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entry, and FTZ 189’s existing Sites 1–9
would be categorized as magnet sites;
Whereas, notice inviting public
comment was given in the Federal
Register (77 FR 14000, 3/8/2012) and
the application has been processed
pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations are satisfied, and
that the proposal is in the public
interest;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
orders:
The application to reorganize FTZ 189
under the alternative site framework is
approved, subject to the FTZ Act and
the Board’s regulations, including
Section 400.13, to the Board’s standard
2,000-acre activation limit for the
overall general-purpose zone project,
and to a five-year ASF sunset provision
for magnet sites that would terminate
authority for Site 1–8 if not activated by
August 31, 2017.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 17th day of
August 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Import Administration, Alternate Chairman,
Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
Attest:
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Executive Secretary.
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Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Larry Hall, BIS ICB Liaison,
(202) 482–4895,
Lawrence.Hall@bis.doc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
This collection of information is
required by the Defense Production Act
(DPA). The DPA requires U.S. firms to
furnish information (15 CFR 701) to the
Department of Commerce regarding
offset agreements exceeding $5,000,000
in value associated with sales of weapon
systems or defense-related items to
foreign countries or foreign firms.
Offsets are industrial or commercial
compensation practices required as a
condition of purchase in either
government-to-government or
commercial sales of defense articles
and/or defense services as defined by
the Arms Export Control Act and the
International Traffic in Arms
Regulations. Such offsets are required
by most major trading partners when
purchasing U.S. military equipment or
defense related items. An annual report
based on offset agreements and offset
transactions data reported to BIS by
industry is submitted to Congress on the
impact of offsets in defense trade on the
United States.
II. Method of Collection
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submitted electronically or on paper.
Bureau of Industry and Security
III. Data
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Offsets in Military
Exports
Bureau of Industry and
Security, 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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 5,
2012.
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SUMMARY:
Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
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OMB Control Number: 0694–0084.
Form Number(s): N/A.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
30.
Estimated Time per Response: 12
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 360.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $0.
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 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: August 30, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection;
Comment Request; Interim Procedures
for Considering Requests and
Comments From the Public for Textile
and Apparel Safeguard Actions on
Imports From Korea
International Trade
Administration.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 5,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer,
Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to Maria D’Andrea, Office of
Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department
of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482–4058,
maria_dandrea@ita.doc.gov, Fax. (202)
482–0667.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Article 4.1 of the U.S.-Korea Free
Trade Agreement (the ‘‘Agreement’’)
provides for a textile and apparel
safeguard mechanism. This safeguard
mechanism applies when, as a result of
the reduction or elimination of a
customs duty under the Agreement, a
Korean textile or apparel article is being
imported into the United States in such
increased quantities, in absolute terms
or relative to the domestic market for
that article, and under such conditions
as to cause serious damage or actual
threat thereof to a U.S. industry
producing a like or directly competitive
article. In these circumstances, Article
4.1 permits the United States to (a)
suspend any further reduction in the
rate of duty provided for under Annex
2–B of the Agreement in the duty
imposed on the article; or (b) increase
duties on the imported article from
Korea to a level that does not exceed the
lesser of the prevailing U.S. normal
trade relations (‘‘NTR’’)/most-favorednation (‘‘MFN’’) duty rate for the article
or the U.S. NTR/MFN duty rate in effect
on the day before the Agreement enters
into force.
The Statement of Administrative
Action accompanying the U.S.-Korea
Free Trade Agreement Implementation
Act (the ‘‘Act’’) provides that the
Committee for the Implementation of
Textile Agreements (CITA) will issue
procedures for requesting such
safeguard measures, for making its
determinations under section 332(a) of
the Act, and for providing relief under
section 332(b) of the Act.
In Proclamation No. 8783 (77 FR
14265, March 9, 2012), the President
delegated to CITA his authority under
Subtitle C of Title III of the Act with
respect to textile and apparel safeguard
measures.
The textile and apparel safeguard
mechanism will be of considerable
benefit to firms manufacturing textile
and apparel goods in the United States
in the event that an industry finds itself
to be adversely impacted by preferential
duty or duty-free imports of textiles and
apparel from Korea.
CITA must collect information in
order to determine whether a domestic
textile or apparel industry is being
adversely impacted by imports of these
products from Korea, thereby allowing
CITA to take corrective action to protect
the viability of the domestic textile and
apparel industry, subject to section
332(b) of the Act.
