Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request, 2607-2608 [05-788]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 10 / Friday, January 14, 2005 / Notices Type of Request: Regular Submission. Estimated Burden: 9,180 hours. Estimated Number of Applicants: 145. Est. Avg. Hours Per Application: 20– 120 hours (depending on the type of application). Needs and Uses: The Foreign Trade Zones Application is the vehicle by which individual firms or organizations apply for foreign-trade zone (FTZ) status, for subzone status, or for expansion of an existing zone. The FTZ Act and Regulations require that an application with a description of the proposed project be made to the FTZ Board (19 U.S.C. 81b and 81f; 15 CFR 400.24–26) before a license can be issued or a zone can be expanded. The Act and Regulations require that applications contain detailed information on facilities, financing, operational plans, proposed manufacturing operations, need, and economic impact. Manufacturing activity in zones, which is primarily conducted in subzones, can involve issues related to domestic industry and trade policy impact. Such applications must include specific information on the Customs-tariff related savings that result from zone procedures and the economic consequences of permitting such savings. The FTZ Board needs complete and accurate information on the proposed operation and its economic effects because the Act and Regulations authorize the Board to restrict or prohibit operations that are detrimental to the public interest. Affected Public: State, local, or tribal governments or not-for-profit institutions applying for foreign trade zone status, for subzone status, or for modification of existing status. Frequency: On occasion. Respondent’s Obligation: Required to obtain a license, voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395–7340. Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution, NW., Washington, DC 20230. E-mail: dHynek@doc.gov. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent via e-mail to David_Rotsker@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–7285, within 30 days of publication of this Federal Register notice. VerDate jul<14>2003 14:36 Jan 13, 2005 Jkt 205001 Dated: January 10, 2005. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 05–787 Filed 1–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Comment Request The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to OMB for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), DOC. Title: Expenditures Incurred by Recipients of Biomedical Research Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Type of Request: New information collection. Burden: 1,176 hours. Number of Respondents: 105. Average Hours Per Response: 11.2 hours. Needs and Uses: The survey to obtain the distribution of expenditures incurred by recipients of biomedical research awards from the National Institutes of Health Research (NIH) will provide information on how the NIH award amounts are expended across several major categories. This information, along with wage and price data from other published sources, will be used to generate the Biomedical Research and Developmental Price Index (BRDPI). The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the Department of Commerce develops this index for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under reimbursable contract. The BRDPI is an index of prices paid for the labor, supplies, equipment, and other inputs required to perform the biomedical research the NIH supports in its intramural laboratories and through its awards to extramural organizations. The BRDPI is a vital tool for planning the NIH research budget and analyzing future NIH programs. A survey of award recipient entities is currently the only means for updating the expenditure categories that are used to prepare the BRDPI. The information provided by the respondents will be held confidential and be used for exclusively statistical purposes. This pledge of confidentiality is made under the Confidential Information Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107–347. PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2607 Title V is the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002 (CIPSEA). Responses will be kept confidential and will not be disclosed in identifiable form to anyone other than employees or agents of BEA without your consent. By law, each employee as well as each agent is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of up to $250,000, or both if he or she makes public ANY identifiable information that you report about your business or institution. A survey questionnaire with a cover letter that includes a brief description of, and rationale for, the survey will be sent to potential respondents by the first week of June of each year. A report of the respondent’s expenditures of the NIH award amounts, following the proposed format for expenditure categories attached to the survey’s cover letter, will be requested to be returned no later than 60 days after mailing. Survey respondents will be selected on the basis of award levels, which determine the weight of the respondent in the biomedical research and development price index. Potential respondents will include (1) the top 100 organizations in total awards, which account for about 74 percent of total awards; (2) the top 40 organizations that are not primarily in the ‘‘Research and Development (R & D) contracts’’ category, and which account for about 4 percent of total awards; and, (3) the top 10 organizations that are primarily in the ‘‘R&D contracts’’ category, and which account for less than one percent of total awards. Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, and not-for-profit institutions. Frequency: Annual. Respondent’s Obligations: Voluntary. Legal Authority: 45 CFR Subpart C, Post-Award Requirements, §§ 74.21 and 74.53; 42 U.S.C. 282; Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536); 15 U.S.C. 1525; and 15 U.S.C. 1527a. OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395–3093. You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230, or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov, ((202) 482–0266). Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via the Internet at pbugg@omb.eop.gov or by fax (202) 395–7245. E:\FR\FM\14JAN1.SGM 14JAN1 2608 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 10 / Friday, January 14, 2005 / Notices Dated: January 10, 2005. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 05–788 Filed 1–13–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–06–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–588–824] Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation, In Part: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Hargett, George McMahon, or James Terpstra, AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–4161, (202) 482–1167, or (202) 482– 3965, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: Background On August 19, 1993, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published an antidumping duty order on certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Japan. See Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan, 58 FR 44163 (August 19, 1993). On October 5, 2004, SteelSummit International, Inc. (SteelSummit), an importer of certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products (CORE) from Japan and an interested party in this proceeding, requested that the Department revoke the antidumping duty order on CORE from Japan with respect to nickel-plated steel foil through the initiation of a changed circumstances review. According to SteelSummit, revocation with respect to nickel-plated steel foil is warranted because there is no longer any domestic interest in the continuation of the order with respect to the specified nickel-plated steel foil. The Department received letters from U.S. Steel Group (U.S. Steel) and International Steel Group (ISG) on November 1, 2004, and November 16, 2004, respectively, attesting to the lack of interest by the domestic industry regarding continuation of the order with VerDate jul<14>2003 14:36 Jan 13, 2005 Jkt 205001 respect to the nickel-plated steel foil specified in SteelSummit’s changed circumstances request. In response to SteelSummit’s request and based on the information provided by U.S. Steel and ISG, on November 26, 2004, the Department simultaneously initiated a changed circumstances review and issued a notice of preliminary intent to revoke the order, in part (69 FR 68876). The Department provided interested parties an opportunity to comment on our preliminary intent to revoke the order, in part, with respect to nickel-plated steel foil. We did not receive any comments. Therefore, the final results of review are not different from the preliminary results and we are revoking the order, in part, with respect to certain nickel-plated steel foil as described in the ‘‘Scope of the Order’’ section of this notice. Scope of the Order The products subject to this order include flat-rolled carbon steel products, of rectangular shape, either clad, plated, or coated with corrosionresistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-, aluminum-, nickel- or ironbased alloys, whether or not corrugated or painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic coating, in coils (whether or not in successively superimposed layers) and of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, or in straight lengths which, if of a thickness less than 4.75 millimeters, are of a width of 0.5 inch or greater and which measures at least 10 times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4.75 millimeters or more are of a width which exceeds 150 millimeters and measures at least twice the thickness, as currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060, 7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0090, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000, 7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.1000, 7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000, 7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, and 7217.90.5090. Included in the order are flat-rolled products of nonrectangular cross-section where such cross-section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process (i.e., products which have been ‘‘worked PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 after rolling’’)—for example, products which have been bevelled or rounded at the edges. Excluded from the scope of the order are flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (‘‘terne plate’’), or both chromium and chromium oxides (‘‘tinfree steel’’), whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other nonmetallic substances in addition to the metallic coating. Also excluded from the scope of the order are certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are three-layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel flatrolled products less than 4.75 millimeters in composite thickness that consist of a carbon steel flat-rolled product clad on both sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20% ratio. See Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan, 58 FR 44163 (August 19, 1993). Also excluded from the scope of this order are imports of certain corrosionresistant carbon steel flat products meeting the following specifications: Widths ranging from 10 millimeters (0.394 inches) through 100 millimeters (3.94 inches); thicknesses, including coatings, ranging from 0.11 millimeters (0.004 inches) through 0.60 millimeters (0.024 inches); and a coating that is from 0.003 millimeters (0.00012 inches) through 0.005 millimeters (0.000196 inches) in thickness and that is comprised of three evenly applied layers, the first layer consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt, and 0.5% molybdenum, followed by a layer consisting of chromate, and finally a layer consisting of silicate. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products From Japan: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, and Revocation in Part of Antidumping Duty Order, 62 FR 66848 (December 22, 1997). Also excluded from the scope of this order are imports of subject merchandise meeting all of the following criteria: (1) Widths ranging from 10 millimeters (0.394 inches) through 100 millimeters (3.94 inches); (2) thicknesses, including coatings, ranging from 0.11 millimeters (0.004 inches) through 0.60 millimeters (0.024 inches); and (3) a coating that is from 0.003 millimeters (0.00012 inches) through 0.005 millimeters (0.000196 inches) in thickness and that is comprised of either two evenly applied layers, the first layer consisting of 99% zinc, 0.5% cobalt, and 0.5% molybdenum, followed by a layer E:\FR\FM\14JAN1.SGM 14JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2607-2608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-788]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; 
Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DOC) has submitted to OMB for clearance 
the following proposal for collection of information under the 
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).
