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filed on June 5, 2009, by AWP
Industries, Inc., Frankfort, KY; ITC
Manufacturing, Inc., Phoenix, AZ; J&L
Wire Cloth, Inc., St. Paul, MN; and
Nashville Wire Products Mfg. Co., Inc.,
Nashville, TN.
Participation in the investigations and
public service list.—Persons (other than
petitioners) wishing to participate in the
investigations as parties must file an
entry of appearance with the Secretary
to the Commission, as provided in
sections 201.11 and 207.10 of the
Commission’s rules, not later than seven
days after publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. Industrial users
and (if the merchandise under
investigation is sold at the retail level)
representative consumer organizations
have the right to appear as parties in
Commission antidumping and
countervailing duty investigations. The
Secretary will prepare a public service
list containing the names and addresses
of all persons, or their representatives,
who are parties to these investigations
upon the expiration of the period for
filing entries of appearance.
Limited disclosure of business
proprietary information (BPI) under an
administrative protective order (APO)
and BPI service list.—Pursuant to
section 207.7(a) of the Commission’s
rules, the Secretary will make BPI
gathered in these investigations
available to authorized applicants
representing interested parties (as
defined in 19 U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are
parties to the investigations under the
APO issued in the investigations,
provided that the application is made
not later than seven days after the
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. A separate service list will be
maintained by the Secretary for those
parties authorized to receive BPI under
the APO.
Conference.—The Commission’s
Director of Investigations has scheduled
a conference in connection with these
investigations for 9:30 a.m. on June 26,
2009, at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, 500 E Street,
SW., Washington, DC. Parties wishing to
participate in the conference should
contact Christopher J. Cassise (202–708–
5408) not later than June 24, 2009, to
arrange for their appearance. Parties in
support of the imposition of
antidumping and countervailing duties
in these investigations and parties in
opposition to the imposition of such
duties will each be collectively
allocated one hour within which to
make an oral presentation at the
conference. A nonparty who has
testimony that may aid the
Commission’s deliberations may request
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permission to present a short statement
at the conference.
Written submissions.—As provided in
sections 201.8 and 207.15 of the
Commission’s rules, any person may
submit to the Commission on or before
July 1, 2009, a written brief containing
information and arguments pertinent to
the subject matter of the investigations.
Parties may file written testimony in
connection with their presentation at
the conference no later than three days
before the conference. If briefs or
written testimony contain BPI, they
must conform with the requirements of
sections 201.6, 207.3, and 207.7 of the
Commission’s rules. The Commission’s
rules do not authorize filing of
submissions with the Secretary by
facsimile or electronic means, except to
the extent permitted by section 201.8 of
the Commission’s rules, as amended, 67
FR 68036 (November 8, 2002). Even
where electronic filing of a document is
permitted, certain documents must also
be filed in paper form, as specified in II
(C) of the Commission’s Handbook on
Electronic Filing Procedures, 67 FR
68168, 68173 (November 8, 2002).
In accordance with sections 201.16(c)
and 207.3 of the rules, each document
filed by a party to the investigations
must be served on all other parties to
the investigations (as identified by
either the public or BPI service list), and
a certificate of service must be timely
filed. The Secretary will not accept a
document for filing without a certificate
of service.
information in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c) (2)(A)]. This
program helps to ensure that requested
data can be provided in the desired
format, reporting burden (time and
financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly
understood, and the impact of collection
requirements on respondents can be
properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments
concerning the proposed extension of
the ‘‘International Price Program—U.S.
Import and Export Product
Information.’’ A copy of the proposed
information collection request (ICR) can
be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of
this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted to the office listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice on or
before August 10, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora
Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems,
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE.,
Washington, DC 20212. Written
comments also may be transmitted by
fax to 202–691–5111 (this is not a toll
free number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202–691–7628 (this is not a toll free
number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: These investigations are being
conducted under authority of title VII of the
Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published
pursuant to section 207.12 of the
Commission’s rules.
I. Background
The U.S. Import and Export Price
Indexes, produced by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics’ International Price
Program (IPP), measure price change
over time for all categories of imported
and exported products, as well as many
services. The IPP has produced the U.S.
Import Price Indexes continuously since
1973 and the U.S. Export Price Indexes
continuously since 1971. The Office of
Management and Budget has listed the
Import and Export Price Indexes as a
Principal Federal Economic Indicator
since 1982. The indexes are widely used
in both the public and private sectors.
