46714 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 171 / Thursday, September 4, 1997 / Notices

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to David Rostker, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10202, New Executive

Office Building, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: August 26, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–23409 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Business Information Service for the

Newly Independent States (BISNIS)

Finance Link

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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 the

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13 (44

U.S.C. 3506 (c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before November 3,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230. Phone number (202) 482–

3272.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to: Trevor Gunn, BISNIS, Room

7413, Department of Commerce, 14th &

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; phone (202) 482–4655, fax

(202) 482–2293.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The International Trade

Administration’s Business Information

Service for the Newly Independent

States (BISNIS) offers business

information and counseling to U.S.

companies seeking to export or invest in

the countries of the former Soviet

Union. One of the essential components

of BISNIS’ services is assisting

companies in locating suitable financing

for exports. Often, official sources, such

as the Export-Import Bank of the United

States, cannot handle all requests for a

variety of reasons. The proposed BISNIS

Finance Link collection of information

is an internet-based service to facilitate

contact between exporters and financing

agencies. Exporters fill out a form giving

relevant details about their company

and desired transaction. The form is

then submitted via Internet’s World

Wide Web to BISNIS. If complete,

BISNIS will, in turn, distribute the

information collected to potential

financing agencies. The intention is to

provide a service that benefits both

exporters and financing agencies.

II. Method of Collection

The request is sent via internet to

Department of Commerce, BISNIS

Information Service for the Newly

Independent States, Trade Finance

Specialist.

III. Data

OMB Number: N/A.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Estimated Time per Response: 10

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 33 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $1155—

no capital costs are required.

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 26, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–23410 Filed 9–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DA–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

Fisheries Capital Construction Fund

Agreement, Application, and

Certificate of Construction/

Reconstruction

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

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,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before November 3,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Departmental

Forms Clearance Officer, Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington

DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Charles L. Cooper,

Financial Services Division, Office of

Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine

Fisheries Service, 1315 East West

Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland

20910, (301) 713–2396.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Respondents will be commercial

fishing industry individuals,

partnerships, or corporations which

want to enter into Capital Construction

Fund agreements with the Secretary of

Commerce allowing deferral of Federal

taxation on fishing vessel income

deposited into the fund for use in the

acquisition, construction, or

reconstruction of fishing vessels.

Deferred taxes are recaptured by

reducing an agreement vessel’s basis for

depreciation by the amount withdrawn

from the fund for its acquisition,

construction, or reconstruction. The