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SUMMARY: ThisrulerevisesSection756.2oftheExportAdministrationRegulations(EAR)to )%& authorizetheUnderSecretaryforIndustryandSecuritytodesignateanyemployeeofthe_Department +'( ofCommercetobetheappealscoordinatorforappealsofadministrativeactionstakenunderpart756  oftheEAR.SuchdesignationofemployeesfromoutsidetheBureauofIndustryandSecurityshall  requiretheconcurrenceoftheheadoftheoperatingunitinwhichthatemployeeisemployed.Priorto  publicationofthisrule,onlya BISofficialmighthavebeendesignatedasappealscoordinator.    DATES: ThisruleiseffectiveJune13,_2006_ t   FORFURTHERINFORMATIONCONTACT: WilliamArvin,RegulatoryPolicyDivision,Office \  ofExporterServices,4O ( NO  5  warvin@bis.doc.gov6NO  7 HԀ,2024822440. P  SUPPLEMENTARYINFORMATION:  8  Background   p   Part756oftheEARprovidestheproceduresforappealofadministrativeactionstakenbyBIS d undertheExportAdministrationActortheExportAdministrationRegulations.Theproceduresofpart  X 756applytoactionsotherthantheissuance,amendment,revocationorappealofaregulation,and !L mostenforcementactionstakenunderpart764or766oftheEAR.Part756authorizestheUnder #@  SecretaryforIndustryandSecuritytodesignatean appealscoordinatortoassistinthereviewand %4!" processingofanappeal....Priortopublicationofthisrule,part756authorizedtheUnderSecretary '(#$ forIndustryandSecuritytodesignate anyBISofficialasappealscoordinator.Thisruleauthorizes )%& theUnderSecretaryforIndustryandSecuritytodesignateanyemployeeoftheDepartmentof +'( _Commercetobetheappealscoordinator.TheUnderSecretaryforIndustryandSecuritymusthave  the XXXXconcurrenceoftheheadoftheoperatingunitinwhichtheemployeeisemployed#XXX XW #HXXXXԀtomakesucha  designationofaDepartmentofCommerceemployeewhoisnotanemployeeofBIS.    Theagencyismakingthischange,whichisadministrativeinnature,inordertoprovidethe   UnderSecretaryandtheDepartmentofCommercewithadditionalflexibilityinallocatinglimitedlegal t  andofficialstaffresourcestothereviewandprocessingofappealsunderpart756.Theauthorityto h  decideappealswillremainwiththeUnderSecretary,inaccordancewithsection756.2(c)(1)ofthe \  EAR,subjecttotheUnderSecretary'sauthoritytodelegatethatfunctiontotheDeputyUnder P SecretaryoranotherBISofficialinaccordancewithsection756.2(a).Moreover,thischangewillnot D affecttheUnderSecretary'sauthoritytoconsiderrecommendationsorotherrelevantinformation(from 8 eithertheappealscoordinatororanyothersource)indecidingappeals,inaccordancewithsection ,| 756.2(c)(1).Norwillthischangeaffectthesubstanceoftheagencysongoingdecisionmaking  p activities. d  _Rulemaking_ԀRequirements  !L   1. ` ThisrulehasbeendeterminedtobenotsignificantforpurposesofExecutiveOrder %4!" 12866. '(#$   2. ` Notwithstandinganyotherprovisionoflaw,nopersonisrequiredtorespondtonorbe +'( subjecttoapenaltyforfailuretocomplywithacollectionofinformation,subjecttotherequirementsof  thePaperworkReductionActof1995(44U.S.C.3501etseq.)(PRA),unlessthatcollectionof  informationdisplaysacurrentlyvalidOfficeofManagementandBudget(OMB)ControlNumber.This  ruledoesnotinvolveanycollectionsofinformationthataresubjecttothePaperworkReductionAct.     3. ` ThisruledoesnotcontainpolicieswithFederalismimplicationsasthistermisdefinedin t  ExecutiveOrder13132. h    4. ` Pursuantto5U.S.C.553,theprovisionsoftheAdministrativeProcedureActrequiring P anoticeofproposedrulemakingandtheopportunityforpubliccommentarewaived,becausethis D regulationinvolvesaruleofagencyprocedure.Nootherlawrequiresthatanoticeofproposed 8 rulemakingandanopportunityforpubliccommentbegivenforthisrule.Becauseanoticeofproposed ,| rulemakingandanopportunityforpubliccommentarenotrequiredtobegivenforthisruleunderthe  p AdministrativeProcedureActorbyanyotherlaw,theanalyticalrequirementsoftheRegulatory d FlexibilityAct(5U.S.C.601etseq.)arenotapplicable.  X  ListofSubjects  #@  15CFRPart756 '(#$ Administrativepracticeandprocedure,Exports,Penalties )%&  +'(   Accordingly,part756oftheExportAdministrationRegulations(15CFRParts730-799)are  amendedasfollows:   PART756![AMENDED]      1.Theauthoritycitationfor15CFRPart756continuestoread: t    Authority:50U.S.C.app.2401etseq.;50U.S.C.1701etseq.;E.O.13222,66FR44025, \  3CFR,2001Comp.,p.783;NoticeofAugust2,2005,70FR45273(August5,2005). P   2.Section756.2isamendedbyrevisingthesecondsentenceofparagraph(a),byaddinga 8 sentenceimmediatelyfollowingthesecondsentenceofparagraph(a)andbyrevisingparagraph ,| (b)(4)(v)toreadasfollows:  p  756.2Appealfromanadministrativeaction.   X (a)Reviewandappealofficials.***Inaddition,theUnderSecretarymaydesignateany !L employeeoftheDepartmentofCommercetobeanappealscoordinatortoassistinthereviewand #@  processingofanappealunderthispart.IfsuchemployeeisnotanemployeeofBIS,suchdesignation %4!" maybemadeonlywiththeconcurrenceoftheheadoftheoperatingunitinwhichthatemployeeis '(#$ employed.*** )%& _ +'( (b)***  (4)***  (v)Report.AnypersondesignatedbytheUnderSecretarytoconductaninformalhearingshallsubmit  awrittenreportcontainingasummaryofthehearingandrecommendactiontotheUnderSecretary.   ***** t  Dated: \  MatthewS.Borman D DeputyAssistantSecretary 8 ЀforExportAdministration ,| #XXXHX #