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meets the additional conditions detailed
in the BE–11 forms and instructions.
Entities required to report will be
contacted individually by BEA. Entities
not contacted by BEA have no reporting
responsibilities.
BEA offers electronic filing through
its eFile system for use in reporting on
the BE–11 annual survey forms. In
addition, BEA posts all its survey forms
and reporting instructions on its Web
site (www.bea.gov/dia). These may be
downloaded, completed, printed, and
submitted via fax or mail.
Potential respondents of the BE–11
are selected from those U.S. parents that
reported owning foreign business
enterprises in the 2014 BE–10,
Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct
Investment Abroad, along with entities
that subsequently entered the direct
investment universe. The BE–11 is a
sample survey, as described; universe
estimates are developed from the
reported sample data.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0608–0053.
Form Number: BE–11.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Businesses or other
for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
1,900 U.S. parents filing for their U.S.
operations on the A form, for 21,800
foreign affiliates, which include 20,500
B forms, 1,150 C forms, 150 D forms,
and 500 Claim for Exemption forms for
U.S. operations or foreign affiliates.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 262,250 hours. Total annual
burden is calculated by multiplying the
estimated number of submissions of
each form by the average hourly burden
per form, which is 7 hours for the A
form, 12 hours for the B form, 2 hours
for the C form, 1 hour for the D form,
and 1 hour for the Claim for Exemption
forms.
Estimated Time per Respondent:
138.0 hours per respondent (262,250
hours/1,900 U.S. parents) is the average,
but may vary considerably among
respondents because of differences in
company structure, size, and
complexity.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
Legal Authority: International
Investment and Trade in Services
Survey Act (Pub. L. 94–472, 22 U.S.C.
3101–3108, as amended).
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,
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including whether the information will
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.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: June 5, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Chemical Weapons
Convention Provisions of the Export
Administration Regulations
Bureau of Industry and
Security, Commerce.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice.
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.
SUMMARY:
Written comments must be
submitted on or before August 10, 2015.
DATES:
Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Mark Crace, BIS ICB Liaison,
(202) 482–8093, Mark.Crace@
bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Abstract
The Chemical Weapons Convention
(CWC) is a multilateral arms control
treaty that seeks to achieve an
international ban on chemical weapons
(CW). The CWC prohibits, the use,
development, production, acquisition,
stockpiling, retention, and direct or
indirect transfer of chemical weapons.
This collection implements the
following provision of the treaty:
Schedule 1 notification and report:
Under Part VI of the CWC Verification
Annex, the United States is required to
notify the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
(OPCW), the international organization
created to implement the CWC, at least
30 days before any transfer (export/
import) of Schedule 1 chemicals to
another State Party. The United States is
also required to submit annual reports
to the OPCW on all transfers of
Schedule 1 Chemicals.
End-Use Certificates: Under Part VIII
of the CWC Verification Annex, the
United States is required to obtain EndUse Certificates for transfers of Schedule
3 chemicals to Non-States Parties to
ensure the transferred chemicals are
only used for the purposes not
prohibited under the Convention.
II. Method of Collection
Submitted electronically or on paper.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0694–0117.
Form Number(s): Not applicable.
Type of Review: Regular submission
extension.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
70.
Estimated Time Per Response: 36
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 42 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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
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or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: June 5, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
In the Matter of: Luis Armando CollinsAvila, Inmate Number—98902–308, Big
Spring, Correctional Institution, 2001
Rickabaugh Drive, Big Spring, TX
79720
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Order Denying Export Privileges
On September 24, 2014, in the U.S.
District Court for the District of Arizona,
Luis Armando Collins-Avila (‘‘CollinsAvila’’), was convicted of violating
Section 38 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2778 (2012)) (‘‘AECA’’).
Specifically, Collins-Avila knowingly
and willfully attempted to export and
caused to be exported from the United
States to Mexico 6,000 rounds of
ammunition which comprised of 3,000
rounds of 7.62 x 39 caliber ammunition;
2,000 rounds of 9 mm caliber
ammunition; and 1,000 rounds of .38
Super caliber ammunition, which were
designated as defense articles on the
United States Munitions List, without
having first obtained from the United
states Department of State a license for
such export or written authorization for
such export. Collins-Avila was
sentenced to 46 months of
imprisonment, three years of supervised
release, and fined a $200 assessment.
Section 766.25 of the Export
Administration Regulations (‘‘EAR’’ or
‘‘Regulations’’) 1 provides, in pertinent
part, that ‘‘[t]he Director of the Office of
Exporter Services, in consultation with
1 The Regulations are currently codified in the
Code of Federal Regulations at 15 CFR parts 730–
774 (2015). The Regulations issued pursuant to the
Export Administration Act (50 U.S.C. app. §§ 2401–
2420 (2000)) (‘‘EAA’’). Since August 21, 2001, the
EAA has been in lapse and the President, through
Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001 (3 CFR,
2001 Comp. 783 (2002)), which has been extended
by successive Presidential Notices, the most recent
being that of August 7, 2014 (79 FR 46959 (August
11, 2014)), has continued the Regulations in effect
under the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701, et seq. (2006 & Supp.
IV 2010)).
