[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 61068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24537]


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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: Application of License to Enter Watches and Watch Movements 
into the Customs Territory of the United States.
    Agency Form Number: ITA-334P.
    OMB Number: 0625-0040.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 14 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 11.
    Avg. Hours Per Response: 1 hour.
    Needs and Uses: Public Law 97-446, as amended by Public Law 103-
465, requires the Departments 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. Public Law 106-36, enacted June 25, 1999, provides for 
the distribution of duty-refund benefits 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 new 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 laws 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-334P is the principal program form used for 
recording the operational data on the basis of which program 
entitlements are distributed among the producers (and the provision of 
which to the Departments constitutes their application for these 
entitlements). The form is completed by watch and watch movement 
manufacturers and has been modified with special instructions for 
completion by the new jewelry manufacturers. Because the duty-refund 
benefit has been changed from an annual benefit to a biannual benefit, 
Form ITA-334P is also used, with modified instructions, to gather the 
information needed to calculate the interim duty-refund certificate for 
the jewelry and watch manufacturers.
    Affected Public: Businesses or other for-profits.
    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. 02-24537 Filed 9-26-02; 8:45 am]
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