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Average Hours per Response: 5
seconds to 2 hours per response.
Needs and Uses: This information
collection package supports nine
various collections, notifications,
reports, and information exchanges that
are needed by the Office of Export
Enforcement (BIS) and U.S. Customs
Service to enforce the Export
Administration Regulations and
maintain the national security of the
United States. Most of these activities
do not involve submission of documents
to BIS but instead involve exchange of
documents among parties in the export
transaction to ensure that each party
understands its obligations under U.S.
law. Others involve writing certain
export control statements on shipping
documents or reporting unforeseen
changes in shipping and disposition of
exported commodities.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra,
(202) 395–3123.
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 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk
Officer,
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov, or fax
number (202) 395–5167.
Dated: April 7, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit 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 (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: Bureau of Industry and
Security (BIS).
Title: Firearms Convention.
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OMB Control Number: 0694–0114.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
Burden Hours: 485.
Number of Respondents: 970.
Average Hours per Response: 30
minutes.
Needs and Uses: The twenty-nine
members of the Organization of
American States (OAS), including the
United States, signed the InterAmerican Convention Against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in
Firearms Ammunition, Explosives, and
Other Related Materials (Firearms
Convention) in 1997. The existing body
of federal laws in the United States,
including the Export Administration
Act of 1979 (EAA), is adequate to satisfy
the Convention’s provisions regarding
requirements for legislation.
This collection is required by Sections
742.17 and 748.14 of the Export
Administration Regulations (EAR),
which are authorized by Section 15(b) of
the EAA. There are currently two
information collection requirements
necessary to implement the Firearms
Convention: (1) U.S. exporters to
acquire an Import Certificate to support
requests for licenses authorizing the
export of firearms and related
equipment to participating OAS
countries; and (2) a licensing
requirement for Firearms Convention
items destined to Canada, a Convention
Signatory. A license was not previously
required for the export of such items to
Canada. It is now necessary for
exporters to Canada to obtain a license.
Affected Public: Businesses and other
for-profit organizations.
Frequency: On occasion.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain benefits.
OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra,
(202) 395–3123.
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 7845, 14th and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20230 (or via the Internet at
dHynek@doc.gov).
Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk
Officer,
Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov, or fax
number (202) 395–5167.
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Dated: April 7, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Survey of Plant
Capacity Utilization
U.S. Census Bureau.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: 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)).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be submitted on or
before June 9, 2009.
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 Julius Smith Jr., U.S.
Census Bureau, Manufacturing and
Construction Division, Room 7K145,
Washington, DC 20233, (301) 763–4683
(or via the Internet at
julius.smith.jr@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to continue
the current OMB clearance for the
Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization
(SPC). The SPC is conducted quarterly,
collecting from manufacturing plants
and publishers, the value of actual
production and the value of production
that could have been achieved if
operating at ‘‘full production’’ levels.
The survey also collects data on work
patterns by shift. These data include
hours in operation, production workers,
and plant hours worked.
The primary user of these data will be
the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and
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will use the data in several ways. First,
the capital workweek data will be used
as an indicator of capital use in the
estimation of monthly output (industrial
production). Second, the workweek data
will also be used to improve the
projections of labor productivity that are
used to align industrial production (IP)
with comprehensive benchmark
information in the Economic Census,
Manufacturing and Annual Survey of
Manufactures. Third, the utilization rate
data will assist in the assessment of
recent changes in IP, as most of the
high-frequency movement in utilization
rates reflect production changes rather
than capacity changes.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will use the mail
out/mail back survey forms to collect
the data. An electronic version of the
form for reporting via the Internet will
also be offered. Companies will be asked
to respond within 20 days of the initial
mailing. This due date will be imprinted
at the top of the form. Letters
encouraging participation will be
mailed to companies that have not
responded by the designated time.
Subsequent to the letter, a telephone
follow-up will be conducted.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607–0175.
Form Number: MQ–C2.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
7,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.75
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 52,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost:
$1,594,425.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 United States
Code, Section 182.
IV. Request for Comments
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 has 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 the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
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included in the request for OMB
approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: April 7, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–8182 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
(A–201–834)
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From
Mexico: Notice of Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from
Quimica Amtex S.A. de C.V. (Amtex),
the Department of Commerce (the
Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on purified
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from
Mexico. The review covers exports of
the subject merchandise to the United
States produced and exported by
Amtex; the period of review (POR) is
July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008.
