[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 146 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 38169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18211]


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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 emergency provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
    Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).
    Title: Interim Procedures for Considering Requests under the 
Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement (US-PERU TPA).
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Type of Request: Emergency submission.
    Burden Hours: 89.
    Number of Respondents: 16.
    Average Hours Per Response: 8 hours for a Request of Commercial 
Availability Determination; 2 hours for a Response to Request; and 1 
hour for Rebuttal.
    Needs and Uses: The United States and Peru negotiated the US-Peru 
Trade Promotion Agreement (the ``Agreement''), which entered into force 
on February 1, 2009. Under the textile provisions of the Agreement, 
fabric, yarn, and fiber produced in Peru or the United States and 
traded between the two countries are entitled to duty-free tariff 
treatment. The Agreement also lists specific fabrics, yarns, and fibers 
that the two countries agreed are not available in commercial 
quantities in a timely manner from producers in Peru or the United 
States commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers are also 
entitled to duty-free treatment despite not being produced in Peru or 
the United States.
    The list of commercially unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers may 
be changed pursuant to the commercial availability provision of the 
Agreement (See Chapter 3, Article 3.3, Paragraphs 5-7 of the 
Agreement). Under this provision, interested entities from Peru or the 
United States have the right to request that a specific fabric, yarn, 
or fiber be added to, or removed from, the list of commercially 
unavailable fabrics, yarns, and fibers.
    Chapter 3, Article 3.3, paragraph 7 of the Agreement requires that 
the President ``promptly publish'' procedures for parties to exercise 
the right to make these requests. The President delegated the 
responsibility for publishing the procedures and administering 
commercial availability requests to the Committee for the 
Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), which issues procedures 
and acts on requests through the Office of Textiles and Apparel 
(OTEXA). OTEXA was unable to publish these procedures earlier and is 
requesting an emergency review of the information collection and 
procedures from the Office of Management and Budget.
    CITA must collect certain information about fabric, yarn, or fiber 
technical specifications and the production capabilities of Peruvian 
and U.S. textile producers to determine whether certain fabrics, yarns, 
or fibers are available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in 
the United States or Peru, subject to section 203(o) of the US-PERU 
TPA.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    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 & 
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 by August 7, 2009 to Wendy Liberante, OMB 
Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-5167 or via the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: July 27, 2009.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E9-18211 Filed 7-30-09; 8:45 am]
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