[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 72 (Friday, April 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19968-19969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-7599]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Agency proposal for the collection of information submitted to 
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review; comment request.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Commission has submitted a proposal for 
the collection of information to OMB for approval. The proposed 
information collection is a 3-year extension of the current ``generic 
clearance'' (approved by the Office of Management and Budget under 
control No. 3117-0016) under which the Commission can issue information 
collections (specifically, producer, importer, purchaser, and foreign 
producer questionnaires and certain institution notices) for the 
following types of import injury investigations: antidumping duty, 
countervailing duty, escape clause, NAFTA safeguard, market disruption, 
and ``interference with programs of the USDA.''

DATES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be submitted to OMB within 30 days of the 
date this notice appears in the Federal Register. Comments should be 
sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 10202, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the proposed information 
collection proposal can be obtained from Debra Baker, Office of 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission (telephone no. 202-
205-3180; e-mail [email protected]). General information concerning 
the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server 
(http://www.usitc.gov).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: (1) The proposed information collection 
consists of five basic forms, namely the Sample Producers', Sample 
Importers', Sample Purchasers', and Sample Foreign Producers' 
questionnaires (separate forms are provided for questionnaires issued 
for investigations and five-year reviews) and
    Sample Notice of Institution for Five-Year Reviews. The types of 
items contained within the questionnaires and institution notice are 
largely determined by statute. Actual questions formulated for use in a 
specific investigation depend upon such factors as the nature of the 
industry, the relevant issues, the ability of respondents to supply the 
data, and the availability of data from secondary sources.
    (2) The information collected through questionnaires issued under 
the generic clearance for import injury investigations are consolidated 
by Commission staff and form much of the statistical base for the 
Commission's determinations. Affirmative Commission determinations in 
antidumping and countervailing duty

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investigations result in the imposition of additional duties on imports 
entering the United States. If the Commission makes an affirmative 
determination in a five-year review, the existing antidumping or 
countervailing duty order will remain in place. The data developed in 
escape-clause, market disruption, and interference-with-USDA-program 
investigations (if the Commission finds affirmatively) are used by the 
President/U.S. Trade Representative to determine the type of relief, if 
any, to be provided to domestic industries. The submissions made to the 
Commission in response to the notices of institution of five-year 
reviews form the basis for the Commission's determination of whether a 
full or expedited review should be conducted.
    (3) Likely respondents consist of businesses (including foreign 
businesses) or farms that produce, import, or purchase products under 
investigation. Estimated total annual reporting burden for the period 
July 2005-June 2008 that will result from the collections of 
information is presented below.

                             Table 1.--Projected Annual Burden Data, by Type of Information Collection, July 2005-June 2008
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                                                             Producer                        Purchaser        Foreign       Institution
                          Item                               question-       Importer        question-       producer     notices for 5-       Total
                                                              naires      questionnaires      naires      questionnaires   year reviews
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                                                                          Estimated burden hours imposed annually for July 2005-June 2008
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Number of respondents...................................             952           1,370           1,070             814              61           4,267
Frequency of response...................................               1               1               1               1               1               1
Total annual responses..................................             952           1,370           1,070             814              61           4,267
Hours per response......................................            52.7            38.5            26.3            50.6            14.8            40.6
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    Total hours.........................................          50,170          52,745          28,141          41,188             904         173,148
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    (4) Responses to the questionnaires are mandatory. No record-
keeping burden is known to result from the proposed collections of 
information.

    Issued: April 12, 2005.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 05-7599 Filed 4-14-05; 8:45 am]
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