[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 19664]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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 
www.reginfo.gov. 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 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
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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