Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request, 53331-53332 [05-17809]

Download as PDF 53331 Notices Federal Register Vol. 70, No. 173 Thursday, September 8, 2005 This section of the FEDERAL REGISTER contains documents other than rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public. Notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency statements of organization and functions are examples of documents appearing in this section. September 29, 2005, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. Interested members of the public may attend. Registration is not required. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Federal Trade Commission, Headquarters Room 432, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 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: Commercial Service Client Focus Groups. Agency Form Number: ITA–XXXX. OMB Number: 0625–XXXX. Type of Request: Regular Submission. Burden: 192 hours. Number of Respondents: 96. Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes. Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration’s U.S. Commercial Service is mandated by Congress to help U.S. businesses, particularly small and medium-sized companies, export their products and services to global markets. As part of its mission, the U.S. Commercial Service uses ‘‘Quality Assurance Surveys’’ to collect feedback from the U.S. business clients it serves. These surveys ask the client to evaluate the U.S. Commercial Service on its customer service provision. Results from the surveys are used to make improvements to the agency’s business processes in order to provide better and more effective export assistance to U.S. companies. In addition to collecting client feedback through Quality Assurance Surveys, the U.S. Commercial Service would like to institutionalize client focus groups as another mechanism to obtain further client feedback and substantiate customer service trends we are seeing in the surveys. Client focus groups will enrich the quantitative data of surveys by providing a qualitative context for the trends that emerge. The purpose of the attached client focus group questioning routes is to collect feedback from U.S. businesses that receive export assistance services from the U.S. Commercial Service. In providing these services, the U.S. Commercial Service promotes the goods and services of small and medium-sized U.S. companies in foreign markets. Affected Public: U.S. companies that are recruited by the U.S. Commercial Service. DATES: ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization Commission: telephone: (202) 233–0701; e-mail: info@amc.gov. Mr. Heimert is also the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) for the Antitrust Modernization Commission. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION MEETING Board of Directors Meeting Time: Wednesday, September 14, 2005—9 a.m.–4 p.m. Place: The African Development Foundation, Conference Room, 1400 I Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005. Date: September 14, 2005. Status: Open Session. Wednesday 14, 2005 9 a.m. to 12 noon 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Closed Executive Session Wednesday 14, 2005 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Agenda Wednesday, September 14, 2005 9 a.m. Chairman’s Report 9:30 a.m. President’s Report 12 noon Break 1 p.m. President’s Report 3 p.m. Executive’s Session 4 p.m. Adjournment for day If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to Doris Martin, General Counsel, who may be reached at (202) 673–3916. Nathaniel Fields, President. [FR Doc. 05–17886 Filed 9–2–05; 4:59 am] BILLING CODE 6116–01–M ANTITRUST MODERNIZATION COMMISSION Notice of Public Hearings Antitrust Modernization Commission. ACTION: Notice of public hearings. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Antitrust Modernization Commission will hold public hearings on September 29, 2005. The topics of the hearings are the State Action Doctrine and Exclusionary Conduct. VerDate Aug<18>2005 15:25 Sep 07, 2005 Jkt 205001 The purpose of these hearings is for the Antitrust Modernization Commission to take testimony and receive evidence regarding the State Action Doctrine and Exclusionary Conduct. The hearing on the State Action Doctrine will consist of one panel. It will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 11:30 a.m. The hearing on Exclusionary Conduct will consist of two panels. The first panel will begin at 12:45 p.m. and run until 2:45 p.m. The second panel will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Materials relating to the hearings, including lists of witnesses and the prepared statements of the witnesses, will be made available on the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.amc.gov) in advance of the hearings. Interested members of the public may submit written testimony on the subject of the hearing in the form of comments, pursuant to the Commission’s request for comments. See 70 FR 28902 (May 19, 2005). Members of the public will not be provided with an opportunity to make oral remarks at the hearings. The AMC is holding this hearing pursuant to its authorizing statute. Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, Pub. L. 107–273, section 11057(a), 116 Stat. 1758, 1858. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: September 2, 2005. By direction of the Antitrust Modernization Commission. Andrew J. Heimert, Executive Director & General Counsel, Antitrust Modernization Commission. [FR Doc. 05–17812 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820–YH–P PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1 53332 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2005 / Notices Frequency: Upon recruitment of client focus groups (On occasion). Respondents Obligation: Voluntary. OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395–7340. Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Department Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482– 0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. E-mail dHynek@doc.gov. Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, David_Rostker@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395–7285 within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Dated: September 2, 2005. Madeleine Clayton, Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer. [FR Doc. 05–17809 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign–Trade Zones Board Order No. 1409 Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign–Trade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the Foreign– Trade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: Whereas, the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of FTZ 84, has requested authority on behalf of ExxonMobil Corporation (ExxonMobil), to expand the scope of manufacturing activity conducted under zone procedures within Subzone 84O at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, Texas (FTZ Docket 46–2004, filed 10/22/2004); Whereas, notice inviting public comment has been given in the Federal Register (69 FR 64026, 11/3/2004 and 69 FR 77986, 12/29/04); Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the examiner’s report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and Board’s regulations would be satisfied, and that approval of the application would be in the public interest if approval is subject to the conditions listed below; Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders: 16:43 Sep 07, 2005 Jkt 205001 2. Privileged foreign status (19 CFR § 146.41) shall be elected on all foreign merchandise admitted to the subzone, except that non–privileged foreign (NPF) status (19 CFR § 146.42) may be elected on refinery inputs covered under HTSUS Subheadings ι2709.00.10, ι2709.00.20, ι2710.11.25, ι2710.11.45, ι2710.19.05, ι2710.19.10, ι2710.19.45, ι2710.91.00, ι2710.99.05, ι2710.99.10, ι2710.99.16, ι2710.99.21 and ι2710.99.45 which are used in the production of: -petrochemical feedstocks (examiners report, Appendix ‘‘C’’); -products for export; -and, products eligible for entry under HTSUS ι 9808.00.30 and ι 9808.00.40 (U.S. Government purchases). Signed at Washington, DC, this 30th day of August 2005. Approval for Expansion of Subzone 84O, ExxonMobil Corporation (Oil Refinery), Baytown, Texas VerDate Aug<18>2005 The application to expand the scope of manufacturing authority under zone procedures within Subzone 84O, is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including § 400.28, and subject to the following conditions: 1. Foreign status (19 CFR § 146.41, 146.42) products consumed as fuel for the petrochemical complex shall be subject to the applicable duty rate. Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, Foreign–Trade Zones Board. Attest: Dennis Puccinelli, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 05–17827 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] Billing Code: 3510–DS–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Application of License To Enter Watches and Watch Movements Into the Customs Territory of the United States (Proposed New Title— Application for Insular Watch and Jewelry Program Benefits) ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burdens, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on continuing information collections, as PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 7, 2005. ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th & Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov. or by phone at (202) 482–0266. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Request for additional information or copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should be directed to: Faye Robinson, Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, FCB Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230; Phone number: (202) 482– 3526, and fax number: (202) 482–0949. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract Public Law 97–446, as amended by Public Law 103–465, Public Law 106–36 and Public Law 108–429, requires the Departments of Commerce and the Interior to administer the distribution of watch duty-exemptions and watch and jewelry duty-refunds to program producers in the U.S. insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. The primary consideration in collecting information is the enforcement of the laws and the information gathered is limited to that necessary to prevent abuse of the program and to permit a fair and equitable distribution of its benefits. Form ITA–334P is the principal program form used for recording operational data which are the bases for determining program entitlements and their distribution among the producers. This form also serves as the producer’s application to the Departments for these entitlements. The form is completed biannually by watch and jewelry manufacturers. We propose modifying the form and the title of the form due to the passage of Public Law 106–36 and Public Law 108–429. Also, due to the passage of Public Law 108–429, new paperwork requirements need to be added to Form ITA–334P. Without the additional data, it would not be possible to calculate the further benefits mandated by law. II. Method of Collection The Department of Commerce sends Form ITA–334P to each watch and jewelry producer biannually. A company official completes the form E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 173 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53331-53332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17809]