    Agency: Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), DOC.
    Title: Expenditures Incurred by Recipients of Biomedical Research 
Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    Burden: 1,176 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 105.
    Average Hours Per Response: 11.2 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The survey to obtain the distribution of 
expenditures incurred by recipients of biomedical research awards from 
the National Institutes of Health Research (NIH) will provide 
information on how the NIH award amounts are expended across several 
major categories. This information, along with wage and price data from 
other published sources, will be used to generate the Biomedical 
Research and Developmental Price Index (BRDPI). The Bureau of Economic 
Analysis (BEA) of the Department of Commerce develops this index for 
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) under reimbursable contract. 
The BRDPI is an index of prices paid for the labor, supplies, 
equipment, and other inputs required to perform the biomedical research 
the NIH supports in its intramural laboratories and through its awards 
to extramural organizations. The BRDPI is a vital tool for planning the 
NIH research budget and analyzing future NIH programs. A survey of 
award recipient entities is currently the only means for updating the 
expenditure categories that are used to prepare the BRDPI.
    The information provided by the respondents will be held 
confidential and be used for exclusively statistical purposes. This 
pledge of confidentiality is made under the Confidential Information 
Protection provisions of Title V, Subtitle A, Public Law 107-347. Title 
V is the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency 
Act of 2002 (CIPSEA). Responses will be kept confidential and will not 
be disclosed in identifiable form to anyone other than employees or 
agents of BEA without your consent. By law, each employee as well as 
each agent is subject to a jail term of up to 5 years, a fine of up to 
$250,000, or both if he or she makes public ANY identifiable 
information that you report about your business or institution.
    A survey questionnaire with a cover letter that includes a brief 
description of, and rationale for, the survey will be sent to potential 
respondents by the first week of June of each year. A report of the 
respondent's expenditures of the NIH award amounts, following the 
proposed format for expenditure categories attached to the survey's 
cover letter, will be requested to be returned no later than 60 days 
after mailing. Survey respondents will be selected on the basis of 
award levels, which determine the weight of the respondent in the 
biomedical research and development price index. Potential respondents 
will include (1) the top 100 organizations in total awards, which 
account for about 74 percent of total awards; (2) the top 40 
organizations that are not primarily in the ``Research and Development 
(R & D) contracts'' category, and which account for about 4 percent of 
total awards; and, (3) the top 10 organizations that are primarily in 
the ``R&D contracts'' category, and which account for less than one 
percent of total awards.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit institutions, and 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: Annual.
    Respondent's Obligations: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 45 CFR Subpart C, Post-Award Requirements, 
Sec. Sec.  74.21 and 74.53; 42 U.S.C. 282; Economy Act (31 U.S.C. 1535 
and 1536); 15 U.S.C. 1525; and 15 U.S.C. 1527a.
    OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202) 395-3093.
    You may obtain copies of the above information collection proposal 
by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Department of 
Commerce, Room 6625, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230, or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov, ((202) 482-
0266).
    Send comments on the proposed information collection within 30 days 
of publication of this notice to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk Officer, via the 
Internet at pbugg@omb.eop.gov or by fax (202) 395-7245.


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    Dated: January 10, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-788 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-06-P
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