[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 169 (Friday, August 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45725-45726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18798]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


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).

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    Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).
    Title: Procedures for Considering Requests and Comments from the 
Public for Textile and Safeguard Actions on Imports from Oman.
    Form Number(s): None.
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0266.
    Type of Request: Regular submission.
    Number of Respondents: 6 (1 for Request; 5 for Comments).
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours for a Request; and 4 hours for 
a Comment.
    Burden Hours: 24.
    Needs and Uses: Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321 through Section 
328 of the United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act 
(the ``Act'') implements the textile and apparel safeguard provisions, 
provided for in Article 3.1 of the United States-Oman Free Trade 
Agreement (the ``Agreement''). This safeguard mechanism applies when, 
as a result of the elimination of a customs duty under the Agreement, 
an Omani textile or apparel article is being imported into the United 
States in such increased quantities, in absolute terms or relative to 
the domestic market for that article, and under such conditions as to 
cause serious damage or actual threat thereof to a U.S. industry 
producing a like or directly competitive article. In these 
circumstances, Article 3.1 permits the United States to increase duties 
on the imported article from Oman to a level that does not exceed the 
lesser of the prevailing U.S. normal trade relations (NTR)/most-
favored-nation (MFN) duty rate for the article or the U.S. NTR/MFN duty 
rate in effect on the day before the Agreement entered into force.
    The Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the Act 
provides that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile 
Agreements (CITA) will issue procedures for requesting such safeguard 
measures, for making its determinations under section 322(a) of the 
Act, and for providing relief under section 322(b) of the Act.
    In Proclamation No. 8332 (73 FR 80289, December 31, 2008), the 
President delegated to CITA his authority under Subtitle B of Title III 
of the Act with respect to textile and apparel safeguard measures.
    CITA must collect information in order to determine whether a 
domestic textile or apparel industry is being adversely impacted by 
imports of these products from Oman, thereby allowing CITA to take 
corrective action to protect the viability of the domestic textile or 
apparel industry, subject to section 322(b) of the Act.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households; business or other for-
profit organizations.
    Frequency: On occasion.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

Sheleen Dumas,
Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer, 
Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2019-18798 Filed 8-29-19; 8:45 am]
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