An interested party in the U.S.
domestic textile and apparel industry
may file a request for a textile and
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apparel safeguard action with CITA.
Consistent with longstanding CITA
practice in considering textile and
apparel safeguard actions, CITA will
consider an interested party to be an
entity (which may be a trade
association, firm, certified or recognized
union, or group of workers) that is
representative of either: (A) A domestic
producer or producers of an article that
is like or directly competitive with the
subject Korean textile or apparel article;
or (B) a domestic producer or producers
of a component used in the production
of an article that is like or directly
competitive with the subject Korean
textile or apparel article.
In order for a request to be
considered, the requestor must provide
the following information in support of
a claim that a textile or apparel article
from Korea is being imported into the
United States in such increased
quantities, in absolute terms or relative
to the domestic market for that article,
and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof,
to a U.S. industry producing an article
that is like, or directly competitive with,
the imported article: (1) Name and
description of the imported article
concerned; (2) import data
demonstrating that imports of a Korea
origin textile or apparel article that are
like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the domestic
industry concerned are increasing in
absolute terms or relative to the
domestic market for that article; (3) U.S.
domestic production of the like or
directly competitive articles of U.S.
origin indicating the nature and extent
of the serious damage or actual threat
thereof, along with an affirmation that to
the best of the requester’s knowledge,
the data represent substantially all of
the domestic production of the like or
directly competitive article(s) of U.S.
origin; (4) imports from Korea as a
percentage of the domestic market of the
like or directly competitive article; and
(5) all data available to the requester
showing changes in productivity,
utilization of capacity, inventories,
exports, wages, employment, domestic
prices, profits, and investment, and any
other information, relating to the
existence of serious damage or actual
threat thereof caused by imports from
Korea to the industry producing the like
or directly competitive article that is the
subject of the request. To the extent that
such information is not available, the
requester should provide best estimates
and the basis therefore
If CITA determines that the request
provides the information necessary for it
to be considered, CITA will publish a
notice in the Federal Register seeking
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public comments regarding the request.
The comment period shall be 30
calendar days. The notice will include
a summary of the request. Any
interested party may submit information
to rebut, clarify, or correct public
comments submitted by any interested
party.
CITA will make a determination on
any request it considers within 60
calendar days of the close of the
comment period. If CITA is unable to
make a determination within 60
calendar days, it will publish a notice in
the Federal Register, including the date
it will make a determination.
If a determination under section
322(b) of the Act is affirmative, CITA
may provide tariff relief to a U.S.
industry to the extent necessary to
remedy or prevent serious damage or
actual threat thereof and to facilitate
adjustment by the domestic industry to
import competition. The import tariff
relief is effective beginning on the date
that CITA’s affirmative determination is
published in the Federal Register.
Entities submitting requests,
responses or rebuttals to CITA may
submit both a public and confidential
version of their submissions. If the
request is accepted, the public version
will be posted on the dedicated Korea
Free Trade Agreement textile safeguards
section of the Office of Textile and
Apparel (OTEXA) Web site. The
confidential version of the request,
responses or rebuttals will not be shared
with the public as it may contain
business confidential information.
Entities submitting responses or
rebuttals may use the public version of
the request as a basis for responses.
II. Method of Collection
When an interested party files a
request for a textile and apparel
safeguard action with CITA, ten copies
of any such request must be provided in
a paper format. If business confidential
information is provided, two copies of
a non-confidential version must also be
provided. If CITA determines that the
request provides the necessary
information to be considered, it
publishes a Federal Register notice
seeking public comments on the
request. To the extent business
confidential information is provided, a
non-confidential version must also be
provided. Any interested party may
submit information to rebut, clarify, or
correct public comments submitted by
any interested party.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625–0269.
Form Number(s): None.
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Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or
households; Business or other for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
14.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours
for each Request; 4 hours for each
Comment.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 56.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $2,800.
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 shall have
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: August 29, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–583–833]
Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From
Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review
Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 1, 2012, the
Department of Commerce published the
preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on certain polyester staple fiber from
Taiwan. The period of review is May 1,
2010, through April 30, 2011. We gave
interested parties an opportunity to
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comment on the preliminary results, but
we received no comments. The final
weighted-average dumping margin for
Far Eastern New Century Corporation is
listed below in the ‘‘Final Results of the
Review’’ section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: September 5,
2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael A. Romani, AD/CVD
Operations, Office 1, Import
Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone (202) 482–0198.
