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complaint activity. The proposed form 

is an update of a previously approved 

collection. The revisions update the 

room and fax numbers for the 

submission of complaints, make 

collection of the complainant’s Social 

Security Number optional, clarify the 

information requested about the 

organizational and geographic location 

where the complaint arose, and provide 

space for complainants and 

representatives to supply e-mail 

addresses. 

II. Method of Collection 

A paper form, signed by the 

complainant or his or her designated 

representative, must be submitted by 

mail or delivery service, in person, or by 

facsimile transmission. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0690–0015. 

Form Number: CD–498. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

400. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 200. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $156. 

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: April 19, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7834 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–BP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Application for 

Investment Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), 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 June 25, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

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 

for copies of the information collection 

described in this notice should be 

directed to Kenneth M. Kukovich, EDA 

PRA Liaison, Office of Management 

Services, Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, HCHB Room 7227, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4965; email: kkukovich@eda.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

EDA’s mission is to lead the federal 

economic development agenda by 

promoting innovation and 

competitiveness, preparing American 

regions for growth and success in the 

worldwide economy. EDA will fulfill its 

mission by fostering entrepreneurship, 

innovation and productivity through 

investments in infrastructure 

development, capacity building and 

business development in order to attract 

private capital investments and higherskill, higher-wage jobs to regions 

experiencing substantial and persistent 

economic distress. EDA’s investments 

generally take the form of grants or 

cooperative agreements with eligible 

recipients. To effectively administer and 

monitor its economic development 

assistance programs, EDA collects 

certain information from applicants for, 

and recipients of, EDA investment 

assistance. 

Beginning November 7, 2003, all 

federal agencies are required to post 

their grant opportunity announcements 

at www.grants.gov. In FY 2007, the 

Office of Management and Budget 

required all federal agencies to post 

applicable financial assistance 

applications at www.grants.gov, 

enabling applicants to submit 

applications electronically through the 

Web site. For most of its economic 

development programs, EDA requires 

eligible applicants to submit a 

completed Pre-Application for 

Investment Assistance (Form ED–900P, 

OMB Control No. 0610–0094). Once the 

appropriate EDA regional office 

considers the ED–900P, it may invite the 

applicant to submit the full Application 

for Investment Assistance (Form ED–

900A, OMB Control No. 0610–0094). 

This is the first year that EDA is able to 

receive pre-applications submitted 

electronically through www.grants.gov, 

which has alerted the agency to 

problems with its two-step application 

process. The www.grants.gov portal does 

not support the use of a pre-application 

followed by a subsequent application. 

The current process is burdensome and 

difficult, if not impossible, to 

implement on www.grants.gov because 

EDA’s current pre-application package 

consists of Forms ED–900P and SF–424 

(Application for Financial Assistance), 

and various attachments and exhibits 

which the applicant must include to 

complete the submission. If EDA later 

invites the applicant to submit a full 

application, the applicant must 

download the application (Form ED–

900A) from EDA’s Web site at http:// 

www.eda.gov, and re-submit the Form 

SF–424. Hence, the current process is 

duplicative, inefficient and timeconsuming for the applicant. 

EDA’s solution to this problem is to 

create a single-step application for 

investment assistance by combining into 

one application pertinent information 

requested from the applicant in the preapplication and application. The singlestep application will remove the need 

for some of the additional attachments 

currently required in the pre-application 

and will allow the applicant to use 

electronically fillable forms that can be 

posted on www.grants.gov. This solution 

requires no new system development 

work on EDA’s existing grants 

management system, so it does not 

conflict with the Grants Management 

Line of Business initiative, begun in 

Spring 2004. 

This initiative seeks to develop a 

government-wide solution to support 

end-to-end grants management activities 

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technical stewardship. Rather, EDA’s 

single-step application will make 

www.grants.gov a single access point for 

eligible applicants to electronically find 

and apply for its competitive grant 

opportunities. 

