95-19687. Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40563-40565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19687]



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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.
    Title: Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Application.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0139.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 9715 hours.

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    Number of Respondents: 100.
    Avg Hours Per Response: It is estimated that the range of burden 
hours for each category is as follows: new zones, 90-150 hours; 
expansions, 15-30 hours; subzones, 60-150 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) Act requires that a 
one-time application be made to the FTZ Board for authority to 
establish a foreign-trade zone project in a port of entry community. 
Applicant is normally a city, state port authority or other public or 
quasi-public organization.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other 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
    Title: Participant Agreement.
    Form Number(s): ITA-4008P and ITA 4008P-A.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0147.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 2500 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 7500.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration (ITA) 
sponsors trade fairs, trade and seminar missions, and catalogue or 
video-catalogue shows in which U.S. companies promote their goods and 
services. The Participation Agreement establishes the dollar 
contribution, collects participants profile information, and identifies 
goods to be shipped in conjunction with the overseas trade event.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration
    Title: Format for Petition Requesting Relief Under U.S. 
Countervailing Duty Law.
    Form Number(s): ITA-366P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0148
    Type of Request: Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 560 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 14.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 40 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Under the Tariff Act of 1930, Commerce is required 
to conduct countervailing duty (CVD) investigations when acceptable 
petitions are received from an interested party. Commerce provides 
potential petitioners with Form ITA-366P to elicit the information 
required by the statute and regulations for the initiation of a 
countervailing investigation. The Information is used by ITA in 
determining whether a ``countervailing duty'' investigation should be 
started. It is also used by the International Trade Commission in 
making its ``injury determination,'' as required by the statute.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration/US&FCS/EPS
    Title: International Buyer Program: Application and Exhibitor Data.
    Form Number(s): ITA-4014P, ITA-4102P.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0151.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 919 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 4,080.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 3 hours, 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Buyer Program focuses on U.S. 
trade shows which have high export potential. U.S. Embassies recruit 
international buyers to attend these shows and encourage them to buy 
U.S. products and services. Information is gathered from U.S. 
exhibitors participating to determine which U.S. companies are 
interested in meeting with foreign visitors and to determine the 
overseas business interests of the exhibitors. Export counseling and 
services are provided to the U.S. exhibitors.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: International Trade Administration.
    Title: OECD Industrial Committee Subsidies and Structural 
Adjustment Questionnaire.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0625-0223
    Type of Request: Reinstatement, without change, of a previously 
approved collection for which approval has expired.
    Burden: 1,120 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Avg Hours Per Response: \3/4\ hour.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S is a member of the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and is participating in the 
OECD Industrial Subsidies Database project. The U.S. is required to 
provide information on State. Federal support to manufacturing from 
1989-93. The U.S. will receive access to information submitted by other 
member countries.
    Affected Public: Federal Government and State, Local or Tribal 
Government.
    Frequency: One-time collection.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
    Title: Application for Dean John A. Knauss Policy Fellowship.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Existing Collection.
    Burden: 100.
    Number of Respondents: 50.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The National Sea Grant Federal Fellows Program was 
established to provide a unique educational experience to students 
enrolled in graduate programs related to marine or Great Lakes studies. 
The program matches highly qualified students with ``hosts'' in the 
Legislative Branch, the Executive Branch, or appropriate associations/
institutions located in Washington, D.C. A written application must be 
submitted to be considered for the fellowship.
    Affected Public: Not-for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: One-time collection.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Emergency Beacon Registrations.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: None.
    Type of Request: Existing Collection.
    Burden: 1,250.
    Number of Respondents: 5,000.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is needed to support 
the mission of the satellite-aided search and rescue program known as 
COSPAS-SARSAT. Under this program distress signals are detected through 
NOAA's weather satellites, and transmitted to the Mission Control 
Center. The Center alerts the appropriate rescue forces worldwide. 

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    Affected Public: Individuals or households, business or other for-
profit organizations, Not for-profit institutions, Federal Government 
and State, Local or Tribal Government.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: NOAA General Counsel for Ocean Services.
    Title: Involuntary Child and Spousal Support Allotments NOAA Corps 
Officers.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0242.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1.
    Number of Respondents: 1.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 1.
    Needs and Uses: Individuals entitled to (unpaid) spousal and/or 
child support from NOAA Corps officers may submit substantiating 
information in order to have money deducted from the officer's 
paycheck.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
    Title: Billfish Tagging Report. NOAA Corps Officers.
    Form Number(s): 88-162.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0009.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 45 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 1,500.
    Avg Hours Per Response: .03 hour.
    Needs and Uses: Anglers who volunteer to tag billfish are requested 
to submit a short report on the species and size of the fish tagged and 
the tagging location. This information is needed if information on the 
recovery of the tag is to have any value. Data obtained from the 
tagging program are used to determine growth rates and migratory 
patterns of billfish. Resulting analyses are used in developing fishery 
management plans.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National 
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
    Title: Atlantic Tuna Fisheries.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0168.
    Type of Request:  Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 56.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 10.6 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. is a member of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). 
Membercountries are required to report tuna catches made by their flag 
ships in the Commission's regulatory area. To comply with this 
requirement, vessels are required to keep a daily fishing log providing 
a variety of data. NMFS and ICCAT biologists use the information to 
study the effects of fishing on tuna abundance, If NMFS did not collect 
the data, the U.S. would not meet its responsibilities to ICATT.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, [phone].

    Agency: NOAA/OAR/National Sea Grant Program.
    Title: Sea Grant Project Summary.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0648-0019.
    Type of Request:  Revision of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 240.
    Number of Respondents: 40.
    Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The U.S. is a member of the International 
Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). 
Membercountries are required to report tuna catches made by their flag 
ships in the Commission's regulatory area. To comply with this 
requirement, vessels are required to keep a daily fishing log providing 
a variety of data. NMFS and ICCAT biologists use the information to 
study the effects of fishing on tuna abundance. If NMFS did not collect 
the data, the U.S. would not meet its responsibilities to ICATT.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

    Dated: August 4, 1995.
Gerald Tache,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and 
Organization.
[FR Doc. 95-19687 Filed 8-8-95; 8:45 am]
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