Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 29 / Wednesday, February 12, 1997 / Notices 6515

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Bureau of Export Administration

Commercial Encryption Items

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before February 12,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Stephen Baker,

Department of Commerce, 14th &

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room 6877,

Washington, D.C. 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This information collection is

necessary to support liberalizations of

export controls for encryption items

recently announced by the

Administration. This initiative makes it

easier to use stronger encryption

products, both at home and abroad, to

protect their privacy, intellectual

property and other valuable

information. It supports the growth of

electronic commerce, increases the

security of the global information, and

sustains the economic competitiveness

of U.S. encryption product

manufacturers during the transition to a

key management infrastructure. The

information provided is used for export

licensing decisions.

I. Method of Collection

Written or by Fax.

II. Data

OMB Number: 0694–0104.

Form Number: BXA 748P.

Type of Review: Renewal of existing

collection.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1⁄2 to

40 hours per response.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 7,720.

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$160,000 (for start-up costs for data base

development).

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. The Department

particularly welcomes comments on the

burden estimate to comply with the

requirements, as well as the costs

associated with it.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they will also become a matter of public

record.

Dated: February 4, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–3413 Filed 2–11–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P

Regulations and Procedures Technical

Advisory Committee; Notice of

Partially Closed Meeting

A meeting of the Regulations and

Procedures Technical Advisory

Committee will be held March 6, 1997,

9:00 a.m., in the Herbert C. Hoover

Building, Room 3884, 14th Street

between Constitution and Pennsylvania

Avenues, NW., Washington, DC. The

Committee advises the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Export

Administration on implementation of

the Export Administration Regulations

(EAR) and provides for continuing

review to update the EAR as needed.

Agenda

Open Session

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman.

2. Presentation of papers or comments

by the public.

3. Update on Bureau of Export

Administration initiatives.

4. Report on ‘‘is informed’’

implementation.

5. Discussion on Enhanced

Proliferation Control Initiative (EPCI)

issues: rewrite of the Export

Management System guidelines and

end-use screening.

6. Responses to Report on Foreign

Policy Export Controls.

7. Discussion on ‘‘deemed export’’

case review and policy.

8. Reports from the working groups.

Closed Session

9. Discussion of matters properly

classified under Executive Order 12958,

dealing with the U.S. export control

program and strategic criteria related

thereto.

The General Session of the meeting

will be open to the public and a limited

number of seats will be available. To the

extent that time permits, members of the

public may present oral statements to

the Committee. Written statements may

be submitted at any time before or after

the meeting. However, to facilitate the

distribution of public presentation

materials to the Committee members,

the Committee suggests that presenters

forward the public presentation

materials two weeks prior to the

meeting date to the following address:

Ms. Lee Ann Carpenter, TAC Unit/OAS/

EA MS: 3886C, Bureau of Export

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Washington, DC 20230.

The Assistant Secretary for

Administration, with the concurrence of

the delegate of the General Counsel,

formally determined on December 2,

1996, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended, that the series of meetings or

portions of meetings of the Committee

and of any Subcommittees thereof,

dealing with the classified materials

listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) shall be

exempt from the provisions relating to

pubic meetings found in section 10

(a)(1) and (a)(3), of a the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. The remaining

series of meetings or portions thereof

will be open to the public.

A copy of the Notice of Determination

to close meetings or portions of

meetings of the Committee is available

for public inspection and copying in the

Central Reference and Records

Inspection Facility, Room 6020, U.S.

Department of Commerce, Washington,

DC. For further information, call Lee

Ann Carpenter at (202) 482–2583.