[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 156 (Thursday, August 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 48492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-19899]
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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.
Title: Procedures for Considering Requests and Comments from the
Public for Textile and Apparel Safeguard Actions on Imports from
Colombia.
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Control Number: 0625-0271.
Type of Request: Regular submission.
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.
Average Annual Cost to Public: $960.
Needs and Uses: Title III, Subtitle B, Section 321 through Section
328 of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
Implementation Act (the ``Act'') [Pub. L. 112-42] implements the
textile and apparel safeguard provisions, provided for in Article 3.1
of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (the
``Agreement''). This safeguard mechanism applies when, as a result of
the elimination of a customs duty under the Agreement, a Colombian
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 Colombia 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. 8818 (77 FR 29519, May 18, 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 Colombia, 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
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the 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 OIRA [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.
Dated: August 10, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-19899 Filed 8-12-15; 8:45 am]
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