[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61067-61068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24536]


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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, Public Law 104-
13.
    Bureau: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Watch Duty-Exemption and 7113 Jewelry Duty-Refund Program 
Forms.
    Agency Form Numbers: ITA-340P, ITA-360P, and ITA-361P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0134.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 66 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 11.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 10 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: Pub. L. 97-446, as amended by Pub. L. 103-465, 
requires the Department of Commerce and the Interior to administer the 
distribution of duty-exemptions and duty-refunds to watch producers in 
the U.S. insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. Pub. L. 
106-36, enacted in 1999, extended the duty-refund benefit for any 
jewelry within heading 7113 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States which is the product of the U.S. Territories and the 
Northern Mariana Islands in accordance with the provisions of the note 
in chapter 71 and additional U.S. note 5 to chapter 91. The primary 
consideration in collecting information is the enforcement of the law 
and the information gathered is limited to that necessary to prevent 
abuse of the program and to permit a fair and equitable distribution of 
its benefits. Form ITA-340P provides the data to assist in verification 
of duty-free shipments of watches into the United States and make 
certain the allocations are not exceeded. Forms ITA-360P and ITA-361P 
are necessary to implement the duty-refund program for the watch and 
jewelry producers. Because the duty-refund benefit has been changed 
from an annual benefit to a biannual benefit, Forms ITA-360P and ITA-
361P will now also be used for the distribution of an interim duty-
refund benefit.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.

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    Frequency: Semi-Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: 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 Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and 
Constitution, NW., Washington, DC 20230 or via 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: September 23, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-24536 Filed 9-26-02; 8:45 am]
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