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

Duty Law.

Agency Form Number: ITA-357P.

OMB Number: 0625-0105.

Type of Request: Reinstatement.

Burden: 1,520 hours.

Number of Respondents: 38.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 40 hours.

Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration, Import

Administration's, Antidumping/Countervailing Duty (AD/CVD) Enforcement,

implements the U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty law. Import

Administration investigates allegations of unfair trade practices by

foreign governments and producers and, in conjunction with the U.S.

International Trade Commission, can impose duties on the product in

question to offset the unfair practices. Form ITA-357P--Format for

Petition Requesting Relief Under the U.S. Antidumping Duty Law--is

designed for U.S. companies or industries that are unfamiliar with the

antidumping law and the petition process. The Form is designed for

potential petitioners that believe that an industry in the United

States is being injured because a foreign competitor is selling a

product in the United States at less than fair value. Since a variety

of detailed information is required under the law before initiation of

an antidumping duty investigation, the Form is designed to extract such

information in the least burdensome manner possible. Form ITA-357P is

sent by request to potential U.S. petitioners.

Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit, not-for-profit

institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

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

voluntary.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-7340.

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, NW, Washington, DC 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, DC 20503 within 30

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

Dated: January 11, 1999.

Linda Engelmeier,

Department Forms Clearance Officer, Office of Chief Information

Officer.

[FR Doc. 99-838 Filed 1-13-99; 8:45 am]

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