[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 81 (Thursday, April 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24931-24932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10066]


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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: Watch Duty-Exemption and 7113 Jewelry Duty-Refund Program.
    Form Number(s): ITA-340P, ITA-360P, ITA-361P.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0134.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension of a currently 
approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 2.
    Average Hours per Response: 6 minutes for Form ITA-340P; 10 minutes 
for Form ITA-361P; and 1 minute to transfer a certificate using Form 
ITA-360P.
    Burden Hours: 4.
    Needs and Uses: Public Law 97-446 as amended, requires the 
Department of Commerce and Department of 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 (American 
Samoa, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands).
    Form ITA-340P provides the data to assist in the verification of 
duty-free shipments and make certain the allocations are not exceeded. 
Form ITA-360P and ITA-361P are necessary to implement the duty refund 
program. The primary consideration in collecting information is the 
enforcement of the law and the information gathered is limited to that 
necessary to prevent abuse of the program and to permit a fair and 
equitable distribution of its benefits.
    Affected Public: Business or other for-profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Required to obtain or retain a 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) 395-5167 or via 
the Internet at [email protected].


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    Dated: April 23, 2012.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2012-10066 Filed 4-25-12; 8:45 am]
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