[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56339-56340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-22386]


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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
    Titles: Questionnaire for Exclusion Requesters; Questionnaire for 
Objectors.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Agency Approval Number: 0350-0011, 0350-0012.
    Type of Request: Revision of currently approved collections.
    Burden: Questionnaire for Exclusion Requesters: 4100 hours; 
Questionnaire for Objectors: 3387 hours.
    Number of Respondents: Questionnaire for Exclusion Requesters: 250; 
Questionnaire for Objectors: 17.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: The time needed to respond is estimated to 
range from 1.5 to 15 hours. Many of the respondents will be updating 
information with regard to an exclusion that they have previously 
requested, or to which they have previously objected. We estimate that 
their time for responding will average between 1.5 and 2 hours. Other 
respondents will be submitting a new request for exclusion or objecting 
to a new request for exclusion. We estimate that their time for 
responding will average between 11 and 15 hours. The time estimates 
include time to gather the necessary information, create the documents, 
and submit the completed questionnaires.
    Needs and Uses: Section 203(a) of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
(19 U.S.C. 2253(a)) authorizes the President, in certain circumstances, 
to take appropriate and feasible action which the President determines 
will facilitate efforts by domestic industries to make a positive 
adjustment to import competition and provide greater economic and 
social benefits than costs. On March 5, 2002, acting pursuant to 
Section 203(a), the President issued Proclamation 7529, establishing 
temporary safeguards on imports of steel products. 67 Fed. Reg. 10553 
(March 7, 2002). Proclamation 7529 states that in March of each year in 
which any of these safeguard measures remain in effect, the United 
States Trade Representative (``USTR'') is authorized, upon publication 
in the Federal Register of a notice of his finding that a particular 
product should be excluded from these safeguard measures, to modify the 
HTS provisions created by the Annex to Proclamation 7529 accordingly. 
These information requests will identify products for which exclusion 
is sought, identify objections to the exclusion of such products, and

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provide the information needed for the USTR to make a finding as to 
whether a product should be excluded.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profit.
    Frequency: Annually and as otherwise needed.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain benefits.
    OMB Desk Office: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the proposed requester's or objector's questionnaires can 
be obtained by submitting a request to the USTR Office of Industry, 600 
E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20508, Attn. Questionnaire Copy, fax 202-
395-9674, telephone 202-395-5656. Please indicate clearly the 
questionnaire sought (requester's questionnaire or objector's 
questionnaire).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed collection 
should be sent on or before October 3, 2002, to David Rostker, OMB Desk 
Officer, Room 10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 
20503.

    Dated: August 28, 2002.
James E. Mendenhall,
Deputy General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 02-22386 Filed 8-30-02; 8:45 am]
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