Background
On June 1, 2012, the Department of
Commerce (the Department) published
the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on certain
polyester staple fiber from Taiwan. See
Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From
Taiwan: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, 77 FR 32503 (June 1, 2012)
(Preliminary Results). We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. We received no
comments from interested parties.
The Department has conducted this
administrative review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The product covered by the order is
polyester staple fiber. Polyester staple
fiber is defined as synthetic staple
fibers, not carded, combed or otherwise
processed for spinning, of polyesters
measuring 3.3 decitex (3 denier,
inclusive) or more in diameter. This
merchandise is cut to lengths varying
from one inch (25 mm) to five inches
(127 mm). The merchandise subject to
the order may be coated, usually with a
silicon or other finish, or not coated.
Polyester staple fiber is generally used
as stuffing in sleeping bags, mattresses,
ski jackets, comforters, cushions,
pillows, and furniture. Merchandise of
less than 3.3 decitex (less than 3 denier)
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) at subheading 5503.20.00.20 is
specifically excluded from the order.
Also specifically excluded from the
order are polyester staple fibers of 10 to
18 denier that are cut to lengths of 6 to
8 inches (fibers used in the manufacture
of carpeting). In addition, low-melt
polyester staple fiber is excluded from
the order. Low-melt polyester staple
fiber is defined as a bi-component fiber
with an outer sheath that melts at a
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significantly lower temperature than its
inner core.
The merchandise subject to the order
is currently classifiable in the HTSUS at
subheadings 5503.20.00.45 and
5503.20.00.65. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the merchandise
subject to the order is dispositive.
Final Results of the Review
We made no changes to our
calculations announced in the
Preliminary Results. As a result of our
review, we determine that a weightedaverage dumping margin of 0.00 percent
exists for Far Eastern New Century
Corporation for the period May 1, 2010,
through April 30, 2011.
Assessment Rates
In accordance with the Final
Modification, we will instruct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
liquidate the reviews entries without
regard to antidumping duties. See
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping
Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain
Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification).
The Department clarified its
‘‘automatic assessment’’ regulation on
May 6, 2003. This clarification will
apply to entries of subject merchandise
during the period of review produced by
Far Eastern New Century Corporation
for which it did not know its
merchandise was destined for the
United States. In such instances, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction. For a full
discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May
6, 2003).
The Department intends to issue
assessment instructions directly to CBP
15 days after publication of these final
results of review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements
will be effective upon publication of
this notice of final results of
administrative review for all shipments
of polyester staple fiber from Taiwan
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication, as provided by section
751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit
rate for Far Eastern New Century
Corporation will be 0.00 percent; (2) for
merchandise exported by manufacturers
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Interim
Procedures for Considering Requests and Comments From the Public for
Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports From Korea
AGENCY: International Trade Administration.
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.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 5,
2012.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
Paperwork Clearance Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 14th
and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet
at JJessup@doc.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should
be directed to Maria D'Andrea, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482-4058, maria_dandrea@ita.doc.gov, Fax. (202) 482-0667.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Article 4.1 of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (the
``Agreement'') provides for a textile and apparel safeguard mechanism.
This safeguard mechanism applies when, as a result of the reduction or
elimination of a customs duty under the Agreement, a Korean textile or
apparel article is being imported into the United States in such
increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to the domestic
market for that article, and under such conditions as to cause serious
damage or actual threat thereof to a U.S. industry producing a like or
directly competitive article. In these circumstances, Article 4.1
permits the United States to (a) suspend any further reduction in the
rate of duty provided for under Annex 2-B of the Agreement in the duty
imposed on the article; or (b) increase duties on the imported article
from Korea to a level that does not exceed the lesser of the prevailing
U.S. normal trade relations (``NTR'')/most-favored-nation (``MFN'')
duty rate for the article or the U.S. NTR/MFN duty rate in effect on
the day before the Agreement enters into force.
The Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the U.S.-Korea
Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the ``Act'') provides that the
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) will
issue procedures for requesting such safeguard measures, for making its
determinations under section 332(a) of the Act, and for providing
relief under section 332(b) of the Act.
In Proclamation No. 8783 (77 FR 14265, March 9, 2012), the
President delegated to CITA his authority under Subtitle C of Title III
of the Act with respect to textile and apparel safeguard measures.
