1092 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 5 / Wednesday, January 8, 1997 / Notices

including the following provisions

contained in Public Law 103–87: Use of

American Resources (Section 559 of the

Foreign Operation, Export Financing,

and Related Programs Appropriations

Act, 1995, Public Law 103–87); Impact

on Jobs in the United States (Section

545 of the Foreign Operation, Export

Financing, and Related Programs

Appropriations Act, 1995, Public Law

103–87); Bumpers Amendment (Section

513(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export

Financing, and Related Programs

Appropriations Act, 1994, Public Law

103–87); Lautenberg Amendment

(Section 513(b) of the Foreign

Operations, Export Financing, and

Related Programs Appropriations Act,

1994, Public Law 103–87); and Section

660(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of

1961, as amended.

14. Audit Requirements: The Grants

Officer has the discretion to require by

the terms and conditions of SABIT

awards that recipients have an audit

conducted in accordance with

Government Auditing Standards. In

addition, the DoC Office of Inspector

General has authority under the

Inspector General Act of 1978, as

amended, to conduct an audit of any

DoC award at any time.

15. Payments. As required by the Debt

Collections Improvement Act of 1996,

all Federal payments to award

recipients pursuant to this

announcement will be made by

electronic funds transfer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Special American Business Internship

Training, International Trade

Administration, at (202)482–0073. This

is not a toll free-number.

Dated: January 2, 1997.

Liesel C. Duhon,

Director, SABIT Program.

[FR Doc. 97–398 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–HE–P

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Economic Impact of NIST

Thermocouple Program

ACTION: Proposed Data 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 March 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

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 on

the information collection

instruments(s) and instructions should

be directed to George Burns, Chemical

Science and Technology Laboratory,

Building 221 (Physics), Room B–230,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

(301–975–4817) phone; e-mail:

george.burns@nist.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

NIST seeks to assess economic

impacts of its thermocouple calibration

program. The respondents will be U.S.

thermocouple manufacturers and their

customers as well as the providers of

independent thermocouple calibration

services. The results will be used by

NIST for program evaluation purposes.

II. Method of Collection

Personnel of firms in the U.S.

thermocouple industry and their

customers, as well as providers of

independent thermocouple calibration

services, may respond to questionnaires

by mail, fax, E-mail, or telephone.

III. Data

OMB Number: None.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: None.

Affected Public: Personnel of firms in

the U.S. thermocouple industry and

their customers as well as providers of

independent thermocouple calibration

services.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50.

Estimated Time Per Response: 0.5

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 25 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $2,500

(25 X $100 per hour fully burdened cost

for a senior level technical manager.)

There are no equipment or maintenance

costs associated with this collection.

IV. Requests 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 the use of

automated collection techniques and

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 will also become a matter of

public record.

Dated: January 2, 1997.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

[FR Doc. 97–417 Filed 1–7–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P

Economic Impact of NIST Alternative

Refrigerants Program

ACTION: Proposed data 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 March 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

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 on

the information collection

instruments(s) and instructions should

be directed to Richard Kayser, Chemical

Science and Technology Laboratory,

Building 221 (Physics), Room B–230,

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899,

(301–975–4817) phone; e-mail:

richard.kayser@nist.gov e-mail.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

NIST seeks to assess economic

impacts of its alternative refrigerants

program. The respondents will be U.S.