98-9010. Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16962-16963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9010]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Comment Request

TITLE: Format for Petition Requesting Relief Under U.S. Antidumping 
Duty Law.

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort 
to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public 
and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the 
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 350(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before June 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Linda Engelmeier, 
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

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Commerce, Room 5327, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230. Phone number: [phone].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to: Andrew Stephens, Import Administration, Office of 
Policy, Room 3713, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; Phone number: [phone], and fax number: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The International Trade Administration, Import Administration, 
Antidumping/Countervailing Enforcement, implements the U.S. antidumping 
and countervailing duty law. Import Administration investigates 
allegations of unfair trade practices by foreign governments and 
producers and, in conjunction with the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, can impose duties on the product in question to offset the 
unfair practices. Form ITA-357P--Format for Petition Requesting Relief 
Under the U.S. Antidumping Duty Law--is designed for U.S. companies or 
industries that are unfamiliar with the antidumping law and the 
petition process. The Form is designed for potential petitioners that 
believe that an industry in the United States is being injured because 
a foreign competitor is selling a product in the United States at less 
than fair value. Since a variety of detailed information is required 
under the law before initiation of an antidumping duty investigation, 
the Form is designed to extract such information in the least 
burdensome manner possible.

II. Method of Collection

    Form ITA-357P is sent by request to potential U.S. petitioners and 
completed in written form.

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0625-0105.
    Form Number: ITA-357P.
    Type of Review: Revision-Regular Submission.
    Affected Public: U.S. companies or industries that suspect the 
presence of unfair competition from foreign firms selling merchandise 
in the United States below fair value.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 38.
    Estimated Time Per Response: 40 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,520 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Costs: The estimated annual cost for this 
collection is $376,200 ($273,600 for respondents and $102,600 for 
federal government).

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 costs) 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 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: April 1, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 98-9010 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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