98-21270. Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 153 (Monday, August 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104-13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Watch Duty-Exemption Program Forms.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-340P, 360P, 361P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0134.
    Type of Request: Revision-Regular Submission.
    Burden: 83 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Pub. L. 97-446, as amended by Pub. L. 103-465, 
requires the Department of Commerce and the Interior to administer the 
distribution of duty exemptions and duty refunds to watch producers in 
the U.S. insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. The 
primary consideration in collecting information is the enforcement of 
the law and the information gathered is limited to that necessary to 
prevent abuse of the program and to permit a fair and equitable 
distribution of its benefits. Form ITA-340P provides the data to assist 
in verification of duty-free shipments and make certain the allocations 
are not exceed. Form ITA-360P and ITA-361P are necessary to implement 
the duty refund program.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On Occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, [phone].
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, [phone], Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503 within 30 days of the publication of this notice.

    Dated: August 3, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-21270 Filed 8-7-98; 8:45 am]
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