[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 178 (Thursday, September 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 47630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22955]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Economic Development Administration


Petition by a Firm for Certification of Eligibility To Apply for 
Trade Adjustment Assistance

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment request.

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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 or continuing information collections, as required by the 
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 
3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 13, 
2001.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to Madeleine G. Clayton, 
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer, Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 or via e-mail at 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or 
copies of the information collection instrument and instructions should 
be directed to Patricia A. Flynn, Director, Operations Review and 
Analysis Division, Economic Development Administration, Room 7015, 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-5353.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

    The information collection is needed to ascertain whether a firm is 
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance. To be certified 
eligible, a firm must demonstrate that increased imports of articles 
directly competitive with its products contributed importantly to 
declines in sales or production and to actual or threatened job loss 
impact of increased imports. The information is required under Chapter 
3 of Title II of the Trade Act of l974, as amended.

II. Method of Collection

    The form is used by firms affected by import competition to 
petition EDA for certification of impact. Information submitted in the 
petition form 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).

III. Data

    OMB Number: 0610-0091.
    Agency Form Number: ED-840P.
    Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,576 hours.
    Affected Public: Business firms which vary in size, including small 
firms.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: 197.
    Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 1,576.
    Estimated Total Annual Cost: $230,274.

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 equality, 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; and they also will become a matter of public record.

    Dated: September 7, 2001.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 01-22955 Filed 9-12-01; 8:45 am]
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