Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request, 9390 [2010-4263]

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 9390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4263]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    On behalf of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements, 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: International Trade Administration (ITA).
    Title: Interim Procedures for Considering Requests under the 
Commercial Availability Provision of the United States--Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement Implementation Act (Act).
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0265.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 89.
    Number of Respondents: 16.
    Average Hours per Response: 8 hours per Request; 2 hours per 
Response; and 1 hour per Rebuttal.
    Needs and Uses: The United States and Peru negotiated the U.S.-Peru 
Trade Promotion Agreement (the Agreement), which entered into force on 
February 1, 2009. Subject to the rules of origin in Annex 4.1 of the 
Agreement, pursuant to the textile provisions of the Agreement, a 
fabric, yarn, or fiber produced in Peru or the United States and traded 
between the two countries is entitled to duty-free tariff treatment. 
Annex 3-B of the Agreement also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and 
fibers that the two countries agreed are not available in commercial 
quantities in a timely manner from producers in Peru or the United 
States. The fabrics listed are commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, 
and fibers, which are also entitled to duty-free treatment despite not 
being produced in Peru or the United States.
    The list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may 
be changed pursuant to the commercial availability provision in Chapter 
3, Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5-7 of the Agreement. Section 203(o) of the 
Act implements the commercial availability provision of the Agreement. 
Under this provision, interested entities from Peru or the United 
States have the right to request that a specific fabric, yarn, or fiber 
be added to, or removed from, the list of commercially unavailable 
fabrics, yarns, and fibers in Annex 3-B.
    Section 203(o) of the Act provides that the President may modify 
the list of fabrics, yarns, and fibers in Annex 3-B by determining 
whether additional fabrics, yarns, or fibers are not available in 
commercial quantities in a timely manner in the United States or Peru, 
and that the President will issue procedures governing the submission 
of requests and providing an opportunity for interested entities to 
submit comments. The President delegated the responsibility for 
publishing the procedures and administering commercial availability 
requests to Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements 
(CITA), which issues procedures and acts on requests through the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) (See 
Proclamation No. 8341, 74 FR 4105, Jan. 22, 2009). Interim procedures 
to implement these responsibilities were published in the Federal 
Register on August 14, 2009. See 74 FR 41111.
    The intent of the Commercial Availability Procedures is to foster 
the use of U.S. and regional products by implementing procedures that 
allow products to be placed on or removed from a product list, on a 
timely basis, and in a manner that is consistent with normal business 
practice. The procedures are intended to facilitate the transmission of 
requests; allow the market to indicate the availability of the supply 
of products that are the subject of requests; make available promptly, 
to interested entities and the public, information regarding the 
requests for products and offers received for those products; ensure 
wide participation by interested entities and parties; allow for 
careful review and consideration of information provided to 
substantiate requests and responses; and provide timely public 
dissemination of information used by CITA in making commercial 
availability determinations.
    CITA must collect certain information about fabric, yarn, or fiber 
technical specifications and the production capabilities of Peruvian 
and U.S. textile producers to determine whether certain fabrics, yarns, 
or fibers are available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in 
the United States or Peru.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante, (202) 395-3647.
    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 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 Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-5167 or via 
the Internet at Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov.

    Dated: February 25, 2010.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
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