[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23095-23096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07914]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB
Review; Renewal of Generic Clearance; Comment Request
AGENCY: International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice and comment request.
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SUMMARY: Consistent with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 the U.S.
International Trade Commission (Commission) has submitted a proposal
for the collection of information to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for approval. The proposed information collection is a
three-year extension of the current generic clearance (approved by OMB
under Control No. 3117-0016) under which the Commission can issue
information collections for import injury investigations and reviews
that it is required to conduct under the Tariff Act of 1930, the Trade
Act of 1974, and other trade remedy statutes that require or authorize
the Commission to make findings or determinations. These investigations
and reviews include: antidumping duty, countervailing duty, safeguards,
other import competition, market disruption, interference with programs
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and cross-border long-haul
trucking. A full list of all the investigations and reviews associated
with this generic clearance and their associated statutory authorities
is available in the Commission's supporting statement to this Federal
Register notice. Any comments submitted to OMB on the proposed
information collection should be specific, indicating which part of the
questionnaires or study plan are objectionable, describing the issue in
detail, and including specific revisions or language changes. The
Commission did not receive any comments in response to the 60-day
notice that it published in the Federal Register on January 5, 2023.
DATES: Comments solicited under this notice must be submitted on or
before May 15, 2023.
Comments: Comments about the proposal should be provided to the
Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs through the Information Collection Review Dashboard at https://www.reginfo.gov. All comments should be specific, indicating which part
of the renewal request is objectionable, describing the concern in
detail, and including specific suggested revisions or language changes.
Provide copies of any comments that you submit to OMB to Nancy Snyder,
Director, Office of Analysis and Research Services, U.S. International
Trade Commission at [email protected] and Nannette Christ,
Director, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission
at [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may obtain copies of the proposed
collection of information and supporting documentation from Stamen
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Borisson, Office of Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission
at [email protected], 202-205-3125, or Zachary Coughlin,
Statistical and Data Services Division, U.S. International Trade
Commission, at [email protected], 202-205-3435. Hearing-
impaired persons can obtain information on this matter by contacting
the Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810. Persons with mobility
impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the
Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at 202-205-2000.
You may also obtain general information concerning the Commission by
accessing its website (http://www.usitc.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(1) The generic clearance generally covers the collections of six
types of forms, as follows: U.S. producers' questionnaire; U.S.
importers' questionnaire; U.S. purchasers' questionnaire; Foreign
producers'/exporters' questionnaire; Administrative Protective Order
(APO) application form; and Notice of Institution (NOI) for five-year
reviews.
(2) The types of items contained within actual information
collections issued under this generic clearance are largely determined
by statute; however, questions are modified to match the specific facts
of each investigation or review. Case-specific factors such as the
nature of the industry, the relevant economic and legal issues, the
ability of respondents to supply the data, as well as the availability
of data from secondary sources are all taken into consideration in each
investigation and review.
(3) Once the data are collected from the relevant entities in an
information collection under this generic clearance, Commission staff
consolidates the information collected into compilations, summaries,
and statistical aggregations that are then used as the basis for the
Commission's determinations or recommendations in the particular
investigation or review. Affirmative Commission determinations in
antidumping and countervailing duty investigations result in the
imposition of duties on imports entering the United States, as
determined by the U.S. Department of Commerce, which are in addition to
any normal customs duties. If the Commission makes an affirmative
determination in a five-year review, the existing antidumping or
countervailing duty order remains in place. The President or the U.S.
Trade Representative may use the data developed in global and bilateral
safeguard, market disruption, interference with U.S. Department of
Agriculture program, and cross-border long-haul trucking investigations
to determine the type of relief, if any, to be provided to domestic
industries.
Parties' submissions of the Commission's APO application form for
inclusion on the APO are the basis for determining whether those
parties are granted access to business proprietary or confidential
business information. The submissions made to the Commission in
response to the notices of institution of five-year reviews are the
basis for the Commission's determination whether to conduct a full or
expedited review.
(4) Likely respondents are businesses (including foreign
businesses) or farms that produce, import, purchase, or sell products
under investigation. The Commission estimates that information
collections issued under the requested generic clearance will impose an
average annual burden of 409,250 hours on 12,935 respondents over the
next three-year generic clearance period.
(5) No new record keeping burden is known to result from the
proposed collection of information.
(6) Note that, in addition to the generic clearance public comment
process, for every individual antidumping and countervailing duty final
investigation or full five-year review, Commission questionnaires are
made available to the public on the Commission's Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) and parties specifically subject to the
Commission investigation or review are requested to comment on the
case-specific information collections prior to their issuance as part
of the Commission's investigatory procedures.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: April 11, 2023.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2023-07914 Filed 4-13-23; 8:45 am]
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