The primary public sector use is the
deflation of the U.S. Trade Statistics and
the Gross Domestic Product; the indexes
also are used in formulating U.S. trade
policy and in trade negotiations with
other countries. In the private sector,
uses of the Import Price Indexes include
market analysis, inflation forecasting,
contract escalation, and replacement
cost accounting.
The IPP indexes are closely followed
statistics, and are viewed as a sensitive
indicator of the economic environment.
Issued: June 8, 2009.
By order of the Commission.
William R. Bishop,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9–13703 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment
Request
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as
part of its continuing effort to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden,
conducts a pre-clearance consultation
program to provide the general public
and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed
and/or continuing collections of
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The U.S. Department of Commerce uses
the monthly statistics to produce
monthly and quarterly estimates of
inflation-adjusted trade flows. Without
continuation of data collection, it would
be extremely difficult to construct
accurate estimates of the U.S. Gross
Domestic Product. In addition, Federal
policymakers in the Department of
Treasury, the Council of Economic
Advisers, and the Federal Reserve Board
utilize these statistics on a regular basis
to improve these agencies’ formulation
and evaluation of monetary and fiscal
policy and evaluation of the general
business environment.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget
clearance is being sought for the U.S.
Import and Export Price Indexes. The
IPP continues to modernize data
collection and processing to permit
more timely release of its indexes, and
to reduce reporter burden. Recently, the
IPP implemented changes to its web
repricing application to reduce burden
on IPP reporters providing prices via the
internet. Rather than requiring the
respondent to type in the account
number on the logon screen, the system
now displays this information
automatically when the respondent
accesses the web repricing application
by clicking the link in the ‘time to
reprice’ e-mail. Also, the application
now allows respondents to provide
general comments which apply to all
items (rather than directing them to
retype the comment for all applicable
items) and all e-mails sent to reporters
using web repricing can now include a
cc to one additional company contact.
In addition, IPP completed a study
aimed at reducing Out of Scope rates,
which upon implementation of the
various proposals will further reduce
respondent burden.
The IPP has also expanded the use of
its Web application, introduced in 2003
to allow respondents to update their
data online. Through April 2009, 65
percent of IPP respondents were
providing prices via the Web
application or had agreed to start using
this repricing method. Field Economists
currently offer Web repricing to all new
respondents and at initiation, it is the
preferred method of collection offered to
companies.
The collection of IPP data was
previously collected under OMB
Number 1220–0025 for Export
Information and 1220–0026 for Import
Information. Upon approval of this
package information for both Export and
Import information will be collected
under OMB Number 1220–0025 and
OMB Number 1220–0026 will be
discontinued.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is
particularly interested in comments
that:
Total
respondents
Form
Frequency
• Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility.
• Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used.
• Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected.
• Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submissions
of responses.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: International Price Program
(IPP) U.S. Import and Export Price
Indexes.
OMB Number: 1220–0025.
Affected Public: Private Sector,
Business or other for-profits.
Total
responses
Average time
per response
(hours)
Estimated total
burden hours
Form 3008 ............................................................................
Imports .................................................................................
Exports .................................................................................
2000
1400
Annually
........................
........................
2000
1400
1.0
1.0
2000
1400
Total ..............................................................................
3400
........................
3400
........................
3400
Form 3007D .........................................................................
Imports .................................................................................
Exports .................................................................................
3500
2400
Monthly
1 6.8
1 6.8
23800
16320
2 .7301
3 .6441
16734
10512
Total ..............................................................................
5900
........................
40120
........................
27246
Totals .....................................................................
........................
........................
43520
........................
30646
1 During
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initiation, the respondent determines how many months he/she will need to supply data in a given year based upon how often the
company changes its pricing information. The average company is requested to supply information 6.8 months out of every year.
2 Time to reprice is based upon 9 minutes of response time per item × 4.687 items = 42.183 minutes/60 = .7031 hours.
3 Time to reprice is based upon 9 minutes of response time per item × 4.294 items = 38.646 minutes/60 = .6441 hours.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):
$0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/
maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and/or
included in the request for Office of
Management and Budget approval of the
information collection request; they also
will become a matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of
June 2009.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management
Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
[FR Doc. E9–13720 Filed 6–10–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration
[Docket No. OSHA–2009–0012]
National Advisory Committee on
Occupational Safety and Health
(NACOSH)
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AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Request for nominations to
serve on NACOSH.
SUMMARY: The Acting Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational
Safety and Health requests nominations
for membership on NACOSH.
DATES: Nominations for NACOSH must
be submitted (postmarked, sent or
received) by July 13, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit
nominations for NACOSH, identified by
OSHA Docket No., OSHA–2009–0012,
by any of the following methods:
Electronically: You may submit
nominations, including attachments,
electronically at https://
www.regulations.gov, which is the
Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the
instructions on-line for submitting
nominations.