This information collection is 

necessary to determine the applicant’s 

eligibility for investment assistance 

under EDA’s authorizing statute, the 

Public Works and Economic 

Development Act of 1965, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), and regulations 

(13 CFR Chapter III); the quality of the 

proposed scope of work to address the 

pressing economic distress of the region 

in which the proposed project will be 

located; the merits of the activities for 

which the investment assistance is 

requested; and the ability of the eligible 

applicant to carry out the proposed 

activities successfully. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper or electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0610–0094. 

Form Number: EDA–900A. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments; Indian tribes; institutions 

of higher education; non-profit 

institutions; business or other for-profit 

organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

875. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 40 

hours (current burden for forms ED–

900P and ED–900A is 46 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 35,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

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: April 19, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7832 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of 

Scientific Instruments 

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–

36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we 

invite comments on the question of 

whether instruments of equivalent 

scientific value, for the purposes for 

which the instruments shown below are 

intended to be used, are being 

manufactured in the United States. 

Comments must comply with 15 CFR 

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and 

be filed within 20 days with the 

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. Applications 

may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 

5 p.m. in room 2104, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

Docket Number: 07–014. Applicant: 

U.S. Department of Commerce—

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope, Model Quanta 

Series. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 

The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 

instrument is intended to be used to 

image, measure and characterize 

moisture containing, wet, biological, 

semiconductor, energetic materials, 

nano-materials and composites, 

explosive materials and other nonconductive non-vacuum compatible 

materials. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: March 30, 

2007. 

Docket Number: 07–015. Applicant: 

VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 

1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 

98108. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 

Model JEM–1011. Manufacturer: JEOL, 

Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 

instrument is intended to be used to 

investigate cancer, atherosclerotic 

cardiovascular disease, diabetes, 

Alzheimer’s disease and other 

pathologic processes commonly 

diagnosed in veterans. Electron 

microscopy specimens will include 

tissues and cells from humans or 

experimental animal models. 

Application accepted by Commissioner 

of Customs: March 28, 2007. 

Docket Number: 07–018. Applicant: 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 

University, Institute for Critical 

Technology and Applied Science, 1880 

Pratt Drive, MC 0493, Blacksburg, VA 

24061. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 

Model Quanta 600 FEG. Manufacturer: 

FEI Company, Brno, Czech Republic. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to investigate 

biological samples, hydrated materials, 

and other specimens that have a high 

vapor pressure. As a part of a campuswide, open user facility, it will be used 

in basic research studies of organic, 

inorganic, natural and synthetic 

materials (e.g. metals, ceramics, 

minerals, electronic materials, 

polymers, bio-materials). Application 

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 

March 30, 2007. 

Docket Number: 07–019. Applicant: 

University of Utah, Department of 

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, John 

A. Moran Eye Center, 65 Medical Drive, 

Salt Lake City, UT 84132. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope, Model JEM–1400. 

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to generate a 

complete network map of the 

mammalian retina, against which 

changes triggered by disease or 

experimental intervention can be 

gauged. This work has taken on new 

importance as inherited or acquired 

retinal degenerations are now known to 

heavily impact retinal wiring and 

neuronal survival. Application accepted 

by Commissioner of Customs: April 2, 

2007. 

Docket Number: 07–020. Applicant: 

University of Rhode Island, Department 

of Chemical Engineering, 219 Morrill 

Science Building, Kingston, RI 02881. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 

JEM–2100. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., 

Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to study soft and 

hard nanoscale materials. The 

properties of the materials and 

phenomena to be investigated are size, 

shape and composition. Application 

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 

April 9, 2007. 

Docket Number: 07–021. Applicant: 

The University of Texas at Austin, 

Purchasing Office, 2200 Comal Street, 

Austin, TX 78722. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope, Model JEM–1400. 

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used for several different 

types of experiments which will be 

aimed at understanding the structural 

basis of learning and memory and/or 

neuropathological conditions. These 


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