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the Director of the Office of Export
Enforcement, may deny the export
privileges of any person who has been
convicted of a violation of the Export
Administration Act (‘‘EAA’’), the EAR,
or any order, license or authorization
issued thereunder; any regulation,
license, or order issued under the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706); 18
U.S.C. 793, 794 or 798; section 4(b) of
the Internal Security Act of 1950 (50
U.S.C. 783(b)), or section 38 of the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778).’’ 15
CFR 766.25(a); see also Section 11(h) of
the EAA, 50 U.S.C. app. 2410(h). The
denial of export privileges under this
provision may be for a period of up to
10 years from the date of the conviction.
15 CFR 766.25(d); see also 50 U.S.C.
app. § 2410(h). In addition, Section
750.8 of the Regulations states that the
Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office
of Exporter Services may revoke any
Bureau of Industry and Security (‘‘BIS’’)
licenses previously issued in which the
person had an interest in at the time of
his conviction.
BIS has received notice of CollinsAvila’s conviction for violating the
AECA, and has provided notice and an
opportunity for Collins-Avila to make a
written submission to BIS, as provided
in Section 766.25 of the Regulations.
BIS has received and reviewed a
submission from Collins-Avila.
Based upon my review and
consultations with BIS’s Office of
Export Enforcement, including its
Director, and the facts available to BIS,
I have decided to deny Collins-Avila’s
export privileges under the Regulations
for a period of 10 years from the date of
Collins-Avila’s conviction. I have also
decided to revoke all licenses issued
pursuant to the Act or Regulations in
which Collins-Avila had an interest at
the time of his conviction.
Accordingly, it is hereby ordered:
First, from the date of this Order until
September 24, 2024, Luis Armando
Collins-Avila, with a last known address
of Inmate Number—98902–308, Big
Spring, Correctional Institution, 2001
Rickabaugh Drive, Big Springs, TX
79720, and when acting for or on his
behalf, his successors, assigns,
employees, agents or representatives
(the ‘‘Denied Person’’), may not, directly
or indirectly, participate in any way in
any transaction involving any
commodity, software or technology
(hereinafter collectively referred to as
‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from
the United States that is subject to the
Regulations, including, but not limited
to:
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A. Applying for, obtaining, or using
any license, License Exception, or
export control document;
B. Carrying on negotiations
concerning, or ordering, buying,
receiving, using, selling, delivering,
storing, disposing of, forwarding,
transporting, financing, or otherwise
servicing in any way, any transaction
involving any item exported or to be
exported from the United States that is
subject to the Regulations, or in any
other activity subject to the Regulations;
or
C. Benefitting in any way from any
transaction involving any item exported
or to be exported from the United States
that is subject to the Regulations, or in
any other activity subject to the
Regulations.
Second, no person may, directly or
indirectly, do any of the following:
A. Export or reexport to or on behalf
of the Denied Person any item subject to
the Regulations;
B. Take any action that facilitates the
acquisition or attempted acquisition by
the Denied Person of the ownership,
possession, or control of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States, including financing or other
support activities related to a
transaction whereby the Denied Person
acquires or attempts to acquire such
ownership, possession or control;
C. Take any action to acquire from or
to facilitate the acquisition or attempted
acquisition from the Denied Person of
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been exported from the United
States;
D. Obtain from the Denied Person in
the United States any item subject to the
Regulations with knowledge or reason
to know that the item will be, or is
intended to be, exported from the
United States; or
E. Engage in any transaction to service
any item subject to the Regulations that
has been or will be exported from the
United States and which is owned,
possessed or controlled by the Denied
Person, or service any item, of whatever
origin, that is owned, possessed or
controlled by the Denied Person if such
service involves the use of any item
subject to the Regulations that has been
or will be exported from the United
States. For purposes of this paragraph,
servicing means installation,
maintenance, repair, modification or
testing.
Third, after notice and opportunity for
comment as provided in Section 766.23
of the Regulations, any other person,
firm, corporation, or business
organization related to Collins-Avila by
ownership, control, position of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Chemical
Weapons Convention Provisions of the Export Administration Regulations
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before August 10, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Mark Crace, BIS ICB Liaison, (202) 482-8093,
Mark.Crace@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is a multilateral arms
control treaty that seeks to achieve an international ban on chemical
weapons (CW). The CWC prohibits, the use, development, production,
acquisition, stockpiling, retention, and direct or indirect transfer of
chemical weapons. This collection implements the following provision of
the treaty:
Schedule 1 notification and report: Under Part VI of the CWC
Verification Annex, the United States is required to notify the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the
international organization created to implement the CWC, at least 30
days before any transfer (export/import) of Schedule 1 chemicals to
another State Party. The United States is also required to submit
annual reports to the OPCW on all transfers of Schedule 1 Chemicals.
End-Use Certificates: Under Part VIII of the CWC Verification
Annex, the United States is required to obtain End-Use Certificates for
transfers of Schedule 3 chemicals to Non-States Parties to ensure the
transferred chemicals are only used for the purposes not prohibited
under the Convention.
II. Method of Collection
Submitted electronically or on paper.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0694-0117.
Form Number(s): Not applicable.
Type of Review: Regular submission extension.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 70.
Estimated Time Per Response: 36 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 42 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $0.
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
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or other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection; they also will become a matter of public record.
Dated: June 5, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-14164 Filed 6-9-15; 8:45 am]
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