[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56316-56317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27672]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Foreign Agricultural Service


Notice of Request for Extension and Revision of a Currently 
Approved Information Collection

AGENCY: Foreign Agricultural Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Foreign Agricultural Service's (FAS) intention to 
request an extension of and revision to a currently approved 
information collection procedure. This information is contained in a 
petition which may be filed with the Department of Agriculture (USDA) 
requesting emergency relief from increased, injurious imports of 
certain perishable products entering the United States duty-free from 
beneficiary countries under the Andean Trade Preference Act.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be received on or before January 8, 
1996.

ADDRESSES: Director, Import Policies and Programs Division, Foreign 
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, AG Box 1021, 
South Building, 14th and Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 
20205.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Wanamaker, Group Leader for 
Import Policies, Import Policies and Programs Division, U.S. Department 
of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250; Telephone: (202) 720-1330.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

    Title: Emergency Relief from Duty-Free Imports of Perishable 
Products from Andean Countries.
    OMB Number: 0551-0033.
    Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 1996.
    Type of Request: Extension of and revision to a currently approved 
information collection:
    Abstract: The Andean Trade Preference Act (P.L. 102-182, 105 Stat. 
1236 (19 U.S.C. 2101-3216) (the ``Act''), authorized the President to 
proclaim duty-free treatment for imports from Bolivia, Colombia, 
Ecuador, and Peru, except for certain specifically excluded products. 
Section 204(e) of the Act provides, in part, that if a petition is 
filed with the United States International Trade Commission pursuant to 
provision of section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 
U.S.C. 2251), regarding a perishable product and alleging injury from 
imports from beneficiary countries, then a petition may also be filed 
with the Secretary of Agriculture requesting that emergency relief be 
granted by the President.
    Under 7 CFR 1540.43, an entity seeking emergency relief may submit 
a request to the administrator, FAS, providing appropriate information 
and data to permit the Secretary of Agriculture to make a determination 
whether to recommend to the President 

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to take emergency action. The request should contain a description of 
the imported perishable product concerned and the country of origin; 
data showing that increased imports of such perishable product are the 
substantial cause of serious injury, or the threat of serious injury, 
to the domestic industry producing a perishable product like or 
directly competitive with the imported product; and provide a statement 
indicating why emergency action would be warranted. The information 
collected is used by FAS to prepare an assessment that will assist the 
Secretary in making his determination.
    Estimate of Burden: Public reporting burden for this collection of 
information is estimated $3,932.
    Respondents: Non-profit institutions, businesses, or farms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 2.
    Estimated Number of Responses per Respondent: 1.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 120 hours.
    Copies of the information collection can be obtained from Pamela 
Hopkins, Agency Collection Coordinator, at (202) 720-6713.

REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS: The public is invited to submit comments and 
suggestions to the above address regarding the accuracy of the burden 
estimate, ways to minimize the burden, including the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology, or any 
other aspect of this collection of information. All responses to this 
notice will be summarized and included in the request for OMB approval. 
All comments will also become a matter of public record.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on October 23, 1995.
August Schumacher, Jr.,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service and Vice President, 
Commodity Credit Corporation.
[FR Doc. 95-27672 Filed 11-7-95; 8:45 am]
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