The textile and apparel safeguard mechanism will be of considerable
benefit to firms manufacturing textile and apparel goods in the United
States in the event that an industry finds itself to be adversely
impacted by preferential duty or duty-free imports of textiles and
apparel from Korea.
CITA must collect information in order to determine whether a
domestic textile or apparel industry is being adversely impacted by
imports of these products from Korea, thereby allowing CITA to take
corrective action to protect the viability of the domestic textile and
apparel industry, subject to section 332(b) of the Act.
An interested party in the U.S. domestic textile and apparel
industry may file a request for a textile and apparel safeguard action
with CITA. Consistent with longstanding CITA practice in considering
textile and apparel safeguard actions, CITA will consider an interested
party to be an entity (which may be a trade association, firm,
certified or recognized union, or group of workers) that is
representative of either: (A) A domestic producer or producers of an
article that is like or directly competitive with the subject Korean
textile or apparel article; or (B) a domestic producer or producers of
a component used in the production of an article that is like or
directly competitive with the subject Korean textile or apparel
article.
In order for a request to be considered, the requestor must provide
the following information in support of a claim that a textile or
apparel article from Korea is being imported into the United States in
such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to the
domestic market for that article, and under such conditions as to cause
serious damage or actual threat thereof, to a U.S. industry producing
an article that is like, or directly competitive with, the imported
article: (1) Name and description of the imported article concerned;
(2) import data demonstrating that imports of a Korea origin textile or
apparel article that are like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the domestic industry concerned are increasing in absolute
terms or relative to the domestic market for that article; (3) U.S.
domestic production of the like or directly competitive articles of
U.S. origin indicating the nature and extent of the serious damage or
actual threat thereof, along with an affirmation that to the best of
the requester's knowledge, the data represent substantially all of the
domestic production of the like or directly competitive article(s) of
U.S. origin; (4) imports from Korea as a percentage of the domestic
market of the like or directly competitive article; and (5) all data
available to the requester showing changes in productivity, utilization
of capacity, inventories, exports, wages, employment, domestic prices,
profits, and investment, and any other information, relating to the
existence of serious damage or actual threat thereof caused by imports
from Korea to the industry producing the like or directly competitive
article that is the subject of the request. To the extent that such
information is not available, the requester should provide best
estimates and the basis therefore
If CITA determines that the request provides the information
necessary for it to be considered, CITA will publish a notice in the
Federal Register seeking public comments regarding the request. The
comment period shall be 30 calendar days. The notice will include a
summary of the request. Any interested party may submit information to
rebut, clarify, or correct public comments submitted by any interested
party.
CITA will make a determination on any request it considers within
60 calendar days of the close of the comment period. If CITA is unable
to make a determination within 60 calendar days, it will publish a
notice in the Federal Register, including the date it will make a
determination.
If a determination under section 322(b) of the Act is affirmative,
CITA may provide tariff relief to a U.S. industry to the extent
necessary to remedy or prevent serious damage or actual threat thereof
and to facilitate adjustment by the domestic industry to import
competition. The import tariff relief is effective beginning on the
date that CITA's affirmative determination is published in the Federal
Register.
Entities submitting requests, responses or rebuttals to CITA may
submit both a public and confidential version of their submissions. If
the request is accepted, the public version will be posted on the
dedicated Korea Free Trade Agreement textile safeguards section of the
Office of Textile and Apparel (OTEXA) Web site. The confidential
version of the request, responses or rebuttals will not be shared with
the public as it may contain business confidential information.
Entities submitting responses or rebuttals may use the public version
of the request as a basis for responses.
II. Method of Collection
When an interested party files a request for a textile and apparel
safeguard action with CITA, ten copies of any such request must be
provided in a paper format. If business confidential information is
provided, two copies of a non-confidential version must also be
provided. If CITA determines that the request provides the necessary
information to be considered, it publishes a Federal Register notice
seeking public comments on the request. To the extent business
confidential information is provided, a non-confidential version must
also be provided. Any interested party may submit information to rebut,
clarify, or correct public comments submitted by any interested party.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0625-0269.
Form Number(s): None.
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Type of Review: Regular submission (extension of a currently
approved information collection).
Affected Public: Individuals or households; Business or other for-
profit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 14.
Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours for each Request; 4 hours for
each Comment.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 56.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to Public: $2,800.
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 shall have 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: August 29, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-21762 Filed 9-4-12; 8:45 am]
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