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verify that the BAS 2010 changes are 

reflected. In the final BVP phase, each 

HEO submits any remaining corrections 

directly to the Census Bureau using the 

instructions provided in the BAS 

respondent guide. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0151. 

Form Number: BVP–1; BVP–2. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: All actively 

functioning counties or statistically 

equivalent entities, incorporated places 

(including consolidated cities), minor 

civil divisions (MCDs), all federally 

recognized American Indian 

reservations (AIRs) and off-reservation 

trust land entities in the United States, 

and municipios, barrios and subbarrios 

in Puerto Rico. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

48,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 96,000 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,075,520. The estimate is based on an 

hourly rate of $21.62 from ‘‘financial 

administration’’ payroll in the Annual 

Survey of State and Local Government 

Employment. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 

Section 6. 

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 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 18, 2009. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20181 Filed 8–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Procedures for 

Considering Requests and Comments 

From the Public for Textile and Apparel 

Safeguard Actions on Imports From 

Oman 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration (ITA). 

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 October 23, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 7845, 

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 Maria D’Andrea, Office of 

Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, Tel. (202) 482–4058, 

maria_dandrea@ita.doc.gov, Fax. (202) 

482–0667. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

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 ITA’s 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 

industry, subject to section 322(b) of the 

Act. 

Pursuant to Section 321(a) of the Act 

and Section 7 of Presidential 

Proclamation 8332 of December 29, 

2008, an interested party in the U.S. 

domestic textile and apparel industry 

may file a request for a textile and 

apparel safeguard action with CITA. 

Consistent with longstanding CITA 

practice in considering textile safeguard 

actions, CITA will consider an 

interested party to be an entity (which 

may be a trade association, firm, 

certified or recognized union, or group 

of workers) that is representative of 

either: (A) A domestic producer or 

producers of an article that is like or 

directly competitive with the subject 

Omani textile or apparel article; or (B) 

a domestic producer or producers of a 

component used in the production of an 

article that is like or directly 

competitive with the subject Omani 

textile or apparel article. 

In order for a request to be 

considered, the requestor must provide 

the following information in support of 

a claim that a textile or apparel article 

from Oman 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 an article 

that is like, or directly competitive with, 

the imported article: (1) Name and 

description of the imported article 

concerned; (2) import data 

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origin textile or apparel article that are 

like or directly competitive with the 

articles produced by the domestic 

industry concerned are increasing in 

absolute terms or relative to the 

domestic market for that article; (3) U.S. 

domestic production of the like or 

directly competitive articles of U.S. 

origin indicating the nature and extent 

of the serious damage or actual threat 

thereof, along with an affirmation that to 

the best of the requester’s knowledge, 

the data represent substantially all of 

the domestic production of the like or 

directly competitive article(s) of U.S. 

origin; (4) imports from Oman as a 

percentage of the domestic market of the 

like or directly competitive article; and 

(5) all data available to the requester 

showing changes in productivity, 

utilization of capacity, inventories, 

exports, wages, employment, domestic 

prices, profits, and investment, and any 

other information, relating to the 

existence of serious damage or actual 

threat thereof caused by imports from 

Oman to the industry producing the like 

or directly competitive article that is the 

subject of the request. To the extent that 

such information is not available, the 

requester should provide best estimates 

and the basis therefor. 

If CITA determines that the request 

provides the information necessary for it 

to be considered, CITA will publish a 

notice in the Federal Register seeking 

public comments regarding the request. 

The comment period shall be 30 

calendar days. The notice will include 

a summary of the request. Any 

interested party may submit information 

to rebut, clarify, or correct public 

comments submitted by any interested 

party. 

CITA will make a determination on 

any request it considers within 60 

calendar days of the close of the 

comment period. If CITA is unable to 

make a determination within 60 

calendar days, it will publish a notice in 

the Federal Register, including the date 

it will make a determination. 

If a determination under section 

322(b) of the Act is affirmative, CITA 

may provide tariff relief to a U.S. 

industry to the extent necessary to 

remedy or prevent serious damage or 

actual threat thereof and to facilitate 

adjustment by the domestic industry to 

import competition. The import tariff 

relief is effective beginning on the date 

that CITA’s affirmative determination is 

published in the Federal Register. 

Entities submitting requests, 

responses or rebuttals to CITA may 

submit both a public and confidential 

version of their submissions. If the 

request is accepted, the public version 

will be posted on the dedicated Oman 

Free Trade Agreement textile safeguards 

section of the Office of Textile and 

Apparel (OTEXA) Web site. The 

confidential version of the request, 

responses or rebuttals will not be shared 

with the public as it may contain 

business confidential information. 

Entities submitting responses or 

rebuttals may use the public version of 

the request as a basis for responses. 

II. Method of Collection 

When an interested party files a 

request for a textile and apparel 

safeguard action with CITA, ten copies 

of any such request must be provided in 

a paper format. If business confidential 

information is provided, two copies of 

a non-confidential version must also be 

provided. If CITA determines that the 

request provides the necessary 

information to be considered, it 

publishes a Federal Register notice 

seeking public comments on the 

request. 

To the extent business confidential 

information is provided, a nonconfidential version must also be 

provided. Any interested party may 

submit information to rebut, clarify, or 

correct public comments submitted by 

any interested party. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; business or other for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 6 

(1 for Request; 5 for Comments). 

Estimated Time per Response: 4 hours 

for a Request; and 4 hours for each 

Comment. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 24. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $960. 

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 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: August 19, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–20283 Filed 8–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–580–809) 

Circular Welded Non–Alloy Steel Pipe 

From the Republic of Korea: Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shane Subler or Joe Shuler, at (202) 482- 

0189 or (202) 482–1293, respectively; 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), on December 1, 2008, 

Wheatland Tube Company 

(‘‘Wheatland’’) and United States Steel 

Corporation (‘‘U.S. Steel’’), 

manufacturers of the domestic like 

product, timely requested an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on circular 

welded non–alloy steel pipe from the 

Republic of Korea for the period 

November 1, 2007, through October 31, 

2008. Wheatland requested that the 

Department of Commerce (the 

‘‘Department’’) conduct an 

administrative review of the following 

producers and/or exporters of the 

subject merchandise: SeAH Steel 

Corporation (‘‘Seah’’); Hyundai HYSCO; 

Husteel Co., Ltd. (‘‘Husteel’’); Daewoo 

International Corporation; Miju Steel 

Making Co.; Samsun Steel Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Samsun’’); Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.; 

Nexteel Co., Ltd. (‘‘Nexteel’’); MSteel 

Co., Ltd.; Kumkang Industrial Co., Ltd. 

(‘‘Kumkang’’); Histeel Co., Ltd.; Hyundai 

Corporation; Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.; 

Dong–A-Steel Co., Ltd.; Korea Iron & 

Steel Co., Ltd.; Union Pipe 

Manufacturing Co., Ltd.; Union Steel 

Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Huanbohai Import & 


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