Facsimile: If your nomination,
including attachments, does not exceed
10 pages, you may fax it to the OSHA
Docket Office at (202) 693–1648.
Mail, express delivery, hand delivery,
messenger or courier service: Submit
three copies of your nominations to the
OSHA Docket Office, Room N–2625,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington,
DC 20210; telephone (202) 693–2350
(OSHA’s TTY number is (877) 889–
5627). Deliveries (hand, express mail,
messenger and courier service) are
accepted during the Department of
Labor’s and Docket Office’s normal
business hours, 8:15 a.m.–4:45 p.m., e.t..
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Instructions: All nominations for
NACOSH must include the Agency
name and docket number for this
Federal Register notice (Docket No.
OSHA–2009–0012). All submissions in
response to this Federal Register notice,
including personal information
provided, will be posted without change
at https://www.regulations.gov. Because
of security-related procedures,
submitting nominations by regular mail
may result in a significant delay in their
receipt. Please contact the OSHA Docket
Office, at the address above, for
information about security procedures
for submitting nominations by hand
delivery, express delivery, and
messenger or courier service. For
additional information on submitting
nominations, see the SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION section below.
Docket: To read or download
submissions, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. All documents in
the docket are listed in the https://
www.regulations.gov index. Although
listed in the index, some information
(e.g., copyrighted material) is not
publicly available to read or download
through https://www.regulations.gov. All
submissions, including copyrighted
material, are available for inspection
and copying at the OSHA Docket Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Crawford, OSHA, Directorate of
Evaluation and Analysis, Room N–3641,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington,DC 20210; telephone (202)
693–1932; fax (202) 693–1641; e-mail
address crawford.deborah@dol.gov.
The
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health invites
interested individuals to submit
nominations for membership on
NACOSH. The Committee is authorized
by section 7(a) of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH
Act) (29 U.S.C. 656) to advise the
Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of
Health and Human Services on matters
relating to the administration of the
OSH Act. NACOSH is a continuing
advisory body and operates in
compliance with provisions in the OSH
Act, the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2), and regulations
issued pursuant to those laws (29 CFR
1912a, 41 CFR part 101–6 and 102–3).
NACOSH is comprised of 12
members, all of whom the Secretary of
Labor appoints, and nominations will be
accepted for seven vacancies (29 CFR
1912a.2). The composition of the
committee and categories of new
members to be appointed are as follows:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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• Four public representatives of
whom two will be appointed;
• Two management representatives of
whom one will be appointed;
• Two labor representatives of whom
two will be appointed;
• Two occupational safety
professional representatives of whom
one will be appointed; and
• Two occupational health
professional representatives of whom
one will be appointed.
Pursuant to 29 CFR 1912a.2, the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
(HHS) will designate for appointment by
the Secretary of Labor one of the public
representatives and the representative
from the occupational health
professions. Therefore, OSHA will
provide to HHS all nominations and
supporting materials for those
membership categories.
NACOSH members serve for staggered
two-year terms, unless the member
becomes unable to serve, resigns, ceases
to be qualified to serve because he or
she no longer meets the relevant
representational requirements, or is
removed by the Secretary of Labor. If a
vacancy occurs before a term expires,
the Secretary may appoint for the
remainder of the unexpired term a new
member who represents the same
interest as the predecessor. The
committee meets at least two times a
year (29 CFR 1912a.4).
Any interested person or organization
may nominate one or more qualified
persons for membership. Nominations
must include the nominee’s name,
occupation or current position, and
contact information. The nomination
also must identify the category that the
candidate is qualified to represent, and
´
´
include a resume of the nominee’s
background, experience, and
qualifications. In addition, the
nomination must state that the nominee
is aware of the nomination and is
willing to serve on NACOSH for a twoyear term.
NACOSH members will be selected
upon the basis of their experience and
competence in the field of occupational
safety and health (29 CFR 1912a.2). The
information received through this
nomination process, in addition to other
relevant sources of information, will
assist the Secretary of Labor in
appointing members to serve on
NACOSH. In selecting NACOSH
members, the Secretary of Labor will
consider individuals nominated in
response to this Federal Register notice,
as well as other qualified individuals.
