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Research and Development, Forestry 

Research Advisory Council; 201 14th 

St., SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

Pearlie S. Reed, 

Assistant Secretary for Administration. 

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–P 

Department of Commerce 

Secretarial India High Technology 

Business Development Mission; 

February 6–11, 2011 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Secretary of Commerce Gary 

Locke will lead a senior-level business 

development trade mission to New 

Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, India, 

February 6–11, 2011. The overall focus 

of the trip will be commercial 

opportunities for U.S. companies, 

including joint ventures and export 

opportunities. In each city participants 

will have a market briefings followed by 

one-on-one appointments with potential 

buyers/partners and meetings with high 

level government officials. 

DATES: Applications should be 

submitted to the Office of Business 

Liaison by November 30, 2010. 

Applications received after that date 

will be considered only if space and 

scheduling constraints permit. 

Contact: Office of Business Liaison; 

Room 5062; Department of Commerce; 

Washington, DC 20230; Tel: (202) 482– 

1360; Fax: (202) 482–4054 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Mission Description: U.S. Secretary of 

Commerce Gary Locke will lead a 

senior-level U.S. business development 

mission to Delhi, Mumbai, and 

Bangalore from February 6–11, 2011 to 

discuss market development policies 

and promote U.S. exports in the 

following advanced industrial sectors: 

The civil nuclear, defense and security, 

civil aviation, and information and 

communications technology (ICT). 

The mission will help U.S. companies 

already doing business in India increase 

their current level of exports and 

business interests, and it will focus on 

helping experienced U.S. exporters 

which have not yet done business in 

India enter the market in support of 

creating jobs in the United States. 

Participating firms will gain market 

information, make business and 

government contacts, solidify business 

strategies, and/or advance specific 

projects. In each of these important 

sectors, participating U.S. companies 

will meet with prescreened potential 

partners, agents, distributors, 

representatives, and licensees. The 

agenda will also include meetings with 

high-level national and local 

government officials, networking 

opportunities, country briefings, and 

seminars. 

The delegation will be composed of 

20–25 U.S. firms representing a crosssection of U.S. high technology 

industries. Representatives of the U.S. 

Trade and Development Agency 

(USTDA), the Export-Import Bank of the 

United States (Ex-Im) and the Overseas 

Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) 

will be invited to participate (as 

appropriate) to provide information and 

counseling on their programs, as they 

relate to the Indian market. 

Commercial Setting: India’s sustained 

economic growth of around 5.5 percent 

in 2009 and dynamic expansion in 

several of its regional markets has 

created wide and diverse business 

prospects for U.S. exporters and 

investors. With 2010 growth estimates 

hovering at about 9.7 percent, India 

remains one of the fastest growing, 

largest, and most dynamic economies in 

the world. The global economic 

downturn did not affect India to the 

same extent as the United States, though 

most Indian companies remain cautious 

about making large investments. 

Worldwide economic difficulties 

notwithstanding, U.S. multinationals 

are expanding and deepening their 

market penetration. U.S. firms with 

advanced and niche-market products 

and services are entering the market for 

the first time, or are replacing legacy 

distributors appointed in the slowgrowth past with more capable and 

aggressive representatives. The recent 

rise of U.S. exports to India, the daily 

business press announcements, and the 

rapidly expanding demand for 

Commercial Service India matchmaking 

programs and due-diligence services all 

point to India being open for business. 

In fact, the pace of the United States’ 

trade and investment relationship with 

India is accelerating. In 2009, U.S. 

exports to India amounted to $16.4 

billion. Advanced technologies, 

including aerospace, specialized 

materials, information and 

communications technologies, 

electronics and flexible manufacturing 

systems underpinned this growth. U.S. 

exports to India are up 24 percent 

through the first six months of 2010. 

India is expected to play a major role in 

the Obama Administration’s National 

Export Initiative (NEI), which aims to 

double U.S. exports over the next five 

years. Commercial Service India, with 

its seven offices across India, is actively 

implementing the NEI on the ground 

and will assist U.S. firms across a range 

of sectors including, but not limited to 

civil nuclear energy, defense, civil 

aviation, defense and security, and ICT. 

In terms of long-range economic 

forecasts, some major consulting 

companies project that more than 500 

million people, a full 50 percent of the 

population, will enter India’s middle 

class over the next 15 years. One noted 

firm expects India to have and sustain 

the fastest growing economy in the 

world in the next three to five years. 

Another well-known consultancy 

believes that India will become the 3rd 

largest economy in the world by 2032. 

India’s ‘‘demographic dividend’’ (71 

percent of the population is under the 

age of 35, and the median age is 25) will 

ensure that India retains strong 

production and knowledge-based 

competitiveness for many years to come. 

