[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 167 (Monday, August 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 52064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21893]


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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, Pub. L. 104-13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration, Import Administration.
    Title: Format for Petition Requesting Relief Under U.S. 
Countervailing Duty Law.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-366P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0148.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden: 200 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 40.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration, Import 
Administration, AD/CVD Enforcement, implements the U.S. antidumping and 
countervailing duty laws. Import Administration investigates 
allegations of unfair trade practices by foreign governments and 
producers and, in conjunction with the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, can impose duties on the product in question to offset the 
unfair practices. Form ITA 366-P--Format for Petition Requesting Relief 
Under the U.S. Countervailing Duty Law is designed for U.S. companies 
or industries that are unfamiliar with the countervailing duty law and 
the petition process. The companies use the form to file for tax relief 
when they believe a foreign competitor is being subsidized unfairly. 
Since a variety of detailed information is required under the law 
before initiation of a countervailing duty investigation, the Form is 
designed to extract such information in the least burdensome manner 
possible. Several revisions were made to the Form in an attempt to make 
it more ``user friendly'' and to ensure that the format complies with 
the Uruguay Round Agreement Subsidies Act.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. Email [email protected].
    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, DC 20503 within 30 
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: August 22, 2000.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 00-21893 Filed 8-25-00; 8:45 am]
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