OSHA will publish the new NACOSH
membership list in the Federal Register.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Proposed Collection, Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a pre-clearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c) (2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments concerning the
proposed extension of the ``International Price Program--U.S. Import
and Export Product Information.'' A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual
listed below in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
Addresses section of this notice on or before August 10, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 4080,
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Washington, DC 20212. Written comments
also may be transmitted by fax to 202-691-5111 (this is not a toll free
number).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nora Kincaid, BLS Clearance Officer,
202-691-7628 (this is not a toll free number). (See ADDRESSES section.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes, produced by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics' International Price Program (IPP), measure price
change over time for all categories of imported and exported products,
as well as many services. The IPP has produced the U.S. Import Price
Indexes continuously since 1973 and the U.S. Export Price Indexes
continuously since 1971. The Office of Management and Budget has listed
the Import and Export Price Indexes as a Principal Federal Economic
Indicator since 1982. The indexes are widely used in both the public
and private sectors. The primary public sector use is the deflation of
the U.S. Trade Statistics and the Gross Domestic Product; the indexes
also are used in formulating U.S. trade policy and in trade
negotiations with other countries. In the private sector, uses of the
Import Price Indexes include market analysis, inflation forecasting,
contract escalation, and replacement cost accounting.
The IPP indexes are closely followed statistics, and are viewed as
a sensitive indicator of the economic environment.
[[Page 27825]]
The U.S. Department of Commerce uses the monthly statistics to produce
monthly and quarterly estimates of inflation-adjusted trade flows.
Without continuation of data collection, it would be extremely
difficult to construct accurate estimates of the U.S. Gross Domestic
Product. In addition, Federal policymakers in the Department of
Treasury, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the Federal Reserve
Board utilize these statistics on a regular basis to improve these
agencies' formulation and evaluation of monetary and fiscal policy and
evaluation of the general business environment.
II. Current Action
Office of Management and Budget clearance is being sought for the
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes. The IPP continues to modernize
data collection and processing to permit more timely release of its
indexes, and to reduce reporter burden. Recently, the IPP implemented
changes to its web repricing application to reduce burden on IPP
reporters providing prices via the internet. Rather than requiring the
respondent to type in the account number on the logon screen, the
system now displays this information automatically when the respondent
accesses the web repricing application by clicking the link in the
`time to reprice' e-mail. Also, the application now allows respondents
to provide general comments which apply to all items (rather than
directing them to retype the comment for all applicable items) and all
e-mails sent to reporters using web repricing can now include a cc to
one additional company contact. In addition, IPP completed a study
aimed at reducing Out of Scope rates, which upon implementation of the
various proposals will further reduce respondent burden.
The IPP has also expanded the use of its Web application,
introduced in 2003 to allow respondents to update their data online.
Through April 2009, 65 percent of IPP respondents were providing prices
via the Web application or had agreed to start using this repricing
method. Field Economists currently offer Web repricing to all new
respondents and at initiation, it is the preferred method of collection
offered to companies.
The collection of IPP data was previously collected under OMB
Number 1220-0025 for Export Information and 1220-0026 for Import
Information. Upon approval of this package information for both Export
and Import information will be collected under OMB Number 1220-0025 and
OMB Number 1220-0026 will be discontinued.
III. Desired Focus of Comments
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is particularly interested in
comments that:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility.
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used.
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected.
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
Type of Review: Extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Title: International Price Program (IPP) U.S. Import and Export
Price Indexes.
OMB Number: 1220-0025.
Affected Public: Private Sector, Business or other for-profits.
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Average time Estimated
Form Total Frequency Total per response total burden
respondents responses (hours) hours
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Form 3008....................... Annually
Imports......................... 2000 .............. 2000 1.0 2000
Exports......................... 1400 .............. 1400 1.0 1400
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Total....................... 3400 .............. 3400 .............. 3400
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Form 3007D...................... Monthly
Imports......................... 3500 \1\ 6.8 23800 \2\ .7301 16734
Exports......................... 2400 \1\ 6.8 16320 \3\ .6441 10512
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Total....................... 5900 .............. 40120 .............. 27246
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Totals.................. .............. .............. 43520 .............. 30646
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\1\ During initiation, the respondent determines how many months he/she will need to supply data in a given year
based upon how often the company changes its pricing information. The average company is requested to supply
information 6.8 months out of every year.
\2\ Time to reprice is based upon 9 minutes of response time per item x 4.687 items = 42.183 minutes/60 = .7031
hours.
\3\ Time to reprice is based upon 9 minutes of response time per item x 4.294 items = 38.646 minutes/60 = .6441
hours.
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Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintenance): $0.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for Office of Management and Budget
approval of the information collection request; they also will become a
matter of public record.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of June 2009.
Kimberley D. Hill,
Acting Chief, Division of Management Systems, Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
[FR Doc. E9-13720 Filed 6-10-09; 8:45 am]
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