India necessitates multiple marketing 

efforts that address differing regional 

opportunities, standards, languages, 

cultural differences, and levels of 

economic development. Gaining access 

to India’s markets requires careful 

analysis of consumer preferences, 

existing sales channels, and changes in 

distribution and marketing practices, all 

of which are continually evolving. 

Industry Focus: The mission will 

focus on four industry sectors—civil 

nuclear, defense and security 

equipment/systems/services, civil 

aviation, and ICT. It is designed to take 

advantage of these four strategic growth 

sectors and advance the discussion of 

U.S. market access, regulatory, and 

export control issues. 

Civil Nuclear: This mission would 

represent the first Department-led civilnuclear event in five years to India. 

Industry assessments suggest the Indian 

nuclear power market in total is worth 

as much as $150 billion. In September 

2009, the Government of India (GOI) 

officially designated two site locations 

for U.S. commercial nuclear technology. 

The Indian cabinet reserved sites at 

Mithi Virdi in Gujarat and at Kovada in 

Andhra Pradesh to host the U.S. ‘‘reactor 

parks.’’ The U.S. government has 

worked closely with the GOI to 

implement the U.S.-India nuclear 

cooperation agreement. U.S. reactor 

companies are on track to do business 

in India’s expanding civil nuclear sector 

which provides opportunities along the 

civil nuclear supply chain for smalland medium-size civil nuclear 

suppliers. 

Defense and Security: Over the next 

three years, India is expected to procure 

more than $10 billion in state-of-the-art 

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technology products, solutions, and 

services for border protection, marine 

security, counter insurgency, city 

surveillance, intelligence infrastructure, 

and other critical security infrastructure 

needs. The United States and India are 

closely collaborating on homeland 

security through our five-pillared 

Strategic Dialogue and a Joint Working 

Group on Counter-Terrorism (CTJWG). 

This homeland security component of 

the CTJWG offers us a unique 

opportunity to integrate U.S. business 

into the bilateral partnership with India 

by creating a private sector-public sector 

advisory forum within the governmentto-government CTJWG. It will focus on 

translating the policy cooperation and 

goodwill between the two countries into 

business opportunities and export 

growth for U.S. companies. 

Civil Aviation: Currently ranked ninth 

in the global civil aviation market, 

India’s rapidly growing aviation sector 

is expected to become one of the top 

five civil aviation markets in the world 

over the next five years. Domestic 

passenger travel grew by 22 percent to 

25.7 million passengers between 

January-June 2010 compared with 21.1 

million passengers in January-June 

2009, with private airlines accounting 

for about 75 percent of the domestic 

aviation market. Both Boeing and 

Airbus forecast India’s demand for 

aircraft to exceed 1,000 aircraft worth 

more than $130 billion over the next 20 

years. To keep pace with this rapid 

expansion, the GOI is planning 

multibillion dollar infrastructure 

investments to handle an estimated 580 

million passengers in the next five to 

seven years. 

Cooperation between the U.S. and 

Indian Governments in civil aviation 

has grown steadily since the signing of 

the U.S.-India Open Skies Agreement in 

2005. With the launch of the U.S.-India 

Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP) in 

2007, the United States and India 

established a forum for unified 

communication between the GOI and 

U.S. public and private sectors active in 

India with the goal of identification and 

support of the GOI’s civil aviation sector 

modernization priorities. Early in 2010, 

the GOI and the United States created 

the U.S.-India Aviation Security 

Working Group to increase close 

cooperation on mutual commercial and 

security interest. In March, 2010, the 

inaugural meeting of the U.S.-India High 

Technology Cooperation Group (HTCG) 

Civil Aviation Subcommittee was held 

in Washington, DC. Among the most 

important areas of agreement coming 

from the group’s private sector and 

government-government sessions were 

formation of an Airport Infrastructure 

Working Group (AIWG) tasked with 

identifying ways to encourage increased 

U.S. private sector participation in 

India’s airport development; agreement 

to increase information exchange on air 

traffic control (ATC) technology 

enabling modernization of India’s ATC 

system; consideration of a civil aviation 

business development trade mission to 

India; and collaboration on the 

development of alternative aviation 

fuels. The inaugural meeting of the 

AIWG held on September 30 in New 

Delhi directly addressed the issue of 

facilitating U.S. private sector 

investment in India’s $20 billion dollar 

civil airport infrastructure development 

market. 

