94-14579. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for 
clearance the following proposals for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Export Administration.
    Title: Short Supply Regulations -- Unprocessed Western Red Cedar.
    Agency Form Number: None but requirements are found at Section 
777.7 of the Export Administration Regulations.
    OMB Approval Number: 0694-0025.
    Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently 
approved collection.
    Burden: 30 minutes.
    Number of Respondents: One.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Export Administration Act prohibits the export 
of most unprocessed western red cedar harvested from State or Federal 
lands, except for unprocessed western red cedar harvested under 
contracts entered into before 1979. The information is collected as 
supporting documentation for license applications to enforce the Export 
Administration Act's prohibition.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, small 
businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone], Room 3208, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Agency: Inspector General's Office.
    Title of Survey: Applicant for Funding Assistance.
    Agency Form Number: CD-346.
    OMB Approval Number: 0605-0001.
    Type of Request: Reinstatement of a previously approved collection.
    Burden: 240 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 960.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The information provided is used to check the good 
character of individuals or organizations receiving grants, loans or 
loan guarantees from the Department of Commerce.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions, small businesses or organizations, non-profit 
institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone], Room 3208, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Agency: National Institute of Standards and Technology.
    Title: Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award Application.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: 0693-0006.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 10,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 100.
    Needs and Uses: The Malcolm Baldrige Quality Management Act of 1987 
established an annual U.S. National Quality Award. The purposes of the 
Award are to promote quality awareness, recognize quality achievements 
of U.S. companies, and to publicize successful quality strategies. The 
information collected from applicants will be used to conduct 
evaluations and determine who will receive the Awards.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, small 
businesses or organizations, non-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein, [phone], Room 3235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20503.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: NOAA's Teacher At Sea Program.
    Agency Form Number: None.
    OMB Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Existing collection in use without an OMB approval 
number.
    Burden: 180 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 240.
    Avg Hours Per Response: Varies but generally 1 hour for 
applications and 2 hours for the final report requirement.
    Needs and Uses: NOAA provides educators with an opportunity to gain 
first-hand experience with field research activities through the 
Teacher at Sea Program. Through this program, educators spend up to 3 
weeks at sea on a NOAA research vessel, participating in an on-going 
research project with NOAA scientists. Information provided through the 
application process is used in evaluating and selecting applicants. 
Participants also must provide a final report.
    Affected Public: Individuals.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone], Room 3208, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Fisheries Certificate of Origin and ICATT Bluefin 
Statistical Document.
    Agency Form Number: NOAA Form 370.
    OMB Approval Number: 0648-0040.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 5,133 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 583 (over 20 responses per respondent).
    Avg. Hours Per Response: Ranges between 20 and 40 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The United States is a member of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICATT). To comply 
with a 1992 recommendation of this organization, the United States 
needs to document bluefin tuna shipments that are imported into or 
exported from the United States. The Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document 
will be a condition for import, export, or re-export of fresh or frozen 
bluefin tuna. This request also covers the requirements of the 
International Dolphin Conservation Act. This law requires the Secretary 
to ensure that any tuna or tuna product entering the commerce of the 
U.S. is dolphin safe.
    Affected Public: Small businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: Upon import or export, on occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone], Room 3208, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Agency: Technology Administration.
    Title: Application for Manufacturing Technology Fellowship.
    Agency Form Number: None assigned.
    OMB Approval Number: 0692-0002.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 5,400 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 27.
    Needs and Uses: The information provided is used to determine 
qualifications of applications for the Manufacturing Technology 
Fellowship Program. This program gives manufacturing engineers the 
opportunity to spend up to one year in Japan learning Japanese 
manufacturing techniques, culture, and language.
    Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit 
institutions, small businesses or organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Maya A. Bernstein, [phone], Room 3235, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.
    Copies of the above information collection proposals can be 
obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collections should be sent to the respective Desk Officer listed above.

    Dated: June 9, 1994
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 94-14579 Filed 6-14-94; 8:45 am]
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