[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 185 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 51055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25613]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce (DoC) has submitted to the Office of 
Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for 
collection of information under provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 5).
    Agency: Economic Development Administration (EDA).
    Title: Petition by a Firm for Certification of Eligibility to Apply 
for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
    Agency Form Number: Not Applicable.
    OMB Approval Number: 0610-0091.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: l,296 hours.
    Average Hours Per Response: Approximately 8 hours.
    Number of Respondents: Approximately 162 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: This information collection is needed to determine 
whether a firm is eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance. 
This assistance helps U.S. manufacturing firms injured by imports to 
develop strategies for competing in the global market place. The 
information submitted is a major phase in obtaining a firm's history, 
including sales, production and employment data (the firm provides 
quarterly unemployment security forms submitted to the state, a 
description of the products produced by such firm, tax returns and/or 
financial statements, a firm's decline in sales accounts, and brochures 
of such firm's production). The information collection provides an 
essential tool for firms to use in submitting the information required 
to demonstrate that they qualify for certification of eligibility. The 
information is required under Section 251 of the Trade Act of 1974, as 
amended.
    Affected Public: Businesses, farms or other for-profit 
organizations.
    Frequency: One time.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefits.
    OMB Desk Officer: Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, DoC Forms Clearance Officer, 
(202) 482-3272, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Victoria Baecher-Wassmer, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New 
Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503.

    Dated: September 18, 1998.
Linda Engelmeier,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 98-25613 Filed 9-23-98; 8:45 am]
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