Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

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, Public Law 104-

13.

Bureau: International Trade Administration.

Title: U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement Data Collection Program

Report.

Agency Form Number: ITA-4115P.

OMB Number: 0625-0211.

Type of Request: Regular Submission.

Burden: 1,152 hours (burden and record keeping).

Number of Respondents: 32.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 1.

Needs and Uses: The Data Collection Form is the vehicle by which

individual ``Foreign'' (non-Japanese) semiconductor companies

voluntarily report their sales to Japan. The information provided by

the Data Collection Program (DCP) is used by the U.S. Government to

calculate foreign market share in the Japanese semiconductor market to

ensure access to the Japanese market gained under the 1986 and 1991

U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Arrangement continues under the 1996

Semiconductor Agreement. The Department of Commerce distributes Form

ITA-4115P and the instruction manual to semiconductor companies after

their eligibility is checked. The applicant completes the form and then

forwards it to Price WaterhouseCoopers, who submits a summary report to

the U.S. Department of Commerce/Office of Microelectronics for

calculation of foreign (non-Japanese) share of the Japanese market.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit institutions.

Frequency: Monthly.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 482-7340.

Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Department Forms Clearance

Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information

collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503 within 30

days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Dated: March 4, 1999.

Linda Engelmeier,

Department Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information

Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-5771 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]

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