69136 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 218 / Monday, November 14, 2005 / Notices 

Officer, (202) 482–0266, Department of 

Commerce, Room 6625, 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, FAX number (202) 395–5806, or 

Jasmeet_K._Seehra@omb.eop.gov. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22512 Filed 11–10–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms 

for Determination of Eligibility To 

Apply for Trade Adjustment 

Assistance 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration (EDA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice and opportunity for 

public comment. 

Pursuant to section 251 of the Trade 

Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2341 et seq.), the 

Economic Development Administration 

(EDA) has received petitions for 

certification of eligibility to apply for 

Trade Adjustment Assistance from the 

firms listed below. EDA has initiated 

separate investigations to determine 

whether increased imports into the 

United States of articles like or directly 

competitive with those produced by 

each firm contributed importantly to the 

total or partial separation of the firm’s 

workers, or threat thereof, and to a 

decrease in sales or production of each 

petitioning firm. 

LIST OF PETITIONS RECEIVED BY EDA FOR CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO APPLY FOR TRADE ADJUSTMENT

ASSISTANCE FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 19, 2005 THROUGH NOVEMBER 4, 2005 

Firm Address Date petition 

accepted Product 

Rudolph Instruments, Inc. ......................... 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 120, Denville, 

NJ 07834.

19-Oct-05 ...... Optoelectronic analytical testing instruments. 

Cisco Brothers, Corp. ................................ 1933 W. 60th Street, Los Angeles, GA 

90047.

19-Oct-05 ...... Upholstered couches and chairs. 

AmeriStar Manufacturing Inc. ................... 2600 9th Avenue, Mankato, MN 56001 .. 25-Oct-05 ...... Metal stamping and custom sheet metal 

fabrications. 

Engineered Plastics Corp. ........................ W 142 N9078 Fountain Boulevard, 

Menomonee Falls, WI 53051.

25-Oct-05 ...... Injection molding of plastic components. 

Ford Tool & Machining, Inc. ...................... 2205 Range Road, Rockford, IL 61111 .. 25-Oct-05 ...... Custom-made tooling for die casting machines. 

The Glove Corp. ........................................ 301 N. Harrison Street, Alexandria, IN 

46001.

26-Oct-05 ...... Lined gloves of leather and lined gloves 

of wool. 

Alloy Hardfacing and Engineering Co., Inc 20425 Johnson Memorial Drive, Jordan, 

MN 55352.

26-Oct-05 ...... Engineering and manufacturing of process equipment for the food related industries. 

Rudolph Instruments, Inc. ......................... 400 Morris Avenue, Suite 120, Denville, 

NJ 07834.

26-Oct-05 ...... Optoelectronic analytical testing instruments. 

Contour Tool Works, Inc. .......................... 10 W. Waltz Drive, Wheeling, IL 60090 26-Oct-05 ...... Engineering and manufacturing of 

molds, custom tooling and precision 

components from plastic injection 

molding. 

Actaris U.S. Liquid Measurement, Inc. ..... 1310 Emerald Road, Greenwood, SC 

29646.

26-Oct-05 ...... Manufacturer and distributor of flow and 

fluid meters and meter systems for all 

utility sectors. 

SMW, Inc. .................................................. 2606 Gregory Street, Savannah, GA 

31404.

27-Oct-05 ...... Manufacturer and distributor of wooden 

millwork, standard and running trim, 

custom entries, windows, pre-hung 

doors and cabinets. 

Specialty Fastening Systems, Inc. ............ 424 S. Baggett Street, Prairie Grove, AR 

72753.

27-Oct-05 ...... Manufacturer of nails. 

Scott G. Williams, LLC .............................. 2111 General Arts Road, Conyers, GA 

30012.

27-Oct-05 ...... Manufacturer and distributor of inorganic 

fertilizer nutrients and trace additives 

of zinc, boron, sulfur and manganese. 

Package Machinery Company, Inc. .......... 380 Union Street, #58, West Springfield, 

MA 01089.

31-Oct-05 ...... Wrapping machinery and injection molding machines. 

In-Land Technologies Service, Inc. .......... 700 B and H Industrial Court, Millstadt, 

IL 62260.

31-Oct-05 ...... Manufacturer of industrial process control panels and industrial process control systems. 

Shaffer Sportswear Mfg., Inc. ................... 224 N. Washington Street, Neosho, MO 

64850.

4-Nov-05 ....... Sports uniforms. 

Hearthstone Enterprises, Inc. ................... 251 Industrial Park Drive, Boone, NC 

28607.

4-Nov-05 ....... Metal household furniture. 

