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on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: January 15, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–919 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Current Population
Survey (CPS) Basic Demographic
Items
U.S. Census Bureau,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of
Commerce, as part of its continuing
effort to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, invites the general
public and other Federal agencies to
take this opportunity to comment on
proposed and/or continuing information
collections, as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)).
SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before March 24, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Diana Hynek, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6625,
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at dHynek@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument(s) and instructions should
be directed to Dennis E. Clark, U.S.
Census Bureau, 7H0003J, Washington,
DC 20233–8400 at (301) 763–5488 (or
via the Internet at
Dennis.E.Clark@census.gov).
DATES:
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II. Method of Collection
The CPS basic demographic
information is collected from individual
households by both personal visits and
telephone interviews each month. All
interviews are conducted using
computer-assisted interviewing.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0049.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Individuals or
households.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
57,000 per month.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.58
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 18,012.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13, U.S.C.,
Section 182, and Title 29, U.S.C.,
Sections 1–9.
IV. Request for Comments
I. Abstract
The U.S. Census Bureau plans to
request clearance from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for the
collection of basic demographic
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information on the Current Population
Survey (CPS) beginning in July 2008.
The current clearance expires June 30,
2008.
The CPS has been the source of
official government statistics on
employment and unemployment for
over 50 years. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau
jointly sponsor the basic monthly
survey. The Census Bureau also
prepares and conducts all the field
work. At OMB’s request, the Census
Bureau and the BLS divide the
clearance request in order to reflect the
joint sponsorship and funding of the
CPS program. The justification that
follows is in support of the demographic
data.
The demographic information
collected in the CPS provides a unique
set of data on selected characteristics for
the civilian noninstitutional population.
Some of the demographic information
collected are age, marital status, gender,
Armed Forces status, education, race,
origin, and family income. These data
are used in conjunction with other data,
particularly the monthly labor force
data, as well as periodic supplement
data. The data is also used
independently for internal analytic
research and for evaluation of other
surveys. And, in addition, as a control
to produce accurate estimates of other
personal characteristics.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the agency, including
whether the information shall have
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practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden
(including hours and cost) of the
proposed collection of information; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: January 15, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–913 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Export Trade Certificate of Review
International Trade
Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export
Trade Certificate of Review, Application
No. 07–00004.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: On January 14, 2008, the U.S.
Department of Commerce issued an
Export Trade Certificate of Review to
Houston Industries, USA, L.L.C.
(‘‘HIUSA’’). This notice summarizes the
conduct for which certification has been
granted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Export
Trading Company Affairs, International
Trade Administration, by telephone at
(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free
number), or by E-mail at
oetca@ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of
the Export Trading Company Act of
1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the
Secretary of Commerce to issue Export
Trade Certificates of Review. The
regulations implementing Title III are
found at 15 CFR part 325 (2006).
Export Trading Company Affairs
(‘‘ETCA’’) is issuing this notice pursuant
to 15 CFR section 325.6(b), which
requires the U.S. Department of
Commerce to publish a summary of the
certification in the Federal Register.
Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15
CFR 325.11(a), any person aggrieved by
the Secretary’s determination may,
within 30 days of the date of this notice,
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bring an action in any appropriate
district court of the United States to set
aside the determination on the ground
that the determination is erroneous.
Description of Certified Conduct:
Export Trade
1. Products
All products.
2. Services
All services.
3. Technology Rights
Technology rights, including, but not
limited to, patents, trademarks,
copyrights, and trade secrets that relate
to Products and Services.
4. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as
They Relate to the Export of Products,
Services, and Technology Rights)
Export Trade Facilitation Services,
including, but not limited to,
professional services in the areas of
government relations and assistance
with state and federal programs; foreign
trade and business protocol; consulting;
market research and analysis; collection
of information on trade opportunities;
marketing; negotiations; joint ventures;
shipping; export management; export
licensing; advertising; documentation
and services related to compliance with
customs requirements; insurance and
financing; trade show exhibitions;
organizational development;
management and labor strategies;
transfer of technology; transportation
services; and facilitating the formation
of shippers’ associations.
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Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts
of the world except the United States
(the fifty states of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam,
the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the Trust Territory
of the Pacific Islands).