Information and Communications 

Technology: As part of India’s economic 

transformation, ICT represents about 11 

percent of India’s GDP. Telecom is 

considered the fastest growing sector, 

with cellular connections that have 

surpassed 600 million (with an 

expectation of reaching 1 billion by 

2015). Internet and broadband 

infrastructure plans are bold and are 

based on rapid growth projections. In 

the next five years, the Indian market 

will reach 500 million fixed-wire line 

Internet connections, with fixed 

broadband comprising 200 million of 

the connections. The rapid growth of 

India’s ICT industry is generating 

massive, untapped opportunities for 

U.S. companies. India’s software and 

services industry accounted for $59.6B 

in aggregated revenue in FY2008–09, 

and spending in these sectors is forecast 

to grow at over 17 percent year on year 

between 2010 and 2014. 

Mission Stops: 

New Delhi: New Delhi, India’s capital, 

serves as the seat of the GOI and the 

government of the National Capital 

Territory of New Delhi. The city is 

known for its wide, tree-lined 

boulevards and is home to numerous 

national institutions and landmarks. 

The city’s service sector has expanded 

due in part to the large skilled Englishspeaking workforce that has attracted 

many multinational companies. Key 

service industries include information 

technology, telecommunications, hotels, 

banking, media and tourism. Most U.S. 

companies, with offices in India, are 

either headquartered in New Delhi or 

have an active office in this city. U.S. 

trade associations such as the American 

Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. 

India Business Council and Indian trade 

associations, representing thousands of 

Indian companies, such as 

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) 

and Federation of Indian Chambers of 

Commerce and Industry (FICCI) are also 

headquartered in New Delhi. 

Bangalore: Bangalore, known as 

India’s Silicon Valley, is renowned as 

India’s hub for the aerospace/defense, IT 

and semiconductor sectors. The city 

also boasts the largest cluster of firms 

operating in the biotechnology sector. 

Many high tech U.S. companies such as 

Cisco, Intel, Motorola, and Texas 

Instruments, have their India 

headquarters in Bangalore. 

Additionally, some of India’s leading 

companies and entrepreneurs, including 

members of the U.S.-India CEO Forum, 

are based in this city. As it is among the 

most cosmopolitan and well known 

cities in India, Bangalore is a leading 

destination for U.S. companies coming 

to India for the first time. The Mission 

will also overlap with the Aero India 

2011 trade show in Bangalore. Aero 

India is organized by the Ministry of 

Defense of India and will include a large 

U.S. pavilion. The U.S. Department of 

Defense will also be participating in this 

show. 

Mumbai: Mumbai, located in the state 

of Maharashtra, is the commercial and 

financial center of India. Mumbai is 

India’s largest city and home to almost 

20 million people, and many of India’s 

industrial powerhouses are 

headquartered in the city, including 

Tata, Reliance, and Mahindra. Mumbai 

is also at the center of India’s civil 

nuclear industry and U.S. nuclear firms 

are eagerly eyeing the Indian market. 

The region surrounding Mumbai has 

emerged as an industrial hub and 

several major U.S. corporations across a 

wide variety of sectors have established 

a presence in the region, including 

General Motors, Kellogg and John Deere. 

It is not an exaggeration to say that 

Mumbai is truly the Gateway of India, 

and U.S. firms interested in doing 

business in India should make a point 

to visit this city. 

Mission Goals: This Business 

Development Mission to India will 

demonstrate the United States 

commitment to a sustained economic 

partnership with India. The mission 

will combine Secretarial level policy 

dialogue and business development for 

U.S. firms. The mission’s purpose is to 

support participants as they construct a 

firm foundation for future business in 

India and specifically aims to: 

• Assist in identifying potential 

partners and strategies for U.S. 

companies to gain access to the Indian 

market for high technology products 

and services. 

• Provide an opportunity for 

participant’s to be present for policy and 

regulatory framework discussions with 

India government officials and private 

sector representatives to advance U.S. 

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*An SME is defined as a firm with 500 or fewer 

employees or that otherwise qualifies as a small 

business under SBA regulations (see http:// 

www.sba.gov/services/contracting opportunities/ 

sizestandardstopics/index.html). Parent companies, 

affiliates, and subsidiaries will be considered when 

determining business size. The dual pricing 

schedule reflects the Commercial Service’s user fee 

schedule that became effective May 1, 2008 (see 

http://www.export.gov/newsletter/march2008/ 

initiatives.html for additional information). 

• Confirm U.S. Government support 

for activities of U.S. business in India 

and to provide access to senior Indian 

government decision makers. 

• Listen to the needs, suggestions and 

experience of individual participants so 

as to shape appropriate U.S. 

Government positions regarding India 

and U.S. business interests. 

• Organize private and focused events 

with local business and association 

leaders capable of becoming partners 

and clients for U.S. firms as they 

develop their business in India. 

