Agency Forms Under Review by the Office of Management and Budget

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: Bureau of Export Administration (BXA).

Title: Distribution License Procedure.

Agency Form Number: None but requirements are found at Section

773.3 of the Export Administration Regulations.

OMB Approval Number: 0694-0015.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 5,698 hours.

Number of Respondents: 4,225.

Avg Hours Per Response: Varies between 5 minutes and 40 hours

depending on the requirement.

Needs and Uses: The information collected under the Distribution

License Procedure is used to determine if an exporter needs a

Distribution License and if an exporter qualifies for the license.

Additional information is used to confirm DL holders compliance with

the requirements of the license.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).

Title: Petition Format for Requesting Relief Under U.S.

Antidumping.

Agency Form Number: ITA-357P and requirements can be found at 19

CFR 353.12.

OMB Approval Number: 0625-0105.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 1,520 hours.

Number of Respondents: 38.

Avg Hours Per Response: 40.

Needs and Uses: Under Section 732 of the Tariff Act, as amended,

the Department of Commerce is required to initiate an antidumping

investigation when a domestic interested party alleges the elements

necessary for the imposition of an antidumping duty on an imported

product. The antidumping petition is used to gather the information

necessary to determine whether an antidumping duty investigation is

warranted. The information requested relates to the existence of sales

at less than fair value and injury to the affected U.S. industry. This

information is necessary in setting forth an allegation that foreign

merchandise is being dumped in the United States and forms the basis

for initiating an investigation.

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, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).

Title: Marketing Data Form (MDF).

Agency Form Number: ITA-466P.

OMB Approval Number: 0625-0047.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 2,475 hours.

Number of Respondents: 3,300.

Avg Hours Per Response: 45 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The Marketing Data Form is sent to participants

along with other materials necessary to participate in an ITA trade

exhibition, trade mission or matchmaker. The MDF provides information

necessary to produce export promotion brochures and directories and to

arrange appointments and prospect calls on behalf of the participants

with key prospective buyers, agents, distributors or government

officials. Specific information is also requested in terms of the

participants' objectives. Without this information, ITA would have no

basis for preparing promotional activities.

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, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Information Needed for Share Transfer in Wreckfish Fishery.

Agency Form Number: None Assigned.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0262.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 4 hours.

Number of Respondents: 15.

Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.

Needs and Uses: Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the

Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region implemented a

limited entry program for its wreckfish sector consisting of

transferable percentage shares of the annual total allowable catch. The

reporting requirement relates to the reports required when percentage

shares are transferred or sold to another. The information provided is

used to record the sale and to reissue the shares certificate.

Affected Public: Individuals.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Application for Authorized Chart Agent.

Agency Form Number: NOAA 49-74.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0164.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 150 hours.

Number of Respondents: 600

Avg Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The information collected is needed to determine if

applicants to become chart agents are qualified. The information is

also used to determine if there will be enough of a market in the sales

area to justify the maintenance of an account.

Affected Public: Small businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion -- information is submitted to the National

Ocean Service on a one-time basis.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Title: Species-Specific Seafood Marketing Council Requirements.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0648-0215.

Type of Request: Extension of the expiration date of a currently

approved collection.

Burden: 320 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1.

Avg Hours Per Response: 320 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Fish and Seafood Promotion Act of 1986 requires

the Secretary of Commerce to charter Seafood Marketing Councils. The

mission of such Councils will be to promote fish and fish products,

improve marketing and utilization of fish, and provide consumer

education on the value of fish products. Information is required in

order for the Secretary to approve a Council and, once it is, certain

reports must be filed. Without this information, NOAA would not have

sufficient information to base its decision.

Affected Public: Individuals, businesses or other for-profit

institutions, small businesses or organizations.

Frequency: On occasion, annually, semi-annually.

Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Don Arbuckle, (202) 395-7340.

Copies of the above information collection proposals can be

obtained by calling or writing Gerald Tache, DOC Forms Clearance

Officer, (202) 482-3271, 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 Don Arbuckle, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: August 30, 1994

Gerald Tache,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 94-21886 Filed 9-2-94; 8:45 am]

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