37162 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 131 /Thursday, July 9, 1998 / Notices

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Frederick W. Brickenkamp,

Reports Clearance Officer, Social Security

Administration.

[FR Doc. 98–18289 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4190–29–U

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 2860]

The Office of Overseas Schools; 60-

Day Notice of Proposed Information

Collection; the FS–573 (Overseas

Schools Questionnaire), FS–573A

(Information Regarding Professional

Staff Members of Overseas Schools),

FS–573B (Overseas School Summary

Budget Information), and the FS–574

(Request for Assistance)

SUMMARY: The Department of State is

seeking Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) approval for the

information collections described

below. The purpose of this notice is to

allow 60 days for public comment in the

Federal Register preceding submission

to OMB. This process is conducted in

accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

The following summarizes the

information collection proposal

submitted to OMB:

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Originating Office: The Office of

Overseas Schools of the Department of

State (A/OPR/OS).

Title of Information Collection:

Overseas Schools Questionnaire.

Frequency: Annually.

Form Number: FS–573.

Respondents: American sponsored

schools overseas.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

199.

Average Hours Per Response: 15

minutes.

Total Estimated Burden: 50 hours.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Originating Office: The Office of

Overseas Schools of the Department of

State (A/OPR/OS).

Title of Information Collection:

Information Regarding Professional Staff

Members of Overseas Schools.

Frequency: Annually.

Form Number: FS–573A.

Respondents: American sponsored

schools overseas.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

199.

Average Hours Per Response: 15

minutes.

Total Estimated Burden: 50 hours.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Originating Office: The Office of

Overseas Schools of the Department of

State (A/OPR/OS).

Title of Information Collection:

Overseas School Summary Budget

Information.

Frequency: Annually.

Form Number: FS–573B.

Respondents: American sponsored

schools overseas.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

199.

Average Hours Per Response: 15

minutes.

Total Estimated Burden: 50 hours.

Type of Request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Originating Office: The Office of

Overseas Schools of the Department of

State (A/OPR/OS).

Title of Information Collection:

Request for Assistance.

Frequency: Annually.

Form Number: FS–574.

Respondents: American sponsored

schools overseas.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

199.

Average Hours Per Response: 15

minutes.

Total Estimated Burden: 50 hours.

Public comments are being solicited

to permit the agency to—

• Evaluate whether the proposed

information collection is necessary for

the proper performance of the agency

functions.

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection.

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

• Minimize the reporting burden on

those who are to respond, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of technology.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Comments

regarding the collection listed in this

notice or requests for copies of the

proposed collection and supporting

documents should be directed to

Charles S. Cunningham, Directives

Management Branch, U.S. Department

of State, Washington, DC 20520, (202)

647–0596.

Dated: June 29, 1998.

Fernando Burbano,

Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–18264 Filed 7–8–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4710–08–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Trade Policy Staff Committee;

Generalized System of Preferences

(GSP); Notice of the Results of the

1997 Annual Review and 1998 De

Minimis Waiver and Redesignation

Reviews; Designation of Associations

of Countries for Treatment as One

Country

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of the GSP changes.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

disposition of the petitions accepted for

review in the 1997 Annual Review of

the GSP program, the results of the 1998

De Minimis Waiver and Redesignation

Reviews, exclusions for products that

exceeded the GSP competitive need

limitations (CNLs), and the designation

of the three associations of African

countries each as eligible for treatment

as a single country for purposes of the

rule of origin requirements of the GSP

program.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: GSP

Subcommittee, Office of the United

States Trade Representative, 600 17th

Street, NW., Room 518, Washington,

D.C. 20508. The telephone number is

(202) 395–6971. A press release on the

GSP changes covered by this notice is

available through the USTR Fax

Retrieval System (202) 395–4809, or by

contracting the USTR Office of the

Public and Media Affairs at (202) 395–

3230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The GSP

is provided for in Title V of the Trade

Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C.

2461–2465) (the 1974 Act). The

President’s decisions concerning the

GSP changes addressed in this notice

are also reflected in Proclamation No.

7107 of June 30, 1998. Unless otherwise

specified, the changes in the GSP

program addressed in this notice took

effect on July 1, 1998.

In the 1997 Annual Review, the GSP

Subcommittee of the Trade Policy Staff

Committee accepted for review fifteen

petitions to designate as eligible for GSP

treatment certain articles that currently

are designated as GSP eligible articles

only from least-developed beneficiary

developing countries, one petition to

withdraw GSP eligibility for a certain

article; and ten petitions for CNL

waivers (62 FR 43408 and 62 FR 50426).

The disposition of these petitions is

indicated in Annex I of this notice.

In the 1998 De Minimis Waiver and

Redesignation Reviews, the appraised

import values during 1997 of each GSPeligible article were reviewed to