We preliminarily find that Amtex
made sales at less than normal value
(NV) during the POR. If these
preliminary results are adopted in our
final results of this review, we will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping
duties based on differences between the
export price (EP) or constructed export
price (CEP) and NV.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
Parties who submit arguments in this
proceeding are requested to submit with
the arguments: (1) a statement of the
issues, (2) a brief summary of the
arguments (no longer than five pages,
including footnotes) and (3) a table of
authorities.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
April 10, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 7, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–6312 or (202) 482–
0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The Department published the
antidumping duty order on CMC from
Mexico on July 11, 2005. See Notice of
Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified
Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland,
Mexico, the Netherlands, and Sweden,
70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005). On July 11,
2008, the Department published the
notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of CMC from
Mexico for the period of July 1, 2007,
through June 30, 2008. See
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty
Order, Finding or Suspended
Investigation; Opportunity to Request
Administrative Review, 73 FR 39948
(July 11, 2008). On July 22, 2008,
respondent Amtex requested an
administrative review. On August 26,
2008, the Department published in the
Federal Register a notice of initiation of
this antidumping duty administrative
review. See Initiation of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 2008).
On August 26, 2008, the Department
issued its standard antidumping duty
questionnaire to Amtex. Amtex
submitted its response to section A of
the Department’s questionnaire on
October 14, 2008 (Amtex Section A
Response). Amtex submitted its
response to sections B and C of the
Department’s questionnaire on
November 6, 2008 (Amtex Sections B
and C Response).
On March 13, 2009, the Department
issued a supplemental questionnaire for
sections A, B, and C, to which Amtex
responded on March 20, 2009 (Amtex
Supplemental Response).
Period of Review
The period of review (POR) is July 1,
2007, through June 30, 2008.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is all purified
carboxymethylcellulose (CMC),
sometimes also referred to as purified
sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or
cellulose gum, which is a white to off–
white, non–toxic, odorless,
biodegradable powder, comprising
sodium CMC that has been refined and
purified to a minimum assay of 90
percent. Purified CMC does not include
unpurified or crude CMC, CMC
Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and
CMC that is cross–linked through heat
treatment. Purified CMC is CMC that
has undergone one or more purification
operations which, at a minimum, reduce
the remaining salt and other by–product
portion of the product to less than ten
percent. The merchandise subject to this
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Plant
Capacity Utilization
AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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)).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be submitted on
or before June 9, 2009.
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 Julius Smith Jr., U.S. Census Bureau,
Manufacturing and Construction Division, Room 7K145, Washington, DC
20233, (301) 763-4683 (or via the Internet at
julius.smith.jr@census.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
The Census Bureau plans to continue the current OMB clearance for
the Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization (SPC). The SPC is conducted
quarterly, collecting from manufacturing plants and publishers, the
value of actual production and the value of production that could have
been achieved if operating at ``full production'' levels. The survey
also collects data on work patterns by shift. These data include hours
in operation, production workers, and plant hours worked.
The primary user of these data will be the Federal Reserve Board
(FRB) and
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will use the data in several ways. First, the capital workweek data
will be used as an indicator of capital use in the estimation of
monthly output (industrial production). Second, the workweek data will
also be used to improve the projections of labor productivity that are
used to align industrial production (IP) with comprehensive benchmark
information in the Economic Census, Manufacturing and Annual Survey of
Manufactures. Third, the utilization rate data will assist in the
assessment of recent changes in IP, as most of the high-frequency
movement in utilization rates reflect production changes rather than
capacity changes.
II. Method of Collection
The Census Bureau will use the mail out/mail back survey forms to
collect the data. An electronic version of the form for reporting via
the Internet will also be offered. Companies will be asked to respond
within 20 days of the initial mailing. This due date will be imprinted
at the top of the form. Letters encouraging participation will be
mailed to companies that have not responded by the designated time.
Subsequent to the letter, a telephone follow-up will be conducted.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0607-0175.
Form Number: MQ-C2.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,500.
Estimated Time per Response: 1.75 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 52,500.
Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1,594,425.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
Legal Authority: Title 13 United States Code, Section 182.
IV. Request for Comments
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 has 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 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: April 7, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-8182 Filed 4-9-09; 8:45 am]
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