50290 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 186 / Thursday, September 25, 1997 / Notices

Agency Form Number: BE–22.

OMB Approval Number: 0608–0060.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Burden: 17,250 hours.

Number of Respondents: 1,500.

Avg Hours Per Response: 11.5 hours.

Needs and Uses: The BE–22 annual

survey is required to obtain reliable and

up-to-date information on selected U.S.

services transactions with unaffiliated

foreign persons, by type of service crossclassified by foreign country. It is

intended to update the results of the

BE–20 benchmark survey, which covers

the universe of such transactions. The

BE–20 survey is conducted once every

five years, and the last survey covered

1996. The BE–22 survey is conducted

each of the four years between two

benchmark surveys; the last BE–22

covered 1995. Some of the major

purposes of the survey are to provide

information needed in formulating U.S.

international trade policy on services,

support bilateral and multilateral trade

negotiations and monitoring trade

agreements, compile the U.S. balance of

payments and national income and

product accounts, develop U.S.

international price indexes for services,

assess and promote U.S.

competitiveness in international trade

in services, and improve the ability of

U.S. businesses to identify and evaluate

market opportunities.

Affected Public: Business and other

for-profit organizations, and non-for

profit institutions, state and local

government, or other institutions

engaging in international transactions in

covered services.

Frequency: Annual.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

Legal Authority: Title 22 U.S.C.,

Section 3101—3108, as amended.

OMB Desk Officer: Paul Bugg, (202)

395–3093.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing DOC Clearance

Officer, Linda Engelmeier, (202) 482–

3272, Department of Commerce, Room

5327, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days to Paul Bugg, OMB Desk

Officer, Room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc 97–25439 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE: 3510–06–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 (NOAA).

Title: Fisheries Certificate of Origin.

Agency Form Number: NOAA Form

370.

OMB Approval Number: New number

being requested but formerly under

0648–0040.

Type of Request: Reinstatement of a

collection but with a request to assign

a new OMB Control Number.

Burden: 1,033 hours.

Number of Respondents: 350

respondents with a total 4,000

responses.

Avg Hours Per Response: 20 minutes

for processors and importers/exporters

and 5 minutes for vessel captains.

Needs and Uses: The purpose of the

collection of information is to comply

with the requirements of the Marine

Mammal Protection Act. The Act

requires the Secretary of Commerce to

promulgate regulations restricting the

importation of tuna from those nations

without a marine mammal protection

program comparable to that of the

United States. In addition, tuna that is

not dolphin-safe cannot be transported

or sold in the United States. The

collection serves three purposes: (1)

documents that the shipment is dolphin

safe, (2) verifies that the fish was not

harvested by large-scale high seas

driftnets, and (3) verifies that tuna was

not harvested by a nation under primary

or secondary embargo.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for-profit organizations.

Frequency: On occasion.

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, DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should 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, DC 20503.

Dated: September 19, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–25440 Filed 9–24–97; 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

Telecommunications and Information

Administration.

Title: Public Telecommunications

Facilities Program (PTFP) Application

Form.

Agency Form Number: Not applicable.

OMB Approval Number: 0660–0003.

Type of Request: Revision of currently

approved collection.

Burden: 40,250 hours.

Ave. Hours Per Response:

Approximately 89 hours.

Number of Respondents:

Approximately 450.

Needs and Uses: The Public

Broadcasting Act authorizes grants to be

awarded for the planning and

construction of public

telecommunications facilities. Members

of the public telecommunications

community must complete a

standardized form to provide

information for evaluation by PTFP

through a competitive review process.

Affected Public: State and local

governments and non-profit institutions.

Frequency: Annually.

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to

obtain a benefit.

OMB Desk Officer: Tim Fain, (202)

395–3561.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

DOC Forms Clearance Officer, (202)

482–3272, U.S. Department of

Commerce, Room 5327, 14th St. and

Constitution Ave, N.W., Washington,

DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Tim Fain, OMB Desk Officer,

Room 10236, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503.