Export Trade Activities and Methods of
Operation
1. With respect to the sales of
Products and Services, licensing of
Technology Rights and provisions of
Export Trade Facilitation Services,
HIUSA, subject to the terms and
conditions listed below, may:
a. Provide and/or arrange for the
provisions of Export Trade Facilitation
Services;
b. Engage in promotional and
marketing activities and collect
information on trade opportunities in
the Export Markets and distribute such
information to clients;
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c. Enter into exclusive and/or nonexclusive licensing and/or sales
agreements with Suppliers for the
export of Products, Services, and/or
Technology Rights to Export Markets;
d. Enter into exclusive and/or nonexclusive agreements with distributors
and/or sales representatives in Export
Markets;
e. Allocate export sales or divide
Export Markets among Suppliers for the
sale and/or licensing of Products,
Services, and/or Technology Rights;
f. Allocate export orders among
Suppliers;
g. Establish the price of Products,
Services, and/or Technology Rights for
sales and/or licensing in Export
Markets;
h. Negotiate, enter into, and/or
manage licensing agreements for the
export of Technology Rights; and
i. Enter into contracts for shipping.
2. HIUSA may exchange information
on a one-to-one basis with individual
Suppliers regarding that Supplier’s
inventories and near-term production
schedules for the purpose of
determining the availability of Products
for export and coordinating export with
distributors.
Terms and Conditions of Certificate
1. In engaging in Export Trade
Activities and Methods of Operations,
HIUSA will not intentionally disclose,
directly or indirectly, to any Supplier
any information about any other
Supplier’s costs, production, capacity,
inventories, domestic prices, domestic
sales, or U.S. business plans, strategies,
or methods that is not already generally
available to the trade or public.
2. HIUSA will comply with requests
made by the Secretary of Commerce on
behalf of the Secretary of Commerce or
the Attorney General for information or
documents relevant to conduct under
the Certificate. The Secretary of
Commerce will request such
information or documents when either
the Attorney General or the Secretary of
Commerce believes that the information
or documents are required to determine
that the Export Trade, Export Trade
Activities and Methods of Operation of
a person protected by this Certificate of
Review continue to comply with the
standard of Section 303(a) of the Act.
Definition
‘‘Supplier’’ means a person who
produces, provides, or sells Products,
Services, and/or Technology Rights.
Protection Provided by Certificate
damage actions and government
criminal and civil suits under U.S.
federal and state antitrust laws for the
export conduct specified in the
Certificate and carried out during its
effective period in compliance with its
terms and conditions.
Effective Period of Certificate
This Certificate continues in effect
from the effective date indicated below
until it is relinquished, modified, or
revoked as provided in the Act and the
Regulations.
Other Conduct
Nothing in this Certificate prohibits
HIUSA from engaging in conduct not
specified in this Certificate, but such
conduct is subject to the normal
application of the antitrust laws.
Disclaimer
The issuance of this Certificate of
Review to HIUSA by the Secretary of
Commerce with the concurrence of the
Attorney General under the provisions
of the Act does not constitute, explicitly
or implicitly, an endorsement or
opinion of the Secretary of Commerce or
the Attorney General concerning either
(a) the viability or quality of the
business plans of HIUSA or (b) the
legality of such business plans of
HIUSA under the laws of the United
States (other than as provided in the
Act) or under the laws of any foreign
country.
The application of this Certificate to
conduct in Export Trade where the
United States Government is the buyer
or where the United States Government
bears more than half the cost of the
transaction is subject to the limitations
set forth in Section V.(D.) of the
‘‘Guidelines for the Issuance of Export
Trade Certificates of Review (Second
Edition),’’ 50 FR 1786 (January 11,
1985).
A copy of the certificate will be kept
in the International Trade
Administration’s Freedom of
Information Records Inspection Facility,
Room 4100, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: January 14, 2008.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8–910 Filed 1–18–08; 8:45 am]
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This Certificate protects HIUSA and
its directors, officers, and employees
acting on its behalf, from private treble
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Export Trade Certificate of Review
AGENCY: International Trade Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Issuance of an Export Trade Certificate of Review,
Application No. 07-00004.
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SUMMARY: On January 14, 2008, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an
Export Trade Certificate of Review to Houston Industries, USA, L.L.C.
(``HIUSA''). This notice summarizes the conduct for which certification
has been granted.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey C. Anspacher, Director, Export
Trading Company Affairs, International Trade Administration, by
telephone at (202) 482-5131 (this is not a toll-free number), or by E-
mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Export Trading Company Act
of 1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001-21) authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to
issue Export Trade Certificates of Review. The regulations implementing
Title III are found at 15 CFR part 325 (2006).
Export Trading Company Affairs (``ETCA'') is issuing this notice
pursuant to 15 CFR section 325.6(b), which requires the U.S. Department
of Commerce to publish a summary of the certification in the Federal
Register. Under Section 305(a) of the Act and 15 CFR 325.11(a), any
person aggrieved by the Secretary's determination may, within 30 days
of the date of this notice,
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bring an action in any appropriate district court of the United States
to set aside the determination on the ground that the determination is
erroneous.
Description of Certified Conduct:
Export Trade
1. Products
All products.
