95-19638. Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40559-40561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19638]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance the following proposals for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: International Trade Administration/IEP.
    Title: American Management & Business Internship Training (AMBIT) 
Program: Applications.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 1,050 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 450.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour U.S. firms and 3 hours interns.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. Department of Commerce's International 
Trade 

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Administration, in collaboration with the International Fund for 
Ireland, has established the American Management & Business Internship 
Training (AMBIT) program. AMBIT-participating U.S. firms provide one-
to-six-month training programs for managers and technical experts from 
Ireland and the border counties of Ireland in innovative business 
practices.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations, not-
for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/IEP/SABIT.
    Title: SABIT: Applications and Questionnaire.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: New collection.
    Burden: 700 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 200.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours applications; 30 minutes 
questionnaire.
    Needs and Uses: The Special American Business Internship Training 
(SABIT) program assist economic restructuring in the Independent States 
of the former Soviet Union by exposing top-level business executives 
and scientists to American ways of innovation and management. SABIT 
places these individuals in U.S. firms for one to six month internships 
to gain firsthand experience in a market economy.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/IA/SIPS.
    Title: SABIT: Application for License to Enter Watches and Watch 
Movements into the Customs Territory of the U.S. -- P.L. 97-446.
    Form Number(s): ITA-334P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0040.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 6 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 6.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: Public Law 97-446, passed in 1983, requires 
Commerce to administer the distribution of duty-exemptions and duty-
refunds to watch producers in the U.S. Territories and the Northern 
Marianas Islands. The annual allocation and the production incentive 
certificate for each producer are based on data supplied from this 
application.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/US&FCS/EPS.
    Title: Marketing Data Forms.
    Form Number(s): ITA-466P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0047.
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 3,750 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000
    Avg Hours Per Response: \3/4\ hour.
    Needs and Uses: The Marketing Data Form is sent to participants in 
overseas trade events to obtain information necessary to produce 
exhibit brochures and directories for promotional purposes. The 
information is also helpful in identifying foreign companies that may 
be interested in the products and/or services.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/US&FCS/EPS.
    Title: Commercial News USA.
    Form Number(s): ITA-4063P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0061.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 917 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes initial application; 5 minutes 
evaluation.
    Needs and Uses: As part of its export promotion activities, ITA 
published COMMERCIAL NEWS USA (CNUSA) ten times a year. The purpose of 
the publication is to promote new American products and technology to 
overseas buyers. To participate in the program, a firm must apply to 
have its product information included. A fee must be paid if accepted. 
The application is used to determine if the product meets criteria for 
being included in CNUSA.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/IA/I.
    Title: Petition Format for Requesting Relief Under U.S. Antidumping 
Duty Law.
    Form Number(s): ITA-357P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0105.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1520 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 38.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 40 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The information requested by the ``Antidumping 
Questionnaire'' is used to back-up petitioners' allegations that 
foreign merchandise is being dumped in the U.S. Petitioners can also 
follow the requirements set forth in the regulations and submit 
information in that manner. ITA uses this information to determine 
whether or not an antidumping duty investigation is warranted.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/IA/FTZ.
    Title: Annual Report for Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ).
    Form Number(s): ITA-359P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0109.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 9,681 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 15.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 84 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Foreign Trade Zone Act (FTZ) requires annual 
reports from the FTZs. The reports summarize zone projects, operations 
and activities and they are the FTZ Board's only source of information 
on zone projects in the U.S. The information provides the basis for a 
consolidated annual report to Congress as required by the FTZ Act.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations and 
other not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).
    Title: Export Trading Companies Contact Facilitation Service.
    Form Number(s): ITA-44P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0120.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.

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    Burden: 5,000 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 10,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The Export Trading Company Act of 1982 directs the 
Department of Commerce to provide a service to facilitate contact 
between producers of exportable goods and firms offering export trade 
services. ITA has established a clearinghouse for U.S. suppliers, 
banks, service organizations and export trading companies (ETCs). This 
helps U.S. producers identify and contact newly formed ETCs. The 
Contact Facilitation Service form is designed to obtain the information 
needed to put producers together with exporters.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations and 
other not-for-profit institutions and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA)
    Title: Trade Fair Certification Program Application
    Form Number(s): ITA-4100P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0130.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 700 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 70.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Non-governmental enterprises int he business of 
trade promotion requesting endorsement and assistance from Commerce can 
do so through the Trade Fair Certification Program. This endorsement 
signals to suppliers and foreign buyers that the U.S. Government 
supports the Trade Event.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/IA/SIPS.
    Title: Watch Duty Exemption Program Forms.
    Form Number(s): ITA-321P, 360P, 361P 15 CFR 303.6 THRU 303.12.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0134.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 96 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 6.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 29.5 hours
    Needs and Uses: Public Law 97-446, passed in 1983, requires 
Commerce to administer the distribution of duty-exemptions and duty-
refunds to watch producers in the U.S. territories. There are three 
forms used to implement this program. Form ITA-360P is a Certificate of 
Entitlement for Duty Refunds and is issued by the Department. Form ITA-
361P is used by a company to request refunds of duties on watches and 
watch movements. Form ITA-321P collects information on duty-free 
shipments which is used to monitor duty-exemptions so as to prevent 
abuse of the Watch Duty Program.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    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 5312, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Officer Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: August 2, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-19638 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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