[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 225 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 70321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27589]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

    The Department of Commerce will submit 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 (44 
U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: International Trade Administration.
    Title: Application for Insular Watch and Jewelry Program Benefits.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0040.
    Form Number(s): ITA-334P, 334P-1, 334P-2, 334P-3.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 30.
    Number of Respondents: 5.
    Average Hours per Response: 3 hours.
    Needs and Uses: Public Law 97-446, as amended by Public Law 103-
465, Public Law 106-36 and Public Law 108-429 requires the Departments 
of Commerce and the Interior to administer the distribution of watch 
duty exemptions and watch and jewelry duty refunds to program producers 
in the U.S. insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. The 
primary consideration in collecting information is to enforce the law, 
prevent abuse of the program, and permit a fair and equitable 
distribution of its benefits. The form used to collect the information 
is the principal program form to record the annual and mid-year 
operational data, on the basis of which program entitlements are 
calculated and distributed among the producers. A proposed modification 
to the form (ITA-334P) is planned, by dividing it into four forms, so 
that there is an annual and mid-year application for watch producers 
and an annual and mid-year application for jewelry producers. This 
would not involve any increase in the amount of information collected. 
This will allow program producers to receive their duty refund benefit 
on a biannual basis rather than solely on an annual basis.
    Affected Public: Business and other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Biannually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain benefit.
    OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante, (202) 395-3647.
    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 7845, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 
[email protected]).
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-7285 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: November 17, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-27589 Filed 11-19-08; 8:45 am]
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