................................................................

Angola ...............................................................................................

Armenia ............................................................................................ X X

Azerbaijan ......................................................................................... X X

Bahrain ............................................................................................. X X

Belarus .............................................................................................. X X

Bulgaria ............................................................................................. X X

Burma ............................................................................................... X

Cambodia ......................................................................................... X

China (PRC) ..................................................................................... X X X1

Comoros ...........................................................................................

Cuba ................................................................................................. X X

Djibouti ..............................................................................................

Egypt ................................................................................................. X X

Estonia .............................................................................................. X

Georgia ............................................................................................. X X

India .................................................................................................. X X X1

Iran .................................................................................................... X X X1

Iraq .................................................................................................... X X X

Israel ................................................................................................. X X X

Jordan ............................................................................................... X X

Kazakhstan ....................................................................................... X X

Korea, North ..................................................................................... X X X1

Kuwait ............................................................................................... X X

Kyrgyzstan ........................................................................................ X X

Laos .................................................................................................. X

Latvia ................................................................................................ X

Lebanon ............................................................................................ X X

Libya ................................................................................................. X X X
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• COUNTRY GROUP D—Continued

Country

[D: 1]

National

Security

[D: 2]

Nuclear

[D: 3]

Chemical &

Biological

[D: 4]

Missile

Technology

Lithuania ........................................................................................... X

Micronesia, Federated States of ......................................................

Moldova ............................................................................................ X X

Mongolia ........................................................................................... X X

Oman ................................................................................................ X X

Pakistan ............................................................................................ X X X1

Qatar ................................................................................................. X X

Romania ........................................................................................... X

Russia ............................................................................................... X X

Saudi Arabia ..................................................................................... X X

Syria .................................................................................................. X X

Taiwan .............................................................................................. X

Tajikstan ........................................................................................... X X

Turkmenistan .................................................................................... X X

Ukraine ............................................................................................. X X

United Arab Emirates ....................................................................... X X

Uzbekistan ........................................................................................ X X

Vanuatu ............................................................................................

Vietnam ............................................................................................. X X

Yemen .............................................................................................. X X

1 Certain Missile Technology projects have been identified in the following countries:

China—M Series Missiles CSS–2.

India—Agni, Prithvi, SLV–3 Satellite Launch Vehicle, Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV), Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV),

Geostationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Iran—Surface-to-Surface Missile Project, Scud Development Project.

Korea, North—No Dong I, Scud Development Project.

Pakistan—Half Series Missiles.

* * * * *

PART 774—[AMENDED]

6. In Supplement No. 1 to part 774

(the Commerce Control List), Category 3

(Electronics Design, Development and

Production) is amended by:

a. Removing ECCN 3A202;

b. Adding a newly created ECCN

3A292, to be placed after ECCN 3A233

on the CCL;

c. Revising the Heading and the

License Requirement section of ECCN

3E001 and the Heading of 3E201;

d. Adding a newly created ECCN

3E292, to be placed after ECCN 3E201,

to read as follows:

Category 3—Electronics Design,

Development and Production

A. Equipment, Assemblies and

Components

* * * * *

3A292 Oscilloscopes and transient

recorders other than those controlled

by 3A002.a.5, and specially designed

components therefor

License Requirements

Reason for Control: NP, AT

Control(s) Country Chart

NP applies to entire

entry.

NP Column 2

AT applies to entire

entry.

AT Column 1

License Exceptions

LVS: N/A

GBS: N/A

CIV: N/A

List of Items Controlled

Unit: Number

Related Controls: N/A

Related Definitions: (a) Specially

designed components specified in

this item are the following, for

analog oscilloscopes:

1. Plug-in units;

2. External amplifiers;

3. Pre-amplifiers;

4. Sampling devices;

5. Cathode ray tubes.

(b) For the purpose this entry,

‘‘Bandwidth’’ is defined as the band of

frequencies over which the deflection on the

cathode ray tube does not fall below 70.7%

of that at the maximum point measured with

a constant input voltage to the oscilloscope

amplifier.

Items

a. Non-modular analog oscilloscopes

having a bandwidth of 1 GHz or greater;

b. Modular analog oscilloscope systems

having either of the following characteristics:

b.1. A mainframe with a bandwidth of 1

GHz or greater; or

b.2. Plug-in modules with an individual

bandwidth of 4 GHz or greater;

c. Analog sampling oscilloscopes for the

analysis of recurring phenomena with an

effective bandwidth greater than 4 GHz;

d. Digital oscilloscopes and transient

recorders using analog-to-digital conversion

techniques, capable of storing transients by

sequentially sampling one-shot input signals

at successive intervals of less than 1 ns

(greater than 1 giga-sample per second),

digitizing to 8 bits or greater resolution, and

storing 256 or more samples.

* * * * *

3E001 ‘‘Technology’’ according to the

General Technology Note for the

‘‘development’’ or ‘‘production’’ of

items controlled by 3A (except 3A292,

3A980, 3A981, and 3A992 to 3A994),

3B (except 3B991) or 3C

License Requirements

Reason for Control: NS, MT, NP, AT

Control(s) Country Chart

NS applies to ‘‘technology’’ for items

controlled by

3A001, 3A002,

3B001 to 3B008 or

3C001 to 3C004.

NS Column 1

MT applies to ‘‘technology’’ for equipment controlled by

3A001 or 3A101 for

MT reasons.