Any party having a substantial 

interest in the proceedings may request 

a public hearing on the matter. A 

written request for a hearing must be 

submitted to the Office of Chief 

Counsel, Room 7005, Economic 

Development Administration, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20230, no later than ten calendar 

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days following publication of this 

notice. Please follow the procedures set 

forth in § 315.9 of EDA’s interim final 

rule (70 FR 47002) for procedures for 

requesting a public hearing. The Catalog 

of Federal Domestic Assistance official 

program number and title of the 

program under which these petitions are 

submitted is 11.313, Trade Adjustment 

Assistance. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Benjamin Erulkar, 

Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 05–22528 Filed 11–10–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Economic Development Administration 

Reauthorization Act of 2004 

Implementation; Comprehensive 

Review of Information Collections 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collections; Request for Public 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Economic Development 

Administration (‘‘EDA’’), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

and respondent burden, provides the 

general public and other federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and current 

collections of information in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

EDA has published an interim final 

rule (70 FR 47002) revising its 

regulations to reflect the amendments 

made to EDA’s authorizing statute, the 

Public Works and Economic 

Development Act of 1965 (‘‘PWEDA’’), 

by the Economic Development 

Administration Reauthorization Act of 

2004 (the ‘‘2004 Act’’). With limited 

exceptions, the interim final rule 

became effective on October 1, 2005. 

EDA is currently conducting a 

comprehensive review of its forms and 

other information collections to ensure 

that they correspond with the 2004 Act 

and with the interim final rule. EDA is 

soliciting public comments on the 

collections of information contained in 

this notice. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before January 13, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are 

invited to submit written comments to 

Diana H. Hynek, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, HCHB Room 

6625, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230. Written 

comments may also be submitted to the 

attention of Ms. Hynek via fax at (202) 

482–4218 or via e-mail at 

dhynek@doc.gov. Please note that any 

correspondence sent by regular mail 

may be substantially delayed or 

suspended in delivery, since all regular 

mail sent to the Department of 

Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) is subject 

to extensive security screening. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instruments and instructions should be 

directed to Kenneth M. Kukovich, EDA 

PRA Liaison, Office of Management 

Services, Economic Development 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce, HCHB Room 7227, 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4965; email: kkukovich@eda.doc.gov. All of the 

EDA forms referenced in this notice are 

available on EDA’s Internet Web site at 

http://www.eda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

EDA’s mission is to lead the federal 

economic agenda by promoting 

innovation and competitiveness, 

preparing American regions for growth 

and success in the worldwide economy. 

EDA will fulfill its mission by fostering 

entrepreneurship, innovation and 

productivity through investments in 

infrastructure development, capacity 

building and business development in 

order to attract private capital 

investments and higher-skill, higherwage jobs to regions experiencing 

substantial and persistent economic 

distress. To effectively administer and 

monitor its economic development 

assistance programs, EDA collects 

certain information from applicants for, 

and recipients of, EDA investment 

assistance. 

On August 11, 2005, EDA published 

an interim final rule in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 47002) to reflect the 

amendments made to EDA’s authorizing 

statute, PWEDA, by the 2004 Act. In 

addition to tracking the statutory 

amendments to PWEDA, the interim 

final rule reflects EDA’s current 

practices and policies in administering 

its economic development programs 

that have evolved since the 

promulgation of its former regulations. 

On September 30, 2005, EDA published 

a notice in the Federal Register (70 FR 

57124) to (i) delay the effective date of 

certain provisions in the interim final 

rule, and (ii) extend the public comment 

period for the interim final rule from 

October 11, 2005 to November 14, 2005. 

Except as otherwise provided by the 

September 30, 2005 notice, the interim 

final rule is effective as of October 1, 

2005. 

EDA is currently conducting a 

comprehensive review of its forms and 

other information collections to ensure 

that they correspond with the 2004 Act 

and the interim final rule. EDA is 

soliciting public comments on the 

collections of information contained in 

this notice. 

EDA forms are available for 

downloading, completing and printing 

(portable document format (PDF)) on 

EDA’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.eda.gov. Presently, EDA does not 

accept the electronic submission of 

completed forms or other information 

collections. These forms are not 

currently transaction-based, although 

EDA anticipates that the forms 

associated with the pre-application and 

application process will become 

transaction-based and able to be 

completed and filed on-line when EDA 

begins using the Department’s proposed 

consolidated back-office on-line grants 

management system (‘‘Grants On-Line’’). 

II. Collections of Information 

A. Proposal and Application for 

Financial Assistance (OMB Control No. 

0610–0094) 

1. Purpose: These information 

collections are necessary to determine 

eligibility for investment assistance 

under EDA’s authorizing statute and 

regulations, the quality of the proposed 

scope of work to address the pressing 

economic distress of a region, the merits 

of the activities for which investment 

assistance is requested, and the ability 

of the eligible applicant to carry out the 

proposed activities successfully. Eligible 

applicants first must submit a preapplication (ED–900P) and then be 

invited by EDA to submit a formal 

application (ED–900A). 

2. Method of Collection: Paper Report. 

3. Data: 

Agency Form Numbers: ED–900P 

(Pre-Application for Federal 

Assistance); ED–900A (Application for 

Federal Assistance). 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments; Indian tribes; institutions 

of higher education; non-profit 

organizations; for-profit organizations; 

private individuals. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,900 (1,100 for Form ED–

900P and 800 for Form ED–900A). 

Estimated Time per Response: 9 hours 

for each Form ED–900P; 48.5 hours for 

each Form ED–900A.