[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2189]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1041]



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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: Extension of a currently approved collection, comment request.

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    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: ED-840.
    OMB Approval Number: 0610-0091.
    Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
    Burden: 1,544 hours.
    Average Hours Per Response: 8 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 193 respondents.
    Needs and Uses: The 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: David Rostker, (202) 395-7340.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine G. Clayton, DoC Forms Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 6086, 14th 
and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230. Written comments 
and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be 
sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to David Rostker, OMB 
Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: January 10, 2002.
Madeleine G. Clayton,
Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief Information 
Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-1041 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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