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clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Pub.L. 104–13.

Agency: International Trade

Administration (ITA).

Title: Trade Events/Mission

Application and Participation

Agreement.

Form Number: ITA–4008P, ITA–

4008P–1 and ITA–4008P–A.

OMB Number: 0625–0147.

Type of Review: Revision—Regular

Submission.

Burden: 2,625 hours.

Number of Respondents: 7,500.

Avg. Hour Per Response: 20–50

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The ITA–4008P

‘‘Participation Agreement,’’ is the

vehicle by which individual firms agree

to participate in any of ITA’s trade

promotion programs, and record their

required participation fee to the U.S.

Department of Commerce (DOC).

Together with the relevant ITA–4008P

‘‘Conditions of Participation,’’ it forms a

contract between an individual firm and

the DOC. The Trade Mission

Application is used to solicit

information from firms seeking to

participate in DOC overseas trade

missions covered by the Statement of

Policy Governing Overseas Trade

Missions of the Department of

Commerce issued by Secretary Daley on

March 3, 1997. The Secretary’s

statement of policy provides that each

company seeking to take part in

overseas trade missions must certify

that:

(a) the export of the products and

services that the company wishes to sell

would be in compliance with U.S.

export controls and regulations;

(b) the company 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;

(c) the company has identified any

pending litigation (including any

administrative proceedings) to which it

is a party that involves the Department

of Commerce; and

(d) the company agrees that it and its

affiliates (1) have not and will not

engage in the bribery of foreign officials

in connection with the applicant’s

involvement in this event, and (2)

maintain and enforce a policy that

prohibits the bribery of foreign officials.

The revisions to Form 4008P involve

the collection of additional information

about the products or services that a

company wishes to export, and

modification of several questions based

on comments received from DOC trade

event managers and participants. In

April 1997, ITA obtained OMB approval

for a combined trade mission

application and participation agreement

form which would be used for all trade

events and ITA services. Since that

time, ITA has determined that it is more

appropriate and effective to have two

separate forms—a one-page

Participation Agreement and a separate

ITA–4008P–1 ‘‘Trade Mission

Application,’’ form. In addition the

Participation Agreement and Trade

Mission Application collection of

information is being simplified to ask

only for information that is absolutely

necessary to provide the requested

service and collect the participation fee.

Trade mission participants will be

required to complete the Forms ITA–

4008P, ITA–4008P–1 and ITA–4008P–

A. Other DOC trade event participants

will complete Forms ITA–4008P and

ITA–4008P–A.

Affected Public: Companies seeking to

apply to participate in overseas

Commerce Department trade promotion

events and missions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain or retain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Victoria BaecherWassmer, (202) 395–7340.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

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 to Victoria BaecherWassmer, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10202, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–22745 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration.

Title: Bluefin Tuna Statistical

Document.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Control Number: 0648–0040.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 315 hours.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 20 minutes

for Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document

and 2 hours for validation authority.

Needs and Uses: U.S. tuna dealers

who import or export bluefin tuna are

required to complete and transmit to the

National Marine Fisheries Service a

Bluefin Tuna Statistical Document

(BSD) as required by the International

Commission for the Conservation of

Atlantic tunas (ICAAT). Foreign tuna

deals who export to the United States

must ensure that an original validated

BSD accompanies imports.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: On occasion,

recordkeeping.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker,

(202) 395–3897.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, Department of Commerce,

Room 5327, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 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, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 97–22813 Filed 8–26–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

The Department of Commerce (DOC)

has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).

Agency: National Institute of

Standards and Technology.

Title: Manufacturing Extension

Partnership Program Evaluation Survey.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Approval Number: 0693–0021.

Type of Request: Extension of a

currently approved collection.