25816 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 90 / Monday, May 11, 1998 / Notices

(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: May 5, 1998.

Linda Englemeier,

Department Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–12417 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

TITLE: Export Trading Companies

Contact Facilitation Service.

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 July 10, 1998.

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: Mary Michael, Office of

Export Trading Company Affairs,

Service Industries and Finance, Room

1800, 14th and Constitution Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20230; phone:

(202) 482–5131, and fax: (202) 482–

1790.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

The Contact Facilitation Service (CFS)

is designed to put producers together

with exporters. Many U.S. firms have

never exported because of a fear of the

risks involved in exporting and a lack of

knowledge of the international

marketplace. New-to-export firms need

the assistance of firms offering export

trade services. One of the purposes of

the Export Trading Company (ETC) Act

of 1982 is to increase United States

exports of goods and services by

encouraging more efficient provision of

export trade services to U.S. producers

and suppliers. Section 104 of the Act

directs Commerce to provide a service

to facilitate contact between producers

of exportable goods and services and

firms offering export trade services.

The International Trade

Administration (ITA) maintains a

database for U.S. manufacturers, export

trading and management companies,

wholesalers/distributors, and

international service firms. The CFS is

designed to help promote exports and

enable U.S. producers to locate ETCs

and export services providers.

Companies registered in the database

are also listed in annual editions of The

Export Yellow Pages which are

distributed throughout the United States

and worldwide. Without the

information collected by the form, the

CFS and The Export Yellow Pages

would be unreliable and ineffective,

because users of this kind of

information need the current

information about the listed companies.

II. Method of Collection

Form ITA–4094P is sent by request to

U.S. firms.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0625–0120.

Form Number: ITA–4094P.

Type of Review: Revision-Regular

Submission.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions and

State, local or Tribal Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

9,500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 30

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 4,750.

Estimated Total Annual Costs:

$198,184 ($112,684 government and

$85,500 respondents).

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 costs) 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 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: May 5, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–12418 Filed 5–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

TITLE: Application for an Export Trade

Certificate of Review.

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 July 10, 1998.

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: Mary Michael, Office of

Export Trading Company Affairs,

Service Industries and Finance, Room

1800, 14th and Constitution Ave, NW,

Washington, DC 20230; phone: (202)

482–5131, and fax: (202) 482–1790.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Title III of the Export Trading

Company Act of 1982 (Pub. L. 97–290,

96 Stat. 1233–1247), requires the

Department of Commerce to establish a

program to evaluate applications for