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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: Commercial Service Client Focus Groups.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-XXXX.
    OMB Number: 0625-XXXX.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 192 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 96.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration's U.S. 
Commercial Service is mandated by Congress to help U.S. businesses, 
particularly small and medium-sized companies, export their products 
and services to global markets. As part of its mission, the U.S. 
Commercial Service uses ``Quality Assurance Surveys'' to collect 
feedback from the U.S. business clients it serves. These surveys ask 
the client to evaluate the U.S. Commercial Service on its customer 
service provision. Results from the surveys are used to make 
improvements to the agency's business processes in order to provide 
better and more effective export assistance to U.S. companies. In 
addition to collecting client feedback through Quality Assurance 
Surveys, the U.S. Commercial Service would like to institutionalize 
client focus groups as another mechanism to obtain further client 
feedback and substantiate customer service trends we are seeing in the 
surveys. Client focus groups will enrich the quantitative data of 
surveys by providing a qualitative context for the trends that emerge. 
The purpose of the attached client focus group questioning routes is to 
collect feedback from U.S. businesses that receive export assistance 
services from the U.S. Commercial Service. In providing these services, 
the U.S. Commercial Service promotes the goods and services of small 
and medium-sized U.S. companies in foreign markets.
    Affected Public: U.S. companies that are recruited by the U.S. 
Commercial Service.

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    Frequency: Upon recruitment of client focus groups (On occasion).
    Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Diana Hynek, Department Paperwork Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. E-mail dHynek@doc.gov.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, David--
Rostker@omb.eop.gov or fax (202) 395-7285 within 30 days of the 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: September 2, 2005.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 05-17809 Filed 9-7-05; 8:45 am]
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