[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 42612] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-21267] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Bureau of Export Administration Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to the Office of 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: Five Year Records Retention Period. Agency Form Number: None. OMB Approval Number: 0694-0096. Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection of information. Burden: 229 hours. Average Time Per Response: 0.01 second per response Number of Respondents: 200,000 respondents. Needs and Uses: The five year records retention requirement enables BXA to detect violations from records up to five years old to correspond with the five year statute of limitations and prove that a violation did or did not take place. The documents can also provide exculpatory evidence for firms who have been accused of export control violations and are innocent. Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit institutions. Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits. OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassemer (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-Wassemer, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20230. Dated: August 3, 1998. Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 98-21267 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DT-P