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person providing construction,

engineering, architectural, or mining

services to unaffiliated foreign persons

is required to report if the gross value

of new contracts received or the gross

operating revenues from all existing

contracts is $1 million or more during

the covered year. A U.S. person that

receives a form but is not required to

report data must file an exemption

claim.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0608–0015.

Form Number: BE–47.

Type of Review: Regular submission.

Affected Public: U.S. business or other

for-profit institutions providing

construction, engineering, architectural,

and mining services to unaffiliated

foreign persons.

Estimated Number of Responses: 155.

Estimated Time Per Response: 4.5

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 700.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $21,000

(based on an estimated reporting burden

of 700 hours and an estimated hourly

cost of $30).

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 has 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: May 8, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–12820 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Commercial News USA

ACTION: Proposed collection; comment

request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burdens, 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 13, 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:

Request for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument and instructions should be

directed to: Jana Nelhybel, U.S. &

Foreign Commercial Service, Export

Promotion Service, Room 2202, 14th

and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20230. Phone number:

(202) 482–5367, and fax number (202)

482–5362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

Commercial News USA (CNUSA),

published twelve times a year by a

private sector firm, is the U.S.

Department of Commerce’s export

catalog-magazine. The product

information in CNUSA reaches more

than 145,000 distributors, government

officials, and potential buyers overseas

through direct distribution from U.S.

embassies and consulates. Firms use the

form to request that their product

information be published in CNUSA, a

service for which the firms pay a

minimum fee of $445.

This information collection item

allows the U.S. Department of

Commerce to promote U.S. products

and services available for export as part

of the USDOC’s trade promotion

activities. CNUSA is a unique export

promotion service for U.S.

manufacturers, service firms, and

publishers of trade and technical

literature; nothing similar is available to

them through the private sector. The

product promotions in CNUSA differ

from paid advertisements in that they

must meet program criteria. Because

U.S. embassies and consulates handle

distribution, the product information

reaches a vast, screened readership not

only through direct dissemination but

also via counseling by commercial

officers and through walk-in visits to

commercial libraries where CNUSA is

displayed. Further, American Chambers

of Commerce, local business editors,

and other trade entities that reprint

information from CNUSA or display or

disseminate the entire magazine provide

a multiplier effect.

II. Method of Data Collection

The requests are sent to the private

sector publisher.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0625–0061.

Form Number: ITA–4063P.

Type of Review: Renewal; regular

submission.

Affected Public: Companies interested

in placing their product information

available for export in Commercial

News USA.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,200.

Estimated Time Per Response: 20

minutes.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 917.

Estimated Total Annual Costs:

$32,095.

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 8, 1998.

Linda Engelmeier,

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer, Office

of Management and Organization.

[FR Doc. 98–12821 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

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