[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24879]



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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 (ITA).
    Title: Foreign-Trade Zones Application.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0139.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Burden Hours: 4,969.
    Number of Respondents: 63.
    Average Hours per Response: General-Purpose Zone Application, 148 
hours; Special-Purpose Subzone Application, 113 hours; Reorganization/
Expansion of General-Purpose Zone, 99 hours; and Request for 
Manufacturing Authority, 34 hours.
    Needs and Uses: The Foreign-Trade Zone Application is the vehicle 
by which individual firms or organizations apply for foreign-trade zone 
(FTZ) status, for subzone status, manufacturing authority, or for 
expansion/reorganization of an existing zone. The FTZ Act and 
Regulations require that an application with a description of the 
proposed project be made to the FTZ Board (19 U.S.C. 81b and 81f; 15 
CFR 400.24-26) before a license can be issued or a zone can be 
expanded. The Act and Regulations require that applications contain 
detailed information on facilities, financing, operational plans, 
proposed manufacturing operations, need, and economic impact. 
Manufacturing activity in zones or subzones, can involve issues related 
to domestic industry and trade policy impact. Such applications must 
include specific information on the customs tariff-related savings that 
result from zone procedures and the economic consequences of permitting 
such savings. The FTZ Board needs complete and accurate information on 
the proposed operation and its economic effects because the Act and 
Regulations authorize the Board to restrict or prohibit operations that 
are detrimental to the public interest.
    The program revision involves the number copies submitted by 
applicants. They are now required to submit original and three copies 
instead of the previously required original and twelve copies.
    Affected Public: State, local, or tribal government; not-for-profit 
institutions; business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: Annually.
    Respondent's Obligation: Mandatory.
    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 6616, 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) 395-5167 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: September 22, 2011.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2011-24879 Filed 9-27-11; 8:45 am]
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