[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5771]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

    DOC has submitted 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 of 1995, Public Law 104-
13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Agreement Data Collection Program 
Report.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-4115P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0211.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 1,152 hours (burden and record keeping).
    Number of Respondents: 32.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1.
    Needs and Uses: The Data Collection Form is the vehicle by which 
individual ``Foreign'' (non-Japanese) semiconductor companies 
voluntarily report their sales to Japan. The information provided by 
the Data Collection Program (DCP) is used by the U.S. Government to 
calculate foreign market share in the Japanese semiconductor market to 
ensure access to the Japanese market gained under the 1986 and 1991 
U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Arrangement continues under the 1996 
Semiconductor Agreement. The Department of Commerce distributes Form 
ITA-4115P and the instruction manual to semiconductor companies after 
their eligibility is checked. The applicant completes the form and then 
forwards it to Price WaterhouseCoopers, who submits a summary report to 
the U.S. Department of Commerce/Office of Microelectronics for 
calculation of foreign (non-Japanese) share of the Japanese market.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for profit institutions.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 482-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Department Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3272, 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 to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20503 within 30 
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: March 4, 1999.
Linda Engelmeier,
Department Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 99-5771 Filed 3-8-99; 8:45 am]
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