2. Services
All services.
3. Technology Rights
Technology rights, including, but not limited to, patents,
trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets that relate to Products and
Services.
4. Export Trade Facilitation Services (as They Relate to the Export of
Products, Services, and Technology Rights)
Export Trade Facilitation Services, including, but not limited to,
professional services in the areas of government relations and
assistance with state and federal programs; foreign trade and business
protocol; consulting; market research and analysis; collection of
information on trade opportunities; marketing; negotiations; joint
ventures; shipping; export management; export licensing; advertising;
documentation and services related to compliance with customs
requirements; insurance and financing; trade show exhibitions;
organizational development; management and labor strategies; transfer
of technology; transportation services; and facilitating the formation
of shippers' associations.
Export Markets
The Export Markets include all parts of the world except the United
States (the fifty states of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).
Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation
1. With respect to the sales of Products and Services, licensing of
Technology Rights and provisions of Export Trade Facilitation Services,
HIUSA, subject to the terms and conditions listed below, may:
a. Provide and/or arrange for the provisions of Export Trade
Facilitation Services;
b. Engage in promotional and marketing activities and collect
information on trade opportunities in the Export Markets and distribute
such information to clients;
c. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive licensing and/or sales
agreements with Suppliers for the export of Products, Services, and/or
Technology Rights to Export Markets;
d. Enter into exclusive and/or non-exclusive agreements with
distributors and/or sales representatives in Export Markets;
e. Allocate export sales or divide Export Markets among Suppliers
for the sale and/or licensing of Products, Services, and/or Technology
Rights;
f. Allocate export orders among Suppliers;
g. Establish the price of Products, Services, and/or Technology
Rights for sales and/or licensing in Export Markets;
h. Negotiate, enter into, and/or manage licensing agreements for
the export of Technology Rights; and
i. Enter into contracts for shipping.
2. HIUSA may exchange information on a one-to-one basis with
individual Suppliers regarding that Supplier's inventories and near-
term production schedules for the purpose of determining the
availability of Products for export and coordinating export with
distributors.
Terms and Conditions of Certificate
1. In engaging in Export Trade Activities and Methods of
Operations, HIUSA will not intentionally disclose, directly or
indirectly, to any Supplier any information about any other Supplier's
costs, production, capacity, inventories, domestic prices, domestic
sales, or U.S. business plans, strategies, or methods that is not
already generally available to the trade or public.
2. HIUSA will comply with requests made by the Secretary of
Commerce on behalf of the Secretary of Commerce or the Attorney General
for information or documents relevant to conduct under the Certificate.
The Secretary of Commerce will request such information or documents
when either the Attorney General or the Secretary of Commerce believes
that the information or documents are required to determine that the
Export Trade, Export Trade Activities and Methods of Operation of a
person protected by this Certificate of Review continue to comply with
the standard of Section 303(a) of the Act.
Definition
``Supplier'' means a person who produces, provides, or sells
Products, Services, and/or Technology Rights.
Protection Provided by Certificate
This Certificate protects HIUSA and its directors, officers, and
employees acting on its behalf, from private treble damage actions and
government criminal and civil suits under U.S. federal and state
antitrust laws for the export conduct specified in the Certificate and
carried out during its effective period in compliance with its terms
and conditions.
Effective Period of Certificate
This Certificate continues in effect from the effective date
indicated below until it is relinquished, modified, or revoked as
provided in the Act and the Regulations.
Other Conduct
Nothing in this Certificate prohibits HIUSA from engaging in
conduct not specified in this Certificate, but such conduct is subject
to the normal application of the antitrust laws.
Disclaimer
The issuance of this Certificate of Review to HIUSA by the
Secretary of Commerce with the concurrence of the Attorney General
under the provisions of the Act does not constitute, explicitly or
implicitly, an endorsement or opinion of the Secretary of Commerce or
the Attorney General concerning either (a) the viability or quality of
the business plans of HIUSA or (b) the legality of such business plans
of HIUSA under the laws of the United States (other than as provided in
the Act) or under the laws of any foreign country.
The application of this Certificate to conduct in Export Trade
where the United States Government is the buyer or where the United
States Government bears more than half the cost of the transaction is
subject to the limitations set forth in Section V.(D.) of the
``Guidelines for the Issuance of Export Trade Certificates of Review
(Second Edition),'' 50 FR 1786 (January 11, 1985).
A copy of the certificate will be kept in the International Trade
Administration's Freedom of Information Records Inspection Facility,
Room 4100, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
Dated: January 14, 2008.
Jeffrey Anspacher,
Director, Export Trading Company Affairs.
[FR Doc. E8-910 Filed 1-18-08; 8:45 am]
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