[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 12516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6522]


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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 of the following proposal for 
collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13.
    Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).
    Title: Product Characteristics--Design Check-Off Lists.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-426P.
    OMB Approval Number: 0625-0035.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 1,000.
    Number of Respondents: 2,000.
    Average Hours Per Response: 30 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration (ITA) 
sponsors up to 120 overseas trade fairs each fiscal year. Trade fairs 
involve U.S. firms exhibiting their goods and services at American 
pavilions at internationally recognized events worldwide. The Product 
Characteristics-Design Check-Off List seeks from participating firms 
information on the physical nature, power (utility) and graphic 
requirements of the products and services to be displayed, and to 
ensure the availability of utilities for active product demonstrations. 
This form also allows U.S. firms to identify special installation 
instructions that can be critical to the proper placement and hookup of 
their equipment and/or graphics. Without the timely and accurate 
submission of Form ITA-426P, Product Characteristics-Design Check-Off 
List, ITA would be unable to provide a pavilion facility that would 
effectively support the sales/marketing and presentation objectives of 
U.S. participants. The anticipated result would be diminished program 
productivity, then declining participation by U.S. firms. A second 
possible result would be reduced private sector funds and possibly the 
discontinuation of this type of U.S. international trade event program.
    Affected Public: Business or other for profit organizations, and 
not-for-profit institutions.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary; required to obtain or retain a 
benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained 
by calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork 
Clearance Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 
14th and Constitution, NW, Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at 
[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: March 13, 2002.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-6522 Filed 3-18-02; 8:45 am]
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