[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3999-4000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1591]


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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: Application for Insular Watch and Jewelry Program Benefits.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0040.
    Form Number(s): ITA-334P; -334P-1; -334P-2; and -334P-3.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Burden Hours: 4.
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours per Response: 1.
    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 Department 
of Commerce and the Department of the Interior (Departments) to 
administer the distribution of duty exemptions to watch producers and 
duty refunds, involving several million dollars biannually, to watch 
and jewelry producers in the insular possessions (i.e., the U.S. Virgin 
Islands, Guam, American Samoa) and the Northern Mariana Islands. The 
primary consideration in collecting information is to administer the 
laws, prevent abuse of the program, and permit a fair and equitable 
distribution of its benefits. Form ITA-334P is the principal program 
form used for recording the annual operational data on the basis of 
which program entitlements are distributed among the various producers 
(and the provision of which to the Departments constitutes their annual 
application for these entitlements). The form is also used by new firms 
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application for entitlements for the first time.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organization.
    Frequency: Biannually and annually.
    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 Jennifer Jessup, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-0336, 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) 395-7285 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].

    Dated: January 20, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-1591 Filed 1-25-12; 8:45 am]
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