16358 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 68 / Friday, April 10, 2009 / Notices 

Average Hours per Response: 5 

seconds to 2 hours per response. 

Needs and Uses: This information 

collection package supports nine 

various collections, notifications, 

reports, and information exchanges that 

are needed by the Office of Export 

Enforcement (BIS) and U.S. Customs 

Service to enforce the Export 

Administration Regulations and 

maintain the national security of the 

United States. Most of these activities 

do not involve submission of documents 

to BIS but instead involve exchange of 

documents among parties in the export 

transaction to ensure that each party 

understands its obligations under U.S. 

law. Others involve writing certain 

export control statements on shipping 

documents or reporting unforeseen 

changes in shipping and disposition of 

exported commodities. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk 

Officer, 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov, or fax 

number (202) 395–5167. 

Dated: April 7, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–8229 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for clearance the 

following proposal for collection of 

information under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35). 

Agency: Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS). 

Title: Firearms Convention. 

OMB Control Number: 0694–0114. 

Form Number(s): N/A. 

Type of Request: Regular submission. 

Burden Hours: 485. 

Number of Respondents: 970. 

Average Hours per Response: 30 

minutes. 

Needs and Uses: The twenty-nine 

members of the Organization of 

American States (OAS), including the 

United States, signed the InterAmerican Convention Against the Illicit 

Manufacturing of and Trafficking in 

Firearms Ammunition, Explosives, and 

Other Related Materials (Firearms 

Convention) in 1997. The existing body 

of federal laws in the United States, 

including the Export Administration 

Act of 1979 (EAA), is adequate to satisfy 

the Convention’s provisions regarding 

requirements for legislation. 

This collection is required by Sections 

742.17 and 748.14 of the Export 

Administration Regulations (EAR), 

which are authorized by Section 15(b) of 

the EAA. There are currently two 

information collection requirements 

necessary to implement the Firearms 

Convention: (1) U.S. exporters to 

acquire an Import Certificate to support 

requests for licenses authorizing the 

export of firearms and related 

equipment to participating OAS 

countries; and (2) a licensing 

requirement for Firearms Convention 

items destined to Canada, a Convention 

Signatory. A license was not previously 

required for the export of such items to 

Canada. It is now necessary for 

exporters to Canada to obtain a license. 

Affected Public: Businesses and other 

for-profit organizations. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain benefits. 

OMB Desk Officer: Jasmeet Seehra, 

(202) 395–3123. 

Copies of the above information 

collection proposal can be obtained by 

calling or writing Diana Hynek, 

Departmental Paperwork Clearance 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 7845, 14th and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230 (or via the Internet at 

dHynek@doc.gov). 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to Jasmeet Seehra, OMB Desk 

Officer, 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov, or fax 

number (202) 395–5167. 

Dated: April 7, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–8228 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Survey of Plant 

Capacity Utilization 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before June 9, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Diana Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at dHynek@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument(s) and instructions should 

be directed to Julius Smith Jr., U.S. 

Census Bureau, Manufacturing and 

Construction Division, Room 7K145, 

Washington, DC 20233, (301) 763–4683 

(or via the Internet at 

julius.smith.jr@census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Census Bureau plans to continue 

the current OMB clearance for the 

Survey of Plant Capacity Utilization 

(SPC). The SPC is conducted quarterly, 

collecting from manufacturing plants 

and publishers, the value of actual 

production and the value of production 

that could have been achieved if 

operating at ‘‘full production’’ levels. 

The survey also collects data on work 

patterns by shift. These data include 

hours in operation, production workers, 

and plant hours worked. 

The primary user of these data will be 

the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) and 

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will use the data in several ways. First, 

the capital workweek data will be used 

as an indicator of capital use in the 

estimation of monthly output (industrial 

production). Second, the workweek data 

will also be used to improve the 

projections of labor productivity that are 

used to align industrial production (IP) 

with comprehensive benchmark 

information in the Economic Census, 

Manufacturing and Annual Survey of 

Manufactures. Third, the utilization rate 

data will assist in the assessment of 

recent changes in IP, as most of the 

high-frequency movement in utilization 

rates reflect production changes rather 

than capacity changes. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau will use the mail 

out/mail back survey forms to collect 

the data. An electronic version of the 

form for reporting via the Internet will 

also be offered. Companies will be asked 

to respond within 20 days of the initial 

mailing. This due date will be imprinted 

at the top of the form. Letters 

encouraging participation will be 

mailed to companies that have not 

responded by the designated time. 

Subsequent to the letter, a telephone 

follow-up will be conducted. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0175. 

Form Number: MQ–C2. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,500. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.75 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 52,500. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$1,594,425. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 United States 

Code, Section 182. 

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 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: April 7, 2009. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–8182 Filed 4–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

(A–201–834) 

Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From 

Mexico: Notice of Preliminary Results 

of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: In response to a request from 

Quimica Amtex S.A. de C.V. (Amtex), 

the Department of Commerce (the 

Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on purified 

carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) from 

Mexico. The review covers exports of 

the subject merchandise to the United 

States produced and exported by 

Amtex; the period of review (POR) is 

July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008. 

We preliminarily find that Amtex 

made sales at less than normal value 

(NV) during the POR. If these 

preliminary results are adopted in our 

final results of this review, we will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping 

duties based on differences between the 

export price (EP) or constructed export 

price (CEP) and NV. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

Parties who submit arguments in this 

proceeding are requested to submit with 

the arguments: (1) a statement of the 

issues, (2) a brief summary of the 

arguments (no longer than five pages, 

including footnotes) and (3) a table of 

authorities. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 10, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office 7, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–6312 or (202) 482– 

0649, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department published the 

antidumping duty order on CMC from 

Mexico on July 11, 2005. See Notice of 

Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified 

Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland, 

Mexico, the Netherlands, and Sweden, 

70 FR 39734 (July 11, 2005). On July 11, 

2008, the Department published the 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of CMC from 

Mexico for the period of July 1, 2007, 

through June 30, 2008. See 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity to Request 

Administrative Review, 73 FR 39948 

(July 11, 2008). On July 22, 2008, 

respondent Amtex requested an 

administrative review. On August 26, 

2008, the Department published in the 

Federal Register a notice of initiation of 

this antidumping duty administrative 

review. See Initiation of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 73 FR 50308 (August 26, 2008). 

On August 26, 2008, the Department 

issued its standard antidumping duty 

questionnaire to Amtex. Amtex 

submitted its response to section A of 

the Department’s questionnaire on 

October 14, 2008 (Amtex Section A 

Response). Amtex submitted its 

response to sections B and C of the 

Department’s questionnaire on 

November 6, 2008 (Amtex Sections B 

and C Response). 

On March 13, 2009, the Department 

issued a supplemental questionnaire for 

sections A, B, and C, to which Amtex 

responded on March 20, 2009 (Amtex 

Supplemental Response). 

Period of Review 

The period of review (POR) is July 1, 

2007, through June 30, 2008. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by this 

order is all purified 

carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), 

sometimes also referred to as purified 

sodium CMC, polyanionic cellulose, or 

cellulose gum, which is a white to off– 

white, non–toxic, odorless, 

biodegradable powder, comprising 

sodium CMC that has been refined and 

purified to a minimum assay of 90 

percent. Purified CMC does not include 

unpurified or crude CMC, CMC 

Fluidized Polymer Suspensions, and 

CMC that is cross–linked through heat 

treatment. Purified CMC is CMC that 

has undergone one or more purification 

operations which, at a minimum, reduce 

the remaining salt and other by–product 

portion of the product to less than ten 

percent. The merchandise subject to this