[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 16245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05869]


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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: Interim Procedures for Considering Requests from the Public 
for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports from Panama.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Form Number(s): N/A.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (new information collection).
    Burden Hours: 24.
    Number of Respondents: 6 (1 for Request; 5 for Comments).
    Average Hours per Response: 4 hours for a Request; and 4 hours for 
each Comment.
    Needs and Uses: Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321 through Section 
328 of the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement 
Implementation Act (the Act) [Pub. L. 112-43] implements the textile 
and apparel safeguard provisions, provided for in Article 3.24 of the 
United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (the Agreement). This 
safeguard mechanism applies when, as a result of the elimination of a 
customs duty under the Agreement, a Panamanian 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 3.24 permits the 
United States to increase duties on the imported article from Panama 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 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. 8894 (77 FR 66507, November 5, 2012), 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 Panama, 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.
    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].

    Dated: March 11, 2013.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2013-05869 Filed 3-13-13; 8:45 am]
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