MT Column 1

NP applies to ‘‘technology’’ for equipment controlled by

3A001, 3A201,

3A225 to 3A233 for

NP reasons.

NP Column 1

AT applies to entire

entry.

AT Column 1

* * * * *
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3E201 ‘‘Technology’’ according to the

General Technology Note for the ‘‘use’’

of items controlled by 3A001.e.2, e.3,

and e.5, 3A201, 3A225 to 3A233

* * * * *

3E292 ‘‘Technology’’ according to the

General Technology Note for the

‘‘development’’, ‘‘production’’, or ‘‘use’’

of items controlled by 3A292

License Requirements

Reason for Control: NP, AT

Control(s) Country Chart

NP applies to entire

entry.

NP Column 2

AT applies to entire

entry.

AT Column 1

License Exceptions

CIV: N/A

TSR: N/A

List of Items Controlled

Unit: N/A

Related Controls: N/A

Related Definitions: N/A

Items: The list of items controlled is

contained in the ECCN heading.

* * * * *

Dated: July 29, 1997.

Iain S. Baird,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–20415 Filed 8–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 177

Indirect Food Additives: Polymers

CFR Correction

In title 21 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, parts 170 to 199, revised as

of April 1, 1997, on page 263, in

§ 177.1520 in the table in paragraph (b)

in the entry for

‘‘Polymethylsilsesquioxane’’ the CAS

number should read ‘‘68554–70–1’’.

BILLING CODE 1505–01–D

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

21 CFR Part 178

[Docket No. 89F–0176]

Indirect Food Additives: Adjuvants,

Production Aids, and Sanitizers

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration,

HHS.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) is amending the

food additive regulations to provide for

the safe use of disodium 4-isodecyl

sulfosuccinate as an emulsifier in the

production of food-contact polymers.

This action responds to a petition filed

by American Cyanamid Co.

DATES: The regulation is effective

August 5, 1997; written objections and

request for a hearing by September 4,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Submit written objections to

the Dockets Management Branch (HFA–

305), Food and Drug Administration,

12420 Parklawn Dr., rm. 1–23,

Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard H. White, Center for Food

Safety and Applied Nutrition (HFS–

216), Food and Drug Administration,

200 C St. SW., Washington, DC 20204,

202–418–3094.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a notice

published in the Federal Register of

June 13, 1989 (54 FR 25174), FDA

announced that a food additive petition

(FAP 9B4122) had been filed by

American Cyanamid Co., One Cyanamid

Plaza, Wayne, NJ 07470 (currently Cytec

Industries Inc., c/o Keller and Heckman,

1001 G St. NW., Washington, DC

20001). The petition proposed to amend

the food additive regulations in

§ 175.105 Adhesives (21 CFR 175.105)

and § 178.3400 Emulsifiers and/or

surface active agents (21 CFR 178.3400)

to provide for the safe use of disodium

4-isodecyl sulfosuccinate as a

component of adhesives and as an

emulsifier in the production of foodcontact polymers. The petitioner later

requested that the agency proceed with

a decision regarding the regulation of

the additive for use only as a component

of adhesives in food-contact materials.

The agency published a final rule in the

Federal Register of April 20, 1993 (58

FR 21257) amending § 175.105 to

provide for the use of disodium 4-

isodecyl sulfosuccinate as a component

of adhesives. In that final rule, the

agency stated that its decision regarding

the petitioned use of the additive as an

emulsifier in the production of foodcontact polymers would be addressed in

a future Federal Register document. The

agency is addressing that decision in

this final rule.

FDA has evaluated data in the

petition and other relevant material.

Based on this information, the agency

concludes that the proposed use of the

subject additive as an emulsifier in the

production of food-contact polymeric

coatings is safe, that the additive will

have the intended technical effect, and

that therefore, § 178.3400 should be

amended as set forth below.

In accordance with § 171.1(h) (21 CFR

171.1(h)), the petition and the

documents that FDA considered and

relied upon in reaching its decision to

approve the petition are available for

inspection at the Center for Food Safety

and Applied Nutrition by appointment

with the information contact person

listed above. As provided in § 171.1(h),

the agency will delete from the

documents any materials that are not

available for public disclosure before

making the documents available for

inspection.

The agency has carefully considered

the potential environmental effects of

this action. FDA has concluded that the

action will not have a significant impact

on the human environment, and that an

environmental impact statement is not

required. The agency’s finding of no

significant impact and the evidence

supporting that finding, contained in an

environmental assessment, may be seen

in the Dockets Management Branch

(address above) between 9 a.m. and 4

p.m., Monday through Friday.

Any person who will be adversely

affected by this regulation may at any

time on or before September 4, 1997, file

with the Dockets Management Branch

(address above) written objections

thereto. Each objection shall be

separately numbered, and each

numbered objection shall specify with

particularity the provisions of the

regulation to which objection is made

and the grounds for the objection. Each

numbered objection on which a hearing

is requested shall specifically so state.

Failure to request a hearing for any

particular objection shall constitute a

waiver of the right to a hearing on that

objection. Each numbered objection for

which a hearing is requested shall

include a detailed description and

analysis of the specific factual

information intended to be presented in

support of the objection in the event

that a hearing is held. Failure to include

such a description and analysis for any

particular objection shall constitute a

waiver of the right to a hearing on the