• Assist development of competitive 

strategies and market access with high 

level information gathering from private 

and public-sector leaders. 

Mission Scenario: During the High 

Technology Business Development 

Mission to India the participants will: 

• Meet with high-level Indian 

government officials. 

• Meet with prescreened potential 

partners, agents, distributors, 

representatives and licensees. 

• Meet with representatives of the 

Chambers of Commerce, industry and 

trade associations. 

• Attend briefings conducted by 

Embassy officials on the economic and 

commercial climates. 

Receptions and other business events 

will be organized to provide mission 

participants with further opportunities 

to speak with local business and 

government representatives, as well as 

U.S. business executives living and 

working in the region. 

Timetable: 

New Delhi 

Sunday–February 6 

• Arrive New Delhi. 

• Orientation/Briefing from U.S. 

Government trade finance agencies. 

• Economic/Market Briefing by U.S. 

Embassy Officials. 

• Welcome Dinner. 

Monday–February 7 

• Business Event/Briefing with Local 

Industry Representatives. 

• High-level Government Meetings 

and Roundtables for Delegates. 

• One-on-One Business Meetings for 

the Delegation. 

• Reception Hosted by the U.S. 

Ambassador. 

Tuesday–February 8 

• One-on-One Business Meetings for 

the Delegation. 

• Government and Industry Meetings. 

• Late Afternoon Departure for 

Bangalore. 

Bangalore 

Wed.–February 9 

• Meetings with Local Government 

Officials. 

• Business Event/Briefing with Local 

Industry Representatives. 

• One-on-One Business Meetings for 

the Delegation. 

• Site Visit to U.S. Export-related 

Venture. 

Thursday–February 10 

• Morning Departure for Mumbai. 

Mumbai 

Thursday–February 10 

• Arrive Mumbai. 

• Economic/Market Briefing by U.S. 

Government Officials. 

• Meetings with Local Government 

Officials. 

• Business Event/Briefing with Local 

Industry Representatives. 

• Reception Hosted by U.S. Consul 

General. 

Friday–February 11 

• One-on-One Business Meetings for 

the Delegation. 

• Meetings with Senior Indian 

Industry and Government Officials. 

• Closing Dinner. 

• Mission Ends/Departure. 

Participation Requirements: All 

parties interested in participating in the 

Secretarial India High Technology 

Business Development Mission must 

complete and submit an application 

package for consideration by the U.S. 

Department of Commerce. All 

applicants will be evaluated on their 

ability to meet certain conditions and 

best satisfy the selection criteria as 

outlined below. Approximately 20–25 

companies will be selected from the 

applicant pool to participate in the 

mission. 

Fees and Expenses: After a company 

has been selected to participate in the 

mission, a payment to the Department of 

Commerce in the form of a participation 

fee is required. The participation fee, 

based on 20 companies, will be $10,500 

for large firms and $8,500 for a small or 

medium-sized enterprise (SME), which 

includes one principal representative.*

The fee for each additional firm 

representative (large firm or SME) is 

$2,500. 

Expenses for travel, lodging, some 

meals, and incidentals will be the 

responsibility of each mission 

participant. 

Conditions for Participation: An 

applicant must submit a completed and 

signed mission application and 

supplemental application materials, 

including adequate information on the 

company’s products and/or services, 

primary market objectives, and goals for 

participation. If the Office of Business 

Liaison receives an incomplete 

application, the Department of 

Commerce may either: Reject the 

application, request additional 

information/clarification, or take the 

lack of information into account when 

evaluating the applications. 

Each applicant must also: 

• Certify that the products and 

services it seeks to export through the 

mission are either produced in the 

United States, or, if not, marketed under 

the name of a U.S. firm and have at least 

fifty-one percent U.S. content. In cases 

where the U.S. content does not exceed 

fifty percent, especially where the 

applicant intends to pursue investment 

and major project opportunities, the 

following factors, often associated with 

U.S. ownership, may be considered in 

determining whether the applicant’s 

participation in the trade mission is in 

the U.S. national interest: 

• U.S. materials and equipment 

content; 

• U.S. labor content; 

• Repatriation of profits to the U.S. 

economy; and/or 

• Potential for follow-on business that 

would benefit the U.S. economy; 

• Certify that the export of the 

products and services that it wishes to 

export through the mission would be in 

compliance with U.S. export controls 

and regulations; 

• Certify that it has identified to the 

Department of Commerce for its 

evaluation any business pending before 

the Department of Commerce that may 

present the appearance of a conflict of 

interest; 

• Certify that it has identified any 

pending litigation (including any 

administrative proceedings) to which it 

is a party that involves the Department 

of Commerce; and 

• Sign and submit an agreement that 

it and its affiliates (1) have not and will 

not engage in the bribery of foreign 

officials in connection with a 

company’s/participant’s involvement in 

this mission, and (2) maintain and 

enforce a policy that prohibits the 

bribery of foreign officials. 

Selection Criteria for Participation: 

Selection will be based on the following 

criteria in decreasing order of 

importance: 

• Consistency of company’s products 

or services with the scope and desired 

outcome of the mission’s goals; 

• Suitability of a company’s products 

or services to the Indian market and the 


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likelihood of a participating company’s 

increased exports to or business 

interests in India as a result of this 

mission; 

• Demonstrated export experience in 

India and/or other foreign markets; 

• Prior experience in public 

discussions, such as through 

conferences, business organizations, 

public/private entities, or academic fora, 

on policy issues related to market access 

for U.S. firms in India; 

• Current or pending major project 

participation; and 

• Rank/seniority of the designated 

company representative. 

Additional factors, such as diversity 

of company size, type, location, and 

demographics, may also be considered 

during the review process. 

Referrals from political organizations 

and any documents, including the 

application, containing references to 

partisan political activities (including 

political contributions) will be removed 

from an applicant’s submission and not 

considered during the selection process. 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Applications: Mission recruitment will 

be conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (http://www.ita.doc.gov/ 

doctm/tmcal.html) and other Internet 

Web sites, press releases to general and 

trade media, direct mail, broadcast fax, 

notices by industry trade associations 

and other multiplier groups, and 

publicity at industry meetings, 

symposia, conferences, and trade shows. 

The Commerce Department’s Office of 

Business Liaison and the International 

Trade Administration will explore and 

welcome outreach assistance from other 

interested organizations, including other 

U.S. Government agencies. 

Recruitment for this mission will 

begin immediately upon approval. 

Applications can be completed on-line 

at the India High Technology Business 

Development Mission Web site at 

http://www.trade.gov/IndiaMission2011 

or can be obtained by contacting the 

U.S. Department of Commerce Office of 

Business Liaison (202–482–1360 or 

IndiaMission2011@doc.gov). The 

application deadline is Tuesday, 

November 30, 2010. Completed 

applications should be submitted to the 

Office of Business Liaison. Applications 

received after Tuesday, November 30, 

2010 will be considered only if space 

and scheduling constraints permit. 

General Information and 

Applications: 

The Office of Business Liaison, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 5062, 

Washington, DC 20230. Tel: 202–482– 

1360. Fax: 202–482–4054. E-mail: 

IndiaMission2011@doc.gov. 

Clarance E. Burden, 

US & FCS, Senior Budget Analyst, 

Commercial Service Trade Missions Program. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Office of Education 

Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before January 7, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Priti Brahma, 301–713–9437 

or Priti.Brahma@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The proposed information collection 

is a reinstatement of a previous 

collection, with revisions in the 

requirements: a pre- and post-evaluation 

by participants, and a new application 

form. 

The National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 

Office of Education (OEd) collects, 

evaluates and assesses student data and 

information for the purpose of selecting 

successful scholarship candidates, 

generating internal NOAA reports and 

articles to demonstrate the success of its 

program. The Dr. Nancy Foster 

Scholarship Program is available to 

graduate students pursuing masters and 

doctoral degrees in the areas of marine 

biology, oceanography and maritime 

archaeology. The OEd requires 

applicants to the Dr. Nancy Foster 

Scholarship Program to complete an 

application and to supply references 

(e.g., from academic professors and 

advisors) in support of the scholarship 

application. Scholarship recipients are 

required to conduct a pre- and postevaluation of their studies through the 

scholarship program to gather 

information about the level of 

knowledge, skills and behavioral 

changes that take place with the 

students before and after their program 

participation. The evaluation results 

support NOAA Office of National 

Marine Sanctuaries program 

performance measures. Scholarship 

recipients are also required to submit an 

annual progress report, a biographical 

sketch, and a photograph. 

II. Method of Collection 

All forms are electronic, and the 

primary methods of submittal are e-mail 

and Internet transmission. 

Approximately 1% of the application 

and reference forms may be mailed. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0432. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(reinstatement with change of a 

previously approved information 

collection). 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

200. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 621. 

Estimated Time per Response: Dr. 

Nancy Foster application form: 8 hours; 

Letter of Recommendation: 45 minutes; 

Bio/Photograph Submission: 1 hour; 

Annual Report: 1 hour, 30 minutes; and 

Evaluation: 15 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,919. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $4,000. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 


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